Carbene-catalyzed desymmetrization and direct construction of arenes with all-carbon quaternary chiral center
Multisubstituted arenes such as indanes with attached all-carbon quaternary centers are unique scaffolds in synthetic functional molecules and sophisticated natural products. A key challenge in preparing such molecules lies in the enantioselective installation of the quaternary carbon centers. Conve...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137754 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Multisubstituted arenes such as indanes with attached all-carbon quaternary centers are unique scaffolds in synthetic functional molecules and sophisticated natural products. A key challenge in preparing such molecules lies in the enantioselective installation of the quaternary carbon centers. Conventional methods in this direction include asymmetric substitution reactions and substrate-controlled cyclization reactions. These reactions lead to poor stereoselectivities and/or require long and tedious synthetic steps. Disclosed here is a one-step organic catalytic strategy for enantioselective access to this class of molecules. The reaction involves an N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed process for direct benzene construction, indane formation, remote-carbon desymmetrization, and excellent chirality control. This approach will enable the concise synthesis of arene-containing molecules, including those with complex structures and challenging chiral centers. |
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