Bifunctional NHC-Catalyzed Remote Enantioselective Mannich-type Reaction of 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural via Trienolate
Yuan-Yuan Gao1,2, Chun-Lin Zhang1, Ming-Lei Jin1,3
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
Abstract:
N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed enantioselective Mannich-type reactions of the biomass-derived platform compound 5-(chloromethyl)furfural (CMF) with imines were developed. A series of high-value-added chiral amines were afforded in good to high yields with excellent regio- and enantioselectivities. The bifunctional NHC derived from ʟ-pyroglutamic acid efficiently steered the remote addition of the trienolate intermediate to the imine in a highly stereocontrolled manner. This represents the first enantioselective reaction proceeding via an NHC-bound trienolate intermediate.
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