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Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of α,α-Diaryl Aldehydes via Oxo-Hydroarylation of Terminal Alkynes.

ABSTRACT: Chiral aldehydes containing a tertiary stereogenic center are versatile building blocks in organic chemistry. In particular, such structural motifs bearing an α,α-diaryl moiety are very challenging scaffolds and their efficient asymmetric synthesis is not reported. In this work, a phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of α,α-diaryl aldehydes from simple terminal alkynes is presented. This approach yields a wide range of highly enolizable α,α-diaryl aldehydes in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities. Facile transformations of the products, as well as an efficient synthesis of bioactive molecules, including an effective anti-smallpox agent and an FDA-approved antidepressant drug (+)-sertraline, are demonstrated.

SUBMITTER: Zhou X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11199996 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of α,α-Diaryl Aldehydes via Oxo-Hydroarylation of Terminal Alkynes.

Zhou Xueting X Huang Qingqin Q Guo Jiami J Dai Lei L Lu Yixin Y

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20240422 24

Chiral aldehydes containing a tertiary stereogenic center are versatile building blocks in organic chemistry. In particular, such structural motifs bearing an α,α-diaryl moiety are very challenging scaffolds and their efficient asymmetric synthesis is not reported. In this work, a phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of α,α-diaryl aldehydes from simple terminal alkynes is presented. This approach yields a wide range of highly enolizable α,α-diaryl aldehydes in good yields with ex ...[more]

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Project description:Enantioenriched diaryl-, aryl heteroaryl-, and diheteroarylmethanols exhibit important biological and medicinal properties. One-pot catalytic asymmetric syntheses of these compounds beginning from readily available aryl bromides are introduced. Thus, lithium-bromide exchange with commercially available aryl bromides and n-BuLi was followed by salt metathesis with ZnCl(2) to generate ArZnCl. A second equivalent of n-BuLi was added to form the mixed organozinc, ArZnBu. In the presence of enantioenriched amino alcohol-based catalysts, ArZnBu adds to aldehydes to afford essentially racemic diarylmethanols. The low enantioselectivities were attributed to a LiCl-promoted background reaction. To inhibit this background reaction, the chelating diamine TEEDA (tetraethylethylene diamine) was introduced prior to aldehyde addition. Under these conditions, enantioenriched diarylmethanols were obtained with >90% ee. Arylations of enals generated allylic alcohols with 81-90% ee. This procedure was unsuccessful, however, when applied to heteroaryl bromides, which was attributed to decomposition of the heteroaryl lithium under the salt metathesis conditions. To avoid this problem, the metathesis was conducted with EtZnCl, which enabled the salt metathesis to proceed at low temperatures. The resulting EtZn(Ar(Hetero)) intermediates (Ar(Hetero) = 2- and 3-thiophenyl, 2-benzothiophenyl, 3-furyl, and 5-indolyl) were successfully added to aldehydes and heteroaryl aldehydes with enantioselectivities between 81-99%. These are the first examples of catalytic and highly enantioselective syntheses of diheteroarylmethanols. In a similar fashion, ferrocenyl bromide was used to generate FcZnEt and the ferrocenyl group added to benzaldehyde and heteroaromatic aldehydes to form ferrocene-based ligand precursors in 86-95% yield with 96-98% ee. It was also found that the arylation and heteroarylation of enals could be followed by diastereoselective epoxidations to provide epoxy alcohols with high enantio- and diastereoselectivities in a one-pot procedure.

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Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of α,α-Diaryl Aldehydes via Oxo-Hydroarylation of Terminal Alkynes.

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Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of α,α-Diaryl Aldehydes via Oxo-Hydroarylation of Terminal Alkynes.

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