Cooperative hydrogen atom transfer and chiral hydrogen‐bonding catalysis as a new platform for the asymmetric synthesis of azaarene derivatives is reported.By using a tetrabutylammonium decatungstate as the photocata...Cooperative hydrogen atom transfer and chiral hydrogen‐bonding catalysis as a new platform for the asymmetric synthesis of azaarene derivatives is reported.By using a tetrabutylammonium decatungstate as the photocatalyst and a chiral phosphoric acid as the hydrogen‐bonding catalyst,transformations of a variety of commercially available hydrocarbons and silanes with diverseα‐branched 2‐vinylazaarenes could efficiently experience a tandem radical conjugate addition and enantioselective protonation process,providing a convenient and fully atom economical approach to access a range of valuable enantioenrichedα‐tertiary azaarenes in high yields with good to excellent enantioselectivities(up to 93%ee).Through the direct use of tert‐butyl methylcarbamate as the feedstock,this method enables a highly practical and concise synthesis of the enantiomerically pure medicinal molecule pheniramine(Avil).展开更多
文摘Cooperative hydrogen atom transfer and chiral hydrogen‐bonding catalysis as a new platform for the asymmetric synthesis of azaarene derivatives is reported.By using a tetrabutylammonium decatungstate as the photocatalyst and a chiral phosphoric acid as the hydrogen‐bonding catalyst,transformations of a variety of commercially available hydrocarbons and silanes with diverseα‐branched 2‐vinylazaarenes could efficiently experience a tandem radical conjugate addition and enantioselective protonation process,providing a convenient and fully atom economical approach to access a range of valuable enantioenrichedα‐tertiary azaarenes in high yields with good to excellent enantioselectivities(up to 93%ee).Through the direct use of tert‐butyl methylcarbamate as the feedstock,this method enables a highly practical and concise synthesis of the enantiomerically pure medicinal molecule pheniramine(Avil).