The major goal of this research program is to develop catalytic enantioselective transformations based on the concept of chiral anion phase transfer catalysis that will be broadly applicable to the preparation of therapeutically relevant organic molecules. Towards this end, several new enantioselective reactions of carbon-carbon pi-bonds are proposed, with a major emphasis placed on the development of enantioselective sp3-C-F bond construction. We will develop reactions that involve activation of pi-bonds as electrophiles towards heteroatom and carbon-based nucleophiles, by coordination phosphate-derived chiral anions in the presence of cationic electrophiles. We will also demonstrate that this reactivity manifold is applicable to other reaction classes, such as direct enantioselective fluorination reactions and fluorinated dearomatization. These methods will be exploited in the enantioselective construction of fluorinated building blocks, heterocycles and natural product analogs. Thus, we anticipate that the proposed air and moisture tolerant transformations will provide synthetic chemists and biomedical researchers with additional tools for single enantiomer synthesis.

Public Health Relevance

The proposed program aims to develop new methods for the preparation of structures and compounds of potential importance to medicinal chemistry. To this end, the enantioselective formation of fluorinated carbocyclic and heterocyclic structures using chiral anion phase transfer catalysis is proposed.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01GM104534-01A1
Application #
8579783
Study Section
Synthetic and Biological Chemistry A Study Section (SBCA)
Program Officer
Lees, Robert G
Project Start
2013-09-01
Project End
2017-08-31
Budget Start
2013-09-01
Budget End
2014-08-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$283,518
Indirect Cost
$93,518
Name
University of California Berkeley
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
124726725
City
Berkeley
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94704
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