Herein, we report our preliminary results concerning the first promising asymmetric synthesis of highly functionalized 2-oxospiro-[indole-3,4′-(1′,4′-dihydropyridine)] via the reaction of an enamine with isatylidene malononitrile derivatives in the presence of a chiral base organocatalyst. The moderate, but promising, enantioselectivity observed (30%-58% ee (enantiomeric excess)) opens the door to a new area of research for the asymmetric construction of these appealing spirooxindole skeletons, whose enantioselective syntheses are still very limited.
A simple approach to synthesize new highly substituted 4H-pyran derivatives is described. Efficient et 3 n acts as a readily accessible catalyst of this process performed in pure water and with only a 20 mol% of catalyst loading. The extremely simple operational methodology, short reaction times, clean procedure and excellent product yields render this new approach extremely appealing for the synthesis of 4H-pyrans, as potentially biological scaffolds. Additionally, DNA interaction analysis reveals that 4H-pyran derivatives behave preferably as minor groove binders over major groove or intercalators. Therefore, this is one of the scarce examples where pyrans have resulted to be interesting DnA binders with high binding constants (K b ranges from 1.53 × 10 4 M −1 to 2.05 × 10 6 M −1).
The
first cinchona-alkaloid-organocatalyzed enantioselective synthesis
of chiral 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives is described. Bis-cinchona
catalyst 3b activates the Michael addition reaction between
malononitrile derivatives 2 and enamines 1, affording the appealing and highly substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines 4 with very good results in most cases. This is one of very
few examples of the synthesis of chiral 1,4-dihydropyridines by an
enantioselective catalytic procedure. The highly substituted final
compounds are of interest for their potential biological activity.
This efficient protocol opens the door to a new area of research for
the asymmetric construction of these skeletons for which enantioselective
syntheses are still very limited.
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