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The first asymmetric cyanoamidation with synthetically useful enantioselectivity (ee up to 99%) to produce 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles is reported. Palladium catalysts with chiral phosphoramidite ligands activate the cyanoformamide C-CN bond, which is subsequently functionalized with a tethered alkene to give all-carbon quaternary stereocenters. The use of the N,N-(i-Pr)(2) derivative of octahydro-MonoPhos allowed the production of oxindoles with high enantioselectivities. Cyanoformamides bearing free N-H groups are now tolerated, potentially allowing protecting-group-free synthesis. Oxindole products of cyanoamidation are rapidly transformed into (+)-horsfiline, (-)-coerulescine, and (-)-esermethole.
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A short protocol for the practical scale synthesis of several omega-borono-alpha-amino acids is described via the alkylation of benzophenone glycinimines with various electrophiles.
Assuntos
Aminoácidos/química , Aminoácidos/síntese química , Ácidos Borônicos/metabolismo , Enzimas/metabolismoRESUMO
Carboranyl aldehydes react with alpha,beta-unsaturated esters, ketones, and nitriles in the presence of DABCO to provide functionalized carboranyl alcohols in good yields. Acetates of these alcohols undergo a facile isomerization with a variety of nucleophiles and afford structurally interesting carboranes. Biological evaluation of these molecules exhibited impressive antiproliferative activity for brain and breast cancer cells.
