Sa-ei K, Montgomery J. Diastereoselective Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Couplings of Aminoaldehydes and Alkynylsilanes: Application to the Synthesis of D-erythro-Sphingosine.
Tetrahedron 2009;
65:6707-6711. [PMID:
20640041 PMCID:
PMC2902792 DOI:
10.1016/j.tet.2009.05.029]
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Abstract
A strategy for the nickel-catalyzed reductive coupling of α-aminoaldehydes with silyl alkynes has been developed. The process proceeds with exceptional regiocontrol and diastereoselectivity. A variety of protected serinal derivatives were examined, and Garner aldehyde afforded the highest chemical yields of an easily deprotected coupling product. Use of a C-15 alkyne allowed a direct and efficient synthesis of D-erythro-sphingosine. With this silyl alkyne of interest, coupling reactions were most efficient when trace water was employed with THF as solvent. Using this procedure, D-erythro-sphingosine was prepared by a short sequence, wherein the alkene stereochemistry, C-3 stereocenter, and the C-3-C-4 carbon-carbon bond were all efficiently installed by the key nickel-catalyzed coupling process.
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