Catalytic Multicomponent Synthesis ofC‐Acyl Glycosides by Consecutive Cross‐Electrophile Couplings

Abstract

AbstractC‐Acyl glycosides are versatile intermediates to natural products and medicinally relevant entities. Conventional cross‐coupling strategies to secure these molecules often relied on two‐component manifolds in which a glycosyl precursor is coupled with an acyl donor (pre‐synthesized or generated in situ) under transition metal or dual catalysis to forge a C−C bond. Here, we disclose a three‐component Ni‐catalyzed reductive regime that facilitates the chemoselective union of glycosyl halides, organoiodides and commercially available isobutyl chloroformate as a CO surrogate. The method tolerates multiple functionalities and the resulting products are obtained in high diastereoselectivities. Theoretical calculations provide a mechanistic rationale for the unexpectedly high chemoselectivity of sequential cross‐electrophile couplings. This approach enables the expeditious assembly of difficult‐to‐synthesizeC‐acyl glycosides, as well as late‐stage keto‐glycosylation of oligopeptides.