Highly enantioselective construction of CF3-bearing all-carbon quaternary stereocenters: Hiral spiro-fused bisoxazoline ligands with 1,1′-binaphthyl sidearm for asymmetric Michael-type Friedel-Crafts reaction
A novel class of chiral spiro-fused bisoxazoline ligands possessing a deep chiral pocket was prepared. The developed ligands have been employed in the nickel-catalyzed highly enantioselective Michael-type Friedel-Crafts reaction, affording the products bearing a trifluoromethylated all-carbon quaternary stereocenter with moderate to excellent yields (up to 99%) and good to excellent enantioselectivies (up to > 99.9% ee). Moreover, a proposed model of chiral pocket revealed that the attack of indole from the Re-face of β-CF3-β-disubstituted nitroalkene was favorable.
Bao, Robert Li-Yuan,Fu, Kang,Shi, Lei
(2021/11/27)
Asymmetric Construction of Pyrrolidines Bearing a Trifluoromethylated Quaternary Stereogenic Center via CuI-Catalyzed 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides with β-CF3-β,β-Disubstituted Nitroalkenes
A direct and convenient method has been developed for the synthesis of optically active pyrrolidines bearing a quaternary stereogenic center containing a CF3 group at the C-3 position of the pyrrolidine ring. The synthesis system, CuI/Si-FOXAP-catalyzed exo-selective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with β-CF3-β,β-disubstituted nitroalkenes, provides pyrrolidines with high diastereoselectivities (up to >98:2 d.r.) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to >99.9 ee) and performs well for a broad scope of substrates under mild conditions.