Synthesis of Enantioenriched 2-Alkyl Piperidine Derivatives through Asymmetric Reduction of Pyridinium Salts
- Bo Qu
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- Hari P. R. Mangunuru
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- Xudong Wei
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- Keith R. Fandrick
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- Jean-Nicolas Desrosiers
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- Joshua D. Sieber
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- Dmitry Kurouski
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- Nizar Haddad
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- Lalith P. Samankumara
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- Heewon Lee
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- Jolaine Savoie
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- Shengli Ma
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- Nelu Grinberg
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- Max Sarvestani
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- Nathan K. Yee
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- Jinhua J. Song
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- Chris H. Senanayake
Abstract

An Ir-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of 2-alkyl-pyridines has been developed using ligand MeO-BoQPhos. High levels of enantioselectivities up to 93:7 er were obtained. The resulting enantioenriched piperidines can be readily converted into biologically interesting molecules such as the fused tricyclic structures 5, 6, and 7 in 99:1 er, providing a novel, concise synthetic route to this family of chiral piperidine-containing compounds.
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