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Highly diastereodivergent synthesis of tetrasubstituted cyclohexanes catalyzed by modularly designed organocatalysts
Rana, Nirmal K.,Huang, Huicai,Zhao, John C.-G.
supporting information, p. 7619 - 7623 (2014/08/05)
A highly diastereodivergent synthesis of tetrasubstituted cyclohexanes has been achieved using modularly designed organocatalysts (MDOs) which are self-assembled in situ from amino acids and cinchona alkaloid derivatives. Diastereodivergence is realized through controlling the stereoselectivity of the individual steps of a tandem Michael/Michael reaction. Up to 8 of the 16 possible stereoisomers have been successfully obtained in high stereoselectivities using MDOs for the tandem reaction and an ensuing epimerization. The method was used in the enantioselective synthesis of the natural products (-)-α- and β-lycoranes.
Activation of carboxylic acids in asymmetric organocatalysis
Monaco, Mattia Riccardo,Poladura, Belen,Diaz De Los Bernardos, Miriam,Leutzsch, Markus,Goddard, Richard,List, Benjamin
supporting information, p. 7063 - 7067 (2014/07/08)
Organocatalysis, catalysis using small organic molecules, has recently evolved into a general approach for asymmetric synthesis, complementing both metal catalysis and biocatalysis.1 Its success relies to a large extent upon the introduction of novel and generic activation modes.2 Remarkably though, while carboxylic acids have been used as catalyst directing groups in supramolecular transition-metal catalysis,3 a general and well-defined activation mode for this useful and abundant substance class is still lacking. Herein we propose the heterodimeric association of carboxylic acids with chiral phosphoric acid catalysts as a new activation principle for organocatalysis. This self-assembly increases both the acidity of the phosphoric acid catalyst and the reactivity of the carboxylic acid. To illustrate this principle, we apply our concept in a general and highly enantioselective catalytic aziridine-opening reaction with carboxylic acids as nucleophiles. Activation by dimerization: There is still no general activation mode for carboxylic acids in organocatalysis. The formation of heterodimers between chiral phosphoric acid diesters and carboxylic acids can be used to activate and direct reactivity of the latter in asymmetric reactions. This novel principle has been applied to the ring-opening desymmetrization and kinetic resolution of aziridines leading to valuable amino alcohols.
