高等学校化学研究 ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 673-677.
WANG Ying, FU Ai-ping*, LI Hong-liang, TIAN Feng-hui, YUAN Shu-ping, SI Hong-zong, DUAN Yun-bo and WANG Zong-hua
WANG Ying, FU Ai-ping*, LI Hong-liang, TIAN Feng-hui, YUAN Shu-ping, SI Hong-zong, DUAN Yun-bo and WANG Zong-hua
摘要: The effects of two different amino acid catalysts on the stereoselectivities in the direct Mannich reactions of cyclohexanone, p-anisidine and p-nitrobenzaldehyde were studied with the aid of density functional theory. Transition states of the stereo-determining C―C bond-forming step with the addition of enamine intermediate to the imine for the L-proline(α-amino acid) and (R)-3-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid(β-amino acid)-catalyzed processes were reported. B3LYP/6-31G** calculations provide a good explanation for the opposite syn vs. anti diastereoselectivities of these two different kinds of catalysts(syn-selectivity for the α-amino acid catalysts, anti-selectivity for the β-amino acid catalysts). Calculated and observed diastereomeric ratio and enantiomeric excess values are in reasonable agreement.