Lewis Base/Copper Cooperatively Catalyzed Asymmetric α-Amination of Esters with Diaziridinone
Jin Song , Zi-Jing Zhang, Shu-Sen Chen, Tao Fan and Liu-Zhu Gong*
*Department of Chemistry, and Center for Excellence in
Molecular Synthesis of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
230026, China, Email: gonglz
ustc.edu.cn
J. Song, J.-Z. Zhang, S.-S. Chen, T. Fan, L.-Z. Gong, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 3177-3180.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12628
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Abstract
Chiral lewis base/copper(I) cooperative catalysis enables an enantioselective α-amination of esters with N,N-di-t-butyldiaziridinone to provide hydantoins in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities.
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