Enantioselective hydrogenation of cyclic tetrasubstituted-olefinic dehydroamino acid derivatives?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2021-04-27 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC01277K

Abstract

An efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of cyclic tetrasubstituted-olefinic dehydroamino acid derivatives has been achieved with a Rh-ArcPhos catalyst, affording a series of α-acylamino-β-alkyl tetrahydropyranones with two contiguous chiral centers in up to 96% ee and 1000 TON.

Graphical abstract: Enantioselective hydrogenation of cyclic tetrasubstituted-olefinic dehydroamino acid derivatives
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