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Diversity-Oriented Method Development: Multifunctional Homoallylic Amines and Azabicyclooctanes Bearing a Bridgehead
Zoé C Mueller1, Ryan P Ponzi1, Xin Zhi Sui1
1Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States.
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Two methods, designed primarily for applications in diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS), are introduced. The first is a Cu-H-catalyzed multicomponent process that involves a nitrile and a trisubstituted allenyl boronate. The first set of products are homoallylic α-secondary NH2-amines, containing a trisubstituted alkenyl boronate, formed with >98% enantiospecificity, in up to >98:2 dr and as a single alkene isomer (>98% Z). The second method is efficient and diastereoselective triflic anhydride-mediated conversion of an unsaturated azapane-amide, generated from modification of the products of the foregoing catalytic process to azabicyclooctanes (ABCOs). The ABCOs contain a bridged enamine moiety and a trisubstituted alkene, which can be functionalized chemo- and stereoselectively. Accordingly, natural product-like rigid bicyclic frameworks can be obtained wherein four different fragments can be installed in space in a controllable fashion.
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