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CAS: 1476067-44-3
MF: C19H22N2O2
MW: 310.39018
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Hiroaki SASAI

Osaka University
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Shinobu TAKIZAWA

Osaka University
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Ying-Chen Chen

Sichuan University
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Wei Lin

Sichuan University
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Susumi Hatakeyama

Nagasaki University
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YingChun Chen

Sichuan University
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Co-reporter: Peng-Fei Zheng; Qin Ouyang; Sheng-Li Niu; Li Shuai; Yi Yuan; Kun Jiang; Tian-Yu Liu;Ying-Chun Chen
pp: 9390-9399
Publication Date(Web):July 7, 2015
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b04792
Ammonium ylides have a long history in organic synthesis, but their application in asymmetric catalysis is still underdeveloped in regard to both substrate scope and reaction pathways compared with phosphorus and sulfur ylides. Here a previously unreported asymmetric [4 + 1] annulation reaction of 3-bromooxindoles and electron-deficient 1-azadienes has been developed through ammonium ylide catalysis of a newly designed 2′-methyl α-isocupreine (α-MeIC), efficiently delivering spirocyclic oxindole compounds incorporating a dihydropyrrole motif in excellent enantioselectivity (up to 99% ee). To the best of our knowledge, this work represents the first example of asymmetric catalysis of ammonium ylides bearing α-substitutions, and the catalytic [4 + 1] annulation pathway of ammonium ylides is also unprecedented. Moreover, 1H NMR, mass spectroscopy, and computational calculation studies were conducted, and the catalytic cycle and a tentative explanation of the enantioselective mechanism have been successfully elucidated.