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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hu Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944382 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20180420 18
2-Benzylpyridine N-oxides possessing less acidic α-protons were utilized as pronucleophiles for the first time in enantioselective addition reactions under Brønsted base catalysis. A chiral bis(guanidino)iminophosphorane was able to overcome the inherent issue of low acidity of the pronucleophiles, establishing the diastereo- and enantioselective direct Mannich-type reaction with <i>N</i>-Boc imines. The control experiments indicated that the N-oxide moiety of the substrates played a critical ro ...[more]