Open AccessCatalytic Asymmetric Spirocyclizing Diels–Alder Reactions of Enones: Stereoselective Total and Formal Syntheses of α-Chamigrene, β-Chamigrene, Laurencenone C, Colletoic Acid, and Omphalic Acid
Author(s) -
Santanu Ghosh,
Johannes Eike Erchinger,
Rajat Maji,
Benjamin List
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the american chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115
H-Index - 612
eISSN - 1520-5126
pISSN - 0002-7863
DOI - 10.1021/jacs.2c01971
Subject(s) - chemistry , stereocenter , enantioselective synthesis , stereoselectivity , cycloaddition , reactivity (psychology) , catalysis , diels–alder reaction , selectivity , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
We disclose a general catalytic enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction of exo -enones with dienes to give spirocyclanes. The obtained products feature highly congested quaternary stereogenic spirocenters and are used in concise total and formal syntheses of several sesquiterpenes, including of α-chamigrene, β-chamigrene, laurencenone C, colletoic acid, and omphalic acid. The stereo- and regioselectivities of our spirocyclizing cycloaddition are effectively controlled by strongly acidic and confined imidodiphosphorimidate catalysts. Computational studies shed light on the origin of reactivity and selectivity.