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Silver-Catalyzed Asymmetric Desymmetrization of Cyclopentenediones via [3 + 2] Cycloaddition with α-Substituted Isocyanoacetates
George, Jimil,Kim, Hun Young,Oh, Kyungsoo
supporting information, p. 2249 - 2252 (2018/04/30)
A highly selective and practical asymmetric Ag(I) catalyst system has been developed for the [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions between isocyanoacetates and cyclopentenediones. The current Ag(I) catalyst system tolerates moisture and air and readily utilizes class III solvents such as EtOAc and acetone. The development of on demand generation of an active chiral catalyst in the presence of isocyanides paves a way to the efficient asymmetric preparation of bicyclic pyrrolidines with four stereogenic centers, including two quaternary centers in 80-97% ee.
Preparation of new chiral building blocks: Highly enantioselective reduction of prochiral 1,3-cycloalkanediones possessing a methyl group and a protected hydroxymethyl group at their C2 position with Baker's yeast or CBS catalyst
Watanabe, Hideaki,Iwamoto, Mitsuhiro,Nakada, Masahisa
, p. 4652 - 4658 (2007/10/03)
Highly enantioselective reduction of five-, six-, seven-, and eight-membered prochiral 1,3-cycloalkanediones possessing a methyl group and a protected hydroxymethyl group at their C2 position with baker's yeast or CBS catalyst and a new efficient and general method for preparing the 1,3-cycloalkanediones have been developed. These baker's yeast mediated reductions were found to produce corresponding ketols with high optical purity (> 99% ee) and high yield. All of the prepared ketols and their derivatives, chiral building blocks, have been fully characterized, and their absolute configurations have been determined. These compounds would be useful for the convergent synthesis of complex natural products.
