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Iridium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Aromatization Reaction
Author(s) -
Liu XiJia,
Zheng Chao,
Yang YiHan,
Jin Shicheng,
You ShuLi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201904156
Subject(s) - aromatization , allylic rearrangement , stereocenter , enantiopure drug , chemistry , nucleophile , iridium , catalysis , combinatorial chemistry , substitution reaction , enantioselective synthesis , organic chemistry
Described herein is an asymmetric allylic aromatization (AAAr) strategy that employs readily accessible equivalents of benzylic nucleophiles in iridium‐catalyzed allylic substitution reactions with the concomitant formation of aromatic rings by aromatization. The optimized reaction conditions involving a catalyst derived from a commercially available iridium precursor and the Carreira ligand are compatible with equivalents of benzylic nucleophiles derived from 4‐ or 5‐methyloxazoles, 5‐methylthiazoles, 4‐ or 5‐methylfurans, 2‐ or 3‐methylbenzofurans, 3‐methylbenzothiophene, 3‐methylindole, 1‐methylnaphthalene, and methylbenzene. This strategy provides straightforward accesses to valuable heterocyclic aromatic compounds, bearing a homobenzylic stereogenic center, in an enantiopure form and would be difficult to access otherwise. The versatility of the reaction was showcased by the further elaboration of the products into useful building blocks and a drug analogue.