Asymmetric dearomatic Diels-Alder reactions of diverse heteroarenes via π-system activation

Org Lett. 2014 Jun 20;16(12):3208-11. doi: 10.1021/ol501217u. Epub 2014 Jun 3.

Abstract

An asymmetric dearomatic Diels-Alder protocol for various heteroarenes, such as benzofuran, benzothiophene, or even furan, has been developed via π-system activation. This method involves in situ generation of formal trienamine species embedding a heteroaromatic moiety, and an array of chiral fused frameworks with high molecular complexity and skeletal diversity were efficiently constructed in good to excellent stereoselectivity by the catalysis of a cinchona-based primary amine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amines / chemistry
  • Benzofurans / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • Furans / chemistry*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / chemical synthesis*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Thiophenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amines
  • Benzofurans
  • Furans
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings
  • Thiophenes
  • benzothiophene