- Reaction development and mechanistic study of a ruthenium catalyzed intramolecular asymmetric reductive amination en route to the dual orexin inhibitor suvorexant (MK-4305)
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The first example of an intramolecular asymmetric reductive amination of a dialkyl ketone with an aliphatic amine has been developed for the synthesis of Suvorexant (MK-4305), a potent dual Orexin antagonist under development for the treatment of sleep di
- Strotman, Neil A.,Baxter, Carl A.,Brands, Karel M. J.,Cleator, Ed,Krska, Shane W.,Reamer, Robert A.,Wallace, Debra J.,Wright, Timothy J.
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- Asymmetric Three-Component Reaction for the Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Allenoates via Allenoate-Copper Intermediates
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We developed an efficient and direct route for the synthesis of tetrasubstituted allenes via asymmetric multicomponent reaction (AMCR) by utilizing a variety of α-diazoesters, terminal alkynes, and isatins. This method enables Cu(I)-involved AMCRs of α-diazo compounds and also gives solid experimental evidence for the formation of allenoate-Cu(I) intermediates in C–H insertion of α-diazoesters to terminal alkynes. Combined-acid systems of guanidinylated metal complexes lead to higher reactivity and equally effective asymmetric environment. A catalytic asymmetric three-component reaction of α-diazoesters with terminal alkynes and isatins was achieved. This one-pot synthesis gave rise to axially chiral tetrasubstituted allenoates bearing a stereogenic center. The chiral guanidinium salt/CuBr/YBr3 catalytic system proved efficient and highly diastereo- and enantioselective for a wide range of alkynes, aromatic α-diazoesters, and isatins under mild reaction conditions. This approach enables a Cu(I)-involved asymmetric multicomponent reaction (AMCR) of α-diazo compounds and gives solid experimental evidence for the formation of allenoate-Cu(I) intermediates in C–H insertion of α-diazoesters to terminal alkynes. We also found that additional acids improved the catalyst efficiency of guanidinium salt/CuCl in the direct enantioselective C–H insertion of α-aryl diazoesters. Mechanism studies suggest that the combined-acid systems (Lewis acid combined with assisted Lewis acid or Br?nsted acid combined with assisted Lewis acid) bring out higher reactivity by associative interaction and allow for an equally effective asymmetric environment. Chirality is a universal phenomenon found in nature. Different from the usual central chirality, allenes are a class of compounds bearing three-carbon axially chiral skeletons and have attracted increasing attention for their usefulness as synthetic intermediates. This unique structural feature can provide allenes with specific biological activity and has been found in many drug molecules and natural products; thus, there is increasing demand for new routes toward these pharmaceutically relevant compounds. Nevertheless, the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral allenes, especially for tetrasubstituted ones, is still in its infancy. Here, we report the synthesis of tetrasubstituted allenoates via an asymmetric three-component reaction of α-diazoesters with terminal alkynes and isatins. This gives access to the desired central and axial chirality bearing carbinol allenoate by trapping the corresponding allenoate-copper intermediate with isatin.
- Tang, Yu,Xu, Jian,Yang, Jian,Lin, Lili,Feng, Xiaoming,Liu, Xiaohua
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p. 1658 - 1672
(2018/05/16)
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- Catalytic asymmetric Michael addition with curcumin derivative
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Catalytic asymmetric Michael additions with curcumin derivatives were achieved by a new series of tertiary amine-thiourea organocatalysts to afford the Michael adducts in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities.
- Li, Wenjun,Wu, Wenbin,Yu, Feng,Huang, Huicai,Liang, Xinmiao,Ye, Jinxing
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p. 2505 - 2511
(2011/05/06)
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- Transfer hydrogenation of activated ketones using novel chiral Ru(II)-N-arenesulfonyl-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine complexes
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A series of α-keto esters and α,α,α- trifluoromethyl ketones were reduced in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities under Ru-catalysed transfer hydrogenation using novel chiral N-arenesulfonyl-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine ligands.
- ?terk, Damjan,Stephan, Massoud S.,Mohar, Barbara
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(2007/10/03)
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- Chemistry of opium alkaloids, 45. Improvements in the total synthesis of morphine
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The chiral 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline intermediates in the Price and Beyerman routes to morphine, (+)-(R)-1-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl)-6-methoxy- 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (6) and (+)-(R)-1-(3,5-dibenzyloxy-4- methoxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (5), were prepared in high ee by ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of the corresponding imine precursors (Noyori method). The yield of the key raw material in the Beyerman route, 3,5-dibenzyloxy-4-methoxyphenylacetric acid (1), starting from gallic acid methyl ester (7) was improved by a factor of 5 over previously described syntheses. Key steps in the new procedure are the selective formation of methyl 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate (9) via the 3,5-diacetate and an improved benzylation of the hydroxyl groups in 9.
- Meuzelaar, Gerrit J.,Van Vliet, Michiel C. A.,Maat, Leendert,Sheldon, Roger A.
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(2007/10/03)
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