Aminocatalytic functionalization of carbonyl compounds: a powerful strategy for enantioselective reaction development

In this thesis it is shown how aminocatalysis can be employed to solve different problems in organic synthesis. In a first project three complementary cascade reactions have been optimized for the synthesis of spirocylcic products bearing the benzofuranone moiety. The products were synthetized has s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Cassani, Carlo
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Rovira i virgili (URV)
Repositorio:Repositori Institucional de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili
OAI Identifier:oai:urv.cat:TDX:1320
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1320
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/129286
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:547 - Química orgànica
542 - Química pràctica de laboratori. Química preparativa i experimental
54 - Química
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Sumario:In this thesis it is shown how aminocatalysis can be employed to solve different problems in organic synthesis. In a first project three complementary cascade reactions have been optimized for the synthesis of spirocylcic products bearing the benzofuranone moiety. The products were synthetized has single enantiomer exploiting the ability of both primary and secondary aminocatalysts to orthogonally activate ketones and aldehydes. In a second project is reported the first use ofα-substitutedα,β-unsaturated ketonesin aminocatalysisfor developing an asymmetric sulfa-Michael addition reaction. In addition, it was possible to modulate the enforced sense of diastereoselectivity of the catalyst by simply modifying the reaction conditions. Finally we could use, for the first time, chiral secondary amines to promote the dienamine activation of α-branched enals. The catalytic system has been used to realize two enantioselectivetrasformations, a vinylogousaldol and a -alkylation reactions.