A General Enantioselective α-Alkyl Amino Acid Derivatives Synthesis Enabled by Cobalt-Catalyzed Reductive Addition.

J Am Chem Soc

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.

Published: September 2024

Enantioenriched unnatural amino acids represent a prevalent motif in organic chemistry, with profound applications in biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, and materials science. Herein, we report a cobalt-catalyzed aza-Barbier reaction of dehydroglycines with unactivated alkyl halides to afford unnatural α-amino esters with high enantioselectivity. This catalytic reductive alkylative addition protocol circumvents the use of moisture-, air-sensitive organometallic reagents, and stoichiometric chiral auxiliaries, enabling the conversion of a variety of primary, secondary, and even tertiary unactivated alkyl halides to α-alkyl-amino esters under mild conditions, thus leading to broad functional group tolerance. The expedient access to biologically active motifs demonstrates the practicality of this protocol by reducing the number of synthetic steps and enhancing the reaction efficiency.

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