Enantioselective Nickel-Catalyzed α-Spirocyclization of Lactones
Abstract
Herein we report a strategy for the enantioselective synthesis of spirocycles containing all-carbon quaternary centers via nickel-catalyzed intramolecular addition of lactone enolates to aryl nitriles. The established lactone α-spirocyclization efficiently and enantioselectively forges 5-, 6-, and 7-membered rings, performing best in the synthesis of 7-membered rings (up to 90% ee). This discovery represents an expansion of the synthetic toolkit for enantioselective spirocyclization, providing access to chiral, pharmaceutically relevant spirocyclic products.
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© 2024 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.
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Data Availability
The data underlying this study are available in the published article and its Supporting Information.
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Funding
The NIH-NIGMS (R35GM145239), Heritage Medical Research Investigators Program, and Caltech are thanked for the support of our research program. The authors are grateful to the Caltech Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation MPS-Ascend (2137996 for MR), and NIH MOSAIC K99/R00 (GM152819-02 for MR) programs for financial support.
Acknowledgement
Additionally, we thank Lucas Abounader for experimental assistance and Umicore for graciously providing the olefin metathesis catalysts used in this investigation.
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Additional details
- ISSN
- 1523-7052
- National Institutes of Health
- R35GM145239
- California Institute of Technology
- Heritage Medical Research
- National Science Foundation
- 2137996
- National Institutes of Health
- GM152819-02
- Available
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2024-08-01Published
- Accepted
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2024-07-05Accepted
- Caltech groups
- Heritage Medical Research Institute
- Publication Status
- Published