1402830-73-2Relevant articles and documents
Copper(I)-catalyzed enantioselective incorporation of ketones to cyclic hemiaminals for the synthesis of versatile alkaloid precursors
Shi, Shi-Liang,Wei, Xiao-Feng,Shimizu, Yohei,Kanai, Motomu
supporting information, p. 17019 - 17022,4 (2012/12/12)
A general catalytic enantioselective method that can produce five-, six-, and seven-membered N-heterocycles possessing various ketone moieties starting from stable and easily available cyclic hemiaminals and ketones was developed. The method involves three successive steps in one pot (aldol addition, dehydration, and enantioselective intramolecular aza-Michael reaction), all of which are promoted by a chiral copper(I)-conjugated Bronsted base catalyst. This method is useful for rapid access to versatile chiral building blocks for the synthesis of drug-lead alkaloids.