Iterative protecting group-free cross-coupling leading to chiral multiply arylated structures

作者:Crudden Cathleen M; Ziebenhaus Christopher; Rygus Jason P G; Ghozati Kazem; Unsworth Phillip J; Nambo Masakazu; Voth Samantha; Hutchinson Marieke; Laberge Veronique S; Maekawa Yuuki; Imao Daisuke
来源:Nature Communications, 2016, 7(1): 11065.
DOI:10.1038/ncomms11065

摘要

The Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling is one of the most often utilized reactions in the synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds and conjugated materials. In its most common form, the reaction joins two sp(2)-functionalized carbon atoms to make a biaryl or diene/polyene unit. These substructures are widely found in natural products and small molecules and thus the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling has been proposed as the key reaction for the automated assembly of such molecules, using protecting group chemistry to affect iterative coupling. We present herein, a significant advance in this approach, in which multiply functionalized cross-coupling partners can be employed in iterative coupling without the use of protecting groups. To accomplish this, the orthogonal reactivity of different boron substituents towards the boron-to-palladium transmetalation reaction is exploited. The approach is illustrated in the preparation of chiral enantioenriched compounds, which are known to be privileged structures in active pharmaceutical compounds.

  • 出版日期2016-4