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Lu QT, Du YB, Xu MM, Xie PP, Cai Q. Catalytic Asymmetric Aza-Electrophilic Additions of 1,1-Disubstituted Styrenes. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:21535-21545. [PMID: 39056748 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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Electrophilic addition of alkenes is a textbook reaction that plays a pivotal role in organic chemistry. In the past decades, catalytic asymmetric variants of this important type of reaction have witnessed great achievements by the development of novel catalytic systems. However, enantioselective aza-electrophilic additions of unactivated alkenes, which could provide a transformative strategy for the preparation of synthetically significant nitrogen-containing compounds, still remain a formidable challenge. Herein, we have developed unprecedented Au(I)/NHC-catalyzed asymmetric aza-electrophilic additions of unactivated 1,1-disubstituted styrenes by the utilization of readily available dialkyl azodicarboxylates as electrophilic nitrogen sources. Based on this approach, a series of transformations, including [2 + 2] cycloaddition, intermolecular 1,2-oxyamination, and several types of intramolecular hydrazination-induced cyclizations, have been realized. These transformations provide a previously unattainable platform for the divergent synthesis of hydrazine derivatives, which could also be converted to other nitrogen-containing chiral synthons. Experimental and computational studies support the idea that carbocation intermediates are involved in reaction pathways.
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- Qi-Tao Lu
- Department of Chemistry, Research Center for Molecular Recognition and Synthesis, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Research Center for Molecular Recognition and Synthesis, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Research Center for Molecular Recognition and Synthesis, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Research Center for Molecular Recognition and Synthesis, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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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; 632:795-801. [PMID: 39085607 PMCID: PMC11338820 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07757-7] [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: 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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Giri R, Zhilin E, Katayev D. Divergent functionalization of alkenes enabled by photoredox activation of CDFA and α-halo carboxylic acids. Chem Sci 2024; 15:10659-10667. [PMID: 38994427 PMCID: PMC11234866 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01084a] [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: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
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Herein we present our studies on the solvent-controlled difunctionalization of alkenes utilizing chlorodifluoroacetic acid (CDFA) and α-halo carboxylic acids for the synthesis of γ-lactones, γ-lactams and α,α-difluoroesters. Mechanistic insights revealed that photocatalytic reductive mesolytic cleavage of the C-X bond delivers elusive α-carboxyl alkyl radicals. In the presence of an olefin molecule, this species acts as a unique bifunctional intermediate allowing for stipulated formation of C-O, C-N and C-H bonds on Giese-type adducts via single electron transfer (SET) or hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) events. These protocols exhibit great efficiency across a broad spectrum of readily available α-halo carboxylic acids and are amenable to scalability in both batch and flow. To demonstrate the versatility of this concept, the synthesis of (±)-boivinianin A, its fluorinated analog and eupomatilone-6 natural products was successfully accomplished.
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- Rahul Giri
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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Hu W, Li M, Xiong W, Zhou S, Zou Q, Lü JT, Tian H, Guo X. Real-Time Direct Monitoring of Chirality Fixation and Recognition at the Single-Molecule Level. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:17765-17772. [PMID: 38902874 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Chirality, a fundamental attribute of nature, significantly influences a wide range of phenomena related to physical properties, chemical reactions, biological pharmacology, and so on. As a pivotal aspect of chirality research, chirality recognition contributes to the synthesis of complex chiral products from simple chiral compounds and exhibits intricate interplay between chiral materials. However, macroscopic detection technologies cannot unveil the dynamic process and intrinsic mechanisms of single-molecule chirality recognition. Herein, we present a single-molecule detection platform based on graphene-molecule-graphene single-molecule junctions to measure the chirality recognition involving interactions between amines and chiral alcohols. This approach leads to the realization of in situ and real-time direct observation of chirality recognition at the single-molecule level, demonstrating that chiral alcohols exhibit compelling potential to induce the formation of the corresponding chiral configuration of molecules. The amalgamation of theoretical analyses with experimental findings reveals a synergistic action between electrostatic interactions and steric hindrance effects in the chirality recognition process, thus substantiating the microscopic mechanism governing the chiral structure-activity relationship. These studies open up a pathway for exploring novel chiral phenomena from the fundamental limits of chemistry, such as chiral origin and chiral amplification, and offer important insights into the precise synthesis of chiral materials.
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- Weilin Hu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
- Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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Yu J, Zhang Q, Zhao B, Wang T, Zheng Y, Wang B, Zhang Y, Huang X. Repurposing Visible-Light-Excited Ene-Reductases for Diastereo- and Enantioselective Lactones Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402673. [PMID: 38656534 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Repurposing enzymes to catalyze non-natural asymmetric transformations that are difficult to achieve using traditional chemical methods is of significant importance. Although radical C-O bond formation has emerged as a powerful approach for constructing oxygen-containing compounds, controlling the stereochemistry poses a great challenge. Here we present the development of a dual bio-/photo-catalytic system comprising an ene-reductase and an organic dye for achieving stereoselective lactonizations. By integrating directed evolution and photoinduced single electron oxidation, we repurposed engineered ene-reductases to steer non-natural radical C-O formations (one C-O bond for hydrolactonizations and lactonization-alkylations while two C-O bonds for lactonization-oxygenations). This dual catalysis gave a new approach to a diverse array of enantioenhanced 5- and 6-membered lactones with vicinal stereocenters, part of which bears a quaternary stereocenter (up to 99 % enantiomeric excess, up to 12.9 : 1 diastereomeric ratio). Detailed mechanistic studies, including computational simulations, uncovered the synergistic effect of the enzyme and the externally added organophotoredox catalyst Rh6G.
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- Jinhai Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, P. R. China
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Guria S, Volkov AN, Khudaverdyan R, Van Lommel R, Pan R, Daniliuc CG, De Proft F, Hennecke U. Enantioselective, Bro̷nsted Acid-Catalyzed Anti-selective Hydroamination of Alkenes. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:17180-17188. [PMID: 38875460 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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Chiral pyrrolidines are common structural motives in natural products as well as active pharmaceutical ingredients, explaining the need for methods for their enantioselective synthesis. While several, often metal-catalyzed, methods for their preparation do exist, the enantioselective synthesis of pyrrolidines containing quaternary stereocenters remains challenging. Herein, we report a Bro̷nsted acid-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination that provides such pyrrolidines from simple starting materials in high yield and enantioselectivity. Key to an efficient reaction was the use of an electron-deficient protective group on nitrogen, the common nosyl-protecting group, to avoid deactivation of the Bro̷nsted acid by deprotonation. The reaction proceeds as a stereospecific anti-addition indicating a concerted reaction. Furthermore, kinetic studies show Michaelis-Menten behavior, suggesting the formation of a precomplex similar to those observed in enzymatic catalysis.
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- Sudip Guria
- Organic Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry and Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- VIB Centre for Structural Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels,Belgium
- Jean Jeener NMR Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Organic Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry and Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- General Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Organic Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry and Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, University of Münster, Corrensstr. 40, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- General Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Organic Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry and Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Kamilya C, Gorad SS, Ghorai P. An Organocatalytic Highly Enantioselective Stereospecific Synthesis of 1,1-Disubstituted-1,3-Dihydroisobenzofurans. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303980. [PMID: 38391113 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303980] [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: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Herein, we disclosed the asymmetric construction of an oxa-quaternary stereocenter via an intramolecular oxa-Michael (IOM) reaction in β-substituted ortho-hydroxymethyl chalcone by the formation of 1,1-disubstituted-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran using cinchona alkaloid-based chiral amino-squaramide catalyst. Both the (E- and Z)-β-substituted ortho-hydroxymethyl chalcone provide (S)- and (R)-enantiomers of the 1,1-disubstituted-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran with excellent stereospecificity. In general, excellent yields (up to 95 %) and enantioselectivity (up to 98 % ee) were obtained. Furthermore, the resulting 1,1-disubstituted isobenzofuran or phthalan was converted to corresponding chiral 3,3-disubstituted phthalides without losing the enantioselectivity. This methodology provides the core moiety of the (S)-citalopram drug.
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- Chandan Kamilya
- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)Bhopal, Bhopal By-pass Road, Bhauri
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)Bhopal, Bhopal By-pass Road, Bhauri
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)Bhopal, Bhopal By-pass Road, Bhauri
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To TA, Nguyen TV. Olefination of Aromatic Carbonyls via Site-Specific Activation of Cycloalkanone Ketals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317003. [PMID: 37997004 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Skeletal editing is an important strategy in organic synthesis as it modifies the carbon backbone to tailor molecular structures with precision, enabling access to compounds with specific desired properties. Skeletal editing empowers chemists to transform synthetic approaches of target compounds across diverse applications from drug discovery to materials science. Herein, we introduce a new skeletal editing method to convert readily available aromatic carbonyl compounds into valuable unsaturated carboxylic acids with extended carbon chains. Our reaction setup enables a cascade reaction of enolization-[2+2]cycloaddition-[2+2]cycloreversion between aromatic carbonyl compounds and ketals of cyclic ketones to generate unsaturated carboxylic acids as ring-opening products. Through a simple design, our substrates are specifically activated to react at predetermined positions to enhance selectivity and efficiency. This practical method offers convenient access to versatile organic building blocks as well as provides fresh insights into manipulating traditional reaction pathways for new synthetic applications.
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- Tuong Anh To
- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney Anzac Parade, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney Anzac Parade, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
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Pan ZZ, Li JH, Tian H, Yin L. Copper(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation of Ketones with 2-Aza-1,4-Dienes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202315293. [PMID: 37955332 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315293] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Catalytic asymmetric allylation of ketones under proton-transfer conditions is a challenging issue due to the limited pronucleophiles and the electrophilic inertness of ketones. Herein, a copper(I)-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of ketones with 2-aza-1,4-dienes (N-allyl-1,1-diphenylmethanimines) is disclosed, which affords a series of functionalized homoallyl tertiary alcohols in high to excellent enantioselectivity. Interestingly, N-allyl-1,1-diphenylmethanimines work as synthetic equivalents of propanals. Upon the acidic workup, a formal asymmetric β-addition of propanals to ketones is achieved. An investigation on KIE effect indicates that the deprotonation of N-allyl-1,1-diphenylmethanimines is the rate-determining step, which generates nucleophilic allyl copper(I) species. Finally, the synthetic utility of the present method is demonstrated by the asymmetric synthesis of (R)-boivinianin A and (R)-gossonorol.
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- Zhi-Zhou Pan
- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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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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Byun S, Hwang MU, Wise HR, Bay AV, Cheong PHY, Scheidt KA. Light-Driven Enantioselective Carbene-Catalyzed Radical-Radical Coupling. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202312829. [PMID: 37845183 PMCID: PMC10841513 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202312829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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An enantioselective carbene-catalyzed radical-radical coupling of acyl imidazoles and racemic Hantzsch esters is disclosed. This method involves the coupling of an N-heterocyclic carbene-derived ketyl radical and a secondary sp3 -carbon radical and allows access to chiral α-aryl aliphatic ketones in moderate-to-good yields and enantioselectivities without any competitive epimerization. The utility of this protocol is highlighted by the late-stage functionalization of various pharmaceutical compounds and is further demonstrated by the transformation of the enantioenriched products to biologically relevant molecules. Computational investigations reveal the N-heterocyclic carbene controls the double-facial selectivity of the ketyl radical and the alkyl radicals, respectively.
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- Seunghwan Byun
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Silverman Hall, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Silverman Hall, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University 153 Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Silverman Hall, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University 153 Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 (USA)
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Hoque ME, Yu JQ. Ligand-Enabled Double γ-C(sp 3 )-H Functionalization of Aliphatic Acids: One-Step Synthesis of γ-Arylated γ-Lactones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202312331. [PMID: 37851865 PMCID: PMC11221842 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202312331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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γ-methylene C(sp3 )-H functionalization of linear free carboxylic acids remains a significant challenge. Here in we report a Pd(II)-catalyzed tandem γ-arylation and γ-lactonization of aliphatic acids enabled by a L,X-type CarboxPyridone ligand. A wide range of γ-arylated γ-lactones are synthesized in a single step from aliphatic acids in moderate to good yield. Arylated lactones can readily be converted into disubstituted tetrahydrofurans, a prominent scaffold amongst bioactive molecules.
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- Md Emdadul Hoque
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, 92037, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, 92037, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Lin SL, Chen YH, Liu HH, Xiang SH, Tan B. Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Cyclobutenes Enabled by Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Isomerization of BCBs. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21152-21158. [PMID: 37732875 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
Chiral cyclobutene units are commonly found in natural products and biologically active molecules. Transition-metal-catalysis has been extensively used in asymmetric synthesis of such structures, while organocatalytic approaches remain elusive. In this study, bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes are involved in enantioselective transformation for the first time to offer a highly efficient route toward cyclobutenes with good regio- and enantiocontrol. The utilization of N-triflyl phosphoramide as a chiral Brønsted acid promoter enables this isomerization process to proceed under mild conditions with low catalyst loading as well as good functional group compatibility. The resulting chiral cyclobutenes could serve as platform molecules for downstream manipulations with excellent reservation of stereochemical integrity, demonstrating the synthetic practicality of the developed method. Control experiments have also been performed to verify the formation of a key carbocation intermediate at the benzylic position.
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Affiliation(s)
- Si-Li Lin
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
| | - Huan-Huan Liu
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
| | - Shao-Hua Xiang
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
| | - Bin Tan
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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