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Dramatic Effect of γ-Heteroatom Dienolate Substituents on Counterion Assisted Asymmetric Anionic Amino-Cope Reaction Cascades
Das, Pradipta,Delost, Michael D.,Qureshi, Munaum H.,Bao, Jianhua,Fell, Jason S.,Houk, Kendall N.,Njardarson, Jon T.
supporting information, p. 5793 - 5804 (2021/05/07)
We report a dramatic effect on product outcomes of the lithium ion enabled amino-Cope-like anionic asymmetric cascade when different γ-dienolate heteroatom substituents are employed. For dienolates with azide, thiomethyl, and trifluoromethylthiol substituents, a Mannich/amino-Cope/cyclization cascade ensues to form chiral cyclohexenone products with two new stereocenters in an anti-relationship. For fluoride-substituted nucleophiles, a Mannich/amino-Cope cascade proceeds to afford chiral acyclic products with two new stereocenters in a syn-relationship. Bromide- and chloride-substituted nucleophiles appear to proceed via the same pathway as the fluoride albeit with the added twist of a 3-exo-trig cyclization to yield chiral cyclopropane products with three stereocenters. When this same class of nucleophiles is substituted with a γ-nitro group, the Mannich-initiated cascade is now diverted to a β-lactam product instead of the amino-Cope pathway. These anionic asymmetric cascades are solvent- and counterion-dependent, with a lithium counterion being essential in combination with etheral solvents such as MTBE and CPME. By altering the geometry of the imine double bond from E to Z, the configurations at the R1 and X stereocenters are flipped. Mechanistic, computational, substituent, and counterion studies suggest that these cascades proceed via a common Mannich-product intermediate, which then proceeds via either a chair (X = N3, SMe, or SCF3) or boat-like (X = F, Cl, or Br) transition state to afford amino-Cope-like products or β-lactam in the case of X = NO2.
A facile and efficient asymmetric synthesis of florfenicol
Li, Feng,Wang, Zhong-Hua,Zhao, Lei,Chen, Fen-Er
scheme or table, p. 2883 - 2885 (2012/01/11)
A facile and efficient enantioselective synthesis of flor-fenicol starting from commercially available 4-methylthiobenzaldehyde is described. Key features of the synthesis include a one-step oxidation of allyl and thioether groups in allylic alcohol to form (2S,3S)-epoxide under Sharpless epoxidation conditions and a highly efficient conversion of (1R,2R)-azide into amino alcohol via debenzylation and reduction of an azido moiety in one-pot operation. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart. New York.
