Liu LX, Huang WJ, Yu CB, Zhou YG. Palladium-catalyzed stereoselective construction of chiral allenes bearing nonadjacent axial and two central chirality.
Org Biomol Chem 2023;
21:8516-8520. [PMID:
37853833 DOI:
10.1039/d3ob01315d]
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Abstract
It is challenging to enantioselectively construct molecules bearing multiple nonadjacent stereocenters, in contrast to those bearing a single stereocenter or adjacent stereocenters. Herein, we report an enantio- and diastereoselective synthesis of substituted chiral allenes with nonadjacent axial and two central chiral centers through a combination of retro-oxa-Michael addition and palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allenylic alkylation. This methodology exhibits good functional-group compatibility, and the corresponding allenylic alkylated compounds, including flavonoid frameworks, are obtained with good yields and diastereoselectivities and excellent enantioselectivities (all >95% ee). Furthermore, the scalability of the current synthetic protocol was proven by performing a gram-scale reaction.
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