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Treatment of the
N-4,5-hexadienyl carbamate
2a with a catalytic 1:2 mixture of [(
S)-1]Au
2Cl
2 [(
S)-
1 = (
S)-3,5-
t-Bu-4-MeO-MeOBIPHEP] andAgClO
4 in
m-xylene at -40
C for 24 h led to isolation of 2-vinylpyrrolidine
3a in 97% yield with 81% ee. Gold(I)-catalyzed enantioselectivehydroamination was effective for a number of carbamate groups and tolerated terminal disubstitutution of the allenyl moiety.