Chiral Macrocycle-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Phenylacetylene Addition to Aliphatic and Vinyl Aldehydes

摘要

The 1,1′-binaphthyl macrocycle (S)-2 is found to be an excellent catalyst for the alkyne addition to aldehydes. In the presence of (S)-2 (20 mol %) and Me_2Zn (2 equiv) in THF at room temperature, the addition of phenylacetylene to linear or branched aliphatic aldehydes and vinyl aldehydes gave various propargylic alcohols with 89-96% ee.