Organocatalytic Domino Double
Michael Reaction of Ethyl (E)-7-Oxohept-2-enoate
and α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes: Efficient Asymmetric
Synthesis of Cyclohexanes with Four Contiguous Stereocenters

Bor-Cherng Hong; Amit A. Sadani; Roshan Y. Nimje; Nitin S. Dange; Gene-Hsiang Lee

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1260469

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Organocatalytic Domino Double Michael Reaction of Ethyl (E)-7-Oxohept-2-enoate and α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes: Efficient Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclohexanes with Four Contiguous Stereocenters

Bor-Cherng Hong*^a, Amit A. Sadani^a, Roshan Y. Nimje^a, Nitin S. Dange^a, Gene-Hsiang Lee^b
^a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, 621, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Fax: +886(5)2721040; e-Mail: chebch@ccu.edu.tw;
^b Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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Organocatalytic domino double Michael reactions of ethyl (E)-7-oxohept-2-enoate and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes provided ethyl 2-(2,4-diformyl-3-phenylcyclohexyl)acetate with excellent diastereoselectivities (>20:1 dr) and enantioselectivities (>99% ee). The adducts were further transformed to octahydro-3H-2-benzopyran-3-ones, octahydroisoquinolin-3(2H)-ones, and decahydro-5H-oxazolo[2,3-a]isoquinolin-5-ones.

Key words

Michael addition - aldehydes - organocatalysis - aldol reaction - quinolines

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