Arimitsu S, Iwasa S, Arakaki R. Enantioselective Fluorination of α-Branched β-Ynone Esters Using a Cinchona-Based Phase-Transfer Catalyst.
J Org Chem 2020;
85:12804-12812. [PMID:
32955893 DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.0c01997]
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Abstract
Herein, we report the fluorination of α-branched β-ynone esters to afford their corresponding quaternary fluorinated products with good enantioselectivity (ee = 73-90%) using a cinchona-based phase-transfer catalyst. α-Branched β-ynone esters possess a highly acidic α-proton and form their corresponding enolate as a single isomer, which allows the enantioselective fluorination reaction to occur under standard cinchona-based phase-transfer catalyst conditions. Moreover, the obtained α-fluorinated product can be treated with [(SPhos)AuNTf2] (1 mol %) to afford a fluorinated 3,5-diketo carboxylic acid.
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