Organocatalytic asymmetric domino sulfa-Michael–aldol reactions of 2-mercaptobenzaldehyde with α,β-unsaturated N-acylpyrazoles for the construction of thiochromane?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2012-04-18 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31891A

Abstract

An efficient protocol for the direct construction of bioactive thiochromanes was developed via a catalytic asymmetric cascade sulfa-Michael–aldol reaction of 2-mercaptobenzaldehyde with α,β-unsaturated N-acyl imides. The key to the present methodology is introducing a pyrazole moiety as H-bond acceptor, which allowed for better organization and activation and hence higher enantioselectivity.

Graphical abstract: Organocatalytic asymmetric domino sulfa-Michael–aldol reactions of 2-mercaptobenzaldehyde with α,β-unsaturated N-acylpyrazoles for the construction of thiochromane
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