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- Title
Diphenylprolinol Silyl Ether Catalyzed Asymmetric Michael Reaction of Nitroalkanes and β,β-Disubstituted α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes for the Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereogenic Centers.
- Authors
Hayashi, Yujiro; Kawamoto, Yuya; Honda, Masaki; Okamura, Daichi; Umemiya, Shigenobu; Noguchi, Yuka; Mukaiyama, Takasuke; Sato, Itaru
- Abstract
The asymmetric Michael reaction of nitroalkanes and β,β-disubstituted α,β-unsaturated aldehydes was catalyzed by diphenylprolinol silyl ether to afford 1,4-addition products with an all-carbon quaternary stereogenic center with excellent enantioselectivity. The reaction is general for β-substituents such as β-aryl and β-alkyl groups, and both nitromethane and nitroethane can be employed. The addition of nitroethane is considered a synthetic equivalent of the asymmetric Michael reaction of ethyl and acetyl substituents by means of radical denitration and Nef reaction, respectively. The short asymmetric synthesis of (S)-ethosuximide with a quaternary carbon center was accomplished by using the present asymmetric Michael reaction as the key step. The reaction mechanism that involves the E/Z isomerization of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, the retro-Michael reaction, and the different reactivity between nitromethane and nitroethane is discussed.
- Subjects
CATALYSIS; MICHAEL reaction; NITROALKANES; ALDEHYDES; NITROETHANE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE catalysis; ISOMERIZATION
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 38, p12072
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201403588