Bithiophene with winding vine-shaped molecular asymmetry; Preparation, structural characterization, and enantioselective synthesis

豊森 佑夏*; 辻 悟*; 光田 紫乃布*; 岡山 陽一*; 芦田 汐未*; 森 敦紀*; 小林 徹; 宮崎 有史; 矢板 毅; 荒江 祥永*; et al.

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 89(12), p.1480 - 1486, 2016/09

https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.20160265

Preparation of 2,2'-bithiophene derivatives bearing -alkenyl groups at the 3,3'-positions and ring-closing metathesis reactions of the obtained compound were performed. The reaction of bithiophene bearing 3-butenyl substituents with 5mol% Grubbs 1st generation catalyst underwent ring-closing metathesis (RCM) to afford the cyclized product 7 showing winding vine-shaped molecular asymmetry in up to 88% yield. Enantioselective RCM was also achieved by the use of chiral Schrock Hoveyda molybdenum-alkylidene catalyst in up to 87% ee.