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Enantioselective synthesis of α-aryl-β2-amino-esters by cooperative isothiourea and Brønsted acid catalysis

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Date
11/05/2021
Author
Zhao, Feng
Shu, Chang
Young, Claire M.
Carpenter-Warren, Cameron
Slawin, Alexandra M. Z.
Smith, Andrew David
Funder
The Royal Society
Grant ID
WM140071
Keywords
Isothiourea
Cooperative catalysis
Mechanistic study
Enantioselective aminomethylation
b2-amino acid
QD Chemistry
DAS
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Abstract
The synthesis of α‐aryl‐β2 ‐amino esters through enantioselective aminomethylation of an arylacetic acid ester in high yields and enantioselectivity via cooperative isothiourea and Brønsted acid catalysis is demonstrated. The scope and limitations of this process are explored (25 examples, up to 94% yield and 96:4 er), with applications to the synthesis of (S)‐Venlafaxine·HCl and (S)‐Nakinadine B. Mechanistic studies are consistent with a C(1)‐ammonium enolate pathway being followed rather than an alternative dynamic kinetic resolution process. Control studies indicate that (i) a linear effect between catalyst and product er is observed; (ii) an acyl ammonium ion can be used as a precatalyst; (iii) reversible isothiourea addition to an in situ generated iminium ion leads to an off‐cycle intermediate that can be used as a productive precatalyst.
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Zhao , F , Shu , C , Young , C M , Carpenter-Warren , C , Slawin , A M Z & Smith , A D 2021 , ' Enantioselective synthesis of α-aryl-β 2 -amino-esters by cooperative isothiourea and Brønsted acid catalysis ' , Angewandte Chemie International Edition , vol. 60 , no. 21 , pp. 11892-11900 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016220
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016220
ISSN
1433-7851
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Funding: The research leading to these results has received funding from the Royal Society (Newton Fellowship Programme, F. Z.; C. S.). A.D.S. thanks the Royal Society for a Wolfson Research Merit Award.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23120

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