Zheng Yuxin, Huang Yanze, Gao Peng, Liu Hongyan, Murakami Suguru, Matsubara Ryosuke, Hayashi Masahiko
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
Org Lett. 2021 Apr 2;23(7):2411-2414. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00036. Epub 2021 Mar 22.
A novel catalytic asymmetric reaction is reported where the regiodivergent desymmetrisation of -azabicycloheptene via allylic oxidation using a single chiral copper catalyst produced two different, enantioenriched structural isomers in high optical purity starting from a single compound. The enantioselectivity of the two structurally isomeric compounds was enriched to >99.5% ee after derivatization.