Stereoselective Synthesis of α-Disubstituted β-Homoprolines

Org Lett. 2023 Sep 29;25(38):7067-7071. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02891. Epub 2023 Sep 20.

Abstract

An efficient enantioselective synthesis of chiral α-disubstituted β-homoprolines was developed, starting with the stereodivergent allylation of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines derived from 4-bromobutanal with indium or zinc and using well-established and reliable synthetic transformations. This methodology allows the easy introduction of different substituents at the α-position of the pyrrolidine scaffold and is characterized by the possibility of switching the absolute configuration of the newly formed stereocenter either by changing the configuration of the tert-butanesufinamide chiral auxiliary or by using a different stereodivergent allylation protocol with the same auxiliary.