91306-29-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Enantioselective decarboxylative alkylation reactions: Catalyst development, substrate scope, and mechanistic studies
Behenna, Douglas C.,Mohr, Justin T.,Sherden, Nathaniel H.,Marinescu, Smaranda C.,Harned, Andrew M.,Tani, Kousuke,Seto, Masaki,Ma, Sandy,Novak, Zoltan,Krout, Michael R.,McFadden, Ryan M.,Roizen, Jennifer L.,Enquist Jr., John A.,White, David E.,Levine, Samantha R.,Petrova, Krastina V.,Iwashita, Akihiko,Virgil, Scott C.,Stoltz, Brian M.
, p. 14199 - 14223 (2012/02/01)
α-Quaternary ketones are accessed through novel enantioselective alkylations of allyl and propargyl electrophiles by unstabilized prochiral enolate nucleophiles in the presence of palladium complexes with various phosphinooxazoline (PHOX) ligands. Excellent yields and high enantiomeric excesses are obtained from three classes of enolate precursor: enol carbonates, enol silanes, and racemic β-ketoesters. Each of these substrate classes functions with nearly identical efficiency in terms of yield and enantioselectivity. Catalyst discovery and development, the optimization of reaction conditions, the exploration of reaction scope, and applications in target-directed synthesis are reported. Experimental observations suggest that these alkylation reactions occur through an unusual inner-sphere mechanism involving binding of the prochiral enolate nucleophile directly to the palladium center. Sly as a PHOX: The development of an enantioselective decarboxylative palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation reaction, utilizing phosphinooxazoline ligands, is described. The catalyst is applied to a range of allyl enol carbonate, silyl enol ether, and allyl β-ketoester substrates to provide alkylated ketone products in excellent yield and good ee (see scheme). The utility of these products is demonstrated by their use in several asymmetric syntheses. Mechanistic studies are reported suggesting an unusual inner-sphere mechanism. Copyright
The enantioselective Tsuji allylation
Behenna, Douglas C.,Stoltz, Brian M.
, p. 15044 - 15045 (2007/10/03)
The first catalytic enantioselective examples of the Tsuji allylation using enol carbonates and enol silanes are described. The products possess a quaternary stereogenic center and are useful building blocks for synthetic chemistry. Copyright
Chiral 2,2-Disubstituted Cyclohexanones; Annulation via Claisen Rearrangement Products
Grattan, T. J.,Whitehurst, J. S.
, p. 11 - 18 (2007/10/02)
The methyl enol ether of 2-methylcyclohexanone reacts regiospecifically with the optical active forms of but-3-yn-2-ol and but-3-en-2-ol. (R)-But-3-yn-2-ol yields an approximately 4:1 mixture of (R)-2-methyl-2-(R-buta-1,2-dienyl)cyclohexanone and the corresponding SR compound.By contrast the but-3-en-2-ol reaction is ca. 96percent enantioselective; (R)-but-3-en-2-ol gives (R)-2-(trans-but-2-enyl)-2-methylcyclohexanone and (S)-but-3-en-2-ol gives the corresponding (S)-cyclohexanone.These Claisen rearrangement products have been transformed into Robinson-type annulated ketones.Cleavage of some highly hindered esters has been carried out efficiently by sodium methylsulphinyl-methanide in dimethyl sulphoxide.
