Organocatalysts amine-sulfonamide

Asymmetric addition of diorganozincs to aldehydes and ketones has been reviewed, focusing on bifunctional catalysts such as those prepared from salens or BINOLs. Regioisomeric chiral amine-sulfonamide organocatalysts give >99% yield and up to 98% ee in addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes. Switching between regioisomers effectively switches the direction of selectivity. Amino-acid-derived (15,l 5)-4,4 -biquinazoline primary amines catalyse ethylation of aryl aldehydes in up to 95%... 

Numerous 2-substituted pyrrolidine organocatalysts have been prepared from L-proline and its derivatives, and have been proven to be highly efficient for many asymmetric reactions. Representative organocatalysts have been selected and categorised on the basis of the 2-substituted group that includes di- and tri-amine (la-m), dithioacetal (2a-f), guanidine (2g-i), sulfonamide (3a-j), amide and thioamide (3k-n), urea (4a and 4e), thiourea (4b-d, f-j) and heterocycles such as tetrazole (5a,b), triazole (5c-g), imidazole (5h-j) and benzoimidazole (5k) (Figure 9.1). 

Chen and coworkers screened camphor sulfonamide-derived organocatalysts (3e,f) for the a-amination of aldehydes using dibenzyl azodicarbmgrlate as the amine source. Successive NaBH4 reduction afforded the desired a-aminated alcohols that were obtained in high chemical yields and with excellent enantioselectivities (Scheme 9.43). 

Few chiral secondary amine organocatalysts have been applied to the asymmetric aldol reaction, in 2008. As an example, Maruoka and Kano have designed a binaphthyl-based amino acid, which was applied to induce the asymmetric aldolisation of both acyclic and cyclic ketones with both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes performed in DMF. ° Remarkable results were obtained in general with enantioselectivities of up to 99% ee for either cyclic or acyclic ketones, which led to the <2 n-products (Scheme 2.41). Furthermore, these authors have used a closely related binapthyl-based amino sulfonamide to promote the cross-aldol reaction between aldehydes, which yielded the corresponding syn products in moderate to high yields (71-91%) and diastereoselectivities (72-90% de) combined with excellent enantioselectivities (94-99% ee). 

Excellent enantioselectivities have also been observed by Maruoka et al. by using several other chiral secondary amines as organocatalysts for the anti-Mannich reaction between various aldehydes and A -protected hnines including a-imino esters. Therefore, the involvement of a chiral binaphthyl-based amino sulfonamide as the organocatalyst allowed a series of UM/i-Mannich products to be obtained from both iV-Boc-protected imines and A -PMP-protected a-tmino esters by reaction with aldehydes. As shown in Scheme 3.12, excellent yields and enantioselectivities (97-99% ee) were observed along with moderate to high anti diastereoselectivities of up to 90% de. 

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