Co-reporter: Mei-Xin Zhao, Hong-Lei Bi, Rong-Hui Jiang, Xu-Wei Xu, and Min Shi
pp: 4566-4569
Publication Date(Web):August 21, 2014
DOI: 10.1021/ol502123z
An efficient diastereo- and enantioselective Mannich-type/cyclization cascade reaction of α-substituted isocyanoacetates and cyclic trifluoromethyl ketimines cooperatively catalyzed by cinchona alkaloid-derived multi-hydrogen-bonding donor squaramide and AgOAc has been investigated, affording the optically active trifluoromethyl-substituted tetrahydroimidazo[1,5-c]quinazoline derivatives in excellent yields (up to 99%) and good to excellent stereoselectivities (up to >15:1 dr, up to 98% ee) under mild conditions.