Liu Li-Cai, Lin Shuang, Xu Kangwei, Qian Jiasheng, Wu Ruibo, Li Qingjiang, Wang Honggen
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecule and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 Jun;11(21):e2308710. doi: 10.1002/advs.202308710. Epub 2024 Mar 13.
The synthesis of allenyl boronates is an important yet challenging topic in organic synthesis. Reported herein is an NHC-gold-catalyzed 1,3-H shift toward allenyl boronates synthesis from simple propargylic B(MIDA)s. Mechanistic studies suggest dual roles of the boryl moiety in the reaction: to activate the substrate for isomerization and at the same time, to prevent the allene product from further isomerization. These effects should be a result of α-anion stabilization and α-cation destabilization conferred by the B(MIDA) moiety, respectively. The NHC-Au catalyst, which is commercially available, is also found to be reactive in alkyne-to-1,3-diene isomerization reactions in an atom-economic and base-free manner.
联烯硼酸酯的合成是有机合成中一个重要但具有挑战性的课题。本文报道了一种NHC-金催化的从简单的炔丙基硼酸酯通过1,3-氢迁移合成联烯硼酸酯的方法。机理研究表明硼基部分在反应中具有双重作用:激活底物进行异构化,同时防止联烯产物进一步异构化。这些效应分别是由B(MIDA)部分赋予的α-阴离子稳定化和α-阳离子去稳定化的结果。还发现市售的NHC-Au催化剂在炔烃到1,3-二烯的异构化反应中具有活性,且具有原子经济性和无需碱的特点。