Citation: Shi Tang, Zhi-yong Wang, Bin Liu, Chun-E. Dong. C₂-symmetric BINOL-squaramide as efficient organocatalyst for the enantioselective α-amination of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with dialkyl azodicarboxylates[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(6): 744-748. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.03.033 shu

C₂-symmetric BINOL-squaramide as efficient organocatalyst for the enantioselective α-amination of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with dialkyl azodicarboxylates

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State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China

Corresponding author: Chun-E. Dong,
Received Date: 17 December 2014
Available Online: 5 March 2015
Fund Project: We are grateful to the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2042014kf0248) for support of this research. (No. 2042014kf0248)

The asymmetric α-amination of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with dialkyl azodicarboxylates has been achieved by C₂-symmetric BINOL-squaramide bearing multiple hydrogen bond donors to provide the desired products in excellent yields and enantioselectivities (up to 99% yield and 98% ee).
- Asymmetric amination,
- 1,3-Dicarbonyl compound,
- Dialkyl azodicarboxylates
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C₂-symmetric BINOL-squaramide as efficient organocatalyst for the enantioselective α-amination of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with dialkyl azodicarboxylates