Dhawa Uttam, Hu Xile
Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), ISIC-LSCI, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2025 Aug 4;64(32):e202508637. doi: 10.1002/anie.202508637. Epub 2025 Jun 18.
Organic compounds containing a chiral, halogenated aliphatic carbon center are useful in medicinal chemistry, but their enantioselective synthesis remains difficult. Here, we develop a general approach to access these compounds through cobalt-catalyzed hydroalkylation of allenes and alkenes with dihaloamides. The reactions of allenes and terminal alkenes lead to alkylation only at the terminal position. In contrast, the reactions of internal alkenes occur via chain-walking and alkylation at the terminal position. These reactions operate by enantioconvergent transformation of racemic secondary alkyl halides to give enantio-enriched products. The method exhibits broad scope and high chemo, regio, and enantioselectivity. The synthetic utility of the method is demonstrated by further transformations of the products as well as the application in late-stage functionalization of complex substrates.
含有手性卤代脂肪族碳中心的有机化合物在药物化学中很有用,但它们的对映选择性合成仍然具有挑战性。在此,我们开发了一种通用方法,通过钴催化的丙二烯和烯烃与二卤代酰胺的氢烷基化反应来制备这些化合物。丙二烯和末端烯烃的反应仅在末端位置发生烷基化。相比之下,内烯烃的反应通过链行走并在末端位置进行烷基化。这些反应通过外消旋仲烷基卤化物的对映汇聚转化来生成对映体富集的产物。该方法具有广泛的适用范围以及高化学、区域和对映选择性。通过产物的进一步转化以及在复杂底物后期官能化中的应用,证明了该方法的合成实用性。