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. 2015 Aug 17;54(44):13041–13044. doi: 10.1002/anie.201506263

Table 2.

The substrate scope of the catalytic Mitsunobu reaction[a] Inline graphic

Entry Product Catalytic yield [%][b] Stoichiometric yield [%][b,c]
1 Inline graphic 3 a 77 94
2 Inline graphic 3 b 76 92
3 Inline graphic 3 c 61 80
4 Inline graphic 3 d 50 50
5 Inline graphic 3 e 82 82
6 Inline graphic 3 f 84 90
7 Inline graphic 3 g 69[d] 77[d]
8 Inline graphic 3 h 68[e] 78[e]
9 Inline graphic 3 i 76 96
10 Inline graphic 3 j 63 83
11 Inline graphic 3 k 51[f] 85[f]
12 Inline graphic 3 l 72 90
13 Inline graphic 3 m 87[g,h] 98[g]
14 Inline graphic 3 n 70[i] 93[i]

[a] Reactions performed on 0.5–1.0 mmol scale at 0.25 m employing 1.5 equiv of pronucleophile, 10 mol % loading of catalyst 2, and 1.1 equivalents of both DIAD and PhSiH3. Reactions were all run at 80 °C. [b] Isolated average of two reactions. [c] Reactions performed at 23 °C with 1.5 equivalents of pronucleophile, TPP, and DIAD without phenylsilane for 18 h. [d] e.r. 94:6. [e] e.r.>99.5:0.5. [f] 48 h. [g] Concentration was 0.04 m. [h] Background reaction with only Boc-homoserine-OH, DIAD, and PhSiH3 only produced traces. [i] N-Boc sulfamide (3 equiv) was used as the pronucleophile.