Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (8): 1707.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20170847

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Asymmetric [3+2] Annulations of 1,4-Di-thiane-2,5-diol and N-Boc Aldimines Catalyzed by Tertiary-amine Thiourea

DONG Xu, FENG Boxu, CHEN Li*(), LI Xin   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2017-12-26 Online:2018-08-10 Published:2018-06-13
  • Contact: CHEN Li E-mail:chenliyss@nankai.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21390400, 21421062).

Abstract:

A highly enantioselective asymmetric [3+2] annulation of 1,4-di-thiane-2,5-diol and N-tert-butoxy-carbonyl(N-Boc) aldimines was catalyzed by a bifunctional tertiary-amine thiourea catalyst. The N-Boc aldimine was assumed to be activated and oriented by the hydrogen bonds of the thiourea, meanwhile the tertiary amine of the catalyst would provide suitable basicity to enhance the nucleophilicity of the mercaptoace-taldehyde. This method realized the construction of double chiral center via a one-step synthesis. As a result, a number of chiral thiazolidine scaffolds, which present in bioactive molecules widely, were smoothly synthesized with 10%(molar fraction) chiral catalysts, and achieved up to 95% enantioselectivity and 7:1 diastereoselectivity in good yields.

Key words: 3+2] Annulation, Thiazolidine, Tertiary amine thiourea, Organocatalysis

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