Rationally-Designed S-Chiral Bissulfinamides as Highly Enantioselective Organocatalysts for Reduction of Ketimines
稿件作者:裴东
通讯作者:孙健
刊物名称:Advanced synthesis & catalysis
发表年份:2008
卷:350
期:4
页码:619-623
影响因子:5.619
文章摘要:
We recently reported the first example of S-chiral organocatalysts, that are highly efficient and enantioselective in substoichometric amounts, and which use a chiral monosulfinamide group as Lewis base to activate trichlorosilane (HSiCl3) to reduce N-arylketimines. A plausible mechanism involving two molecules of the monosulfinamde catalyst for the activation of HSiCl3 prompted us to design S-chiral bissulfinamides as new catalysts. We herein describe our findings that an easily prepared S-chiral bissulfinamide bearing a five-methylene linkage not only inherited the excellent substrate generality from the monosulfinamide catalysts, but also exhibited further improved enantioselectivity.