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Formation of quaternary stereogenic centers by copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition reactions of alkenylaluminums to trisubstituted enones
Mueller, Daniel,Alexakis, Alexandre
, p. 15226 - 15239 (2013)
Alkenylaluminums undergo asymmetric copper-catalyzed conjugate addition (ACA) to β-substituted enones allowing the formation of stereogenic all-carbon quaternary centers. Phosphinamine-copper complexes proved to be particularly active and selective compared with phosphoramidite ligands. After extensive optimization, high enantioselectivities (up to 96 % ee) were obtained for the addition of alkenylalanes to β-substituted enones. Two strategies for the generation of the requisite alkenylaluminums were explored allowing for the introduction of aryl- and alkyl-substituted alkenyl nucleophiles. Moreover, alkyl-substituted phosphinamine (SimplePhos) ligands were identified for the first time as highly efficient ligands for the Cu-catalyzed ACA. Chiral synthesis made easy: The copper-catalyzed conjugate addition of alkenylaluminum reagents to 3-substituted cyclic enones allows for the formation of all-carbon chiral quaternary centers (see scheme; CuTC=copper(I) thiophene-2-carboxylate). Chiral phosphinamine (SimplePhos) ligands were found to be highly efficient for this transformation.
