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Catalytic asymmetric aziridination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes

Catalytic asymmetric aziridination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes
Catalytic asymmetric aziridination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes
The development, scope, and application of the highly enantioselective organocatalytic aziridination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes is presented. The aminocatalytic azirdination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes enables the asymmetric formation of β-formyl aziridines with up to >19:1 d.r. and 99% ee. The aminocatalytic aziridination of α-monosubstituted enals gives access to terminal α-substituted-α-formyl aziridines in high yields and up to 99% ee. In the case of the organocatalytic aziridination of disubstituted α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, the transformations were highly diastereo- and enantioselective and give nearly enantiomerically pure β-formyl-functionalized aziridine products (99% ee). A highly enantioselective one-pot cascade sequence based on the combination of asymmetric amine and N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis (AHCC) is also disclosed. This one-pot three-component co-catalytic transformation between α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, hydroxylamine derivatives, and alcohols gives the corresponding N-tert-butoxycarbonyl and N-carbobenzyloxy-protected β-amino acid esters with ee values ranging from 92-99%. The mechanisms and stereochemistry of all these catalytic transformations are also discussed.
asymmetric catalysisaziridines, domino reactions, hydroxylamines, unsaturated aldehydes
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Deiana, Luca
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Dziedzic, Pawel
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Zhao, Gui-Ling
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Ibrahem, Ismail
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Rios, Ramon
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Sun, Junliang
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Córdova, Armando
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Deiana, Luca
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Zhao, Gui-Ling
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Vesely, Jan
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Ibrahem, Ismail
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Rios, Ramon
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Sun, Junliang
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Córdova, Armando
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Deiana, Luca, Dziedzic, Pawel, Zhao, Gui-Ling, Vesely, Jan, Ibrahem, Ismail, Rios, Ramon, Sun, Junliang and Córdova, Armando (2011) Catalytic asymmetric aziridination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 17 (28), 7904-7917. (doi:10.1002/chem.201100042). (PMID:21611987)

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The development, scope, and application of the highly enantioselective organocatalytic aziridination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes is presented. The aminocatalytic azirdination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes enables the asymmetric formation of β-formyl aziridines with up to >19:1 d.r. and 99% ee. The aminocatalytic aziridination of α-monosubstituted enals gives access to terminal α-substituted-α-formyl aziridines in high yields and up to 99% ee. In the case of the organocatalytic aziridination of disubstituted α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, the transformations were highly diastereo- and enantioselective and give nearly enantiomerically pure β-formyl-functionalized aziridine products (99% ee). A highly enantioselective one-pot cascade sequence based on the combination of asymmetric amine and N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis (AHCC) is also disclosed. This one-pot three-component co-catalytic transformation between α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, hydroxylamine derivatives, and alcohols gives the corresponding N-tert-butoxycarbonyl and N-carbobenzyloxy-protected β-amino acid esters with ee values ranging from 92-99%. The mechanisms and stereochemistry of all these catalytic transformations are also discussed.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 24 May 2011
Published date: 4 July 2011
Keywords: asymmetric catalysisaziridines, domino reactions, hydroxylamines, unsaturated aldehydes
Organisations: Chemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 347736
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/347736
ISSN: 0947-6539
PURE UUID: 699baa85-19e0-4b2f-9ebf-76a0809fcef5
ORCID for Ramon Rios: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-8521

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Date deposited: 29 Jan 2013 14:00
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 12:51

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Author: Luca Deiana
Author: Pawel Dziedzic
Author: Gui-Ling Zhao
Author: Jan Vesely
Author: Ismail Ibrahem
Author: Ramon Rios ORCID iD
Author: Junliang Sun
Author: Armando Córdova

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