Efficient and Highly Enantioselective Aerobic Oxidation-Michael-Carbocyclization Cascade Transformations by Integrated Pd(0)-CPG Nanoparticle/Chiral Amine Relay Catalysis

A series of highly diastereo- and enantioselective aerobic oxidation-Michael-carbocyclization cascade transformations by integrated heterogeneous Pd(0)-CPG nanoparticle/chiral amine relay catalysis are disclosed. The heterogeneous Pd(0)-CPG nanoparticle catalysts were efficient for both the sequential aerobic oxidation and dynamic kinetic asymmetric Michael-carbocyclization transformations, resulting in 1) oxidation of a variety of allylic alcohols to enals and 2) formation of cyclopentenes containing an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter in good to high yields with up to 20:1 dr and 99.5:0.5 er.