Axially chiral molecules have been widely used in inorganic,material and medicinal chemistry.Compared with well-established N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed asymmetric construction of centrally chiral molecules,N...Axially chiral molecules have been widely used in inorganic,material and medicinal chemistry.Compared with well-established N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed asymmetric construction of centrally chiral molecules,NHC-catalyzed atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral molecules remains largely underdeveloped.Notably,alkynyl acyl azolium intermediates were commonly used in constructing a heteroaryl ring to furnish axially enantioenriched heteroaryl-aryls.The inherent character of the intermediates often led to react with sterically hindered substrates difficultly.Herein,we have successfully disclosed the atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral heteroaryl-aryls from sterically hindered enols through the use of chiral NHCs as catalysts for highly enantioselective Coates-Claisen rearrangements via catalytically generatedα,β-unsaturated acyl azoliums.This approach will enable the concise synthesis of valuable tetra-ortho-substituted 2-pyrones in one step with good yield and chirality control.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFA0204704)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21602105)+2 种基金the General Program of Chongqing Natural Science(cstc2020jcyj-msxmX0712)Ningbo Natural Science Foundation (202003N4063)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20221309)
文摘Axially chiral molecules have been widely used in inorganic,material and medicinal chemistry.Compared with well-established N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed asymmetric construction of centrally chiral molecules,NHC-catalyzed atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral molecules remains largely underdeveloped.Notably,alkynyl acyl azolium intermediates were commonly used in constructing a heteroaryl ring to furnish axially enantioenriched heteroaryl-aryls.The inherent character of the intermediates often led to react with sterically hindered substrates difficultly.Herein,we have successfully disclosed the atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral heteroaryl-aryls from sterically hindered enols through the use of chiral NHCs as catalysts for highly enantioselective Coates-Claisen rearrangements via catalytically generatedα,β-unsaturated acyl azoliums.This approach will enable the concise synthesis of valuable tetra-ortho-substituted 2-pyrones in one step with good yield and chirality control.
