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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 143, Issue 11, Pages 4162-4167Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00759
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada [RGPIN-2017-05086]
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The study describes the discovery and optimization of a stable chiral 9-hydroxy-9,10-boroxarophenanthrene catalyst for highly enantioselective desymmetrization of 2-aryl-1,3-diols using benzylic electrophiles under simple, ambient conditions. This methodology affords monoalkylated products in enantiomeric ratios equal or over 95:5 for a wide range of 1,3-propanediols with various 2-aryl/heteroaryl groups, showcasing its potential for synthetic intermediates preparation.
Enantioselective desymmetrization by direct monofunctionalization of prochiral diols is a powerful strategy to prepare valuable synthetic intermediates in high optical purity. Boron acids can activate diols toward nucleophilic additions; however, the design of stable chiral catalysts remains a challenge and highlights the need to identify new chemotypes for this purpose. Herein, the discovery and optimization of a bench-stable chiral 9-hydroxy-9,10-boroxarophenanthrene catalyst is described and applied in the highly enantioselective desymmetrization of 2-aryl-1,3-diols using benzylic electrophiles under operationally simple, ambient conditions. Nucleophilic activation and discrimination of the enantiotopic hydroxy groups on the diol substrate occurs via a defined chairlike six-membered anionic complex with the hemiboronic heterocycle. The optimal binaphthyl-based catalyst 1g features a large aryloxytrityl group to effectively shield one of the two prochiral hydroxy groups on the diol complex, whereas a strategically placed methyl blocker on the boroxarophenanthrene unit mitigates the deleterious effect of a competing conformation of the complexed diol that compromised the overall efficiency of the desymmetrization process. This methodology affords monoalkylated products in enantiomeric ratios equal or over 95:5 for a wide range of 1,3-propanediols with various 2-aryl/heteroaryl groups.
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