Herein,the origin of the diastereoselectivity of N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed cross-benzoin reactions between an a-amino aldehyde and furfural was studied by density functional theory.The computational result...Herein,the origin of the diastereoselectivity of N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed cross-benzoin reactions between an a-amino aldehyde and furfural was studied by density functional theory.The computational results showed that the reaction proceeded through four steps:nucleophilic addition of NHC onto furfural,formation of a Breslow intermediate,cross-coupling reaction between Breslow intermediate and a-amino alde hyde,and dissociation of the catalyst.The cross-coupling was identified as the diaste reoselectivity-determining step,with the R-configured product generated preferentially.Noncovalent inte raction(NCI)analysis showed that the C-H…O and C-H…F inte ractions were responsible for determining the diastereoselectivity.展开更多
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文摘Herein,the origin of the diastereoselectivity of N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed cross-benzoin reactions between an a-amino aldehyde and furfural was studied by density functional theory.The computational results showed that the reaction proceeded through four steps:nucleophilic addition of NHC onto furfural,formation of a Breslow intermediate,cross-coupling reaction between Breslow intermediate and a-amino alde hyde,and dissociation of the catalyst.The cross-coupling was identified as the diaste reoselectivity-determining step,with the R-configured product generated preferentially.Noncovalent inte raction(NCI)analysis showed that the C-H…O and C-H…F inte ractions were responsible for determining the diastereoselectivity.
