Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Jun 21;139(24):8126-8129. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b04937. Epub 2017 Jun 6.
The direct asymmetric copper hydride (CuH)-catalyzed coupling of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids to aryl alkenes to access chiral α-aryl dialkyl ketones is reported. A variety of substrate substitution patterns, sensitive functional groups, and heterocycles are tolerated in this reaction, which significantly expands the range of accessible products compared with existing hydroacylation methodology. Although mechanistic studies are ongoing, we propose that CuH-catalyzed silylation of unsaturated acids occurs to access a uniquely effective acyl electrophilic coupling partner.
报告了一种直接不对称铜氢化物 (CuH) 催化的 α,β-不饱和羧酸与芳基烯烃的偶联反应,可获得手性 α-芳基二烷基酮。该反应对各种底物取代模式、敏感官能团和杂环具有耐受性,与现有的氢酰化方法相比,显著扩展了可获得产物的范围。虽然正在进行机理研究,但我们提出 CuH 催化的不饱和酸的硅烷化反应可获得一种独特有效的酰基亲电偶联体。