Tetrazolic Acid Functionalized Dihydroindol:  Rational Design of a Highly Selective Cyclopropanation Organocatalyst

Antti Hartikka and Per I. Arvidsson*
Department of Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 576, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden, and Discovery CNS & Pain Control, AstraZeneca R&D Södertälje, S-151 85 Södertälje, Sweden per.arvidsson@biorg.uu.se
J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72 (15), pp 5874–5877
DOI: 10.1021/jo070519e
Publication Date (Web): June 22, 2007
Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society

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Herein we wish to report our development of an improved catalyst (S)-(-)-indoline-2-yl-1H-tetrazole (1) for the enantioselective organocatalyzed cyclopropanation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with sulfur ylides. The new organocatalyst readily facilitates the enantioselective organocatalytic cyclopropanation, providing cyclized product in excellent diastereoselectivities ranging from 96% to 98% along with enantioselectivities exceeding 99% enantiomeric excess for all reacted α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. The new catalyst provides the best results so far reported for intermolecular enantioselective organocatalyzed cyclopropanation.

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  • Published In Issue July 20, 2007
  • Received March 13, 2007

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