Jasneet Kaur

Asymmetric Organocatalytic Addition Reactions of Maleimides: A Promising Approach Towards the Synthesis of Chiral Succinimide Derivatives

Recent progress in asymmetric organocatalysis has led to the development of several asymmetric transformations that employ various substrates. Among these substrates, maleimides have emerged as excellent Michael acceptors, dienophiles, and dipolarophiles. In this Focus Review we highlight the advances in the asymmetric synthesis of succinimide derivatives through asymmetric organocatalytic addition reactions of maleimides.

Stereoselective synthesis of 3-amino-2-oxindoles from isatin imines: new scaffolds for bioactivity evaluation

3-Substituted-3-aminooxindoles have attracted the attention of organic and medicinal chemists because these motifs constitute the core structure of a number of natural products and drug candidates. The catalytic potential of chiral organocatalysts and metal catalysts has been successfully exploited for the synthesis of enantioenriched 3-amino-2-oxindoles via the addition of various nucleophiles to isatin imines. This review focuses on the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of chiral 3-amino-3-substituted-2-oxindoles.

Organocatalytic enantioselective aza-Henry reaction of ketimines derived from isatins: access to optically active 3-amino-2-oxindoles

An organocatalytic asymmetric aza-Henry reaction of ketimines derived from isatins with nitroalkanes has been achieved using Cinchona alkaloid organocatalysts. This method works efficiently with several ketimines to produce a good (up to 82%) yield of the corresponding 3-substituted 3-amino-2-oxindoles with a good (up to 89%) enantiomeric excess.

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Friedel–Crafts Reaction of Sesamol with Isatins: Access to Biologically Relevant 3‐Aryl‐3‐hydroxy‐2‐oxindoles

The Friedel-Crafts reaction of electron-rich phenols with isatins was developed by employing bifunctional thiourea-tertiary amine organocatalysts. Cinchona alkaloid derived thiourea epiCDT-3 a efficiently catalyzed the Friedel-Crafts-type addition of phenols to isatin derivatives to provide 3-aryl-3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles 7 and 9 in good yield (80-95 %) with good enantiomeric excess (83-94 %). Friedel-Crafts adduct 7 t was subjected to a copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition to obtain biologically important 3-aryl-3-hydroxy-2-oxindole 11 in good enantiomeric excess and having a 1,2,3-triazole moiety.

Cinchonidine thiourea catalyzed asymmetric addition of phenols to oxindole derivatives

A highly enantioselective Friedel–Crafts reaction of activated phenols with isatin derivatives has been developed employing Cinchona-derived thiourea as an organocatalyst. A variety of biologically important 3-aryl-3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles have been synthesized using phenols in good to excellent yield with good enantioselectivity (up to 92% ee).

Journey Heading Towards Enantioselective Synthesis Assisted by Organocatalysis

This personal account summarizes the design of various organocatalysts derived from amino acids and Cinchona alkaloids and their applications in enantioselective carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bond formation reactions. This account begins with the short description of the background of asymmetric organocatalysis. Various types of reactions like aldol reaction, Michael reaction, aza-Henry reaction, Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction are described in this account.