Asymmetric synthesis of dihydrocoumarins via catalytic sequential 1,6-addition/transesterification of α-isocyanoacetates with para-quinone methides.

Org Biomol Chem

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei Long Road, Shanghai 200237, China. and State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.

Published: February 2020

A catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 3,4-dihydrocoumarins with adjacent tertiary-quaternary stereocenters by 1,6-addition/transesterification cascade reaction of α-isocyanoacetates with ortho-hydroxyphenyl-substituted para-quinone methides (p-QMs) has been developed. Using a combination of dihydroquinidine-derived aminophosphine and silver nitrate as a binary catalytic system, moderate to good yields, excellent diastereoselectivities (>20 : 1 dr) and good to excellent enantioselectivities (up to 94% ee) were achieved for a wide range of isocyanoacetates and p-QMs.

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