We have established, for the first time, a practical synthesis of chiral 1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-disulfonic acid (BINSA 1) from inexpensive BINOL. An efficient enantioselective catalysis in the Mannich-type reactions of diketones and ketoester equivalents with aldimines was developed using chiral 1-achiral 2,6-diarylpyridine (2) combined salts, which acted as convenient chiral tailor-made Brønsted acid-base organocatalysts in situ.
A simple method for the synthesis of carbamate-protected guanidines from primary amines is described. A variety of thioureas derived from primary amines and isothiocyanates react with the Burgess reagent to give the corresponding guanidines via either a stepwise or one-pot procedure. By tuning the carbamoyl units of isothiocyanates and the Burgess reagent, differentially N,N'-diprotected guanidines can be obtained. Selective deprotection of the products affords N-monoprotected guanidines.
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