A Facile Approach to Optically Active Hydroquinoline-2-carboxylates by a One-Pot Asymmetric Michael/Transamination/Cyclization Process

Chiral tertiary amine-squaramide catalyzed highly enantioselective Michael addition of cyclic diketones to β,γ-unsaturated α-keto Esters

Abstract:

A novel tertiary amine squaramide has successfully developed and applied to catalyze the asymmetric Michael addition between cyclic diketones and β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters. The catalyst system performed well with a low catalyst loading of 1 mol% under mild reaction conditions. A series of synthetically and pharmaceutically useful chiral bicyclic compounds were obtained with both high yields (up to 97%) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 97% ee).

Enantioselective Synthesis of Coumarins Catalyzed by Chiral Squaramide

Abstract:

A newly chiral tertiary amine-squaramide has successfully developed and applied into the asymmetric Michael addition of 4-hydroxycoumarin to β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters. The catalyst system performed well with a low catalyst loading of 1 mol% under mild reaction conditions. A series of coumarin derivatives were obtained with good yields and enantioselectivities

Enantioselective synthesis of coumarins catalyzed by an isosteviol-derived tertiary amine-squaramide catalyst

A newly tertiary amine-squaramide organocatalyst has been successfully developed and applied into the asymmetric Michael addition of 4-hydroxycoumarin to β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters. The catalyst system performed well with a low catalyst loading of 1 mol% under mild reaction conditions. A series of coumarin derivatives were obtained in good to high yields (up to 97%) with high enantioselectivities (up to 96% ee).

trans-1,2-Diaminocyclohexane-based sulfonamides as effective hydrogen-bonding organocatalysts for asymmetric Michael–hemiacetalization reaction

Simple sulfonamide organocatalysts deliver unparalleled efficiency in the asymmetric Michael–hemiacetalization cascade.

Click-Dimerized Cinchona Alkaloids

A series of Cinchona alkaloid-derived dimers were obtained in high yields in copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar "click" cycloaddition using bis(TMS)butadiyne and other bivalent alkynes. The products with bitriazole linkers were effective ligands for asymmetric copper-catalyzed Michael addition. It was shown that the presence of such linker was responsible for effective chirality transfer.