Synthesis 2020; 52(23): 3667-3674
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1706421
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Asymmetric Synthesis of a Bicyclo[4.3.0]nonene Derivative Bearing a Quaternary Carbon Stereocenter: Desymmetrization of σ-Symmetrical Diketones through Intramolecular Addition of an Alkenyl Anion

Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan   Email: yosimura@p.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
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Yuki Enami
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This research was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) (Grant No. JP17K08208).
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Publication History

Received: 26 June 2020

Accepted after revision: 25 July 2020

Publication Date:
20 August 2020 (online)


Abstract

The enantioselective synthesis of a bicyclo[4.3.0]nonene derivative bearing a quaternary carbon stereocenter is achieved by employing a desymmetrization strategy involving an intramolecular addition. The intramolecular nucleophilic addition of a highly reactive carbanion generated from an alkenyl iodide in the presence of a chiral ligand occurs with discrimination of two keto carbonyl groups to give the corresponding bicyclic compound in 81% yield and 39% ee. Asymmetric synthesis via an intramolecular desymmetrization strategy using a chiral ligand–carbanion complex represents a complementary approach to using chiral organocatalysts or chiral ligand–transition-metal complexes.

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