Enantioselective Organocatalyzed Direct α-Thiocyanation of Cyclic β-Ketoesters by N -Thiocyanatophthalimide

Jiashen Qiu, Di Wu, Pran Gopal Karmaker, Hongquan Yin, Fu Xue Chen*

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Abstract

A new electrophilic thiocyanation reagent, N-thiocyanatophthalimide, was synthesized and applied to the first example of catalytic asymmetric electrophilic α-thiocyanation of various cyclic β-ketoesters by the bifunctional cinchona alkaloid catalysis. Thus, a variety of chiral α-thiocyanato β-ketoesters with a quaternary carbon center have been achieved in excellent yields (up to 99%) and high enantioselectivities (up to 94% ee) in a convenient manner.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1600-1603
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume20
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Mar 2018

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