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Dual catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization of allene-tethered cyclohexanones

  • Lin Zhang
  • , Ken Yamazaki
  • , Jamie A. Leitch
  • , Ruben Manzano
  • , Victoria A.M. Atkinson
  • , Trevor A. Hamlin
  • , Darren J. Dixon*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The construction of enantioenriched azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-6-one heterocycles via an enantioselective desymmetrization of allene-linked cyclohexanones, enabled through a dual catalytic system, that provides synchronous activation of the cyclohexanone with a chiral prolinamide and the allene with a copper(i) co-catalyst to deliver the stereodefined bicyclic core, is described. Successful application to oxygen analogues was also achieved, thereby providing a new enantioselective synthetic entry to architecturally complex bicyclic ethereal frameworks. The mechanistic pathway and the origin of enantio- and diastereoselectivities has been uncovered using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This journal is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7444-7450
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Science
Volume11
Issue number28
Early online date24 Jun 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jun 2020

Funding

L. Z. is supported by the funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 751281-H2020-MSCA-IF-2016. K. Y. thanks the Honjo International Scholarship Foundation for funding. This work was supported by The Netherlands Organization for Scientic Research (NWO). J. A. L. thanks the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2017-069) for a research fellowship. R. M. thanks the EU commission for IEF (PIEF-GA-2013-627232). We thank Heyao Shi for X-ray structure determination and Dr Amber L. Thompson and Dr Kirsten E. Christensen (Oxford Chemical Crystallography Service) for X-ray mentoring and help.

FundersFunder number
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Honjo International Scholarship Foundation
European Commission
Netherlands Organization for Scientic Research
Horizon 2020
Seventh Framework Programme751281, 627232
Leverhulme TrustRPG-2017-069

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