Enantioselective ene reaction of cyclopentadiene and α,β-enals catalyzed by a diphenylprolinol silyl ether
Enantioselective ene reaction of cyclopentadiene and α,β-enals catalyzed by a diphenylprolinol silyl ether
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200602925
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Hayashi, Yujiro
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作者:
Gotoh, Hiroaki;Masui, Ryouhei;Hayashi, Yujiro
The ene reaction is a useful carbon–carbon bond-forming reaction.[1] Although several excellent asymmetric carbonyl ene reactions have been reported,[2] no highly enantioselective intermolecular ene reactions with an alkene as the enophile have been described yet, with only two reports on the intramolecular reaction by Narasaka et al.(including one of the present authors)[3] and Desimoni et al.[4] On the other hand, the scope of organocatalysis-mediated reactions is expanding very rapidly, and many new chiral organocatalysts have been developed in recent years.[5] Jørgensen and co-workers [6] and our group [7] both independently developed a diarylprolinol silyl ether as an effective organocatalyst.[8] During our application of this catalyst to the asymmetric Diels–Alder reaction, which is known to be mediated by organocatalysis,[9] we found that the reaction of cyclopentadiene and α, β-enals afforded not the Diels–Alder product, but rather the ene product with high enantioselectivity, as described herein. This behavior appears to be highly unusual. Since the discovery of the mechanistically related Diels–Alder reaction in 1928,[10] cyclopentadiene has often been employed as one of the most versatile dienes.[11] However, as far as we are aware there have been no reports of it acting as the ene component in an ene reaction, though the reaction of cyclopentadiene with benzalacetone or benzalacetophenone to give 1, 2-dihydropentalenes, in which a Michael-type adduct is postulated as an intermediate, has been reported.[12]