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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 11, Issue 37, Pages 10119-10126Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02828b
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- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20180447]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [30918011313, 30919011404]
- NSF [CHE1707490]
- University of Pittsburgh
- National Science Foundation [ACI-1548562, CHE-1654122]
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Axially chiral enamides bearing a N-C axis have been recently studied and were proposed to be valuable chiral building blocks, but a stereoselective synthesis has not been achieved. Here, we report the first enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral enamidesviaa highly efficient, catalytic approach. In this approach, C(sp(2))-N bond formation is achieved through an iridium-catalyzed asymmetric allylation, and thenin situisomerization of the initial products through an organic base promoted 1,3-H transfer, leading to the enamide products with excellent central-to-axial transfer of chirality. Computational and experimental studies revealed that the 1,3-H transfer occursviaa stepwise deprotonation/re-protonation pathway with a chiral ion-pair intermediate. Hydrogen bonding interactions with the enamide carbonyl play a significant role in promoting both the reactivity and stereospecificity of the stepwise 1,3-H transfer. The mild and operationally simple formalN-vinylation reaction delivered a series of configurationally stable axially chiral enamides with good to excellent yields and enantioselectivities.
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