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Stereocontrolled Access to Quaternary Centers by Birch Reduction/Alkylation of Chiral Esters of Salicylic Acids.

ABSTRACT: 8-Phenylmenthol esters of salicylic acid derivatives undergo efficient Birch reduction and in situ diastereoselective alkylations to afford methoxycyclohexadienes bearing new quaternary stereogenic centers. The use of an ester-based auxiliary is a designed improvement over the use of prolinol-derived amides, which are expensive and often very difficult to cleave.

SUBMITTER: Kozlowski RA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10167686 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Stereocontrolled Access to Quaternary Centers by Birch Reduction/Alkylation of Chiral Esters of Salicylic Acids.

Kozlowski Ryan A RA Nguyen Hanh T HT Lehman Michael E ME Vanderwal Christopher D CD

The Journal of organic chemistry 20230411 9

8-Phenylmenthol esters of salicylic acid derivatives undergo efficient Birch reduction and <i>in situ</i> diastereoselective alkylations to afford methoxycyclohexadienes bearing new quaternary stereogenic centers. The use of an ester-based auxiliary is a designed improvement over the use of prolinol-derived amides, which are expensive and often very difficult to cleave. ...[more]

PMID: 37040358

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Project description:Installing quaternary stereogenic carbon is an arduous task of contemporary importance in the domain of asymmetric catalysis. To this end, an asymmetric allylic alkylation of α,α-disubstituted aldehydes by using allyl benzoate in the presence of Wilkinson's catalyst [Rh(Cl)(PPh3)3], (R)-BINOL-P(OMe) as the external ligand, and LiHMDS as the base has been reported to offer high enantioselectivity. The mechanistic details of this important reaction remain vague, which prompted us to undertake a detailed density functional theory (SMD(THF)/B3LYP-D3) investigation on the nature of the potential active catalyst, energetic features of the catalytic cycle, and the origin of high enantioselectivity. We note that a chloride displacement from the native Rh-phosphine [Rh(Cl)(PPh3)3] by BINOL-P(OMe) phosphite and an ensuing MeCl elimination can result in the in situ formation of a Rh-phosphonate [Rh(BINOL-P[double bond, length as m-dash]O)(PPh3)3]. A superior energetic span (δE) noted with such a Rh-phosphonate suggests that it is likely to serve as an active catalyst. The uptake of allyl benzoate by the active catalyst followed by the turnover determining C-O bond oxidative addition furnishes a Rh-π-allyl intermediate, which upon interception by (Z)-Li-enolate (derived from α,α-disubstituted aldehyde) in the enantiocontrolling C-C bond generates a quaternary stereogenic center. The addition of the re prochiral face of the (Z)-Li-enolate to the Rh-bound allyl moiety leading to the R enantiomer of the product is found to be 2.4 kcal mol-1 more preferred over the addition through its si face. The origin of the stereochemical preference for the re face addition is traced to improved noncovalent interactions (NCIs) and less distortion in the enantiocontrolling C-C bond formation transition state than that in the si face addition. Computed enantioselectivity (96%) is in very good agreement with the experimental value (92%), so is the overall activation barrier (δE of 17.1 kcal mol-1), which is in conformity with room temperature reaction conditions.

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Stereocontrolled Access to Quaternary Centers by Birch Reduction/Alkylation of Chiral Esters of Salicylic Acids.

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Stereocontrolled Access to Quaternary Centers by Birch Reduction/Alkylation of Chiral Esters of Salicylic Acids.

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