79821-73-1Relevant articles and documents
Enantioconvergent Cu-Catalyzed Radical C-N Coupling of Racemic Secondary Alkyl Halides to Access α-Chiral Primary Amines
Cheng, Jiang-Tao,Dong, Xiao-Yang,Gu, Qiang-Shuai,Li, Zhong-Liang,Liu, Juan,Liu, Xin-Yuan,Luan, Cheng,Wang, Fu-Li,Wang, Li-Lei,Yang, Ning-Yuan,Zhang, Yu-Feng
, p. 15413 - 15419 (2021/09/30)
α-Chiral alkyl primary amines are virtually universal synthetic precursors for all other α-chiral N-containing compounds ubiquitous in biological, pharmaceutical, and material sciences. The enantioselective amination of common alkyl halides with ammonia is appealing for potential rapid access to α-chiral primary amines, but has hitherto remained rare due to the multifaceted difficulties in using ammonia and the underdeveloped C(sp3)-N coupling. Here we demonstrate sulfoximines as excellent ammonia surrogates for enantioconvergent radical C-N coupling with diverse racemic secondary alkyl halides (>60 examples) by copper catalysis under mild thermal conditions. The reaction efficiently provides highly enantioenrichedN-alkyl sulfoximines (up to 99% yield and >99% ee) featuring secondary benzyl, propargyl, α-carbonyl alkyl, and α-cyano alkyl stereocenters. In addition, we have converted the masked α-chiral primary amines thus obtained to various synthetic building blocks, ligands, and drugs possessing α-chiral N-functionalities, such as carbamate, carboxylamide, secondary and tertiary amine, and oxazoline, with commonly seen α-substitution patterns. These results shine light on the potential of enantioconvergent radical cross-coupling as a general chiral carbon-heteroatom formation strategy.
Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Tertiary Amino Ketones from Sulfonium Ylides
Guo, Wengang,Li, Pingfan,Luo, Yuzheng,Sun, Jianwei,Sung, Herman H.-Y.,Williams, Ian D.
, p. 14384 - 14390 (2020/09/15)
Herein we disclose a new catalytic asymmetric approach for the synthesis of chiral α-Amino ketones, which is particularly useful for the less accessible acyclic α-Tertiary cases. By a protonation-Amination sequence, our approach represents a rare asymmetric H-heteroatom bond insertion by α-carbonyl sulfonium ylides, an attractive surrogate of diazocarbonyls. The mild intermolecular C-N bond formation was catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids with excellent efficiency and enantioselectivity. The products are precursors to other important chiral amine derivatives, including drug molecules and chiral ligands. The enantioselectivity was controlled by dynamic kinetic resolution in the amination step, rather than the initial protonation. This process opens up a new platform for the development of other related insertion reactions.
Process Development of CuI/ABNO/NMI-Catalyzed Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation
Steves, Janelle E.,Preger, Yuliya,Martinelli, Joseph R.,Welch, Christopher J.,Root, Thatcher W.,Hawkins, Joel M.,Stahl, Shannon S.
, p. 1548 - 1553 (2015/12/01)
An improved Cu/nitroxyl catalyst system for aerobic alcohol oxidation has been developed for the oxidation of functionalized primary and secondary alcohols to aldehydes and ketones, suitable for implementation in batch and flow processes. This catalyst, which has been demonstrated in a >50 g scale batch reaction, addresses a number of process limitations associated with a previously reported (MeObpy)CuI/ABNO/NMI catalyst system (MeObpy = 4,4′-dimethoxy-2,2′-bipyridine, ABNO = 9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane N-oxyl, NMI = N-methylimidazole). Important catalyst modifications include the replacement of [Cu(MeCN)4]OTf with a lower-cost Cu source, CuI, reduction of the ABNO loading to 0.05-0.3 mol%, and use of NMI as the only ligand/additive (i.e., without a need for MeObpy). Use of a high flash point solvent, N-methylpyrrolidone, enables safe operation in batch reactions with air as the oxidant. For continuous-flow applications compatible with elevated gas pressures, better performance is observed with acetonitrile as the solvent.
