title: Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of α-Alkylamides.
abstract: A catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction directly employing amides as latent enolates has remained elusive because of the resistance of amides to enolization. A direct aldol reaction of α-alkylamides without any electron-withdrawing group harnessed by specific activation of 7-azaindoline amides under soft Lewis acid/Brønsted base cooperative catalysis is reported. Diastereo- and enantioselective coupling with ynals and aromatic aldehydes as well as divergent functional group interconversion of the amide provided expeditious access to a variety of aliphatic and aromatic chiral building blocks.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo , 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Zijian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo , 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo , 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pluta
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo , 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arteaga Arteaga
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo , 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1843-2592
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo , 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8862-582X
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibasaki