Synthesis 2022; 54(09): 2213-2224
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1737804
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Sc(OTf)3-Catalyzed [3+2]-Cycloaddition of Diazoacetoacetate Enones and N-Aryl Nitrones: Diastereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Isoxazolidines with Three Contiguous Stereogenic Centers

Yingjun Zhao
,
Di Wu
,
Xichen Xu
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21801198), the Wuhan Institute of Technology (17QD05), and the Graduate Innovation Fund of Wuhan Institute of Technology (CX2020280).


Abstract

A catalytic [3+2]-cycloaddition using Sc(OTf)3 as a Lewis acid catalyst is developed. This catalytic 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition dia­stereoselectively transforms diazoacetoacetate enones and N-aryl nitrones into highly functionalized isoxazolidines bearing three contiguous chiral centers. The feasibility of the uncatalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition is postulated by DFT calculations and substantiated experimentally.

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Publication History

Received: 23 November 2021

Accepted after revision: 14 December 2021

Article published online:
01 February 2022

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