Cyclohexyl-Fused, Spirobiindane-Derived, Phosphine-Catalyzed Synthesis of Tricyclic γ-Lactams and Kinetic Resolution of γ-Substituted Allenoates

摘要

A C-2-symmetric chiral phosphine catalyst, NUSIOC-Phos, which can be easily derived from cyclohexyl-fused spirobiindane, was introduced. A highly enantioselective domino process involving pyrrolidine-2,3-diones and gamma-substituted allenoates catalyzed by NUSIOC-Phos has been disclosed. Diastereospecific tricyclic gamma-lactams containing five contiguous stereogenic centers were obtained in high yields and with nearly perfect enantioselectivities. A kinetic resolution process of racemic gamma-substituted allenoates was developed for the generation of optically enriched chiral allenoates.