A Ternary Complex Reagent for an Asymmetric Reaction of Lithium Ester Enolates with Imines
A Ternary Complex Reagent for an Asymmetric Reaction of Lithium Ester Enolates with Imines
复制标题
DOI:
10.1021/ja963581u
复制
发表时间:
1997-02
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Hiroki Fujieda;M. Kanai;T. Kambara;A. Iida;K. Tomioka
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Hiroki Fujieda;M. Kanai;T. Kambara;A. Iida;K. Tomioka
Lithium ester enolate is among the established, powerful carbonucleophiles in the formation of carbon-carbon bonds. 1 The extended application of the reagent into asymmetric reactions has been a considerable challenge in synthetic organic chemistry. 2 Indeed, there have been significant achievements in the development of the chiral ester3 and its equivalents such as oxazoline, 4 acyloxazolidinone, 5 and acylsultam, 6 even though these require at least a stoichiometric amount of a chiral auxiliary. Another promising approach relies on a chiral external ligand, which opens a catalytic way to an asymmetric reaction. 7 The use of a stoichiometric amount of a chiral lithium amide or chiral amine has been reported as an external chiral ligand that forms a chiral, binary complex with a lithium ester enolate. 8 The binary complex of the lithium ketone enolatelithium amide has been demonstrated by X-ray crystallography and NMR studies. 9, 10 However, the asymmetric addition of the lithium ester enolate to the azomethine group in the presence of an external chiral ligand is quite undeveloped in comparison with efforts on record in the area of asymmetric addition of the chiral lithium enolate to a chiral imine. 11 We have been involved in the development of both stoichiometric and catalytic asymmetric reactions of organolithiums with the aid of chiral external ligands. 12, 13 We describe herein the stoichiometric and catalytic asymmetric reactions of lithium ester enolates 2 with imines 3 based on a ternary complex reagent, which comprises three components: a chiral ether ligand (1), an achiral lithium amide, and 2, giving the corresponding β-lactams 4 in high enantiomeric excess (ee).The reaction of lithium ester enolate 2a, generated from 3-pentyl isobutylate (2.0 equiv) and lithium diisopropylamide (LDA, 2.2 equiv), with benzaldehyde anisidine imine 3a in the presence of a chiral ether (1)(2.6 equiv) 14 in toluene at-20 C for 7 h gave the corresponding β-lactam (S)-4aa15 in 95%