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Organocatalytic enantioselective construction of nitrocyclohexanes containing multiple chiral centres via a cascade reaction

Rajkumar, S., Shankland, K., Brown, G. D. and Cobb, A. (2012) Organocatalytic enantioselective construction of nitrocyclohexanes containing multiple chiral centres via a cascade reaction. Chemical Science, 3. pp. 584-588. ISSN 1478-6524

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00592H

Abstract/Summary

The stereoselective construction of complex molecules with multiple stereogenicity in a single step represents an extremely useful, but challenging approach to complexity in chemical synthesis. The development of organocatalytic cascade processes has proven useful in these studies, but reports where four or more stereocentres are created in a single step from just two achiral reagents are rare. Herein we report the development of a novel asymmetric domino Michael-Michael reaction between nitrohex-4-enoates and nitro-olefins to generate cyclohexanes of high complexity, including one with a quaternary centre, and one with five contiguous stereocentres. This methodology provides access to a range of useful nitrocyclohexane derivatives, including a novel class of a-lycorane-like structures.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Medicinal Chemistry Research Group
Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics Research Group
Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
ID Code:24629
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry

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