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Carbene-catalyzed atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral styrenes.


ABSTRACT: Axially chiral styrenes bearing a chiral axis between a sterically non-congested acyclic alkene and an aryl ring are difficult to prepare due to low rotational barrier of the axis. Disclosed here is an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalytic asymmetric solution to this problem. Our reaction involves ynals, sulfinic acids, and phenols as the substrates with an NHC as the catalyst. Key steps involve selective 1,4-addition of sulfinic anion to acetylenic acylazolium intermediate and sequential E-selective protonation to set up the chiral axis. Our reaction affords axially chiral styrenes bearing a chiral axis as the product with up to > 99:1 e.r., > 20:1 E/Z selectivity, and excellent yields. The sulfone and carboxylic ester moieties in our styrene products are common moieties in bioactive molecules and asymmetric catalysis.

SUBMITTER: Yan JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8748895 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Carbene-catalyzed atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral styrenes.

Yan Jia-Lei JL   Maiti Rakesh R   Ren Shi-Chao SC   Tian Weiyi W   Li Tingting T   Xu Jun J   Mondal Bivas B   Jin Zhichao Z   Chi Yonggui Robin YR  

Nature communications 20220110 1


Axially chiral styrenes bearing a chiral axis between a sterically non-congested acyclic alkene and an aryl ring are difficult to prepare due to low rotational barrier of the axis. Disclosed here is an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalytic asymmetric solution to this problem. Our reaction involves ynals, sulfinic acids, and phenols as the substrates with an NHC as the catalyst. Key steps involve selective 1,4-addition of sulfinic anion to acetylenic acylazolium intermediate and sequential E-sel  ...[more]

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