Organocatalyzed Asymmetric 1,6-Conjugate Addition of para-Quinone Methides with Dicyanoolefins

Org Lett. 2016 Feb 5;18(3):428-31. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03471. Epub 2016 Jan 13.

Abstract

A chiral thiourea catalyzed asymmetric 1,6-conjugate addition of para-quinone methides with dicyanoolefins has been developed. The reaction provided an efficient approach to the synthesis of chiral diarylmethine skeletons in good yields (up to 99% yield) with high diastereo- and enantioselectivity (>20:1 dr and up to 99.5:0.5 er), also on a gram scale. The preliminary mechanistic study showed that the remote stereocontrol was achieved through intermolecular hydrogen-bond interaction between the chiral thiourea catalyst and the para-quinone methides directly for the first time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Cycloparaffins / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Indolequinones / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Thiourea / chemistry

Substances

  • Cycloparaffins
  • Indolequinones
  • quinone methide
  • Thiourea