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Kirti Antil1, Swati Rani1, Apoorva Malik1
1Sustainable Materials and Catalysis Research Laboratory (SMCRL), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur 342037, India.
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We report an enantioselective aza-Michael addition reaction that is organocatalyzed by cinchonine-functionalized crown-ether-strapped calix[4]arene, which yields the aza-Michael adduct in a high yield (99%) with exceptional enantioselectivity (99.8%). The catalyst could be recycled up to 25 test cycles without any significant waning in the yield and selectivity. The synthetic application of this approach to DPP-4 inhibitor drugs, such as (R)-sitagliptin and evogliptin, further demonstrates its feasibility.
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