Synthesis 2006(3): 369-396  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926302
REVIEW
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Catalytic Enantioselective Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters

Barry M. Trost*, Chunhui Jiang
Chemistry Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Publication History

Received 18 August 2005
Publication Date:
13 January 2006 (online)

Abstract

Catalytic enantioselective construction of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters, i.e. carbon atoms bearing four different carbon substituents, poses a particular challenge in organic synthesis. This review gives a comprehensive account on the currently available methods of the above transformation that afford high enantioselectivities and synthetically useful yields.

  • 1 Introduction

  • 2 Cycloadditions

  • 2.1 Diels-Alder Reactions

  • 2.2 [3+2] Cycloadditions

  • 2.3 [2+2] Synthesis of β-Lactams

  • 2.4 Cyclopropanations

  • 3 Combination of Carbon Nucleophiles and Carbon Electrophiles

  • 3.1 Michael Additions and Direct Alkylations

  • 3.2 Allylation via Palladium π-Allyl Intermediates

  • 3.3 Copper-Catalyzed SN2′ Allylations

  • 3.4 Reactions with Carbonyl and Imine Electrophiles

  • 4 Arylation and Vinylation Reactions

  • 4.1 Intramolecular Heck Reactions

  • 4.2 α-Arylation and Vinylation Reactions of Ketones and Lactones­

  • 4.3 Desymmetrizing Suzuki Couplings

  • 5 Metal-Catalyzed Diene and Enyne Cyclizations

  • 5.1 Diene Cyclizations

  • 5.2 Enyne Cyclizations

  • 6 Intramolecular Hydroacylations

  • 6.1 Intramolecular Stetter Reactions

  • 6.2 Rhodium-Catalyzed Desymmetrization

  • 7 Allylations Mediated by Tertiary Radicals or Cations

  • 8 Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Insertions

  • 9 Other Desymmetrization Methods

  • 10 Summary and Outlook