Academic literature on the topic 'Stereodivergent synthesis'

AbstractMetal/organocatalyst dual catalysis is a privileged catalytic strategy which involves both a metal-based catalyst and an organocatalyst to catalyze the organic transformation. Based on the type of activation of substrates with both catalysts, there are seven kinds of dual catalysis; namely cooperative catalysis, cascade catalysis, sequential catalysis, double activation catalysis, restorative catalysis, bifunctional catalysis, and multiple relay catalysis. The generic activation of the metal-based catalyst and the organocatalyst applied in the dual-catalytic system is summarized. In these dual-catalytic approaches, the advantages of both metal catalysis and organocatalysis are converged to achieve many transformations that were previously inaccessible or challenging by any single-catalyst paradigm, to develop new reactions, to discover unique reaction mechanisms, and even to allow for stereodivergent synthesis.

The challenge of controlling the relative and absolute configuration of highly substituted cyclic ether-containing natural products continues to stimulate the development of new synthetic methods. Masahiro Murakami of Kyoto University showed (J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 6050) that Rh-mediated addition of an aryl boronic acid to 1 proceeded with high syn diastereocontrol, giving 3. This set the stage for Au-mediated rearrangement, leading to 4. We found (J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 5516) that asymmetric epoxidation of 5 followed by exposure to AD-mix could be used to prepare each of the four diastereomers of 6. We carried 6 on the isofuran 7, using a stereodivergent strategy that allowed the preparation of each of the 32 enantiomerically pure diastereomers of the natural product. Following up on the synthesis of brevisamide 16 described (Organic Highlights, November 16, 2009) by Kazuo Tachibana of the University of Tokyo, three groups reported alternative total syntheses. James S. Panek of Boston University prepared (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 4390) the cyclic ether of 16 by addition of the enantiomerically pure silane 9 to 8. Craig W. Lindsley of Vanderbilt University used (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 3950) SmI2 to effect the cyclization of 11 to 12. Arun K. Ghosh of Purdue University employed (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 4164) an enantiomerically pure Cr catalyst to direct the absolute configuration in the hetero Diels-Alder addition of 14 to 13. Rubottom oxidation of the enol ether so formed led to the α-hydroxy ketone 15. Yuji Mori of Meijo University described (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 4382) the total synthesis of the Gambierdiscus toxicus ladder ether gambierol 19. A key strategy, used repeatedly through the sequence, was the exo cyclization of an epoxy sulfone, illustrated by the conversion of 17 to 18. The epoxy sulfones were prepared by alkylating the anions derived from preformed epoxy sulfones such as 20.

A reductive radical cyclization of tetrahydropyran 1 to form bicycle 2 using iron(II) chloride in the presence of NaBH4 was reported (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6942) by Louis Fensterbank and Cyril Ollivier at the University of Paris and Anny Jutand at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. The enantioselective conversion of tetrahydrofuran 3 to spirocycle 5 via iminium ion-catalyzed hydride transfer/cyclization was developed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8811) by Yong-Qiang Tu at Lanzhou University. Daniel Romo at Texas A&M University showed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 13348) that enantioenriched tricyclic β-lactone 8 could be readily prepared via dyotropic rearrangement of the diketoacid 6 under catalysis by chiral Lewis base 7. A dyotropic rearrangement was also utilized (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6984) by Zhen Yang at Peking University, Tuoping Luo at H3 Biomedicine in Cambridge, MA, and Yefeng Tang at Tsinghua University for the conversion of 9 to the bicyclic lactone 10. In terms of the enantioselective synthesis of β-lactones, Karl Scheidt at Northwestern University found that NHC catalyst 12 effects (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7309) the dynamic kinetic resolution of aldehyde 11 to furnish the lactone 13 with very high ee. Meanwhile, Xiaomeng Feng at Sichuan University has developed (J. Am Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 17023) a rare example of an enantioselective Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of 4-alkyl cyclohexanones such as 14. The diastereoselective preparation of tetrahydropyran 18 by Lewis acid-promoted cyclization of cyclopropane 17 was accomplished (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 6258) by Jin Kun Cha at Wayne State University. Stephen J. Connon at the University of Dublin reported (Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6502) the formal cycloaddition of aryl succinic anhydrides such as 18 with aldehydes to produce γ-butyrolactones, including 20, in high ee. The stereodivergent cyclization of 21 via desilylation-induced heteroconjugate addition to produce the complex tetrahydropyran 22 was discovered (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 5550) by Paul A. Clarke at the University of York. Remarkably, while TFA produced a 13:1 diastereomeric ratio in favor of the cis diastereomer 22, the use of TBAF resulted in complete reversal of diastereoselectivity.

Erick M. Carreira at ETH Zürich reported (Science 2013, 340, 1065) the enantiose­lective α-allylation of aldehyde 1 with alcohol 2 to produce 3 using a dual catalytic system involving a chiral iridium complex and amine 5. This stereodivergent method allows access to all of the possible stereoisomers of 3. In a conceptually related proc­ess, John F. Hartwig at the University of California, Berkeley reported (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 2068) the highly stereoselective allylic alkylation of azlactone 6 with allylic carbonate 7 catalyzed by a combination of Ir(cod)Cl₂, ligand 9, and racemic silver phosphate 10. An enantioselective three-component Mannich-type reaction of tert-butyl diazo­acetate, aniline, and imine 11 to produce α,β-bis(arylamino) acid derivative 13 under dual catalysis with Rh₂(OAc)₄ and acid 12 was developed (Synthesis 2013, 45, 452) by Wenhao Hu at the Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development. Keiji Maruoka at Kyoto University reported (Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 1118) a one-pot cross double-Mannich reaction of acetylalde­hyde 14, and imines 16 and 17 using axially chiral amino sulfonamide 15 to obtain densely functionalized 1,3-diamine 18 as a single stereoisomer. Jeffrey S. Johnson at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reported (Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2446) the asymmetric synthesis of enantioenriched anti-α-hydroxy-β-amino acid derivative 21 from 19 by treatment with oxone followed by catalytic hydrogenation using Ru(II) complex 20. Naoya Kumagai and Masakatsu Shibasaki at the Institute of Microbial Chemistry found (Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2632) that a sil­ver complex of bisphosphine 24 effected a syn-selective and highly enantioselective Mannich-type reaction of aldimine 22 and α-sulfanyl lactone 23 to furnish the stereo­diad 25 with very high ee. The enantioselective homocrotylation of octanal 26 with cyclopropylcarbinylbo­ronate 27 to produce alcohol 28 with high ee was disclosed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 82) by Isaac J. Krauss at Brandeis University with computational studies pro­vided by Kendall N. Houk at UCLA. Benjamin List at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung reported (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6677) the enantioselective epoxidation of cyclohexenone 29 utilizing cinchona alkaloid- derived catalyst 30.