Enantioselective decarboxylative Mannich reaction of β-keto acids with C-alkynyl N-Boc N, O-acetals: access to chiral β-keto propargylamines

Org Biomol Chem. 2021 Oct 14;19(39):8607-8612. doi: 10.1039/d1ob01555a.

Abstract

The chiral keto-substituted propargylamines are an essential class of multifunctional compounds in the field of organic and pharmaceutical synthesis and have attracted considerable attention, but the related synthetic approaches remain limited. Therefore, a concise and efficient method for the enantioselective synthesis of β-keto propargylamines via chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric Mannich reaction between β-keto acids and C-alkynyl N-Boc N,O-acetals as easily available C-alkynyl imine precursors has been demonstrated here, affording a broad scope of β-keto N-Boc-propargylamines in high yields (up to 97%) with generally high enantioselectivities (up to 97 : 3 er).

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't