ortho-Quinone methides (o-QMs) display a cyclohexadiene core structure with an exocyclic methylene and a carbonyl group, which positioned by ortho to each other. It has attracted great scientific interests in recent decades due to the high reactivity ...
ortho-Quinone methides (o-QMs) display a cyclohexadiene core structure with an exocyclic methylene and a carbonyl group, which positioned by ortho to each other. It has attracted great scientific interests in recent decades due to the high reactivity and used as important intermediates in organic synthesis, enabling the straightforward installation of diverse aromatic molecules with successful applications to a number of complex natural products.
Tandem reaction become a popular strategy which consists of at least two successive reactions. Tandem reaction could allow establishment of molecular complexity from simple precursors by combining several sequential formation of bonds in a single operation. The use of tandem reactions usually has increased rapidly in the area of chiral building blocks, pharmaceutical, and total synthesis.
In this thesis, chiral oxazaborolidinium ion (COBI) catalyzed enantioselective reactions with ortho-quinone methides were studied. The first reaction introduced in this thesis is stereoselective synthesis of 2-aryl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran from ortho-quinone methides and α-diazoester through tandem cyclopropanation/intramolecular rearrangement. Chiral 2-aryl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran derivatives represent the building block of numerous bioactive compounds. In the presence of chiral oxazaborolidinium ion (COBI) catalysts, diverse 2-aryl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran derivatives containing successive chiral centers including a quaternary center were obtained with excellent yields and stereoselectivities.
Next, chiral oxazaborolidinium ion (COBI) catalyzed enantioselective cyclopropanation/homodienyl [1,5]-hydrogen shift using ortho-quinone methides and α-alkyl-α-diazoesters was developed to provide highly functionalized Rauhut-Currier products in high yield with excellent stereoselectivities. The synthetic functionality was showed by transformation to various coumarin derivatives and other Rauhut-Currier products.
Finally, highly enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of furan with ortho-quinone methides was successfully developed. Chiral triarylmethane derivatives applicated to various area such as dye, pH indicator, biological materials and so on. In the presence of chiral oxazaborolidinium ion catalyst, triarylmethane compounds were synthesized with excellent yields and enantioselectivity.