Huai-Long Teng

Highly anti-selective asymmetric nitro-mannich reactions catalyzed by bifunctional amine-thiourea-bearing multiple hydrogen-bonding donors.

Highly anti-selective and enantioselective nitro-Mannich reactions have been achieved for a broad spectrum of substrates catalyzed by chiral bifunctional multiple hydrogen-bonding-donor amine-thioureas. Multiple hydrogen-bonding donors play a significant role in accelerating reactions and improving yields, diastereoselectivities, and enantioselectivities.

Highly Enantioselective Direct Michael Addition of Nitroalkanes to Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by Amine−Thiourea Bearing Multiple Hydrogen-Bonding Donors

A highly diastereoselective and enantioselective Michael addition of nitroalkanes to nitroalkenes has been achieved by chiral bifunctional amine-thiourea catalyst bearing multiple hydrogen-bonding donors. This catalytic system performs well over a broad scope of substrates, furnishing various 1,3-dinitro compounds in high diastereoselectivity (up to 98:2) and excellent enantioselectivity (up to 99% ee) under mild conditions. Multiple hydrogen bonding donors play a significant role in accelerating reactions, improving diastereoselectivities and enantioselectivities.

Cu(I)-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective [6 + 3] Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides with Tropone: An Efficient Asymmetric Access to Bridged Azabicyclo[4.3.1]decadienes.

An unprecedented Cu(I)-catalyzed asymmetric [6 + 3] cycloaddition of tropone with azomethine ylides was reported, which performs well over a broad scope of substrates and offers a unique and facile access to the synthetically useful bridged azabicyclo[4.3.1]decadiene derivatives in good yields with high levels of diastereoselectivities and enantioselectivities under mild conditions.

Silver-catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization: facile access to spirolactone-pyrrolidines containing a spiro quaternary stereogenic center.

An unprecedented Ag(I)-catalyzed asymmetric desymmetrization of spiro cyclohexadienone lactones has been developed successfully, which performs well over a broad scope of substrates and provides a facile access to optically active spirolactone-pyrrolidines in high yields with excellent levels of diastereo-/enantioselectivities.

Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Spiro(γ-butyrolactam-γ-butyrolactone) Moieties through Sequential Reactions of Cyclic Imino Esters with Morita–Baylis–Hillman Bromides

Spiro(γ-butyrolactam-γ-butyrolactone): a route to enantioenriched spiro(γ-butyrolactam-γ-butyrolactone) compounds, a valuable motif for drug discovery, was developed by use of a highly efficient copper(I)/TF-BiphamPhos-catalyzed tandem Michael addition-elimination of homoserine lactone derived cyclic imino esters with Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) bromides, followed by treatment with para-toluenesulfonic acid.

A facile Cu(I)/BINAP-catalyzed asymmetric approach to functionalized pyroglutamate derivatives bearing a unique quaternary stereogenic center.

A direct and facile access to enantioenriched pyroglutamate derivatives bearing a unique quaternary stereogenic center has been developed via Cu(I)/BINAP-catalyzed tandem Michael addition-elimination of α-substituted aldimino esters with Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) carbonates followed by a deprotection/lactamization protocol, which performs well over a broad scope of substrates and provides biologically active pyroglutamate derivatives in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities.

Et3N-Catalyzed Tandem Formal [4 + 3] Annulation/Decarboxylation/Isomerization of Methyl Coumalate with Imine Esters: Access to Functionalized Azepine Derivatives

An unprecedented catalytic tandem formal [4 + 3] cycloaddition/decarboxylation/isomerization of methyl coumalate and imine esters is successfully developed. This tandem reaction only requires Et3N as the mild base affording a series of highly functionalized seven-membered heterocyclic azepine derivatives in good yields with excellent regioselectivities.