Application of E1cB Elimination in Asymmetric Organocatalytic Cascade Reactions To Construct Polyheterocyclic Compounds

Org Lett. 2019 Oct 18;21(20):8358-8363. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03138. Epub 2019 Oct 3.

Abstract

By introducing a carbon functionality at 2-position of chromane, the formal asymmetric functionalization of the 3-position of 2-substituted chromane has been realized via a highly chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective organocatalytic cascade reaction in a sequential one-pot manner involving an E1cB mechanism governed ring-opening process. Critical to our success was the design of a chiral dipeptide-based bifunctional acid-base organocatalyst, which exhibited high catalytic activity at low catalyst loading (1-0.1 mol %), leading to biologically interesting polyheterocyclic compounds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't