Feng Chen, C. Tan, Y. Yeung
Jan 17, 2013
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Abstract
A catalytic asymmetric bromocyclization of trisubstituted olefinic amides that uses a C(2)-symmetric mannitol-derived cyclic selenium catalyst and a stoichiometric amount of N-bromophthalimide is reported. The resulting enantioenriched pyrrolidine products, which contain two stereogenic centers, can undergo rearrangement to yield 2,3-disubstituted piperidines with excellent diastereoselectivity and enantiospecificity.