Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN), CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Our Conjugated trienes are versatile building blocks, yet the presence of three reactive double bonds that can be individually functionalized makes them a unique platform for constructing complex molecules, while also posing significant challenges for regio- and stereocontrolled functionalization. Unlocking their full potential requires precise catalytic strategies.[1]
To address this, we report chiral phosphoric acid (CPA)-catalyzed transformations of NH-trienecarbamates. A regio-divergent Nitroso–Diels–Alder reaction of NH-triene-carbamates provides three of four possible cis-3,6 dihydro-2H-1,2-oxazine regioisomers with high diastereo- and enantioselectivity.[2] Interestingly, during this study we discovered an unexpected skeletal editing of one regioisomer: a diastereoselective ring expansion furnishes tetrasubstituted Δ³-oxepenes under mild conditions. [3]
Exploiting the reactivity of triene-carbamates, we also developed a remote ζ-amination of trienecarbamates, which provides densely functionalized dienals in up to 95% ee through dual hydrogenbond activation, illustrating CPA catalysis’ ability to orchestrate distal functionalization.[4]
Finally, we turned our attention to ortho-phenolic 1,3-dienes as versatile intermediates for building complex heterocycles. Through CPA-catalyzed spirocyclization of 3-indolylmethanols, we were able to achieve scaffold-divergent and enantioselective access to tetrahydrochromeno[2,3-b]indoles and tetrahydrocyclohepta[b]indoles, each bearing up to five contiguous stereocenters.[5].
Références
[1] Selected examples: (a) Nguyen, V. T.; Dang, H. T.; Pham, H. H.; Nguyen, V. T.; Flores-Hansen, C.; Arman, H. D.; Larionov, O. V. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 8434. (b) Xue, Z.-J.; Li, M.-Y.; Zhu, B.-B.; He, Z.-T.; Feng, C.-G.; Lin, G.-Q.S Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 14420D. Bouchet, T. Varlet, G. Masson, Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 3265.
[2] Naulin, E.; Lombard, M.; Gandon, V.; Retailleau, P.; Van Elslande, E.; Neuville, L.; Masson, G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 26504.
[3,4,5] In preparation.