Wang L, Jiang X, Chen J, Huang Y. Enantio- and Diastereoselective Hydrofluorination of Enals by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019;
58:7410-7414. [PMID:
30942950 DOI:
10.1002/anie.201902989]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
In contrast to well-established asymmetric hydrogenation reactions, enantioselective protonation is an orthogonal approach for creating highly valuable methine chiral centers under redox-neutral conditions. Reported here is the highly enantio- and diastereoselective hydrofluorination of enals by an asymmetric β-protonation/α-fluorination cascade catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs). The two nucleophilic sites of a homoenolate intermediate, generated from enals and an NHC, are sequentially protonated and fluorinated. The results show that controlling the relative rates of protonation, fluorination, and esterification is crucial for this transformation, and can be accomplished using a dual shuttling strategy. Structurally diverse carboxylic acid derivatives with two contiguous chiral centers are prepared in a single step with excellent d.r. and ee values.
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