Organocatalytic asymmetric N-sulfonyl amide C-N bond activation to access axially chiral biaryl amino acids

Asymmetric activation of amide bonds remains a challenge due to the high stability of amide linkages. Here, the authors show an organocatalytic asymmetric C-N bond cleavage of N-sulfonyl biaryl lactams under mild conditions, to access axially chiral biaryl amino acids.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guanjie Wang, Qianqian Shi, Wanyao Hu, Tao Chen, Yingying Guo, Zhouli Hu, Minghua Gong, Jingcheng Guo, Donghui Wei, Zhenqian Fu, Wei Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14799-8