The first or
ganocatalytic enantioselective direct
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gifchars/alpha.
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gifchars/beta2.
gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-ketoesters and 3-acyl oxindolesis described. It is demonstrated that activated
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gifchars/beta2.
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go nucleophilic acetylenic substitutioncatalyzed by chiral phase-transfer compounds to afford the alkynylated products in hi
gh yields and excellentenantioselectivities. The potential of the reaction is first demonstrated for various alkynylatin
g rea
gentshavin
g chloride and bromide as the leavin
g groups and substituents such as allyl and alkyl esters, amides,ketones, and sulfones. These reactions proceed with 74-99% yield and 88-97% ee. Then the scope innucleophile is demonstrated for a lar
ge number of cyclic
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gifchars/beta2.
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g-sizes and for oxindolesas well. The correspondin
g optically active products are formed in hi
gh yields and with enantioselectivitiesup to 98% ee. The procedure allows for the stereocontrolled attachment of an ethynyl unit in the
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gifchars/alpha.
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g group, and this has been demonstrated for anumber of the optically active allyl esters. Furthermore, the synthesis of optically active 1,4-enynes is alsoshown. The isolation and characterization by X-ray analysis of the catalyst with
p-nitrophenolate as thecounterion allowed us to propose a model of the catalyst-substrate intermediate which mi
ght account forthe observed enantioselectivity of the or
ganocatalytic enantioselective
ges/
gifchars/alpha.
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ggested that this intermediate is also the reactive species for a number of other electrophiles addin
gto
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gifchars/beta2.
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givin
g enantioselectivities in the ran
ge of 90-98% ee.