Issue 34, 2023

Chiral gem-difluoroalkyl reagents: gem-difluoroalkyl propargylic borons and gem-difluoroalkyl α-allenols

Abstract

Chiral fluorinated reagents provide new opportunities for the discovery of drugs and functional materials because the introduction of a fluorinated group significantly alters a molecule's physicochemical properties. Chiral gem-difluoroalkyl fragments (R–CF2–C*) are key motifs in many drugs. However, the scarcity of synthetic methods and types of chiral gem-difluoroalkyl reagents limits the applications of these compounds. Herein, we report two types of chiral gem-difluoroalkyl reagents chiral gem-difluoroalkyl propargylic borons and gem-difluoroalkyl α-allenols and their synthesis by means of methods involving rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective B–H bond insertion reactions of carbenes and Lewis acid-promoted allenylation reactions. The mild, operationally simple method features a broad substrate scope and good functional group tolerance. These two types of reagents contain easily transformable boron and alkynyl or allenyl moieties and thus might facilitate rapid modular construction of chiral molecules containing chiral gem-difluoroalkyl fragments and might provide new opportunities for the discovery of chiral gem-difluoroalkyl drugs and other functional molecules.

Graphical abstract: Chiral gem-difluoroalkyl reagents: gem-difluoroalkyl propargylic borons and gem-difluoroalkyl α-allenols

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
27 jun 2023
Accepted
04 aug 2023
First published
08 aug 2023
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 9186-9190

Chiral gem-difluoroalkyl reagents: gem-difluoroalkyl propargylic borons and gem-difluoroalkyl α-allenols

H. Zou, M. Huang, M. Huang, Y. Su, J. Zhang, X. Zhang and S. Zhu, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 9186 DOI: 10.1039/D3SC03266C

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