Synlett 2019; 30(12): 1457-1461
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611865
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High Stereocontrol in the Preparation of Silyl-Protected γ-Substituted Enoldiazoacetates

Kuiyong Dong
a   Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States   Email: michael.doyle@utsa.edu
b   Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. of China   Email: xinfangxu@suda.edu.cn
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a   Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States   Email: michael.doyle@utsa.edu
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Xingfang Xu
b   Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. of China   Email: xinfangxu@suda.edu.cn
c   Guangdong Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecule and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. of China
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a   Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States   Email: michael.doyle@utsa.edu
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We acknowledge the U.S. National Science Foundation (CHE-1763168) for funding this research. The NMR spectrometer used in this research was supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (CHE-1625963). K.D. acknowledges the support from China Scholarship Council (CSC).
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Publication History

Received: 14 April 2019

Accepted after revision: 28 May 2019

Publication Date:
26 June 2019 (online)


Abstract

A robust and efficient synthesis of triisopropylsilyl (TIPS)-protected γ-substituted enoldiazoacetates with excellent Z stereocontrol by using lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)azanide (LiHMDS) as a base and TIPSOTf as a silyl transfer reagent is reported. Despite their increased size compared to previously tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBS)-protected γ-unsubstituted enoldiazoacetates, a high product yield with exceptional stereocontrol has been achieved in copper-catalyzed [3+3] cycloaddition reaction with nitrones by using a chiral indeno bisoxazoline ligand.

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