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Published on: May 21, 2019
Development of TsDPEN based imine-containing ligands for the copper-catalysed asymmetric Kinugasa reaction
Chuanlong Xu1, Yuchen Yang1, Yue Wu1
1Chongqing Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering, Research Center for Innovative Pharmaceutical and Excipient Analysis Technology, College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University Chongqing 400016 China hzhou@cqmu.edu.cn orangedp@cqmu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A novel class of chiral N,N,N imine-containing ligands derived from TsDPEN (N-(p-tosyl)-1,2-diphenylethylene-1,2-diamine) has been developed and applied to the copper-catalyzed asymmetric Kinugasa reaction. The copper(ii) salt proved to be an efficient catalyst precursor, and it provides an efficient way to synthesize enantioenriched cis-β-lactam. The pathway is air-tolerant and easily manipulated, and the ligands are easy to synthesize. A working model is proposed in which the stereocontrolling step is the [2 + 2] cycloaddition between ketene and imine to explain the observed stereoselectivities.
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