ChemPlusChem,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
88(10)
Published: Aug. 7, 2023
By
combining
tandem
asymmetric
gold
catalysis
and
subsequent
stereoconvergent
hydrolysis
of
enol
ester
in
a
one-pot
process,
hydroxylated
propargylic
esters
are
converted
into
chiral
β-oxygenated
ketones
with
mostly
good
enantiomeric
ratios
largely
to
excellent
yields.
The
product
center
is
formed
via
stereoselective
cyclization
allenyl
intermediate,
which
enabled
by
gold-ligand
cooperation.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 12, 2024
A
one-pot
synthesis
of
ring-fused,
α-hydrazineyl-2-cyclopentenone
derivatives
is
achieved
by
a
gold(I)-catalyzed
Rautenstrauch/hetero
Diels-Alder/ring
opening
tandem
reaction
suitable
propargyl
esters.
By
mixing
the
latter
with
dialkylazodicarboxylate
in
presence
gold(I)
catalyst,
1,2-acyloxy
migration/cyclization
process
(Rautenstrauch
reaction)
leads
to
cyclopentadienyl
ester
intermediates
which
are
trapped
heterodienophile
present
situ.
This
provides
strained
spontaneously
undergo
highly
regioselective
ring
retro
aza-Michael
promoted
eventually
yielding
target
compounds.
Six-
and
seven-membered
ring-fused
cyclopentenones
bearing
pendant
α-hydrazineyl
moiety
can
be
obtained
moderate
excellent
yield
(50-98%)
this
approach,
minimal
erosion
initial
optical
purity
when
using
enantioenriched
substrates.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(38), P. 8017 - 8022
Published: Sept. 16, 2024
An
atom-economic
and
diazo-free
strategy
for
the
construction
of
novel
pseudo
anomeric
C-1
alkenyl
spirocyclopropyl
sugars
is
described.
Leveraging
1,2-migration
pathway
propargyl
esters
under
gold(I)
catalysis,
easily
available
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 30, 2024
Due
to
the
inherent
challenges
posed
by
linear
coordination
of
gold(I)
complexes,
asymmetric
gold-catalyzed
processes
remain
challenging,
particularly
in
atroposelective
synthesis
axially
chiral
skeletons.
Except
for
extremely
few
examples
intramolecular
annulations,
construction
axial
chirality
via
intermolecular
alkyne
transformation
is
still
undeveloped.
Herein,
a
gold/HNTf
ChemPlusChem,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
88(10)
Published: Aug. 7, 2023
By
combining
tandem
asymmetric
gold
catalysis
and
subsequent
stereoconvergent
hydrolysis
of
enol
ester
in
a
one-pot
process,
hydroxylated
propargylic
esters
are
converted
into
chiral
β-oxygenated
ketones
with
mostly
good
enantiomeric
ratios
largely
to
excellent
yields.
The
product
center
is
formed
via
stereoselective
cyclization
allenyl
intermediate,
which
enabled
by
gold-ligand
cooperation.