The effects of two different amino acid catalysts on the stereoselectivities in the direct Mannich reactions of cyclohexanone,p-anisidine and p-nitrobenzaldehyde were studied with the aid of density functional theory....The effects of two different amino acid catalysts on the stereoselectivities in the direct Mannich reactions of cyclohexanone,p-anisidine and p-nitrobenzaldehyde were studied with the aid of density functional theory.Transition states of the stereo-determining C ＂C bond-forming step with the addition of enamine intermediate to the imine for the L-proline（·-amino acid） and （R）-3-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid（·-amino acid）-catalyzed processes were reported.B3LYP/6-31G calculations provide a good explanation for the opposite syn vs.anti diastereoselectivities of these two different kinds of catalysts（syn-selectivity for the ·-amino acid catalysts,anti-selectivity for the ·-amino acid catalysts）.Calculated and observed diastereomeric ratio and enantiomeric excess values are in reasonable agreement.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20773071,20901043)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(No.ZR2010BM024)the Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program,China(No.J10LB06)
文摘The effects of two different amino acid catalysts on the stereoselectivities in the direct Mannich reactions of cyclohexanone,p-anisidine and p-nitrobenzaldehyde were studied with the aid of density functional theory.Transition states of the stereo-determining C ＂C bond-forming step with the addition of enamine intermediate to the imine for the L-proline（·-amino acid） and （R）-3-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid（·-amino acid）-catalyzed processes were reported.B3LYP/6-31G calculations provide a good explanation for the opposite syn vs.anti diastereoselectivities of these two different kinds of catalysts（syn-selectivity for the ·-amino acid catalysts,anti-selectivity for the ·-amino acid catalysts）.Calculated and observed diastereomeric ratio and enantiomeric excess values are in reasonable agreement.
