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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Mar 24;55(14):4552-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201511876. Epub 2016 Mar 02.

Catalytic and Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Multisubstituted Tribenzothiepins by Intermolecular Cycloadditions.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Yu-Ki Tahara, Riku Matsubara, Akihito Mitake, Tatsuki Sato, Kyalo Stephen Kanyiva, Takanori Shibata

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan.
  2. International Center for Science and Engineering Programs (ICSEP), Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan.
  3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan. [email protected].
  4. JST, ACT-C, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan. [email protected].

PMID: 26933763 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201511876

Abstract

The first catalytic and highly enantioselective synthesis of tribenzothiepin derivatives was achieved. Two types of intermolecular cycloadditions using either diphenyl-sulfide-tethered diynes or 2-phenyl sulfanylbenzene-tethered diynes with a monoalkyne successfully gave chiral multisubstituted tribenzothiepins in good to excellent ee values under mild conditions. The inversion energy of this saddle-shaped molecule was calculated by measurement of the racemization rate of chiral tribenzothiepins using the Eyring kinetic equation under heating conditions. The present protocol could also be used to prepare a chiral tribenzoselenepin.

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: chirality; cycloaddition; enantioselectivity; rhodium; synthetic methods

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