Chiral tetraaminophosphonium carboxylate-catalyzed direct Mannich-type reaction

J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Oct 29;130(43):14088-9. doi: 10.1021/ja806311e. Epub 2008 Oct 4.

Abstract

The cooperative asymmetric catalysis of chiral tetraaminophosphonium carboxylate (P,S)-1.OCOR has been established, and its synthetic utility has been successfully demonstrated by application to the highly enantioselective direct Mannich-type reaction of azlactones with N-sulfonyl imines. The present study stimulates the cultivation of the potential of the chiral quaternary onium salt catalysis by the structural modification of organic anion.