Abstract
Bisammonium salts of mono-N-alkylated chiral 1,2-diamino-1,2-diphenylethane (DPEN) were employed in the catalytic and asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and crotonaldehyde. The N-3-pentyl diamine·2HCl catalyst shows high endo/exo selectivity and endo-enantioselectivity for the cycloaddition, and this organocatalysis is the first example of the use of a chiral 1,2-diamine to generate an imine intermediate which is activated by an internal ammonium Brønsted acid for the cycloaddition in a wet solvent.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5991-5994 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 36 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Sept 5 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was financially supported by the Center for Molecular Design and Synthesis (CMDS) at KAIST.
Keywords
- Aldehydes
- Ammonium salts
- Asymmetric Diels-Alder
- Cyclopentadiene
- Organocatalysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry