Organocatalytic Sequential Hetero-Diels-Alder and Friedel-Crafts Reaction: Constructions of Fused Heterocycles with Scaffold Diversity

A highly enantioselective aza-Diels-Alder and Friedel-Crafts reaction sequence of N-sulfonyl-1-aza-1,3-butadienes and aliphatic aldehydes tethered to an arene motif has been developed, affording the fused chiral piperidine frameworks with a versatile scaffold diversity. A similar strategy has been applied for the construction of complex chiral tetrahydroquinoxaline structures.