Highly enantioselective iridium catalyzed carbonyl (2-vinyl)allylation or "isoprenylation" is achieved via hydrogen auto-transfer or 2-propanol-mediated reductive coupling from primary alcohol or aldehyde reactants, respectively. Using this method, asymmetric total syntheses of the terpenoid natural products (+)-ipsenol and (+)-ipsdienol were achieved.
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J Am Chem Soc
December 2024
Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom.
Under iridium-catalyzed conditions, 2-aza-aryl-substituted secondary alcohols undergo C(sp)-H addition reactions to alkynes to provide alkenylated tertiary alcohols. The processes occur with very high regio- and enantioselectivity. An analogous addition to styrene is shown to provide a prototype C(sp)-H alkylation process.
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December 2024
State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Functional group-directed site- and enantioselective C(sp)-H functionalization of alcohols or masked alcohols represents a formidable challenge. We herein report the first example of iridium-catalyzed asymmetric α-C(sp)-H borylation of primary alcohol-derived carbamates by the judicious choice of directing groups. A variety of chiral borylated carbamates were obtained with good to high enantioselectivities.
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December 2024
Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry and Medi-X Pingshan, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
The iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of α-alkoxy-β-ketoesters dynamic kinetic resolution has been achieved with high efficiency and enantioselectivity. This strategy allows for the synthesis of differentiated -1,2-diol derivatives in high yields, exhibiting excellent enantio- and diastereoselectivity (up to 99% yield, 99% ee, and 99 : 1 dr). Additionally, high turnover number (TON) experiments (up to 1000 TON) and gram-scale synthesis of a key fragment of the potential drug Tesaglitazar were successfully performed, highlighting the protocol's potential for broader applications.
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December 2024
Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry, 1 Tsinghua Yuan, 100084, Beijing, CHINA.
Catalytic regio- and enantioselective hydroamination of less activated internal alkenes presents a challenge to synthetic chemists due to their low reactivity and the difficulty in simultaneously controlling regio- and enantioselectivities. Here, we report an iridium-catalyzed enantioselective hydroamination of internal alkenes directed by an amide. The amide group on the alkene effectively directs the catalyst to overcome the low reactivity and control the regioselectivity and the enantiotopic face selection.
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December 2024
Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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