Reação do Tipo Michael Diastereosseletiva entre Azalactonas e Enonas, catalisada por Ácido de Brønsted

Abstract

In this work the diastereoseletive synthesis of Michael adducts from azlactones andenones catalyzed by a Brønsted acid is presented. By using only 7 mol% of an organocatalyst, (+/-)-CSA, the corresponding Michael adducts were obtained in good yields (with up to 80%) and with high control of both regio- and diastereoselectivity (only 1,4 addition product was detected and with > 20:1 dr). Various azlactones and enones were well tolerated. For example, a steric bulk azlactone derivative gave the corresponding Michael adduct in perfect control of the relative stereochemistry. Based on the observed stereochemistry, a catalytic cycle for this transformationwas then proposed, in which an ion-pairing intermediate would be responsible for the chirality transfer in the new C-C bond formation. It is important mention that the relative stereochemistry was unambiguous determined by X-ray crystallography. To the best of our knowledge this constitutes the first reported diastereoselective dessymetrization of DBA with azlactones catalyzed by a Brønsted acid. Besides the new C-C bond formation, two consecutive stereogenic centers are created, one of them a quaternary center.