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Published on: May 26, 2019
Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Ketoamides by Sulfonium Rearrangement
Vincent Porte1, Vinicius R Nascimento1, Ana Sirvent1
1Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 38, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
The synthesis of enantioenriched α-substituted 1,3-dicarbonyls remains a contemporary challenge in synthesis due to their tendency to undergo racemization via keto-enol tautomerization. Herein, we report a method to access enantioenriched β-ketoamides by a chiral sulfinimine-mediated [3,3]-sigmatropic sulfonium rearrangement. The transformation displays good chirality transfer, as well as excellent chemoselectivity and functional group tolerance. Diastereoselective reduction of the ketone moiety, also achievable in one-pot fashion, affords enantioenriched β-hydroxyamides.
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