An Ethynyl-Substituted 1,5,7-Trimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-2-one as a Versatile Precursor for Chiral Templates and Chiral Photocatalysts

Abstract

The title compound was synthesized and separated into its enantiomers. The enantiomerically pure alkyne was ligated to several aryl azides and aryl halides. The resulting 7-substituted 1,5,7-trimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-2-ones were used either as chiral templates in the intramolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition of 4-allyloxyquinolone (up to 72% ee) or as a chiral photocatalyst for the intramolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition of 4-(3-butenyl-oxy)quinolone (up to 79% ee with 10 mol% catalyst).