Organic Letters
Organic Letters
5 years ago

Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,2-Dihydronaphthalenes via Oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis

Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,2-Dihydronaphthalenes via Oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis
Zhifei Zhao, Jian Liu, Xinqiang Fang, Guoxiang Zhang, Saima Perveen, Muhammad Anwar
1,2-Dihydronaphthalenes are important molecules in both medicinal and synthetic chemistry, but methods for the catalytic asymmetric construction of this class of molecules are limited. The diastereo- and enantioselective N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed cascade annulation reactions using benzodiketones and enals under oxidative conditions, which afford a variety of 1,2-dihydronaphthalenes with two adjacent stereocenters in up to 99% yield, with >20:1 dr, and up to 99% ee, are reported. Furthermore, the product can be easily transformed to a series of useful compounds such as alcohol, amide, and epoxide.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00555

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00555

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