Enantio- and Diastereoselective Dehydrative 'One-Step' Construction of Spirocarbocycles via a Ru/H+-Catalyzed Tsuji-Trost Approach

Autor: Namdev Vatmurge, Yusuke Suzuki, Shinji Tanaka, Masato Kitamura
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 12:633-637
ISSN: 1861-4728
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700013
Popis: Chiral spirocarbocyclic skeletons are ubiquitous in natural products. An intramolecular Tsuji-Trost (T-T) α-allylation of simple cyclic ketones is a reasonable approach to construct chiral spriocarbocyclic motifs; however, it has been a challenging approach despite many excellent intermolecular examples. For the first time, this has been achieved by a Ru/H+ combined catalyst that dehydratively cyclizes racemic allylic alcohols comprising a simple ketone via simultaneous activation of the C=O and OH groups. This chiral technology facilitates the construction of various spirocarbocycles containing two contiguous spiro all-carbon quaternary and tertiary stereocenters. Among four possible stereoisomers, one stereoisomer can be selectively produced in high yield, enhancing the feasibility of the T-T strategy, particularly in the synthesis of spirocarbocycles.
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