Utilization of CO2 as a C1 Building Block in a Tandem Asymmetric A3 Coupling-Carboxylative Cyclization Sequence to 2-Oxazolidinones

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Abstract

We report a tandem asymmetric aldehyde-alkyne-amine (A3) coupling-carboxylative cyclization sequence for the highly enantioselective synthesis of chiral N-aryl 2-oxazolidinones. This is a rare example of a multicatalyst-promoted asymmetric tandem reaction using CO2 as a C1 synthon. Notably, the copper species and ligand from the upstream A3 reaction are internally reused to facilitate the downstream silver-catalyzed carboxylative cyclization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8588-8593
Number of pages6
JournalACS Catalysis
Volume7
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2017

Keywords

  • 2-oxazolidinone
  • A coupling
  • CO transformation
  • asymmetric tandem reaction
  • carboxylative cyclization

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