Organocatalytic Atroposelective Construction of Pentatomic Heterobiaryl Diamines through Arylation of 5-Aminoisoxazoles with Azonaphthalenes

Org Lett. 2024 Apr 5;26(13):2564-2568. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00440. Epub 2024 Mar 21.

Abstract

An efficient catalytic asymmetric Michael-type reaction of azonaphthalenes with 5-aminoisoxazoles has been developed. The reaction was based on the utilization of a chiral phosphoric acid as the catalyst, delivering a large panel of axially chiral heterobiaryl diamines in generally good yields with excellent enantioselectivities. The gram-scale reaction and postmodification of the chiral product demonstrated their potentials in the synthesis of chiral catalysts and ligands. This approach not only provides a useful method for the construction of pentatomic heterobiaryl scaffolds but also offers new members to the axially chiral diamine family with promising applications in synthetic and medicinal chemistry.