Dibenzoylmethane → (S)-2-(1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-nitroethyl)-1,3-diphenylpropane-1,3-dione

HRID 1430768Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1430768 reaction equation
[C:1]1([C:7](=[O:17])[CH2:8][C:9]([C:11]2[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=2)=[O:10])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[Cl:18][C:19]1[CH:24]=[CH:23][C:22](/[CH:25]=[CH:26]/[N+:27]([O-:29])=[O:28])=[CH:21][CH:20]=1>C(OCC)C>[Cl:18][C:19]1[CH:20]=[CH:21][C:22]([C@H:25]([CH:8]([C:9]([C:11]2[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=2)=[O:10])[C:7]([C:1]2[CH:2]=[CH:3][CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=2)=[O:17])[CH2:26][N+:27]([O-:29])=[O:28])=[CH:23][CH:24]=1

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
23 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 1,3-diphenyl-1,3-propanedione (1a) (0.3 mmol, 3 eq) and 1-chloro-4-((E)-2-nitrovinyl)benzene (2g) (0.1 mmol, 1 eq) in diethyl ether (0.3 mL) was added catalyst VI (Q-NH2) (0.015 mmol, 0.15 eq). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature (23° C.). After the reaction was complete (monitored by TLC), the product 3g was isolated and purified by centrifuge/washing with diethyl ether (0.3 mL). All the catalyst VI (0.15 equiv) and 2 equivalents of the excess the dione 1a were retained in the filtrate. The combined ethereal filtrate was evaporated to 0.3 mL before the dione 1a (1 eq) and 2g (1 eq) were added again to the solution for the next round of the Michael reaction. This was to ensure that the reaction condition for each cycle was almost the same as the previous one. The excellent yields (96% in average) and enantioselectivities (98-94% ee) were achieved in seven cycles.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-14f447125d0e457db89e368eb0076670
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_01
Patent number
US08940938B2

Reaction notes

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