Asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of N-benzyl and N-diphenylmethyl nitrones and alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes catalyzed by bis-titanium chiral Lewis acids.
Bis-titanium chiral Lewis acids that contain two oxygen-bridged titanium centers were successfully applied to the asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones and alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes. The introduction of the diphenylmethyl group as the N substituent on the nitrones, with the aim of destabilizing the nitrone-Lewis acid complex, led to the drastic enhancement of not only the reactivity but also the enantioselectivity. By employing this approach, 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrones and the rather unreactive methacrolein were facilitated to give cycloadducts that bear one all-carbon quaternary center with unique regioselectivity and excellent stereoselectivity.
Hashimoto
Takuya
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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Omote
Masato
M
Hato
Yoshio
Y
Kano
Taichi
T
Maruoka
Keiji
K