Ti-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective synthesis of unsaturated α-amino nitriles, amides, and acids.: Catalyst identification through screening of parallel libraries
Ti-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective synthesis of unsaturated α-amino nitriles, amides, and acids.: Catalyst identification through screening of parallel libraries
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DOI:
10.1021/ja994121e
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发表时间:
2000-03-22
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15
通讯作者:
Hoveyda, AH
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作者:
Porter, JR;Wirschun, WG;Hoveyda, AH
Due to the significance of R-amino acids in chemistry and biology, the search for efficient methods that lead to the formation of these important compounds in the optically pure form continues. 1 Several procedures have been devised that afford R-amino acids in high selectivity, but many of these protocols rely on the use of chiral auxiliaries. 2 Other approaches depend on catalytic enantioselective reduction of dehydroamino acids, and several chiral hydrogenation catalysts have been disclosed that deliver optically pure R-amino acids in high yield and selectivity. 3, 4 Recently, we reported a Ti-catalyzed process for the asymmetric cyanide addition to aryl imines, which affords the derived aryl amino nitriles efficiently and with exceptional enantiocontrol; 5, 6 the identity of the optimal catalyst was determined through synthesis and screening of parallel ligand libraries. 7 Subsequent hydrolysis of the nitrile and simultaneous deprotection of the amine unit afford the desired optically pure aryl R-amino acids. These protocols thus allow access to R-amino acids that are not available by the catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation reaction.After these studies we began to examine the catalytic asymmetric cyanide addition to R, β-unsaturated imines (Scheme 1). We reasoned that if these reactions proceed regioselectively (1, 2-vs 1, 4-addition) and enantioselectively, an efficient route to various unsaturated R-amino acids would be at hand and the generality of the catalytic asymmetric Strecker process would be