Rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective addition of organoaluminum reagents to N-tosyl ketimines

Org Lett. 2014 Jun 6;16(11):3162-5. doi: 10.1021/ol501372u. Epub 2014 May 29.

Abstract

Rhodium(I)/Binap complexes catalyze highly enantioselective additions of methyl- and arylaluminum reagents to cyclic α,β-unsaturated N-tosyl ketimines. Depending on the solvent and substituents at the ring, the reaction occurs either in a 1,2-manner to deliver α-tertiary allylic amines or in a 1,4-manner to yield, after subsequent reduction, 3-substituted cycloalkyl amines. Well known in the case of the respective cycloalkenones, these first transformations of the aza-analogues enable the synthesis of amine structures of pharmaceutical and biochemical interest.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Imines / chemistry*
  • Indicators and Reagents / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Naphthalenes / chemistry*
  • Nitriles / chemistry*
  • Rhodium / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Imines
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Naphthalenes
  • Nitriles
  • ketimine
  • Aluminum
  • Rhodium