| Literature DB >> 28560721 |
Nicholas W Mszar1, Malte S Mikus1, Sebastian Torker1, Fredrik Haeffner1, Amir H Hoveyda1.
Abstract
A broadly applicable, practical, scalable, efficient and highly α- and enantioselective method for addition of a silyl-protected propargyl moiety to trifluoromethyl ketones has been developed. Reactions, promoted by 2.0 mol % of a catalyst that is derived in situ from a readily accessible aminophenol compound at ambient temperature, were complete after only 15 minutes at room temperature. The desired tertiary alcohols were isolated in up to 97 % yield and 98.5:1.5 enantiomeric ratio. Alkyl-, alkenyl-, alkynyl-, aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted trifluoromethyl ketones can be used. Utility is highlighted by application to a transformation that is relevant to enantioselective synthesis of BI 653048, a compound active against rheumatoid arthritis.Entities:
Keywords: catalysis; enantioselective synthesis; homopropargylic alcohols; propargyl groups; trifluoromethyl group
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28560721 PMCID: PMC5535737 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703844
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336