Scalable, Telescoped Hydrogenolysis–Enzymatic Decarboxylation Process for the Asymmetric Synthesis of (R)-α-Heteroaryl Propionic Acids

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline A. Blakemore ◽  
Scott P. France ◽  
Lacey Samp ◽  
Deane M. Nason ◽  
Eddie Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Asymmetric Synthesis ◽  
Enzymatic Decarboxylation

General Cyclopropane Assembly via Enantioselective Redox-Active Carbene Transfer to Aliphatic Olefins

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Montesinos-Magraner ◽  
Matteo Costantini ◽  
Rodrigo Ramirez-Contreras ◽  
Michael E. Muratore ◽  
Magnus J. Johansson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Asymmetric Synthesis ◽  
Chemical Space ◽  
Synthetic Approach ◽  
Asymmetric Cyclopropanation ◽  
Redox Active ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Leaving Group ◽  
Stereoelectronic Properties ◽  
Carbene Transfer

Asymmetric cyclopropane synthesis currently requires bespoke strategies, methods, substrates and reagents, even when targeting similar compounds. This limits the speed and chemical space available for discovery campaigns. Here we introduce a practical and versatile diazocompound, and we demonstrate its performance in the first unified asymmetric synthesis of functionalized cyclopropanes. We found that the redox-active leaving group in this reagent enhances the reactivity and selectivity of geminal carbene transfer. This effect enabled the asymmetric cyclopropanation of a wide range of olefins including unactivated aliphatic alkenes, enabling the 3-step total synthesis of (–)-dictyopterene A. This unified synthetic approach delivers high enantioselectivities that are independent of the stereoelectronic properties of the functional groups transferred. Our results demonstrate that orthogonally-differentiated diazocompounds are viable and advantageous equivalents of single-carbon chirons<i>.</i>

Indium Bromide-catalyzed Unprecedented Hydrogenolysis: A Novel One-Pot Synthesis of Per-O-Acetylated β-carboxymethyl O and S-glycosides

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 900-908
Author(s):  
Ram Naresh Yadav ◽  
Amrendra K Singh ◽  
Bimal Banik
Keyword(s):  
Asymmetric Synthesis ◽  
Chiral Auxiliary ◽  
Bioactive Molecules ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Enantiomerically Pure ◽  
Stereoselective Glycosylation ◽  
One Pot Synthesis ◽  
Wide Range

Numerous O (oxa)- and S (thia)-glycosyl esters and their analogous glycosyl acids have been accomplished through stereoselective glycosylation of various peracetylated bromo sugar with benzyl glycolate using InBr3 as a glycosyl promotor followed by in situ hydrogenolysis of resulting glycosyl ester. A tandem glycosylating and hydrogenolytic activity of InBr3 has been successfully investigated in a one-pot procedure. The resulting synthetically valuable and virtually unexplored class of β-CMGL (glycosyl acids) could serve as an excellent potential chiral auxiliary in the asymmetric synthesis of a wide range of enantiomerically pure medicinally prevalent β-lactams and other bioactive molecules of diverse medicinal interest.

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