Issue 7, 2017

Highly enantioselective nitro-Mannich reaction of ketimines under phase-transfer catalysis

Abstract

The enantioselective nitro-Mannich reaction of unactivated ketone-derived imines (ketimines) has long been a challenge. With the introduction of the protecting group 6-methyl-2-pyridylsulfonyl to the ketimines, this challenging reaction was performed successfully by using a novel bifunctional quaternary ammonium salt bearing a thiourea group derived from quinine, and when relatively small quantities of nitroalkanes were used, the corresponding products were obtained in good to high yields with high enantioselectivities (up to 93% ee). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are also performed to give the possible transition-state model.

Graphical abstract: Highly enantioselective nitro-Mannich reaction of ketimines under phase-transfer catalysis

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
14 Feb 2017
Accepted
16 Mac 2017
First published
20 Mac 2017

Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1266-1271

Highly enantioselective nitro-Mannich reaction of ketimines under phase-transfer catalysis

B. Wang, T. Xu, L. Zhu, Y. Lan, J. Wang, N. Lu, Z. Wei, Y. Lin and H. Duan, Org. Chem. Front., 2017, 4, 1266 DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00124J

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