A highly effective bis(Sulfonamide)-diamine ligand: A unique chiral skeleton for the enantioselective Cu-catalyzed Henry reaction

摘要

(Figure Presented) A skeleton in the closet! As a unique chiral skeleton, the newly developed bis(sulfonamide)-diamine, which contains both diamine and bis(sulfonamide) moieties, was a highly effective ligand for the asymmetric Cu(OAc)_2-catalyzed Henry reaction between nitromethane and aldehydes with a low catalyst loading at room temperature (see scheme). Both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes gave excellent enantioselectivities of up to 99 % ee.