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Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
E-mail: t.nugent@jacobs-university.de
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Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012,10, 9287-9294
DOI:
10.1039/C2OB26382C
Received
17 Jul 2012,
Accepted
08 Oct 2012
First published online
09 Oct 2012
Here we report on inroads concerning increased substrate breadth via the picolylamine organocatalyst template, a vicinal chiral diamine based on a pyridine-primary amine motif. The addition of cyclohexanone to β-nitrostyrene has many catalyst solutions, but cyclopentanone and isobutyraldehyde additions continue to be challenging. PicAm-3 (10 mol%) readily allows the Michael addition of cyclopentanone or isobutyraldehyde (5.0 equiv.) to β-nitrostyrene derivatives. By contrast, PicAm-1 (7.0 mol%) is optimal for catalyzing the aldol reaction of cyclohexanone or cycloheptanone (3.3 equiv.) with aromatic aldehydes. Eighteen products are reported and for each reaction type new products are reported (4b–d, 9c). Very good yields and stereoselectivities are generally noted. The reactions, which require an acid additive, proceed via a transient chiral enamine and a mechanistic case is put forth for a bifunctional catalysis model.
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