Gold‐Catalyzed Direct Activation of Allylic Alcohols in the Stereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized 2‐Vinyl‐Morpholines

Abstract

Alcohol versus alcohol: A highly stereocontrolled synthesis of substituted morpholines is realized by means of gold-catalyzed dehydrative allylic cyclization of diols (see scheme for one example; segphos = 5,5′-bis[di(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-methyoxyphenyl)phosphine]-4,4′-bi-1,3-benzodioxole). The present methodology represents one of the few examples of enantioselective gold-catalyzed transformations involving unactivated alkenes. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.