Highly Enantioselective Regiodivergent and Catalytic Parallel Kinetic Resolution

Kinetic resolution of 1,2-diols through highly site- and enantioselective catalytic silylation.

Catalytic, highly enantioselective, direct amination of enecarbamates.

Amination of enecarbamates with dibenzylazodicarboxylate and oxygenated nucleophiles in the presence of a catalytic amount of chiral phosphoric acid afforded optically active stable precursors of α-hydrazinoimines, which were reduced or oxidized, respectively, to vicinal diamines or α-amino acid precursors with excellent yield and enantioselectivity.

Catalytic highly enantioselective vinylogous Povarov reaction.

The first example of a catalytic asymmetric vinylogous Povarov reaction is presented. 1-N-Acylamino-1,3-butadienes react selectively at their terminal double bond in the presence of a chiral phosphoric acid catalyst, delivering highly enantioenriched 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines bearing a synthetically versatile enecarbamate group at the 4-position.

A highly enantioselective catalytic intramolecular Stetter reaction.

A family of chiral triazolium salts has been developed for inducing the asymmetric intramolecular Stetter reaction. The use of an aminoindanol-derived catalyst affords optimal results, with the product keto esters formed in 82-97% ee and very good chemical yield. Aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes are equally competent substrates for this reaction. The reaction conditions are reasonably mild and ...

Catalytic Kinetic Resolution of Saturated N-Heterocycles by Enantioselective Amidation with Chiral Hydroxamic Acids.

The preparation of enantioenriched chiral compounds by kinetic resolution dates back to the laboratories of Louis Pasteur in the middle of the 19th century. Unlike asymmetric synthesis, this process can always deliver enantiopure material (ee > 99%) if the reactions are allowed to proceed to sufficient conversion and the selectivity of the process is not unity (s > 1). One of the most appealing...