A General Organocatalytic Enantioselective Nitrocyclopropanation Reaction

Veit Wascholowski; Henriette M. Hansen; Deborah A. Longbottom; Steven V. Ley

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1042944

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A General Organocatalytic Enantioselective Nitrocyclopropanation Reaction

Veit Wascholowski, Henriette M. Hansen, Deborah A. Longbottom, Steven V. Ley*
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Abstract

A general organocatalytic enantioselective synthesis of nitrocyclopropanes from bromonitromethane and a variety of cyclic and acyclic enones is described.

Key words

asymmetric catalysis - carbocycles - cyclisation - organocatalysis - nitrocyclopropane - tetrazole

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The reaction between bromonitromethane (3) and morpholine (4) may lead to the formation of the product 22 (Figure [2] ), which is confirmed by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. MS analysis was unsuccessful.

Figure 2 Product formed from the reaction of bromonitromethane (3) and morpholine (4)

One recrystallisation gives material of ÷99% ee.