Diastereoselective Radical Aminoacylation of Olefins through N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis
Diastereoselective Radical Aminoacylation of Olefins through N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis
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N-杂环卡宾催化烯烃的非对映选择性自由基氨酰化
DOI:
10.1021/jacs.2c11209
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Jiannan Zhao
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作者:
Wen-Deng Liu;Woojin Lee;Hanyu Shu;Chuyu Xiao;Huiwei Xu;Xiangyang Chen;Kendall N. Houk;Jiannan Zhao
There have been significant advancements in radical-mediated reactions through covalent-based organocatalysis. Here, we present the generation of iminyl and amidyl radicals via N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis, enabling diastereoselective aminoacylation of trisubstituted alkenes. Different from photoredox catalysis, single electron transfer from the deprotonated Breslow intermediate toO-aryl hydroxylamine generates an NHC-bound ketyl radical, which undergoes diastereocontrolled cross-coupling with the prochiral C-centered radical. This operationally simple method provides a straightforward access to a variety of pyrroline and oxazolidinone heterocycles with vicinal stereocenters (77 examples, up to >19:1 d.r.). Electrochemical studies of the acyl thiazolium salts support our reaction design and highlight the reducing ability of Breslow-type derivatives. A detailed computational analysis of this organocatalytic system suggests that radical–radical coupling is the rate-determining step, in which π–π stacking interaction between the radical intermediates subtly controls the diastereoselectivity.