title: Enantioselective Brønsted acid-catalyzed N-acyliminium cyclization cascades.
abstract: An enantioselective Brønsted acid-catalyzed N-acyliminium cyclization cascade of tryptamines with enol lactones to form architecturally complex heterocycles in high enantiomeric excess has been developed. The reaction is technically simple to perform as well as atom-efficient and may be coupled to a gold(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization of alkynoic acids whereby the key enol lactone reaction partner is generated in situ. Employing up to 10 mol % bulky chiral phosphoric acid catalysts in boiling toluene allowed the product materials to be generated in good overall yields (63-99%) and high enantioselectivities (72-99% ee). With doubly substituted enol lactones, high diastereo- and enantioselectivities were obtained, thus providing a new example of a dynamic kinetic asymmetric cyclization reaction.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Muratore
authors.forename: Chloe A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.forename: Adam W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Pilling
authors.forename: R Ian
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Storer
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trevitt
authors.forename: Darren J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry; D055601:Organic Chemistry Phenomena; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014363:Tryptamines / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D007783:Lactones; D014363:Tryptamines