A simple and directα-allylic alkylation of unmodified aldehydes with allylic alcohols catalyzed by primary amine/Brønsted acid has been developed.The N,N-dimethylethylenediamine/TfOH was identified as the optima...A simple and directα-allylic alkylation of unmodified aldehydes with allylic alcohols catalyzed by primary amine/Brønsted acid has been developed.The N,N-dimethylethylenediamine/TfOH was identified as the optimal catalyst to promote this transformation via an enamine process in high yields(up to 88%)and with good diastereoselectivities(up to 9∶1).展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21390400,21025208 and 21202171)the Ministry of Science and Technology(MoST)(2011CB808600)and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘A simple and directα-allylic alkylation of unmodified aldehydes with allylic alcohols catalyzed by primary amine/Brønsted acid has been developed.The N,N-dimethylethylenediamine/TfOH was identified as the optimal catalyst to promote this transformation via an enamine process in high yields(up to 88%)and with good diastereoselectivities(up to 9∶1).