Su Wanlan, Zhu Jide, Chen Yu, Zhang Xu, Qiu Weihua, Yang Kai, Yu Peiyuan, Song Qiuling
Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University, College of Chemistry at Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Nat Chem. 2024 Aug;16(8):1312-1319. doi: 10.1038/s41557-024-01505-0. Epub 2024 Apr 8.
Bioisosteric replacement has emerged as a clear strategy for drug-structure optimization. Naphthalene is the core element of many chiral pharmaceuticals and drug candidates. However, as a promising isostere of naphthalene, the chiral version of 1,2-benzazaborine has rarely been explored due to the lack of efficient synthetic methods. Here we describe a copper-catalysed enantioselective hydroboration of alkenes with 1,2-benzazaborines. The method provides a general platform for the atom-economic and efficient construction of diverse chiral 1,2-benzazaborine compounds (more than 60 examples) that bear a 2-carbon-stereogenic centre or allene skeleton in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities. Three 1,2-benzazaborine analogues of bioactive chiral naphthalene-containing molecules have been prepared, and a series of transformations around chiral 1,2-benzazaborines have also been developed. Notably, the hydroboration process of this study reveals that the identity of 1,2-benzazaborine plays an essential role in the rate-determining step and catalyst resting state.
生物电子等排体取代已成为药物结构优化的一项明确策略。萘是许多手性药物及候选药物的核心元素。然而,作为萘的一种有前景的等排体,由于缺乏有效的合成方法,1,2-苯并氮杂硼烷的手性形式很少被研究。在此,我们描述了一种铜催化的1,2-苯并氮杂硼烷与烯烃的对映选择性硼氢化反应。该方法为原子经济性高效构建多种手性1,2-苯并氮杂硼烷化合物(60多个实例)提供了一个通用平台,这些化合物含有2-碳立体中心或丙二烯骨架,产率高且对映选择性优异。已制备出三种含手性萘的生物活性分子的1,2-苯并氮杂硼烷类似物,并开发了一系列围绕手性1,2-苯并氮杂硼烷的转化反应。值得注意的是,本研究中的硼氢化过程表明,1,2-苯并氮杂硼烷的结构在速率决速步和催化剂静止状态中起着至关重要的作用。