Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of vicinal dialkyl arrays

With a consecutive "asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA)/cross-metathesis (CM)/conjugate addition (CA)" protocol it is possible to synthesize either stereoisomer of compounds containing a vicinal dialkyl array with excellent stereoselectivity. The versatility of this protocol in natural product synthesis is demonstrated in the preparation of the ant pheromones faranal and lasiol.     

Stereodivergent synthesis via iridium-catalyzed asymmetric double allylic alkylation of cyanoacetate

Methods that enable the rapid construction of multiple C–C bonds using a single catalyst with high diastereo- and enantio-control are particularly valuable in organic synthesis. Here, we report an Ir-catalyzed double allylic alkylation reaction in which bisnucleophilic cyanoacetate reacted successionally with electrophilic π-allyl-Ir species, producing various pseudo-C₂-symmetrical cyanoacetate derivatives in high yield with excellent stereocontrol. More challenging sequential allylic alkylation/allylic alkylation with two distinct allylic carbonates that can deliver the corresponding products bearing three contiguous tertiary–quaternary–tertiary stereocenters was also developed by using a modified catalytic system, which is revealed to be associated with the quasi-dynamic kinetic resolution of the initially formed diastereomeric monoallylation intermediates. Notably, stereodivergence for this sequential process depending on a single iridium catalyst was successfully realized, and up to six stereoisomers could be predictably prepared by combining the appropriate enantiomer of the chiral ligand for the iridium catalyst and adjusting the adding sequence of two distinct allylic precursors.

Ir-catalyzed asymmetric double AAA reaction of cyanoacetate was developed, affording cyanoacetate derivatives in high yield with excellent stereocontrol. Notably, quasi-DKR is involved in the sequential protocol with two distinct allylic carbonates.     

A "chiral aldehyde" equivalent as a building block towards biologically active targets

Chiral gamma-aryloxybutenolides, readily accessible through dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DYKAT) of racemic acyloxybutenolides, were utilized as "chiral aldehyde" building blocks for intermolecular cycloadditions and Michael reactions. Unprecedented selectivity in trimethylenemethane cycloadditions with this building block allowed an efficient synthesis of a novel metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 antagonist in development by the Bayer corporation. These studies further inspired work that culminated in the total synthesis of (+)-brefeldin A, a natural product with a range of significant biological properties. All of the stereochemistry in this target molecule was derived from two palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation reactions. The trans-alkenes were synthesized by a Julia olefination and a ruthenium-catalyzed trans-hydrosilylation-protodesilylation protocol. The route to (+)-brefeldin A lends itself to analogue syntheses and was completed in 18 steps in 6 % overall yield.     

AAA in KAT/DYKAT processes: first- and second-generation asymmetric syntheses of (+)- and (-)-cyclophellitol

Kinetic resolutions and kinetic asymmetric transformations (KAT) as well as dynamic kinetic resolutions and dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformations (DYKAT) are important synthetic protocols. The feasibility of KAT and DYKAT processes for asymmetric allylic alkylations (AAA) is explored utilizing a single substrate--conduritol B tetraesters. Both processes can be performed resulting in excellent enantioselectivity. The impact of nucleophile and leaving group on the effectiveness of each is outlined. The ability to differentiate the various hydroxyl groups is also described. For this purpose, 4-tert-butyldimethylsiloxy-2,2-dimethylbutyric acid was developed as a nucleophile. The utility of effecting KAT/DYKAT processes through the Pd-catalyzed AAA reaction is demonstrated by efficient syntheses of both enantiomers of the potent glycosidase inhibitor cyclophellitol.     

Strategy for employing unstabilized nucleophiles in palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylations

We report a strategy for the employment of highly unstabilized anions in palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylations (AAA). The "hard" 2-methylpyridyl nucleophiles studied are first reacted in situ with BF3.OEt2; subsequent deprotonation of the resulting complexes with LiHMDS affords "soft" anions that are competent nucleophiles in AAA reactions. The reaction is selective for the 2-position of methylpyridines and tolerates bulky aryl and alkyl substitution at the 3-, 4-, and 5-positions. Investigations into the reaction mechanism demonstrate that the configuration of the allylic stereocenter is retained, consistent with the canonical outer sphere mechanism invoked for palladium-catalyzed allylic substitution processes of stabilized anions.     

Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters by Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation: A Review

Quaternary stereocenters are of great importance to the three-dimensionality and enhanced properties of new molecules, but the synthetic challenges in creating quaternary stereocenters greatly hinder their wide use in drug discovery, organic material design, and natural product synthesis. The asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) of allylic substrates has proven to be a powerful methodology for enantioselective formation of structure skeletons bearing single or more quaternary carbon centers in modern asymmetric organocatalysis. AAA has certain advantages in constructing the tetrasubstituted stereocenters, including but not limited to mild reactive conditions, effective reaction rates, new functional group introduction, and carbon chains length extension. This review outlines the key considerations in the application of AAA reactions and summarizes the recent progress of AAA reactions in the enantioselective synthesis of products containing quaternary stereocenters. Meanwhile, a detailed discussion of the AAA reactions such as ligands, scope of substrates, transformations and the general reaction mechanisms is also provided. We hope this review could stimulate further advances in much broader areas, including organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, C−H activation, and symmetrical pharmaceutical chemistry.     

Asymmetric synthesis of alpha-substituted aldehydes by Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation-alkene isomerization-Claisen rearrangement

[Structure: see text] Enantiospecific aliphatic Claisen rearrangement was realized with generally high chirality transfer. The requisite substrates were synthesized via Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) from easily obtained starting materials. After protection, the resultant bisallyl ethers underwent olefin isomerization and in situ Claisen rearrangement (ICR) to generate alpha-chiral aldehydes. Remarkable chemoselectivity in the olefin isomerization step was observed. An asymmetric synthesis of communiol A was accomplished applying this methodology.     

Chiral Primary Amine/Palladium Dual Catalysis for Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of β‐Ketocarbonyl Compounds with Allylic Alcohols

An efficient dual catalytic system composed of a chiral primary amine and a palladium complex was developed to promote the direct asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) of β‐ketocarbonyl compounds. In particular, the synergistic dual catalytic system enabled the AAA reaction of challenging acyclic aliphatic ketones, such as β‐ketocarbonyl compounds and 1,3‐diketones.     

钯催化烯基苯并噁嗪酮基于内球型机理的线性和不对称烯丙基烷基化反应

烯基苯并噁嗪酮作为底物参与反应受到有机合成工作者的广泛关注.在过渡金属催化作用下,烯基苯并噁嗪酮脱除一分子二氧化碳,生成的两性离子中间体既可以被亲核试剂进攻,得到结构丰富的芳香胺,也可以作为1,4-偶极子与硫叶立德,缺电子烯烃或α,β-不饱和醛参与成环,分别生成相应的五元、六元或七元含氮杂环.后者广泛存在于农药、医药和生物活性分子中.已报道的钯催化烯基苯并噁嗪酮的不对称转化反应中,支链结构是主产物,线性结构产物比较少见.这是因为烯丙基邻位的氨基负离子与亲核试剂存在氢键或者静电作用,诱导亲核试剂进攻位阻更大但是能量更低的苄位.不同于传统的钯催化烯丙基取代反应,产物的结构通常是由亲核试剂的软硬程度决定.除了化学选择性的问题,产物中双键的Z/E构型和立体选择性的控制也同样成为挑战.近期Li课题组(Org.Lett.,2016,18,4392–4395)基于定位基辅助的Rh(Ⅲ)催化C?H活化策略实现了芳烃烯丙基化得到线性产物.Shi课题组(Chem.Commun.,2019,55,1283–1286)利用Ir(Ⅰ)和Br?nsted酸协同催化实现了吖内酯进攻端位烯丙基.但是,这些反应仅能得到消旋产物.发展不对称的线性烯丙基取代反应,不仅可以拓展烯基苯并噁嗪酮的应用前景,还可以合成具有手性的邻乙烯基芳香胺.本文采用α-硫氰基取代的茚酮作亲核试剂,不同于以往文献报道的机理,氨基负离子对烯醇式茚酮没有起到导向作用,意外得到以直链为主的产物.经过优化,最终以联萘二酚骨架亚膦酰胺为配体,钯作为催化剂,成功构建了一系列与硫氰基直接相连的季碳手性产物.所有反应产物均有优秀的化学选择性(线性选择性>20/1),E/Z选择性(>20/1)和立体选择性(最高95%ee).并且该反应适用范围广泛,基团的兼容性良好.为解释实验结果,本文进行相关的控制实验和DFT计算.计算结果表明,由于氨基负离子碱性较强,茚酮α位C?H酸性较强,直接发生了质子转移生成茚酮烯醇负离子,此时氢键作用消失不能起到导向作用.本文还考察了茚酮烯醇负离子与烯丙基钯通过静电作用形成离子复合物.与之前文献报道不同,本文采用了单齿膦配体且钯与配体等量,这意味着钯处于配位不饱和状态,导致离子复合物极其不稳定,烯醇负离子与硫氰基直接与钯配位成键,该过程结合能高达23.47 kcal/mol.最终配合物中间体通过内球型机理,经历环状过渡态得到以线性为主的产物.     

Palladium asymmetric allylic alkylation of prochiral nucleophiles: horsfiline

[reaction; see text] The asymmetric synthesis of the oxindole alkaloid horsfiline is described. A palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) is used to set the spiro(pyrrolidine-oxindole) stereogenic center.     

The palladium catalyzed asymmetric addition of oxindoles and allenes: an atom-economical versatile method for the construction of chiral indole alkaloids

The Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) is one of the most useful and versatile methods for asymmetric synthesis known in organometallic chemistry. Development of this reaction over the past 30 years has typically relied on the use of an allylic electrophile bearing an appropriate leaving group to access the reactive Pd(π-allyl) intermediate that goes on to the desired coupling product after attack by the nucleophile present in the reaction. Our group has been interested in developing alternative approaches to access the reactive Pd(π-allyl) intermediate that does not require the use of an activated electrophile, which ultimately generates a stoichiometric byproduct in the reaction that is derived from the leftover leaving group. Along these lines, we have demonstrated that allenes can be used to generate the reactive Pd(π-allyl) intermediate in the presence of an acid cocatalyst, and this system is compatible with nucleophiles to allow for formation of formal AAA products by Pd-catalyzed additions to allenes. This article describes our work regarding the use of oxindoles as carbon-based nucleophiles in a Pd-catalyzed asymmetric addition of oxindoles to allenes (Pd-catalyzed hydrocarbonation of allenes). By using the chiral standard Trost ligand (L1) and 3-aryloxindoles as nucleophiles, this hydrocarbonation reaction provides products with two vicinal stereocenters, with one being quaternary, in excellent chemo-, regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselectivities in high chemical yields.     

Direct Regiospecific and Highly Enantioselective Intermolecular α‐Allylic Alkylation of Aldehydes by a Combination of Transition‐Metal and Chiral Amine Catalysts

The first direct intermolecular regiospecific and highly enantioselective α‐allylic alkylation of linear aldehydes by a combination of achiral bench‐stable Pd⁰ complexes and simple chiral amines as co‐catalysts is disclosed. The co‐catalytic asymmetric chemoselective and regiospecific α‐allylic alkylation reaction is linked in tandem with in situ reduction to give the corresponding 2‐alkyl alcohols with high enantiomeric ratios (up to 98:2 e.r.; e.r.=enantiomeric ratio). It is also an expeditious entry to valuable 2‐alkyl substituted hemiacetals, 2‐alkyl‐butane‐1,4‐diols, and amines. The concise co‐catalytic asymmetric total syntheses of biologically active natural products (e.g., Arundic acid) are disclosed.     

Cascade‐ and Orthoamide‐Type Overman Rearrangements of Allylic Vicinal Diols

This article describes the details of two new types of Overman rearrangement from allylic vicinal diols. Starting from identical diols, both bis(imidate)s and cyclic orthoamides were selectively synthesized by simply changing the reaction conditions. Whilst exposure of the bis(imidate)s to thermal conditions initiated the double Overman rearrangement to introduce two identical nitrogen groups in a single operation (the cascade‐type Overman rearrangement), the reaction of cyclic orthoamides resulted in a single rearrangement (the orthoamide‐type Overman rearrangement). The newly generated allylic alcohols from the orthoamide‐type reaction can potentially undergo a variety of further transformations. For instance, we demonstrated an Overman/Claisen sequence in one pot. The most conspicuous feature of this method is that it offers precise control over the number of Overman rearrangements from the same allylic vicinal diols. This method also excludes the tedious protecting‐group manipulations of the homoallylic alcohols, which are necessary in conventional Overman rearrangements. All of the performed rearrangements proceeded in a completely diastereoselective fashion through a chair‐like transition state.     

Copper catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of chiral allylic esters

The complex derived from Taniaphos ligand 4 and CuBr*Me2S catalyzes the asymmetric addition of Grignard reagents to 3-bromopropenyl esters 1 to provide allylic esters 2 in high yields and high chemio-, regio-, and enantioselectivities. The work demonstrates that allylic asymmetric alkylation (AAA) can be done on substrates bearing a heteroatom at the gamma-position. The method is a practical route to chiral, nonracemic allylic alcohols. The use of functionalized substrates 1 or Grignard reagents leads to more complex products 2, which can be further manipulated as demonstrated in conversion to (S)-5-ethyl-2(5H)-furanone 6 and (S)-benzoic acid-cyclopent-2-enyl ester 7.     

Synthesis and catalytic applications of new chiral ferrocenyl P,O ligands

A new method to synthesize both enantiomers of 2-diphenylphosphino-ferrocenecarboxaldehyde with the phosphine group protected as a thiophosphine group was developed. These aldehydes react with 1,2 or 1,3 diols to give, in good yields, new chiral phosphine-acetals. For unsymmetrical (R)-1,3-butanediol, the new asymmetrical acetalic carbon is asymmetric and its configuration was completely controlled by the chirality of the diol. These new P,O ligands were tested in the palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution of 1,3-diphenylprop-2-enylacetate. Good yields and enantioselectivities up to 77% were observed. The catalytic performances of two diastereoisomeric ligands with opposite configurations in planar chirality only proved to be significantly different, showing a strong influence of both planar and central chiralities.     

Callipeltoside a: total synthesis,assignment of the absolute and relative configuration,and evaluation of synthetic analogues

The total synthesis of the novel antitumor agent callipeltoside A, as well as several analogues, is accomplished and allows assignment of the stereochemistry not previously established. A convergent strategy is employed wherein the target is dissected into three units-the core macrolactone, the sugar callipeltose, and a cyclopropyl bearing chain. The strategy for the synthesis of the macrolactone derives from employment of diastereoselective aldol reactions that emanate from an 11 carbon piece. The stereochemistry of the latter derives from the chiral pool and two asymmetric reactions-a ketone reduction using CBS-oxazaborolidine and a Pd catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA). The novelty of the latter protocol is its control of regioselectivity as well as absolute configuration. The trisubstituted olefin is generated using an alkene-alkyne coupling to create a trisubustituted olefin with complete control of geometry. The excellent chemo- and regioselectivity highlights the synthetic potential of this new ruthenium catalyzed process. The macrolactonization employs in situ formation of an acylketene generated by the thermolysis of a m-dioxolenone. Two strategies evolved for attachment of the side chain-one based upon olefination and a second upon olefin metathesis. The higher efficiency of the latter makes it the method of choice. A novel one pot olefin metathesis-Takai olefination protocol that should be broadly applicable is developed. The sugar is attached by a glycosylation by employing the O-trichloroacetimidate. This route provided both C-13 epimers of the macrolactone by using either enantiomeric ligand in the Pd AAA reaction. It also provided both trans-chlorocyclopropane diastereomers of callipeltoside A which allows the C-20 and C-21 configuration to be established as S and R, respectively. The convergent nature of the synthesis in which the largest piece, the macrolatone, require only 16 linear steps imparts utility to this strategy for the establishment of the structure-activity relationship. Initial biological testing demonstrates the irrelevance of the chloro substituent and the necessity of the sugar.     

Palladium-catalyzed regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselective allylic alkylation of acylsilanes with monosubstituted allyl substrates

Acylsilanes as a new type of "hard" carbon prenucleophile reacted with monosubstituted allyl reagents under Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation reaction conditions to provide products with high regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselectivities. The usefulness of the protocol has been demonstrated by the ready conversion of the allylated products into the corresponding alcohols, esters, and ketones with retention of stereochemistry as well as by the enantioselective synthesis of cis-3-ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine and cinnamomumolide.     

钯催化烯丙基取代反应中手性配体的"甲基效应"

作为含氮手性配体研究的一部分［1］,最近我们报道了手性含氮双齿配体2(结构如Scheme 1所示)的设计合成及其在铜催化下的不对称环丙烷化反应中的应用［2］.     

Enantioconvergent synthesis by sequential asymmetric Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons and palladium-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions

A new method for enantioconvergent synthesis has been developed. The strategy relies on the combination of an asymmetric Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) reaction and a palladium-catalyzed allylic substitution. Different alpha-oxygen-substituted, racemic aldehydes were initially transformed by asymmetric HWE reactions into mixtures of two major alpha,beta-unsaturated esters, possessing opposite configurations at their allylic stereocenters as well as opposite alkene geometry. Subsequently, these isomeric mixtures of alkenes could be subjected to palladium-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions with carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen nucleophiles. In this latter step, the respective (E) and (Z) alkene substrate isomers were observed to react with opposite stereospecificity: the (E) alkene reacted with retention and the (Z) alkene with inversion of stereochemistry with respect to both the allylic stereocenter and the alkene geometry. Thus, a single gamma-substituted ester was obtained as the overall product, in high isomeric purity. The method was applied to a synthesis of a subunit of the iejimalides, a group of cytotoxic macrolides.     

A novel class of nonbiaryl atropisomeric P,O-ligands for palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation

[structure: see text]. A novel class of nonbiaryl atropisomeric P,O-ligands possessing an N,N-dialkyl-1-naphthamide skeleton has been synthesized via an efficient chemical resolution process. It represents the first example of axially chiral P,O-ligands devoid of central chirality. Up to 94.7% ee was obtained for the Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA). Effects of solvent, base, and the bulk of the C8 oxygen group of the P,O-ligand on the AAA reaction were examined.