title: Highly enantioselective azadiene Diels-Alder reactions catalyzed by chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes.
abstract: Highly enantioselective, N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed aza-Diels-Alder reactions are described. A novel chiral triazolium salt based on the cis-1,2-aminoindanol platform serves as an efficient precatalyst for the NHC-catalyzed redox generation of enolate dienophiles that undergo LUMOdiene-controlled Diels-Alder reactions with N-sulfonyl-alpha,beta-unsaturated imines in good yields and with exceptional diastereo- and enantioselectivities (>99% ee). In contrast to uncatalyzed variants, this organocatalytic process proceeds at room temperature without stoichiometric reagents, producing synthetically valuable, enantiomerically pure cis-3,4-disubstituted dihydropyridinone products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9510, USA.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Justin R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Struble
authors.forename: Jeffrey W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bode