Organocatalytic Synthesis of Enantioenriched β-Arylsplitomicins

Ji-Yu Wang; Hui Zhang; Yu-Hua Liao; Wei-Cheng Yuan; Yu-Jun Feng; Xiao-Mei Zhang

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1290303

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Synlett 2012; 23(5): 796-800
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1290303

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Organocatalytic Synthesis of Enantioenriched β-Arylsplitomicins

Ji-Yu Wang

^aChengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(28)85257883 Email: xmzhang@cioc.ac.cn

^bGraduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China

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Hui Zhang

^aChengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(28)85257883 Email: xmzhang@cioc.ac.cn

^bGraduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China

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Yu-Hua Liao

^aChengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(28)85257883 Email: xmzhang@cioc.ac.cn

^bGraduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China

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Wei-Cheng Yuan

^aChengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(28)85257883 Email: xmzhang@cioc.ac.cn

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Yu-Jun Feng*

^aChengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(28)85257883 Email: xmzhang@cioc.ac.cn

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Xiao-Mei Zhang*

^aChengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(28)85257883 Email: xmzhang@cioc.ac.cn

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By employing a chiral bifunctional thiourea–tertiary amine as catalyst, domino Michael-type Friedel–Crafts alkylation/cyclization of β-naphthols with akylidene Meldrum’s acids was realized. The reactions afforded various enantioenriched β-arylsplitomicins with good yields (up to 99%) in moderate enantioselectivities (up to 79%).

Key words

domino reaction - alkylation - cyclization - phenols - organocatalysis - asymmetric catalysis

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7 General Procedure for Organocatalytic Domino Michael-Type Friedel-–Crafts Alkylation/Cyclization of 2-Naphthol 5a with Alkylidene Meldrum’s Acids 6a–u Catalyst 4i (8.2 mg, 0.02 mmol, 10 mol%), 2-naphthol 5a or 5b (0.3 mmol), corresponding alkylidene Meldrum’s acid (0.2 mmol) and 30 mg of 4 Å MS were added to a 10 mL tube and warmed to 40 °C under argon. Then dry 1,2-dichloro-ethane (4.0 mL) were added. After the reaction was conducted at 40 °C for 20 hours, the mixture was subjected to flash chromatography on silica gel with petroleum ether–ethyl acetate as the eluent to give the pure product 7. The ee value was determined using established HPLC techniques with chiral stationary phases
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