Synergistic catalysis: enantioselective cyclopropanation of alkylidene benzoxazoles by Pd(ii) and secondary amine catalysis. Scope, limitations and mechanistic insight
Synergistic catalysis: enantioselective cyclopropanation of alkylidene benzoxazoles by Pd(ii) and secondary amine catalysis. Scope, limitations and mechanistic insight
The reaction of alkyl-benzoxazoles with enals has been reported using a synergistic approach. It consists of the activation of enals with a secondary amine catalyst and the activation of benzoxazoles with a metal Lewis acid. This approach has also been applied to the synthesis of cyclopropanes with excellent results. We demonstrated the applicability of this reaction in a cascade reaction (cyclopropanation + ring opening) that circumvents some of the limitations of the simple Michael addition between alkyl-benzoxazoles and enals. Finally, mechanistic studies have been reported to explain the stereoselectivity of the cyclopropanation reaction that renders an unusual cis conformation.
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Meazza, Marta
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Polo, Victor
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Merino, Pedro
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Rios, Ramon
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2018
Meazza, Marta
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Polo, Victor
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Merino, Pedro
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Rios, Ramon
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Meazza, Marta, Polo, Victor, Merino, Pedro and Rios, Ramon
(2018)
Synergistic catalysis: enantioselective cyclopropanation of alkylidene benzoxazoles by Pd(ii) and secondary amine catalysis. Scope, limitations and mechanistic insight.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018 (5), .
(doi:10.1039/C7QO00858A).
Abstract
The reaction of alkyl-benzoxazoles with enals has been reported using a synergistic approach. It consists of the activation of enals with a secondary amine catalyst and the activation of benzoxazoles with a metal Lewis acid. This approach has also been applied to the synthesis of cyclopropanes with excellent results. We demonstrated the applicability of this reaction in a cascade reaction (cyclopropanation + ring opening) that circumvents some of the limitations of the simple Michael addition between alkyl-benzoxazoles and enals. Finally, mechanistic studies have been reported to explain the stereoselectivity of the cyclopropanation reaction that renders an unusual cis conformation.
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 November 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 November 2017
Published date: 2018
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ISSN: 2052-4129
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