Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Acetonitrile to Aldimines

Akira Saito; Naoya Kumagai; Masakatsu Shibasaki

doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02821

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Acetonitrile to Aldimines

Akira Saito, Naoya Kumagai, Masakatsu Shibasaki

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Despite significant advances in catalytic asymmetric reactions with decent stereocontrol, those using acetonitrile as a pronucleophile are often disregarded due to their low reactivity and insufficient enantioselectivity. Herein we report the resurgence of this reaction in the chemical toolbox with high enantioselectivity (avg. > 95% ee). The combined use of a Ni(II) complex ligated with a chiral biscarbene and ^tBuOK engages acetonitrile in the catalytic generation of an α-cyanocarbanion and subsequent highly enantioselective addition to aldimines.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8187-8190
Number of pages	4
Journal	Organic Letters
Volume	21
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02821
Publication status	Published - 2019 Oct 18
Externally published	Yes

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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry

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Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Acetonitrile to Aldimines

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