title: Enantioselective organocatalytic conjugate addition of aldehydes to vinyl sulfones and vinyl phosphonates as challenging Michael acceptors.
abstract: Chiral framework: Chiral amines with pyrrolidine frameworks catalyze the enantioselective conjugate addition of a wide range of aldehydes to various vinyl sulfones and vinyl phosphonates in high yields and with enantioselectivities up to >99 % ee (see scheme). The high versatility of the Michael adducts is exemplified by various functionalizations with conservation of the optical purity.Chiral amines with a pyrrolidine framework catalyze the enantioselective conjugate addition of a broad range of aldehydes to various vinyl sulfones and vinyl phosphonates in high yields and with enantioselectivities up to >99 % ee. This novel process provides synthetically useful chiral gamma-gem-sulfonyl or phosphonyl aldehydes which can be widely functionalized with retention of the enantiomeric excess. Mechanistic insights including DFT calculations are explored in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sulzer-Mossé
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alexakis
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mareda
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bollot
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernardinelli
authors.forename: Yaroslav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Filinchuk
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D063065:Organophosphonates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013450:Sulfones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000588:Amines; D063065:Organophosphonates; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D013450:Sulfones; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; C009873:divinyl sulfone