Synfacts 2018; 14(08): 0821
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610488
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Asymmetric Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkenylation

Contributor(s):
Mark Lautens
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Andrew Whyte
Li K. Li M.-L. Zhang Q. Zhu S.-F. * Zhou Q.-L. * Nankai University and the Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, P. R. of China
Highly Enantioselective Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkenylation of N- and O‑Tethered 1,6-Dienes to Form Six-Membered Heterocycles.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018;
140: 7458-7461
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
18 July 2018 (online)

 

Significance

Nickel catalysis has been explored in recent years as a cost-effective alternative to palladium. Zhu, Zhou, and co-workers report the enantioselective nickel-catalyzed isomerizations of dienes to yield chiral piperidines or tetrahydropyrans, which are found in a number of natural products and drug structures.


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Comment

The reaction was proposed to involve a nickel-hydride intermediate, which was generated through β-hydride elimination of the alkyl nickel species. The approach was successful with a variety of substituents on the olefin, and all the reactions proceeded with high enantioselectivities.


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