
Communications Chemistry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 7(1)
Опубликована: Ноя. 26, 2024
Alteration of a well-established reaction mechanism for access to different molecular structures is an inherently intriguing research subject. In that context, syn-stereospecific alkene dihalogenation draws attention as long-standing problem in synthetic organic chemistry. The simplest approach would be the incorporation additional stereo-inverting step within traditional anti-dihalogenation process. Surprisingly, this seemingly trivial idea turned out challenging, and no suitable stereo-directing group was known before our work. Herein, we describe highly efficient syn-dichlorination N-protected allylic amines through anchimeric assistant phenomenon has been inapplicable dihalogenation. Upon rational identification superior stereo-director, 1,8-naphthalimide, practical conditions with mild convenient dichlorinating reagents can accommodate formerly unemployable aryl alkenes excellent yields (>95%) stereospecificity (>50:1). DFT calculation suggests concerted internal trapping without discrete carbocationic species, which accounts conservation stereochemical integrity. Vicinal anti-stereospecific under conventional conditions, however, remains less explored. Here, authors identify 1,8-naphthalimide stereo-director achieve stereospecificity.
Язык: Английский