학술논문

Enantioselective Markovnikov Addition of Carbamates to Allylic Alcohols for the Construction of α‑Secondary and α‑Tertiary Amines
Document Type
article
Source
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(22)
Subject
Alcohols
Alkenes
Amines
Carbamates
Stereoisomerism
Chemical Sciences
General Chemistry
Language
Abstract
Herein we describe the development of a Pd-catalyzed enantioselective Markovnikov addition of carbamates to allylic alcohols for the construction of α-tertiary and α-secondary amines. The reaction affords a range of β-amino alcohols, after reduction of the aldehyde in situ, which contain a variety of functional groups in moderate yields and moderate to good enantioselectivities. These products can be readily oxidized to β-amino acids, valuable building blocks for the synthesis of biologically active compounds. Mechanistic studies indicate that the C-N bond formation occurs via a syn amino-palladation mechanism, an insight which may guide future reaction development given the limited number of enantioselective syntheses of α-tertiary amines.