Four-component assembly of chiral N-B heterocycles with a natural product-like framework

Org Lett. 2012 Feb 17;14(4):988-91. doi: 10.1021/ol203224n. Epub 2012 Feb 8.

Abstract

The dative N-B bond was used to simply assemble heterocycles with a skeleton akin to the 5-oxofuro[2,3-b]furan motif. Twenty-five new N-B heterocycles were prepared via a highly efficient one-pot four-component reaction in yields and diastereoselectivities up to 95% and >97%, respectively. Several reaction intermediates were discovered using electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy which set the basis for the mechanism elucidation using DFT calculations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Heterocyclic Compounds