Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Naphthoquinone with α,β-Unsaturated Ketones: Primary Amine Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Lapachol Analogues
✍ Scribed by Guangcun Zhang; Yifeng Wang; Wei Zhang; Xiangsheng Xu; Aiguo Zhong; Danqian Xu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 443 KB
- Volume
- 2011
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-193X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A highly efficient organocatalytic synthesis of lapachol analogues from the Michael addition of naphthoquinone to various α,β‐unsaturated ketones catalyzed by primary amines is presented. Good to high yields (up to 93 %) and high to excellent enantioselectivities (up to 98 % ee) were obtained for the target compounds. MS (ESI) provided evidence for the key intermediates in the proposed mechanism.
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