Copper-catalyzed enantioselective Sonogashira-type oxidative cross-coupling of unactivated C(sp 3)−H bonds with alkynes

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Transition metal-catalyzed enantioselective Sonogashira-type oxidative C(sp3)—C(sp) coupling of unactivated C(sp3)−H bonds with terminal alkynes has remained a prominent challenge. The difficulties mainly stem from the regiocontrol in unactivated C(sp3)—H bond functionalization and the inhibition of readily occurring Glaser homocoupling of terminal alkynes. Here, we report a copper/chiral cinchona alkaloid-based N,N,P-ligand catalyst for asymmetric oxidative cross-coupling of unactivated C(sp3)—H bonds with terminal alkynes in a highly regio-, chemo-, and enantioselective manner. The use of N-fluoroamide as a mild oxidant is essential to site-selectively generate alkyl radical species while efficiently avoiding Glaser homocoupling. This reaction accommodates a range of (hetero)aryl and alkyl alkynes; (hetero)benzylic and propargylic C(sp3)−H bonds are all applicable. This process allows expedient access to chiral alkynyl amides/aldehydes. More importantly, it also provides a versatile tool for the construction of chiral C(sp3)—C(sp), C(sp3)—C(sp2), and C(sp3)—C(sp3) bonds when allied with follow-up transformations.

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Zhang, Z. H., Dong, X. Y., Du, X. Y., Gu, Q. S., Li, Z. L., & Liu, X. Y. (2019). Copper-catalyzed enantioselective Sonogashira-type oxidative cross-coupling of unactivated C(sp 3)−H bonds with alkynes. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13705-1

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