A new approach to the utilization of highly reactive and unstable ortho-quinone methides (o-QMs) in catalytic asymmetric settings is presented. The enantioselective reactions are catalysed by bifunctional organocatalysts, and the o-QM intermediates are formed in situ from 2-sulfonylalkyl phenols through base-promoted elimination of sulfinic acid. The use of mild Brønsted basic conditions for transiently generating o-QMs in catalytic asymmetric processes is unprecedented, and allows engaging productively in the reactions nucleophiles such as Meldrum’s acid, malononitrile and 1,3-dicarbonyls. The catalytic transformations give new and general entries to 3,4-dihydrocoumarins, 4H-chromenes and xanthenones. These frameworks are recurring structures in natural product and medicinal chemistry, as testified by the formal syntheses of (R)-tolterodine and (S)-4-methoxydalbergione from the catalytic adducts.

Lorenzo, C., Martina, M., Vasco, C., Sara, M., Andrea, M., Mariafrancesca, F., et al. (2015). Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Meldrum's Acid, Malononitrile, and 1,3-Dicarbonyls to ortho-Quinone Methides Generated In Situ under Basic Conditions. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 21(16), 6037-6041 [10.1002/chem.201500710].

Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Meldrum's Acid, Malononitrile, and 1,3-Dicarbonyls to ortho-Quinone Methides Generated In Situ under Basic Conditions

CARUANA, LORENZO;CORTI, VASCO;MAZZANTI, ANDREA;FOCHI, MARIAFRANCESCA;BERNARDI, LUCA
2015

Abstract

A new approach to the utilization of highly reactive and unstable ortho-quinone methides (o-QMs) in catalytic asymmetric settings is presented. The enantioselective reactions are catalysed by bifunctional organocatalysts, and the o-QM intermediates are formed in situ from 2-sulfonylalkyl phenols through base-promoted elimination of sulfinic acid. The use of mild Brønsted basic conditions for transiently generating o-QMs in catalytic asymmetric processes is unprecedented, and allows engaging productively in the reactions nucleophiles such as Meldrum’s acid, malononitrile and 1,3-dicarbonyls. The catalytic transformations give new and general entries to 3,4-dihydrocoumarins, 4H-chromenes and xanthenones. These frameworks are recurring structures in natural product and medicinal chemistry, as testified by the formal syntheses of (R)-tolterodine and (S)-4-methoxydalbergione from the catalytic adducts.
2015
Lorenzo, C., Martina, M., Vasco, C., Sara, M., Andrea, M., Mariafrancesca, F., et al. (2015). Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Meldrum's Acid, Malononitrile, and 1,3-Dicarbonyls to ortho-Quinone Methides Generated In Situ under Basic Conditions. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 21(16), 6037-6041 [10.1002/chem.201500710].
Lorenzo, Caruana; Martina, Mondatori; Vasco, Corti; Sara, Morales; Andrea, Mazzanti; Mariafrancesca, Fochi; Luca, Bernardi
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