The development of stereodivergent synthetic methods to access all four stereoisomers of biologically importantα-fluoroγ-butyrolactones containing vicinal stereocenters is of great importance and poses a formidable ...The development of stereodivergent synthetic methods to access all four stereoisomers of biologically importantα-fluoroγ-butyrolactones containing vicinal stereocenters is of great importance and poses a formidable challenge owing to ring strain and steric hindrance.Herein,a novel asymmetric[3+2]annulation ofα-fluoroα-azaaryl acetates with vinylethylene carbonate was successfully developed through Cu/Ir-catalyzed cascade allylic alkylation/lactonization,affording a variety of enantioenrichedα-fluoroγ-butyrolactones bearing vicinal stereogenic centers with high reaction efficiency and excellent levels of both stereoselectivity and regioselectivity(up to 98%yield,generally>20:1 dr and>99%ee).Notably,all four stereoisomers of these pharmaceutically valuable molecules could be accessed individually via simple permutations of two enantiomeric catalysts.In addition,other azaaryl acetates bearingα-methyl,α-chlorine orα-phenyl group were tolerated well in this transformation.Reaction mechanistic investigations were conducted to explore the process of this bimetallic catalysis based on the results of reaction intermediates,isotopic labelling experiments,and kinetic studies.展开更多
Because of the widespread applications of optically active alkyl fluorides in medicinal and agro chem-icals,enantioselective and even stereodivergent construction of alkyl fluorides remains highly desirable but underd...Because of the widespread applications of optically active alkyl fluorides in medicinal and agro chem-icals,enantioselective and even stereodivergent construction of alkyl fluorides remains highly desirable but underdeveloped.Transition-metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrofluoroalkylation of readily available di-enes represents a novel route to achieve this goal,yet receives scarce study.Here we report an intrigu-ing palladium-catalyzed enantioselective hydromonofluoroalkylation reaction of conjugated dienes.Both monosubstituted and internal dienes proceed well with the transformation and furnish alkyl fluorides in generally>80%yield and>90%ee.A stereodivergent hydromonofluoroalkylation protocol via Pd/Cu co-catalysis is also established for the access to all four stereoisomers of corresponding moieties bear-ing a fully-substituted F-stereogenic center and vicinal tertiary carbon center.In addition,asymmetric migratory hydromonofluoroalkylation of skipped dienes is developed to realize the direct allylic C-H flu-oroalkylation.A compound library of enantioenriched cyclic fluorides is thus built to highlight the trans-formation potential of present methodology.展开更多
Herein,we reported the stereodivergent synthesis of C-glycosamino acids via Pd/Cu dual catalysis and found a suitable system to resolve many challenges,such as the tolerance towards the density of functional groups,th...Herein,we reported the stereodivergent synthesis of C-glycosamino acids via Pd/Cu dual catalysis and found a suitable system to resolve many challenges,such as the tolerance towards the density of functional groups,the variability of the anomeric position,the compatibility of appropriate catalyst combinations,the regioselectivity of nucleophiles,and the match/mismatch problems between chiral substrates and chiral ligand-metal complexes.The method enables the efficient preparation of a series of unnatural C-glycosamino acid skeletons bearing two contiguous stereogenic centers in good yields with excellent diastereoselectivity.From this crucial precursor,various C-glycosamino acid derivatives have been achieved diversely.The readily prepared C-glycosamino acid hybrids will meet the growing demands for the development of new molecular entities for discovering new drugs and materials.This stereodivergent synthesis of C-glycosamino acids will further accelerate the study of their structural features,mode of action,and potential biological applications in the near future.展开更多
Stereodivergently constructing the designed products having adjacent multi-stereocenters via a given reaction,with excellent control of both absolute and relative configurations,presents one of the substantial hurdles...Stereodivergently constructing the designed products having adjacent multi-stereocenters via a given reaction,with excellent control of both absolute and relative configurations,presents one of the substantial hurdles in asymmetric catalysis.Herein,we report a precisely stereodivergent asymmetric protocol by synergistic combination of phosphonium-involved ion-pair catalysis and base for accessing to chiral phosphorus compounds bearing two adjacent chiral centers particularly containing an acidic protonated enantioenriched carbon atom,having broad functional group compatibility in both dynamic and thermodynamic processes under mild reaction conditions.Two keys for the success in constructing these stereoisomers with high levels of regio-,diastereo-,and enantioselectivities were contained:firstly,the precise stereo-control in providing dynamic products was enabled by bifunctional phosphonium salt catalyst with semi-enclosed cavity;secondly,the readily stereospecific transformation of adducts from dynamic to thermodynamic version was initiated by achiral base.All four stereoisomers could be readily accessed even in gram-scale in high yields with maintaining excellent stereoselectivities,illustrating the potential of this synergistic catalytic methodology in organic synthesis.Moreover,mechanistic studies including density functional theory(DFT)calculations and control experiments provide insights into the mechanism.展开更多
AstereodivergentPd/Cucatalyst systemforasymmetric desymmetric alkylation of allylic geminal dicarboxylates has been developed,which was successfully applied to the asymmetric synthesis of β-hydroxycarbonylmotifs bear...AstereodivergentPd/Cucatalyst systemforasymmetric desymmetric alkylation of allylic geminal dicarboxylates has been developed,which was successfully applied to the asymmetric synthesis of β-hydroxycarbonylmotifs bearing a versatile carbon-carbon double bond in an enantio-and diastereodivergent manner.A wide scope of substrates including challenging alkylsubstituted,2-substituted,and3,3′-disubstitutedallylic species are compatible with this catalytic system,delivering the substituted products in high to excellent yieldsandwith excellent diastereo-(upto>20:1 dr)and enantioselectivities(up to>99%ee).Furthermore,the mechanism of this dual Pd/Cu catalytic system including:(1)the desymmetrization process ofgeminal dicarboxylates;(2)the origin of regioselectivity(branched or linear);(3)the enantio-and diastereoselectivity observed by changing the combinations of two chiral metal catalysts,have been carefully investigated by theoretical calculations.展开更多
基金We are grateful for financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFA1506700)National Natural Science Foundation of China(22071186,22071187,22101216,22271226,and 22371216)+3 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2020CFA036,2021CFA069)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20190213)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M702514)National Youth Talent Support Program,and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2042022kf1180).
文摘The development of stereodivergent synthetic methods to access all four stereoisomers of biologically importantα-fluoroγ-butyrolactones containing vicinal stereocenters is of great importance and poses a formidable challenge owing to ring strain and steric hindrance.Herein,a novel asymmetric[3+2]annulation ofα-fluoroα-azaaryl acetates with vinylethylene carbonate was successfully developed through Cu/Ir-catalyzed cascade allylic alkylation/lactonization,affording a variety of enantioenrichedα-fluoroγ-butyrolactones bearing vicinal stereogenic centers with high reaction efficiency and excellent levels of both stereoselectivity and regioselectivity(up to 98%yield,generally>20:1 dr and>99%ee).Notably,all four stereoisomers of these pharmaceutically valuable molecules could be accessed individually via simple permutations of two enantiomeric catalysts.In addition,other azaaryl acetates bearingα-methyl,α-chlorine orα-phenyl group were tolerated well in this transformation.Reaction mechanistic investigations were conducted to explore the process of this bimetallic catalysis based on the results of reaction intermediates,isotopic labelling experiments,and kinetic studies.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,No.22071262)Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.22ZR1475200)+1 种基金Shanghai Rising-Star program(No.20QA1411300)CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances,and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry for financial support.
文摘Because of the widespread applications of optically active alkyl fluorides in medicinal and agro chem-icals,enantioselective and even stereodivergent construction of alkyl fluorides remains highly desirable but underdeveloped.Transition-metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrofluoroalkylation of readily available di-enes represents a novel route to achieve this goal,yet receives scarce study.Here we report an intrigu-ing palladium-catalyzed enantioselective hydromonofluoroalkylation reaction of conjugated dienes.Both monosubstituted and internal dienes proceed well with the transformation and furnish alkyl fluorides in generally>80%yield and>90%ee.A stereodivergent hydromonofluoroalkylation protocol via Pd/Cu co-catalysis is also established for the access to all four stereoisomers of corresponding moieties bear-ing a fully-substituted F-stereogenic center and vicinal tertiary carbon center.In addition,asymmetric migratory hydromonofluoroalkylation of skipped dienes is developed to realize the direct allylic C-H flu-oroalkylation.A compound library of enantioenriched cyclic fluorides is thus built to highlight the trans-formation potential of present methodology.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(051170001,21772084,22071087)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(lzujbky-2017k06)+1 种基金the Open Projects Funds of Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology,Shandong University(2019CCG05)Xiaolei Wang thanks the Thousand Young Talents Program for financial support。
文摘Herein,we reported the stereodivergent synthesis of C-glycosamino acids via Pd/Cu dual catalysis and found a suitable system to resolve many challenges,such as the tolerance towards the density of functional groups,the variability of the anomeric position,the compatibility of appropriate catalyst combinations,the regioselectivity of nucleophiles,and the match/mismatch problems between chiral substrates and chiral ligand-metal complexes.The method enables the efficient preparation of a series of unnatural C-glycosamino acid skeletons bearing two contiguous stereogenic centers in good yields with excellent diastereoselectivity.From this crucial precursor,various C-glycosamino acid derivatives have been achieved diversely.The readily prepared C-glycosamino acid hybrids will meet the growing demands for the development of new molecular entities for discovering new drugs and materials.This stereodivergent synthesis of C-glycosamino acids will further accelerate the study of their structural features,mode of action,and potential biological applications in the near future.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21971165,21921002)the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0903500)+3 种基金the“1000-Youth Talents Program”(YJ201702)the Fundamental Research Funds from Sichuan University(2020SCUNL108)Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences(BNLMS202101)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘Stereodivergently constructing the designed products having adjacent multi-stereocenters via a given reaction,with excellent control of both absolute and relative configurations,presents one of the substantial hurdles in asymmetric catalysis.Herein,we report a precisely stereodivergent asymmetric protocol by synergistic combination of phosphonium-involved ion-pair catalysis and base for accessing to chiral phosphorus compounds bearing two adjacent chiral centers particularly containing an acidic protonated enantioenriched carbon atom,having broad functional group compatibility in both dynamic and thermodynamic processes under mild reaction conditions.Two keys for the success in constructing these stereoisomers with high levels of regio-,diastereo-,and enantioselectivities were contained:firstly,the precise stereo-control in providing dynamic products was enabled by bifunctional phosphonium salt catalyst with semi-enclosed cavity;secondly,the readily stereospecific transformation of adducts from dynamic to thermodynamic version was initiated by achiral base.All four stereoisomers could be readily accessed even in gram-scale in high yields with maintaining excellent stereoselectivities,illustrating the potential of this synergistic catalytic methodology in organic synthesis.Moreover,mechanistic studies including density functional theory(DFT)calculations and control experiments provide insights into the mechanism.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(nos.21620102003,21831005,21901158,and 21991112)the Shanghai Sailing Program(no.19YF1421900)+3 种基金Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(no.201701070002E00030)National Key R&D Program of China(no.2018YFE0126800)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(no.19JC1430100)Zhiyuan Scholar Program(no.ZIRC2020-04).
文摘AstereodivergentPd/Cucatalyst systemforasymmetric desymmetric alkylation of allylic geminal dicarboxylates has been developed,which was successfully applied to the asymmetric synthesis of β-hydroxycarbonylmotifs bearing a versatile carbon-carbon double bond in an enantio-and diastereodivergent manner.A wide scope of substrates including challenging alkylsubstituted,2-substituted,and3,3′-disubstitutedallylic species are compatible with this catalytic system,delivering the substituted products in high to excellent yieldsandwith excellent diastereo-(upto>20:1 dr)and enantioselectivities(up to>99%ee).Furthermore,the mechanism of this dual Pd/Cu catalytic system including:(1)the desymmetrization process ofgeminal dicarboxylates;(2)the origin of regioselectivity(branched or linear);(3)the enantio-and diastereoselectivity observed by changing the combinations of two chiral metal catalysts,have been carefully investigated by theoretical calculations.