title: A concise asymmetric synthesis of cis-2,6-disubstituted N-aryl piperazines via Pd-catalyzed carboamination reactions.
abstract: A concise, modular, asymmetric synthesis of cis-2,6-disubstituted piperazines from readily available amino acid precursors is described. The key step in the synthesis is a Pd-catalyzed carboamination of a N1-aryl-N2-allyl-1,2-diamine with an aryl bromide. The products are obtained in 14-20:1 dr, with >97% ee, and the key cyclizations are the first examples of six-membered ring formation via Pd-catalyzed carboamination reactions of unsaturated amines with aryl halides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA.
authors.forename: Josephine S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Nakhla
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D000586:Amination; D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D010165:Palladium