Michael Addition of Oxindoles to N-(2-tert-Butylphenyl)maleimides: Efficient Desymmetrization for the Synthesis of Atropisomeric Succinimides with Quaternary and Tertiary Stereocenters

Abstract

The desymmetrization of N-(2-tert-butylphenyl)maleimides was realized by means of a Michael reaction of N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-3-phenyloxindoles leading to the corresponding axially chiral succinimides in high yields. The use of a squaramide cinchonidine organocatalyst was fundamental to achieve the simultaneous remote control of the stereogenic axis and adjacent quaternary and tertiary stereocenters.

Key words

desymmetrization - stereogenic axis - oxindoles - atropisomerism - Michael addition - organocatalysis

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