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Catalysis of 3-Pyrrolidinecarboxylic Acid and Related Pyrrolidine Derivatives in Enantioselective anti -Mannich-Type Reactions: Importance of the 3-Acid Group on Pyrrolidine for Stereocontrol

2007; American Chemical Society; Volume: 130; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/ja074907+

1943-2984

Haile Zhang, Susumu Mitsumori, Naoto Utsumi, Masanori Imai, Noemı́ Garcı́a-Delgado, María Mifsud, Klaus Albertshofer, Paul Ha‐Yeon Cheong, K. N. Houk, Fujie Tanaka, Carlos F. Barbas,

Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

The development of enantioselective anti-selective Mannich-type reactions of aldehydes and ketones with imines catalyzed by 3-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid and related pyrrolidine derivatives is reported in detail. Both (3R,5R)-5-methyl-3-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid and (R)-3-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid efficiently catalyzed the reactions of aldehydes with alpha-imino esters under mild conditions and afforded anti-Mannich products with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities (anti/syn up to 99:1, up to >99% ee). For the reactions of ketones with alpha-imino esters, (R)-3-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid was an efficient catalyst (anti/syn up to >99:1, up to 99% ee). Evaluation of a series of pyrrolidine-based catalysts indicated that the acid group at the beta-position of the pyrrolidine ring of the catalyst played an important role in forwarding the carbon-carbon bond formation and in directing anti-selectivity and enantioselectivity.