Scientific article
English

Copper-Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution of Dichloro Substrates: Enantioselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenes and Formation of Propargylic Quaternary Stereogenic Centers

Published inChemistry, vol. 20, no. 50, p. 16694-16706
Publication date2014
Abstract

An easy and versatile Cu-catalyzed propargylic substitution process is presented. Using easily prepared prochiral dichloro substrates, readily available Grignard reagents together with catalytic amount of copper salt and chiral ligand, we accessed a range of synthetically interesting trisubstituted chloroallenes. Substrate scope and nucleophile scope are broad, providing generally high enantioselectivity for the desired 1,3-substitution products. The enantioenriched chloroallenes could be further transformed into the corresponding trisubstituted allenes or terminal alkynes bearing all-carbon quaternary stereogenic centers, through the copper-catalyzed enantiospecific 1,1/1,3-substitutions. The two successive copper-catalyzed reactions could be eventually combined into a one-pot procedure and different desired allenes or alkynes were obtained respectively with high enantiomeric excesses.

Keywords
  • Allenes
  • Asymmetric catalysis
  • Copper
  • Grignard reagents
  • P ligands
Citation (ISO format)
LI, Hailing et al. Copper-Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution of Dichloro Substrates: Enantioselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenes and Formation of Propargylic Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. In: Chemistry, 2014, vol. 20, n° 50, p. 16694–16706. doi: 10.1002/chem.201404668
Main files (1)
Article (Published version)
accessLevelRestricted
Identifiers
Journal ISSN0947-6539
686views
0downloads

Technical informations

Creation12/12/2014 13:00:00
First validation12/12/2014 13:00:00
Update time14/03/2023 23:28:02
Status update14/03/2023 23:28:02
Last indexation30/10/2024 22:30:58
All rights reserved by Archive ouverte UNIGE and the University of GenevaunigeBlack