Assessing the versatility of organocatalysis as a strategy for enabling novel asymmetric transformations

In a first project, we developed the direct asymmetric -alkylation of -branched enals exploiting the compatibility between dienamine activation and Brønsted acid catalysis. In a subsequent study, the mild conditions provided by organocatalysis allowed for the use of dioxindole and its analogues to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Bergonzini, Giulia
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:1432
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1432
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/284153
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 a first project, we developed the direct asymmetric -alkylation of -branched enals exploiting the compatibility between dienamine activation and Brønsted acid catalysis. In a subsequent study, the mild conditions provided by organocatalysis allowed for the use of dioxindole and its analogues to access valuable enantioenriched chiral 3-hydroxyoxindoles. Moreover, the versatility of organocatalysis enabled the unprecedented employment of anion-binding catalysis to control the reactivity of a photoredox-generated ion-pair intermediate as a new methodology for the enantioselective oxidative Mannich-type functionalization of tetrahydroisoquinolines. Finally we found that the photochemical activity of electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complexes, generated between electron-poor benzylic substrates and perfluorohexyl iodide, enables the direct perfluoro-alkylation of arenes driven by visible light.