- Direct and enantioselective vinylogous michael addition of α-alkylidenepyrazolinones to nitroolefins catalyzed by dual cinchona alkaloid thioureas
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While several protocols exist for the asymmetric functionalization of pyrazolinones at the α-position relying on nucleophilic addition or annulation procedures, use of α-alkylidene electron-rich analogues in asymmetric vinylogous coupling to carbon electrophiles is substantially an uncharted domain. We now report, for the first time, that alkylidenepyrazolinones carrying an enolizable carbon at the γ-position efficiently participate in direct and asymmetric, catalytic vinylogous Michael-type additions to nitroolefins providing the expected adducts in high yields, with complete γ-site selectivity and with extraordinary levels of enantio-, diastereo-, and geometrical selectivities. Both enantiomeric adducts were equally accessed by employing a quasi-enantiomeric quinine- or quinidine-based thiourea catalyst pair.
- Rassu, Gloria,Zambrano, Vincenzo,Pinna, Luigi,Curti, Claudio,Battistini, Lucia,Sartori, Andrea,Pelosi, Giorgio,Casiraghi, Giovanni,Zanardi, Franca
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p. 2330 - 2336
(2014/07/21)
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- A New Synthesis of 4,5-Dihydroxy-pyrazoles
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1-Aryl-pyrazolin-5-ones 1 are converted by Knoevenagel condensation with acetone or by reaction with 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane 6 to 1-aryl-4-isopropyliden-pyrazolin-5-ones 2.The compounds 2 are epoxidized by hydrogen peroxide forming the spiro-epoxides 3, which can be cleaved to 4,5-dihydroxy-pyrazoles 4 under acidic conditions. 4-Acetoxy-5-hydroxy-pyrazoles 13 are formed directly, when 3 are cleaved in presence of acetic anhydride.The 3,3',3'-trimethyl-1-(4-nitro-phenyl)-pyrazolin-4-spiro-2'-oxiran-5-one 3b undergoes rearrangement to the 1,3-dioxolopyrazole 12.
- Kirschke, Klaus,Schmitz, Ernst
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