Construction of 1-Tetralols Bearing Two Contiguous Quaternary Chiral Centers through a Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization Cascade Reaction

Org Lett. 2020 Apr 3;22(7):2681-2686. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00638. Epub 2020 Mar 13.

Abstract

A novel and efficient access to polyfunctionnalized chiral 1-tetralols, bearing two contiguous quaternary carbon stereocenters, has been developed from various and easily accessible alkynyl-1,3-diketones, through a cascade process including a regioselective alkyne insertion, a 1,4-Rh shift, and a nucleophilic addition step via the desymmetrization of the 1,3-diketone moiety thanks to an appropriate rhodium-chiral diene complex in the presence of arylboronic acids.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't