Synthesis of Lactams via a Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Aniline Cyclization.

J Org Chem

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 301 McIver Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27412, United States.

Published: September 2024

The enantioenriched lactams disclosed in this work are synthesized concisely in four steps. In the penultimate reaction, a benzylamine species complexes with a chiral phosphoric acid to produce benzo-fused δ-lactams equipped with an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter. Partial and full reductions were carried out on the ester and amide moieties, and a Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling expanded the molecule from the aromatic ring. Finally, our method was successful at a >1 g scale, indicating that the method has important practical use.

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