Carbene-catalyzed activation of cyclopropylcarbaldehydes for mannich reaction and δ-lactam formation: remote enantioselecitvity control and dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation

Jie Lv, Jun Xu, Xuling Pan, Zhichao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi*

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Abstract

An N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed enantioselective Mannich reaction of the remote γ-carbon of cyclopropylcarbaldehydes is disclosed for the first time. Diastereo- and enantiomerically enriched multicyclic δ-lactam compound is afforded as the main product from 8 possible stereo-specific isomers through dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DYKAT) processes. Multiple chiral functional molecules can be afforded from the lactam products through simple protocols with retentions of the optical purities. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)985-990
Number of pages6
JournalScience China Chemistry
Volume64
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

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© 2021, Science China Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Chemistry

Keywords

  • 1-cyclopropylcarbaldehydes
  • asymmetric reactions
  • dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation
  • N-heterocyclic carbene
  • organocatalysis

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