title: Enantioselective organocatalytic reductive amination.
abstract: The first enantioselective organocatalytic reductive amination reaction has been accomplished. The development of a new chiral phosphoric acid catalyst has provided a convenient strategy for the enantioselective construction of protected primary amines and provided a highly stereoselective method for the reductive amination of heterocyclic amines. A diverse spectrum of ketone and amine substrates can be accommodated in high yield and excellent enantioselectivity. This new protocol realizes a key benefit of reductive amination versus imine reduction, in that ketimines derived from alkyl-alkyl ketones are unstable to isolation, a fundamental limitation that is comprehensively bypassed using this direct organocatalytic reductive amination.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors.forename: R Ian
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Storer
authors.forename: Diane E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Carrera
authors.forename: Yike
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: David W C
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: MacMillan
mesh_terms: D000586:Amination; D000588:Amines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D007659:Ketones