title: Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition of Azomethine Imines with Enecarbamates.
abstract: The first catalytic asymmetric inverse electron demand 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine imines with enecarbamates has been developed. Isoquinoline-fused pyrazolidines containing two or three contiguous stereogenic centers were obtained in high yields with excellent regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselectivities. The pyrazolidine ring can be opened to install an aminal, α-amino nitrile, or homoallylamine function with an excellent control of the newly generated stereogenic center. Access to aminobenzo[a]quinolizidine is also documented.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. jieping.zhu@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Jieping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
keywords: azomethines; carbamates; cycloaddition; organocatalysis; tetrahydroisoquinolines