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The Enantioselective Organocatalytic 1,4-Addition of Electron-Rich Benzenes to α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes
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posted on 2002-06-12, 00:00 authored by Nick A. Paras, David W. C. MacMillanThe first enantioselective organocatalytic alkylation of electron-rich benzene rings with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes has been accomplished. The use of iminium catalysis has provided a new strategy for the enantioselective construction of benzylic stereogenicity, an important chiral synthon for natural product and medicinal agent synthesis. The (2S,5S)-5-benzyl-2-tert-butylimidazolidinone amine catalyst has been found to mediate the conjugate addition of a wide variety of substituted and unsubstituted anilines to unsaturated aldehydes. A diverse spectrum of aldehyde substrates can also be accommodated in this new organocatalytic transformation. While catalyst quantities of 10 mol % were generally employed in this study, successful alkylations conducted with catalyst loadings as low as 1 mol % are described.
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enantioselective organocatalytic alkylationbenzylic stereogenicitychiral synthonaldehyde substratesbutylimidazolidinone amine catalystiminium catalysiscatalyst quantitiesmolconjugate additionagent synthesiscatalyst loadingsunsubstituted anilinesorganocatalytic transformationenantioselective construction
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