Highly Enantioselective Insertion of Carbenoids into N-H Bonds Catalyzed by Copper(I) Complexes of Binol Derivatives
Highly Enantioselective Insertion of Carbenoids into N-H Bonds Catalyzed by Copper(I) Complexes of Binol Derivatives
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二元醇衍生物铜(I)配合物催化类胡萝卜素高度对映选择性插入N-H键
DOI:
10.1002/anie.201001686
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Feng, Xiaoming
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作者:
Hou, Zongrui;Wang, Jun;Feng, Xiaoming
The catalytic asymmetric insertion reaction of α-diazocarbonyl compounds into XÀH bonds (X= C, N, P, O, S, etc.) has attracted much attention because it provides an efficient way to construct versatile and useful building blocks.[1] In contrast to the extensive and fruitful studies on asymmetric CÀH insertion,[2] the investigation of enantioselective insertion of α-diazocarbonyl compounds into heteroatom–hydrogen bonds (XÀH) is still limited.[3] This may result from the presence of the highly reactive polar XÀH bonds, which form the ylide intermediates upon attack of the electrophilic metal carbene to the lone pair of electrons on the heteroatom, thus leading to a more intricate complexion.[4] Moreover, the Lewis basic nitrogen atoms in the starting amine and in the products tend to strongly coordinate to the central metal atom in the catalyst, which may result in the deactivation of the catalyst.[5] Among the insertion reactions, metal-catalyzed carbenoid NÀH insertions are of great importance, because they lead to the formation of various bioactive molecules such as α-amino ketones, α-amino acid derivatives, and pharmaceutically useful compounds.[6] In a pioneering study, Jørgensen and co-workers reported the first asymmetric intermolecular NÀH insertion reactions by means of chiral copper (I)/silver (I) bisoxazoline complexes. Although only low to moderate yields and ee values were obtained, this study has actually opened the doors to asymmetric versions of NÀH insertion reactions.[7] No further breakthrough was made until Zhou and co-workers reported excellent ee values (98%) and yields (94%) using a catalytic system consisting of a spirobisoxazoline ligand, CuCl, and NaBARF (BARF=[B [3, 5-(CF3) 2C6H3] 4] À).[8] Later, Lee and Fu disclosed another highly enantioselective NÀH insertion reaction with α-aryl diazoesters and carbamates (Boc-NH2 and Cbz-NH2; Boc= tert-butoxycarbonyl, Cbz= benzyloxycarbonyl) as substrates, which leads to useful arylglycine derivatives with excellent ee values (up to 94%).[9] Despite these achievements, in view of the great utility of this NÀH insertion reaction, the exploration of alternative efficient catalytic systems is still highly desirable. Herein, we describe a novel and readily available copper (I) catalyst generated from the (R)-binol derivative 2b and CuCl, from which a series of enantioenriched substituted α-amino acetates were prepared in excellent yields and ee values.Recently, our research group reported a novel axially chiral N, N’-dioxide 1, which was demonstrated to be a highly efficient organocatalyst for the enantioselective Strecker reaction of N-Ts-protected ketimines (Ts= 4-toluenesulfonyl; Scheme 1).[10] To find further uses for this compound,