Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions of Unsaturated β-Ketoesters Catalyzed by Chiral Ruthenium PNNP Complexes.
Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions of Unsaturated β-Ketoesters Catalyzed by Chiral Ruthenium PNNP Complexes.
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手性钌 PNNP 配合物催化不饱和 β-酮酯的对映选择性 Diels-Alder 反应。
DOI:
10.2533/chimia.2011.231
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发表时间:
2011
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影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
A. Mezzetti
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作者:
C. Schotes;A. Mezzetti
We report here dicationic ruthenium PNNP complexes that promote the enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction of alpha-methylene beta-ketoesters with various dienes. Complex [Ru(OEt2)2(PNNP)](PF6)2, formed in situ from [RuCl2,(PNNP)] and (Et3O)PF6 (2 equiv.), catalyzes the Diels-Alder reaction of such unsaturated beta-ketoesters to give novel alkoxycarbonyltetrahydro-1-indanone derivatives (nine examples) with up to 93% ee. The crystal structure of the substrate-catalyst adduct shows that the lower face of the substrate is shielded by a phenyl ring of the PNNP ligand, which accounts for the high enantioselectivity. The attack of the diene from the open re enantioface of the unsaturated beta-ketoester is consistent with the absolute configuration of the product. A useful application of this method is the reaction with Dane's diene to give estrone derivatives with up to 99% ee and an ester-exo:endo ratio of up to 145:1 (after recrystallization). Besides the enantioselective formation of all-carbon quaternary centers, this methodology is notable because unsaturated beta-ketoesters have been rarely used in Diels-Alder reactions. Furthermore, enantiomerically pure estrone derivatives are interesting in view of their potential applications, including the treatment of breast cancer.