ABSTRACT
A general and powerful method for the stereo-controlled Pd-catalyzed N-allylation of amino acid esters is reported, as a previously largely unsolved synthetic challenge. Employing a new class of tartaric acid-derived C2 -symmetric chiral diphosphane ligands the developed asymmetric amination protocol allows the conversion of various amino acid esters to the N-allylated products with highest levels of enantio- or diastereoselectivity in a fully catalyst-controlled fashion and predictable configuration. Remarkably, the in situ generated catalysts also exhibit outstanding levels of activity (ligand acceleration). The usefulness of the method was demonstrated in the stereo-divergent synthesis of a set of new conformationally defined dipeptide mimetics, which represent new modular building blocks for the development of peptide-inspired bioactive compounds.
Subject(s)
Amino Acids/chemistry , Dipeptides/chemical synthesis , Esters/chemistry , Palladium/chemistry , Alanine/chemistry , Catalysis , Crystallography, X-Ray , Cycloaddition Reaction , Ligands , Models, Molecular , Molecular Structure , Oxidation-Reduction , Proline/chemistry , StereoisomerismABSTRACT
Herein, we report the first enantio- and diastereoselective addition of stereodefined vinyl organometallic reagents to cyclopropenes. The operationally simple tandem hydroalumination and copper-catalyzed vinylmetalation allows for the unique access of a diverse set of enantioenriched vinylcyclopropane derivatives.