Asymmetric α-Pentadienylation of Aldehydes with Cyclopropylacetylenes

Org Lett. 2021 Feb 5;23(3):636-641. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03466. Epub 2021 Jan 13.

Abstract

By employing readily available cyclopropylacetylene and its derivatives as the pentadienylation reagent, an asymmetric regioselective asymmetric α-pentadienylation reaction of aldehydes is developed by cooperative catalysis of a chiral Pd(0) catalyst and a chiral Brønsted acid in the presence of a subschoichmetric amount of an achiral amine. α-Pentadienylated aldehydes are afforded with high yields and enantioselectivities as well as excellent E/Z ratios.