Brønsted acid-catalyzed Mannich reaction through dual activation of aldehydes and N-Boc-imines

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Nov 28;51(92):16472-4. doi: 10.1039/c5cc07290e.

Abstract

In the presence of a Brønsted acid catalyst, both aldehydes and N-Boc-aminals were converted to enecarbamates and N-Boc-iminium salts as activated nucleophiles and electrophiles, respectively, giving unprecedented Mannich adducts. The asymmetric variant of the present Mannich reaction has also been demonstrated with a chiral phosphoric acid catalyst.