N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral 5-aryl 2-pyrones from enals

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.

Transition-metal-free [3+3] annulation reaction of sulfoxonium ylides with cyclopropenones for the synthesis of 2-pyrones

An efficient and practical synthetic approach was developed for the tandem synthesis of trisubstituted 2-pyrone derivatives from sulfoxonium ylides and cyclopropenones.This[3+3]annulation reaction was carried out under transition-metal-free conditions.A broad range of functional groups were tolerant under mild conditions,and a variety of 2-pyrones were obtained in moderate to good yields.

The [4+2] Cycloaddition of 2-Pyrone in Total Synthesis

Diels-Alder reaction is one of the most important reactions in organic synthesis and has witnessed great achievements in total syntheses of complex natural products.In this review,we will focus on the [4+2] cycloaddition that utilizes 2-pyrone as the diene component.Major advances of its applications in the total syntheses of natural products in the past fifty years will be discussed here.

An Enantioselective Approach to Heteroatom-Containing Bicyclic Derivatives via Inverse-Electron-Demand Diels-Alder Reactions

Chiral heteroatom-containing bicyclic scaffolds are important pharmacophores and prevalent in bioactive natural products and drug molecules.Herein,we report a unified approach for the divergent synthesis of chiral heteroatom-containing bicyclic derivatives by lanthanide(lil)-catalyzed asymmetric inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder reactions of 2-pyrones.These reactions occur with vari-ous readily available dihydropyrroles and dihydrofurans as dienophiles,providing a step-economical synthetic platform for densely functionalized ciss-hydroindoles and cis-hydrobenzofurans with excellent yields and enantioselectivities.The synthetic utility of this approach is demonstrated by the concise synthesis of(-)-α-lycorane and(-)-lycorine alkaloids.