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Luo N, Turberg M, Leutzsch M, Mitschke B, Brunen S, Wakchaure VN, Nöthling N, Schelwies M, Pelzer R, List B. The catalytic asymmetric polyene cyclization of homofarnesol to ambrox. Nature 2024:10.1038/s41586-024-07757-7. [PMID: 39085607 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07757-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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Polyene cyclizations are among the most complex and challenging transformations in biology. In a single reaction step, multiple carbon-carbon bonds, ring systems and stereogenic centres are constituted from simple, acyclic precursors1-3. Simultaneously achieving this kind of precise control over product distribution and stereochemistry poses a formidable task for chemists. In particular, the polyene cyclization of (3E,7E)-homofarnesol to the valuable naturally occurring ambergris odorant (-)-ambrox is recognized as a longstanding challenge in chemical synthesis1,4-7. Here we report a diastereoselective and enantioselective synthesis of (-)-ambrox and the sesquiterpene lactone natural product (+)-sclareolide by a catalytic asymmetric polyene cyclization by using a highly Brønsted-acidic and confined imidodiphosphorimidate catalyst in the presence of fluorinated alcohols. Several experiments, including deuterium-labelling studies, suggest that the reaction predominantly proceeds through a concerted pathway in line with the Stork-Eschenmoser hypothesis8-10. Mechanistic studies show the importance of the enzyme-like microenvironment of the imidodiphosphorimidate catalyst for attaining exceptionally high selectivities, previously thought to be achievable only in enzyme-catalysed polyene cyclizations.
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- Na Luo
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- New Business Development Aroma Ingredients, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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Berrino E, Cantin T, Artault M, Beck S, Jessen C, Marrot J, Guégan F, Mingot A, Kornath A, Thibaudeau S. Accumulation, Characterization and Reactivity of Chiral Ammonium-Carboxonium Dications in Superacid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404066. [PMID: 38587216 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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The accumulation of chiral ammonium-oxocarbenium dications in superacid is evidenced by low-temperature NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis and confirmed by DFT calculations. Its potential for the diastereoselective remote hydrofunctionalization of non-activated alkene is also explored.
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- Emanuela Berrino
- IC2MP UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel, Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- IC2MP UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel, Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- IC2MP UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel, Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377, München, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377, München, Germany
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- UMR CNRS 8180, 45 avenue des États-Unis, 78035, Versailles Cedex, France
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- IC2MP UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel, Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- IC2MP UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel, Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377, München, Germany
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- IC2MP UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel, Brunet, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9, France
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Wakchaure VN, DeSnoo W, Laconsay CJ, Leutzsch M, Tsuji N, Tantillo DJ, List B. Catalytic asymmetric cationic shifts of aliphatic hydrocarbons. Nature 2024; 625:287-292. [PMID: 38200298 PMCID: PMC10781632 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06826-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Asymmetric catalysis is an advanced area of chemical synthesis, but the handling of abundantly available, purely aliphatic hydrocarbons has proven to be challenging. Typically, heteroatoms or aromatic substructures are required in the substrates and reagents to facilitate an efficient interaction with the chiral catalyst. Confined acids have recently been introduced as tools for homogenous asymmetric catalysis, specifically to enable the processing of small unbiased substrates1. However, asymmetric reactions in which both substrate and product are purely aliphatic hydrocarbons have not previously been catalysed by such super strong and confined acids. We describe here an imidodiphosphorimidate-catalysed asymmetric Wagner-Meerwein shift of aliphatic alkenyl cycloalkanes to cycloalkenes with excellent regio- and enantioselectivity. Despite their long history and high relevance for chemical synthesis and biosynthesis, Wagner-Meerwein reactions utilizing purely aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as those originally reported by Wagner and Meerwein, had previously eluded asymmetric catalysis.
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- Vijay N Wakchaure
- Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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Singh VK, Zhu C, De CK, Leutzsch M, Baldinelli L, Mitra R, Bistoni G, List B. Taming secondary benzylic cations in catalytic asymmetric S N1 reactions. Science 2023; 382:325-329. [PMID: 37856595 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj7007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Benzylic stereogenic centers are ubiquitous in natural products and pharmaceuticals. A potentially general, though challenging, approach toward their selective creation would be asymmetric unimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN1) reactions that proceed through highly reactive benzylic cations. We now report a broadly applicable solution to this problem by identifying chiral counteranions that pair with secondary benzylic cations to engage in catalytic asymmetric C-C, C-O, and C-N bond-forming reactions with excellent enantioselectivity. The critical cationic intermediate can be accessed from different precursors via Lewis- or Brønsted acid catalysis. Key to our strategy is the use of only weakly basic, confined counteranions that are posited to prolong the lifetime of the carbocation, thereby avoiding nonproductive deprotonation pathways to the corresponding styrene.
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- Vikas Kumar Singh
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06122 Perugia, Italy
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- School of Chemical and Materials Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Goa, Farmagudi, Ponda, Goa-403401, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06122 Perugia, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Zhao W, Lu Y, Qiao Y, Yin X, Liu C, Fang Z, Zhu J, Guo K. Electrosynthesis of Spiro-indolenines via Dearomative Arylation of Indoles in Batch and Continuous Flow. Org Lett 2023; 25:7451-7456. [PMID: 37791903 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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An electrosynthesis of spiro-indolenines in batch and continuous flow was achieved through dearomative arylation of indoles with good functional group compatibility. User-friendly undivided cells were used under catalyst- and oxidant-free conditions. Moreover, the use of a flow electrolysis cell gave high daily productivity and excellent scale-up potential under less supporting electrolyte and higher substrate concentration conditions.
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- Wei Zhao
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Intervention Therapy Department, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing 222042, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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Harden I, Neese F, Bistoni G. Dimerization of confined Brønsted acids in enantioselective organocatalytic reactions. Chem Sci 2023; 14:10580-10590. [PMID: 37799993 PMCID: PMC10548523 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03769j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
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The formation of Brønsted acid aggregates in the course of asymmetric organocatalytic reactions is often overlooked in mechanistic studies, even though it might have a deep impact on the stereo-controlling factors of the transformations. In this work, we shed light on the influence of the catalyst structure and reaction conditions on the spontaneity of the aggregation process for popular chiral organocatalysts derived from phosphoric acids using high-level quantum mechanical calculations. Our study encompasses small and sterically unhindered chiral phosphoric acids as well as large and "confined" imidodiphosphates and imidodiphosphorimidates. These systems have recently proven particularly effective in promoting a large number of highly relevant asymmetric transformations. While cooperative catalytic effects of sterically less hindered chiral phosphoric acid catalysts are well appreciated in literature, it is found that the formation of catalyst dimers in solution is possible for both standard and confined catalysts. The spontaneity of the aggregation process depends on reaction conditions like solvent polarity, polarizability, temperature, the nature of the interaction with the substrate, as well as the catalyst architecture. Finally, it is shown that, at low temperatures (153 K), the aggregation process can profoundly influence the reaction kinetics and selectivity.
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- Ingolf Harden
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia Via Elce di Sotto, 8 06123 Perugia Italy
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Gul R, Hu L, Liu Y, Xie Y. Synthesis of 1-Aryltetralins via Re 2O 7/HReO 4 Mediated Intramolecular Hydroarylations. J Org Chem 2023; 88:12079-12086. [PMID: 37559373 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Here, we describe highly efficient intramolecular hydroarylations mediated by Re2O7/HReO4. Styrene derivatives of different electronic properties have been activated to effect a challenging intramolecular hydroarylation for the facile access to various substituted 1-aryltetralin structures. This method is characterized by mild reaction conditions, broad substrate scope, high chemical yields, and 100% atom economy. The potential synthetic application of this methodology was exemplified by the efficient total synthesis of an isoCA-4 analogue.
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- Rukhsar Gul
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica; Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education; Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica; Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education; Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica; Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education; Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica; Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education; Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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Blackburn MAS, Wagen CC, Bodrogean MR, Tadross PM, Bendelsmith AJ, Kutateladze DA, Jacobsen EN. Dual-Hydrogen-Bond Donor and Brønsted Acid Cocatalysis Enables Highly Enantioselective Protio-Semipinacol Rearrangement Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:15036-15042. [PMID: 37428959 PMCID: PMC10387361 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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A catalytic protio-semipinacol ring-expansion reaction has been developed for the highly enantioselective conversion of tertiary vinylic cyclopropyl alcohols into cyclobutanone products bearing α-quaternary stereogenic centers. The method relies on the cocatalytic effect of a chiral dual-hydrogen-bond donor (HBD) with hydrogen chloride. Experimental evidence is provided for a stepwise mechanism where protonation of the alkene generates a short-lived, high-energy carbocation, which is followed by C-C bond migration to deliver the enantioenriched product. This research applies strong acid/chiral HBD cocatalysis to weakly basic olefinic substrates and lays the foundation for further investigations of enantioselective reactions involving high-energy cationic intermediates.
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- Melanie A S Blackburn
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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Maji R, Ghosh S, Grossmann O, Zhang P, Leutzsch M, Tsuji N, List B. A Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrolactonization. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:8788-8793. [PMID: 37043821 PMCID: PMC10141295 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Despite recent advancements in the development of catalytic asymmetric electrophile induced lactonization reactions of olefinic carboxylic acids, the archetypical hydrolactonization has long remained an unsolved and well-recognized challenge. Here, we report the realization of a catalytic asymmetric hydrolactonization using a confined imidodiphosphorimidate (IDPi) Brønsted acid catalyst. The method is operationally simple, scalable, and compatible with a wide variety of substrates. Its potential is showcased with concise syntheses of the sesquiterpenes (-)-boivinianin A and (+)-gossonorol. Through in-depth physicochemical and DFT analyses, we derive a nuanced picture of the mechanism and enantioselectivity of this reaction.
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- Rajat Maji
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICRedd), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICRedd), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Schell K, Li H, Lauterbach L, Taizoumbe KA, Dickschat JS, Hauer B. Alternative Active Site Confinement in Squalene–Hopene Cyclase Enforces Substrate Preorganization for Cyclization. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Tsuji N, Sidorov P, Zhu C, Nagata Y, Gimadiev T, Varnek A, List B. Predicting Highly Enantioselective Catalysts Using Tunable Fragment Descriptors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218659. [PMID: 36688354 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Catalyst optimization processes typically rely on inductive and qualitative assumptions of chemists based on screening data. While machine learning models using molecular properties or calculated 3D structures enable quantitative data evaluation, costly quantum chemical calculations are often required. In contrast, readily available binary fingerprint descriptors are time- and cost-efficient, but their predictive performance remains insufficient. Here, we describe a machine learning model based on fragment descriptors, which are fine-tuned for asymmetric catalysis and represent cyclic or polyaromatic hydrocarbons, enabling robust and efficient virtual screening. Using training data with only moderate selectivities, we designed theoretically and validated experimentally new catalysts showing higher selectivities in a challenging asymmetric tetrahydropyran synthesis.
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- Nobuya Tsuji
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.,Laboratory of Chemoinformatics, UMR 7140, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 67081, Strasbourg, France
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Ghosh S, Changotra A, Petrone DA, Isomura M, Carreira EM, Sunoj RB. Role of Noncovalent Interactions in Inducing High Enantioselectivity in an Alcohol Reductive Deoxygenation Reaction Involving a Planar Carbocationic Intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:2884-2900. [PMID: 36695526 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The involvement of planar carbocation intermediates is generally considered undesirable in asymmetric catalysis due to the difficulty in gaining facial control and their intrinsic stability issues. Recently, suitably designed chiral catalyst(s) have enabled a guided approach of nucleophiles to one of the prochiral faces of carbocations affording high enantiocontrol. Herein, we present the vital mechanistic insights from our comprehensive density functional theory (B3LYP-D3) study on a chiral Ir-phosphoramidite-catalyzed asymmetric reductive deoxygenation of racemic tertiary α-substituted allenylic alcohols. The catalytic transformation relies on the synergistic action of a phosphoramidite-modified Ir catalyst and Bi(OTf)3, first leading to the formation of an Ir-π-allenyl carbocation intermediate through a turn-over-determining SN1 ionization, followed by a face-selective hydride transfer from a Hantzsch ester analogue to yield an enantioenriched product. Bi(OTf)3 was found to promote a significant number of ionic interactions as well as noncovalent interactions (NCIs) with the catalyst and the substrates (allenylic alcohol and Hantzsch ester), thus providing access to a lower energy route as compared to the pathways devoid of Bi(OTf)3. In the nucleophilic addition, the chiral induction was found to depend on the number and efficacy of such key NCIs. The curious case of reversal of enantioselectivity, when the α-substituent of the allenyl alcohol is changed from methyl to cyclopropyl, was identified to originate from a change in mechanism from an enantioconvergent pathway (α-methyl) to a dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (α-cyclopropyl). These molecular insights could lead to newer strategies to tame tertiary carbocations in enantioselective reactions using suitable combinations of catalysts and additives.
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- Supratim Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.,Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Cross-assembly confined bifunctional catalysis via non-covalent interactions for asymmetric halogenation. Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Han Z, Wang W, Zhuang H, Wang J, Wang C, Wang J, Huang H, Sun J. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 2,3'-Bis(indolyl)methanes Bearing All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters via 2-Indole Imine Methides. Org Lett 2023; 25:477-482. [PMID: 36641768 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c04109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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An organocatalytic enantioselective formal hydroarylation of 2-vinyl indoles for the preparation of enantioenriched 2,3'-bis(indolyl)methanes bearing an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter is described. This reaction features mild conditions, low catalyst loading, excellent efficiency and enantioselectivity. The obtained products showed promising anticancer activity.
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- Zhengyu Han
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.,Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Zhao J, Wei T, Ke S, Li Y. Visible Light-Catalyzed Synthesis of Difluoroalkylated Polycyclic Indoles. CHINESE J ORG CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202212032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023]
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Girvin ZC, Cotter LF, Yoon H, Chapman SJ, Mayer JM, Yoon TP, Miller SJ. Asymmetric Photochemical [2 + 2]-Cycloaddition of Acyclic Vinylpyridines through Ternary Complex Formation and an Uncontrolled Sensitization Mechanism. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:20109-20117. [PMID: 36264837 PMCID: PMC9633457 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Stereochemical control of photochemical reactions that occur via triplet energy transfer remains a challenge. Suppressing off-catalyst stereorandom reactivity is difficult for highly reactive open-shell intermediates. Strategies for suppressing racemate-producing, off-catalyst pathways have long focused on formation of ground state, substrate-catalyst chiral complexes that are primed for triplet energy transfer via a photocatalyst in contrast to their off-catalyst counterparts. Herein, we describe a strategy where both a chiral catalyst-associated vinylpyridine and a nonassociated, free vinylpyridine substrate can be sensitized by an Ir(III) photocatalyst, yet high levels of diastereo- and enantioselectivity in a [2 + 2] photocycloaddition are achieved through a preferred, highly organized transition state. This mechanistic paradigm is distinct from, yet complementary to current approaches for achieving high levels of stereocontrol in photochemical transformations.
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- Zebediah C. Girvin
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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Asymmetric Hydroarylation Reactions Catalyzed by Transition Metals: Last 10 Years in a Mini Review. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12101289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hydroarylation reactions play a pivotal role in organic chemistry due to their versatility and efficiency. In the last 10 years, the scientific production around this reaction has been very high, but in its asymmetric version, the results are less. In this mini review, selected literature examples are considered to draw attention to directions of the asymmetric hydroarylation reaction mediated by transition metal catalysts. The selected works were grouped in two main sections. In the first, we reported examples relating the narrower definition of hydroarylation, namely the metal-catalyzed processes where inactivated aryl moiety undergoes a direct functionalization via insertion of an unsaturated compound. In the second part, hydroarylation reactions take place with the use of pre-activated aryl substrates, usually aryl-iodides or aryl-boronated.
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Ahmad T, Khan S, Ullah N. Recent Advances in the Catalytic Asymmetric Friedel-Crafts Reactions of Indoles. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:35446-35485. [PMID: 36249392 PMCID: PMC9558610 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Functionalized chiral indole derivatives are privileged and versatile organic frameworks encountered in numerous pharmaceutically active agents and biologically active natural products. The catalytic asymmetric Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles, catalyzed by chiral metal complexes or chiral organocatalysts, is one of the most powerful and atom-economical approaches to access optically active indole derivatives. Consequently, a wide range of electrophilic partners including α,β-unsaturated ketones, esters, amides, imines, β,γ-unsaturated α-keto- and α-ketiminoesters, ketimines, nitroalkenes, and many others have been successfully employed to achieve a plethora of functionalized chiral indole moieties. In particular, strategies for C-H functionalization in the phenyl of indoles require incorporation of a directing or blocking group in the phenyl or azole ring of indole. The discovery of chiral catalysts which can control enantiodiscrimination has gained a great deal of attention in recent years. This review will provide an updated account on the application of the asymmetric Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles in the synthesis of diverse chiral indole derivatives, covering the timeframe from 2011 to today.
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- Tauqir Ahmad
- Chemistry
Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry
Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry
Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
- The
Center for Refining & Advanced Chemicals, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Zhu L, Wang D. Deciphering the cooperative effect of base and N-substituents on the origin of enantioselectivity switching for Mannich reactions of glycinate by carbonyl catalysts. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Qin T, Lv G, Miao H, Guan M, Xu C, Zhang G, Xiong T, Zhang Q. Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkylation of (Hetero)Arenes with Styrenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201967. [PMID: 35363410 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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An efficient and general intermolecular Cobalt(II)-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation of styrenes with (hetero)arenes including indoles, thiophene and electron rich arenes has been developed, providing straightforward access to enantioenriched alkyl(hetero)arenes with high enantioselectivity. Mechanistic studies suggest that the reaction underwent a CoH-mediated hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) with alkenes, followed by a pivotal catalyst-controlled SN 2-like pathway between in situ generated organocobalt(IV) species and aromatic nucleophiles. This is the first CoH-catalyzed asymmetric hydrofunctionalization using carbon nucleophiles, providing a new strategy for asymmetric Friedel-Crafts type alkylation.
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- Tao Qin
- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecular Design & Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China.,State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai, 200032, China
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Nieuwland C, Fonseca Guerra C. How the Chalcogen Atom Size Dictates the Hydrogen‐Bond Donor Capability of Carboxamides, Thioamides, and Selenoamides. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200755. [PMID: 35322485 PMCID: PMC9324920 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The amino groups of thio‐ and selenoamides can act as stronger hydrogen‐bond donors than of carboxamides, despite the lower electronegativity of S and Se. This phenomenon has been experimentally explored, particularly in organocatalysis, but a sound electronic explanation is lacking. Our quantum chemical investigations show that the NH2 groups in thio‐ and selenoamides are more positively charged than in carboxamides. This originates from the larger electronic density flow from the nitrogen lone pair of the NH2 group towards the lower‐lying π*C=S and π*C=Se orbitals than to the high‐lying π*C=O orbital. The relative energies of the π* orbitals result from the overlap between the chalcogen np and carbon 2p atomic orbitals, which is set by the carbon‐chalcogen equilibrium distance, a consequence of the Pauli repulsion between the two bonded atoms. Thus, neither the electronegativity nor the often‐suggested polarizability but the steric size of the chalcogen atom determines the amide's hydrogen‐bond donor capability.
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- Celine Nieuwland
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry Gorlaeus Laboratories Leiden University Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC Leiden The Netherlands
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Zou LM, Huang XY, Zheng C, Cheng YZ, You SL. Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Indoles with Primary Alcohols. Org Lett 2022; 24:3544-3548. [PMID: 35533379 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Herein, chiral Brønsted acid-catalyzed intramolecular asymmetric allylic alkylation of indoles with allylic primary alcohols is described. The allyl alcohols were directly employed as the allylic precursors in this metal-free protocol, without preactivation or any additional activating reagents. This method provides the convenient synthesis of a broad range of functionalized tetrahydrocarbazoles in excellent yields (≤97%) with good enantioselectivity (≤93% ee). The optimal conditions are compatible for gram-scale reaction.
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- Lei-Ming Zou
- School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei-Long Road, Shanghai 200237, China.,State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei-Long Road, Shanghai 200237, China.,State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei-Long Road, Shanghai 200237, China.,State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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Organocatalytic stereoselective cyanosilylation of small ketones. Nature 2022; 605:84-89. [PMID: 35508776 PMCID: PMC9068509 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04531-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Enzymatic stereoselectivity has typically been unrivalled by most chemical catalysts, especially in the conversion of small substrates. According to the ‘lock-and-key theory’1,2, enzymes have confined active sites to accommodate their specific reacting substrates, a feature that is typically absent from chemical catalysts. An interesting case in this context is the formation of cyanohydrins from ketones and HCN, as this reaction can be catalysed by various classes of catalysts, including biological, inorganic and organic ones3–7. We now report the development of broadly applicable confined organocatalysts for the highly enantioselective cyanosilylation of aromatic and aliphatic ketones, including the challenging 2-butanone. The selectivity (98:2 enantiomeric ratio (e.r.)) obtained towards its pharmaceutically relevant product is unmatched by any other catalyst class, including engineered biocatalysts. Our results indicate that confined chemical catalysts can be designed that are as selective as enzymes in converting small, unbiased substrates, while still providing a broad scope. The development of confined organocatalysts for the enantioselective cyanosilylation of small, unbiased substrates, including 2-butanone, is shown to lead to catalysts that are as selective as enzymes, with excellent levels of control.
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Qin T, Lv G, Miao H, Guan M, Xu C, Zhang G, Xiong T, Zhang Q. Cobalt‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkylation of (Hetero)Arenes with Styrenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202201967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Tao Qin
- Northeast Normal University Department of Chemistry CHINA
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- Northeast Normal University Department of Chemistry CHINA
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- Northeast Normal University Department of Chemistry CHINA
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- Northeast Normal University Department of Chemistry CHINA
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- Northeast Normal University Department of Chemistry CHINA
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- Northeast Normal University Department of Chemistry CHINA
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- Northeast Normal University Department of Chemistry CHINA
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- Northeast Normal University Department of Chemistry 5268 Renmin Street 130024 Changchun CHINA
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Peng B, Ma J, Guo J, Gong Y, Wang R, Zhang Y, Zeng J, Chen WW, Ding K, Zhao B. A Powerful Chiral Super Brønsted C-H Acid for Asymmetric Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:2853-2860. [PMID: 35143204 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A new type of chiral super Brønsted C-H acids, BINOL-derived phosphoryl bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl) methanes (BPTMs), were developed. As compared to widely utilized BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acids (BPAs) and N-triflyl phosphoramides (NTPAs), BPTMs displayed much higher Brønsted acidity, resulting in dramatically improved activity and excellent enantioselectivity as demonstrated in catalytic asymmetric Mukaiyama-Mannich reaction, allylic amination, three-component coupling of allyltrimethylsilane with 9-fluorenylmethyl carbamate and aldehydes, and protonation of silyl enol ether. These new strong Brønsted C-H acids have provided a platform for expanding the chemistry of asymmetric Brønsted acid catalysis.
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- Bingfei Peng
- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.,State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.,State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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Song H, Zhou H, Shen Y, Wang H, Song H, Cai X, Xu C. HFIP as Protonation Reagent and Solvent for Regioselective Alkylation of Indoles with All-Carbon Centers. J Org Chem 2022; 87:1086-1097. [PMID: 35015536 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The regio- and chemoselective construction of indole bearing an all-carbon center at the C3-position, a versatile bioactive building block, by C(sp2)-C(sp3) formation with olefins has been achieved through utilization of hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) as the protonation reagent and solvent. The catalytic reactions are operationally simple and green compared with previous reports utilizing elaborated olefins and catalysts. This protocol allows for alkylation of a variety of substituted indoles with diverse of styrene type alkenes in excellent yields and with high selectivity. Application of this protocol to the synthesis of drug was pursued and with an improved yield in contrast to previous art. Catalytic kinetics and deuterium-labeling experiments suggest that the rate-determining step involves the protonation of olefin by HFIP to generate carbocation, followed by electrophilic addition to indole derivative.
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- Heng Song
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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Wang N, Fan LW, Zhang J, Gu QS, Lin JS, Chen GQ, Liu XY, Yu P. Chiral N-Triflylphosphoramide-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes: A Hetero-Ene Reaction Mechanism. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01874d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A highly enantioselective intramolecular hydroamination reaction catalyzed by chiral N-triflylphosphoramide (NTPA) that covers an exceptionally broad substrate scope of isolated unactivated alkenes was recently reported by some of us. Herein...
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Mouhtady O, Castellan T, André‐Barrès C, Gornitzka H, Fabing I, Saffon‐Merceron N, Génisson Y, Gaspard H. (
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)‐BINOL‐6,6’‐bistriflone: Shortened Synthesis, Characterization, and Enantioselective Catalytic Applications. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202101137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Omar Mouhtady
- College of Engineering and Technology American University of the Middle East Kuwait
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Physico-Chimie de Molécules d'Intérêt Biologique SPCMIB UMR 5068 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III 118 route de Narbonne Toulouse 31062 Cedex 9 France
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Physico-Chimie de Molécules d'Intérêt Biologique SPCMIB UMR 5068 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III 118 route de Narbonne Toulouse 31062 Cedex 9 France
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- LCC-CNRS Université de Toulouse CNRS UPS Toulouse 31077 France
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Physico-Chimie de Molécules d'Intérêt Biologique SPCMIB UMR 5068 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III 118 route de Narbonne Toulouse 31062 Cedex 9 France
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- Institut de Chimie de Toulouse ICT FR 2599 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III Toulouse 31062 Cedex 9 France
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Physico-Chimie de Molécules d'Intérêt Biologique SPCMIB UMR 5068 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III 118 route de Narbonne Toulouse 31062 Cedex 9 France
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Physico-Chimie de Molécules d'Intérêt Biologique SPCMIB UMR 5068 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III 118 route de Narbonne Toulouse 31062 Cedex 9 France
- Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée LHFA UMR 5069 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III 118 route de Narbonne Toulouse 31062 Cedex 9 France
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Jin M, Tang C, Li Y, Yang S, Yang YT, Peng L, Li XN, Zhang W, Zuo Z, Gagosz F, Wang LL. Enantioselective access to tricyclic tetrahydropyran derivatives by a remote hydrogen bonding mediated intramolecular IEDHDA reaction. Nat Commun 2021; 12:7188. [PMID: 34893616 PMCID: PMC8664811 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27521-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Inverse-electron-demand-hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of alkenes with α,β-unsaturated keto compounds allow rapid access to the tetrahydropyran ring found in numerous natural products and bioactive molecules. Despite its synthetic interest, catalytic asymmetric versions of this process remain underdeveloped, especially regarding the use of non-activated alkenes reacting with α,β-unsaturated ketone or aldehyde, for which no report can be found in the literature. Herein, we describe the catalytic inverse-electron-demand-hetero-Diels-Alder reactions between neutral alkenes and an α,β-unsaturated ketones or aldehydes to produce a variety of trans-fused [5,6,8] tricyclic structures containing a central, chiral tetrahydropyran ring. This complex transformation, which is achieved using a chiral phosphoric acid, allows for the formation of four stereogenic centers in a single step with high regio-, diastereo- and enantioselectivity (up to 99% ee). Such level of stereocontrol could be achieved by a key remote double hydrogen atom bonding interaction between the linear substrate and the catalyst. Although the hetero-Diels–Alder reaction is a staple of organic chemistry, catalytic asymmetric versions of the inverse-electron demand variant often require specially engineered substrates for the reaction to work. Here the authors cyclize non-activated alkenes with α,β-unsaturated ketones or aldehydes to form chiral fused heterocycles using a chiral phosphoric acid catalyst.
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- Min Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, PR China
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- School of Food and Chemical Engineering, Shaoyang University, 422000, Shaoyang, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, 643000, Zigong, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, PR China
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- School of Food and Chemical Engineering, Shaoyang University, 422000, Shaoyang, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, PR China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, PR China.
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Liu YH, Xie PP, Liu L, Fan J, Zhang ZZ, Hong X, Shi BF. Cp*Co(III)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroarylation of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes via C-H Activation. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:19112-19120. [PMID: 34747617 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Enantioselective hydroarylation of unactivated terminal akenes constitutes a prominent challenge in organic chemistry. Herein, we reported a Cp*Co(III)-catalyzed asymmetric hydroarylation of unactivated aliphatic terminal alkenes assisted by a new type of tailor-made amino acid ligands. Critical to the chiral induction was the engaging of a novel noncovalent interaction (NCI), which has seldomly been disclosed in the C-H activation area, arising from the molecular recognition among the organocobalt(III) intermediate, the coordinated alkene, and the well-designed chiral ligand. A broad range of C2-alkylated indoles were obtained in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities. DFT calculations revealed the reaction mechanism and elucidated the origins of chiral induction in the stereodetermining alkene insertion step.
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- Yan-Hua Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Lei CW, Mu BS, Zhou F, Yu JS, Zhou Y, Zhou J. Organocatalytic enantioselective reactions involving prochiral carbocationic intermediates. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:9178-9191. [PMID: 34519317 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03506a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Since the discovery of carbocations in 1901, the past 120 years have witnessed many marvelous advances in the chemistry of carbocations. The state-of-the-art research in this field is to overcome the intrinsic instability and high reactivity of the prochiral carbocationic intermediates to develop catalytic asymmetric reactions. Such transformations enable the facile synthesis of structurally diverse value-added products from readily available starting materials such as alkenes, alcohols, and carbonyl derivatives, and enjoy high and even perfect atom-economy in most cases. Notably, such allows catalytic stereoconvergent synthesis from racemic substrates and can realize regioselectivity in olefin functionalization reactions complementary to radical processes. With the rapid developments in modern asymmetric organocatalysis, a variety of highly enantioselective protocols evolving prochiral carbocationic intermediates have been achieved by employing three strategies, namely chiral ion-pairing, chiral nucleophile, or chiral carbenium ion strategy. This feature article aims to summarize the exciting advances in this emerging area and briefly showcase the possible mechanisms. The advantages and limitations of each strategy are presented as well as their synthetic applications in the synthesis of natural products or bioactive compounds.
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- Chuan-Wen Lei
- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, 550025, P. R. China.
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China.
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China.
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China. .,Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, 550025, P. R. China.
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China. .,Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, P. R. China
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Zhao Q, Li Y, Zhang QX, Cheng JP, Li X. Catalytic Asymmetric Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction of Ketimines and Unactivated Dienes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17608-17614. [PMID: 34036702 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The enantioselective aza-Diels-Alder reaction is efficient for constructing chiral tetrahydropyridines, but the catalytic asymmetric aza-Diels-Alder reaction of ketimines with unactivated dienes is still a challenging topic. Herein, guided by computational screening, a highly enantioselective aza-Diels-Alder reaction of 2-aryl-3H-indol-3-ones with unactivated dienes was realized by using a B(C6 F5 )3 /chiral phosphoric acid catalyst system under mild conditions. The reaction has a broad scope with respect to both aza-Diels-Alder reaction partners and hence offers rapid access to an array of tetrahydropyridine derivatives with pretty outcomes (up to 99 % yield, >20:1 dr and 98:2 er). The reaction is very efficient: lowering catalyst loadings for the model reaction to 0.1 mol %, enantioselectivity is still maintained. The synthetic utility was confirmed by transformations of the products. DFT calculations provide convincing evidence for the interpretation of stereoselection.
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- Qun Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China.,Center of Basic Molecular Science (CBMS), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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Zhao Q, Li Y, Zhang Q, Cheng J, Li X. Catalytic Asymmetric Aza‐Diels–Alder Reaction of Ketimines and Unactivated Dienes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Qun Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry College of Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry College of Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry College of Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry College of Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
- Center of Basic Molecular Science (CBMS) Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry College of Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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Antenucci A, Dughera S, Renzi P. Green Chemistry Meets Asymmetric Organocatalysis: A Critical Overview on Catalysts Synthesis. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:2785-2853. [PMID: 33984187 PMCID: PMC8362219 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Can green chemistry be the right reading key to let organocatalyst design take a step forward towards sustainable catalysis? What if the intriguing chemistry promoted by more engineered organocatalysts was carried on by using renewable and naturally occurring molecular scaffolds, or at least synthetic catalysts more respectful towards the principles of green chemistry? Within the frame of these questions, this Review will tackle the most commonly occurring organic chiral catalysts from the perspective of their synthesis rather than their employment in chemical methodologies or processes. A classification of the catalyst scaffolds based on their E factor will be provided, and the global E factor (EG factor) will be proposed as a new green chemistry metric to consider, also, the synthetic route to the catalyst within a given organocatalytic process.
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- Achille Antenucci
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of TurinVia Pietro Giuria, 710125TurinItaly
- NIS Interdeprtmental CentreINSTM Reference CentreUniversity of TurinVia Gioacchino Quarello 15/A10135TurinItaly
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of TurinVia Pietro Giuria, 710125TurinItaly
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of TurinVia Pietro Giuria, 710125TurinItaly
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Zhan SC, Fang RJ, Sun J, Yan CG. Diastereoselective synthesis of spiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidines] and spiro[carbazole-3,1'-cyclohexanes] via four-component reaction. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:6322-6327. [PMID: 34223583 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01113h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Functionalized spiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidines] and spiro[carbazole-3,1'-cyclohexanes] were efficiently synthesized in satisfactory yields with high diastereoselectivity by CuSO4 catalyzed multicomponent reaction of indole-2-acetate, aromatic aldehyde and 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid or dimedone. The reaction was finished with sequential Diels-Alder reaction of both in situ generated indole-2,3-quinodimethane and a dienophile. Additionally, the initially formed spiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidines] were converted to dehydrogenated spiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidines] by DDQ oxidation. The initially formed spiro[carbazole-3,1'-cyclohexanes] were converted to δ-valerolactone-substituted carbazoles by a DDQ promoted Baeyer-Villiger oxidation process.
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- Shao-Cong Zhan
- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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Xiao EK, Wu XT, Ma F, Miao LW, Jiang YJ, Chen P. Iron-catalyzed alkylation of carbazole derivatives via hydroarylation of styrenes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:7148-7151. [PMID: 34184010 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02449c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first direct and selective 3,6-di-alkylation of carbazoles via iron-catalyzed hydroarylation of styrenes is demonstrated. This simple, general and efficient method could deliver a wide range of di-benzyl-carbazoles with high chemo- and regio-selectivity at room temperature in up to 96% yield with no need for a noble-metal catalyst, directing group or additives.
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- En-Kai Xiao
- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China.
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During the last 20 years, organocatalysis has significantly advanced as a field. Thanks to contributions from hundreds of groups and companies around the world, the area has risen from a few mechanistically ill-defined niche reactions, to one of the most vibrant and innovative fields in chemistry, providing several well-defined generic activation modes for selective catalysis. Organocatalysis is also on the rise in industrial settings, especially for the production of enantiomers, which are of use in fine chemistry, pharma, crop-protection, and fragrance chemistry. Here we will look at some of the specific elements of organocatalysis that we think are particularly attractive and contribute to this successful development.
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- Miles H. Aukland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung , Mulheim an der Ruhr , Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung , Mulheim an der Ruhr , Germany
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Bower JF, Aldhous TP, Chung RWM, Dalling AG. Enantioselective Intermolecular Murai-Type Alkene Hydroarylation Reactions. SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1720406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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AbstractStrategies that enable the efficient assembly of complex building blocks from feedstock chemicals are of paramount importance to synthetic chemistry. Building upon the pioneering work of Murai and co-workers in 1993, C–H-activation-based enantioselective hydroarylations of alkenes offer a particularly promising framework for the step- and atom-economical installation of benzylic stereocenters. This short review presents recent intermolecular enantioselective Murai-type alkene hydroarylation methodologies and the mechanisms by which they proceed.1 Introduction2 Enantioselective Hydroarylation Reactions of Strained Bicyclic Alkenes3 Enantioselective Hydroarylation Reactions of Electron-Rich Acyclic Alkenes4 Enantioselective Hydroarylation Reactions of Electron-Poor Acyclic Alkenes5 Enantioselective Hydroarylation Reactions of Minimally Polarized Acyclic Alkenes6 Conclusion and Outlook
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool
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Practical, efficient,
and general methods for the diversification
of N-heterocycles have been a recurrent goal in chemical
synthesis due to the ubiquitous influence of these motifs within bioactive
frameworks. Here, we describe a direct, catalytic, and selective functionalization
of azines via silylium activation. Our catalyst design enables mild
conditions and a remarkable functional group tolerance in a one-pot
setup.
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- Carla Obradors
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, Mülheim an der Ruhr, 45470, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, Mülheim an der Ruhr, 45470, Germany
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