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Chiral borophosphate catalyzed asymmetric hydroamination of alkenes
Kuai Yu1,2, Xiangqing Feng1,2, Haifeng Du1,2
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. fxq@iccas.ac.cn.
Abstract:
Chiral pyrrolidines are key motifs in natural products and pharmaceutically active intermediates. Herein, we report a metal-free enantioselective intramolecular hydroamination of alkenes catalyzed by a chiral borophosphate. This chiral frustrated Lewis pair (FLP)-type catalyst outperforms chiral phosphoric acid alone, furnishing chiral pyrrolidines in up to 96% yield and 95% ee. This work extends the utility of chiral FLP catalysis to non-reductive asymmetric cyclization reactions.
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