Author:
Singh Sanjay,Saini Ravi,Joshi Akshay,Singh Neetu,Singh Ravi P.
Abstract
AbstractThe architectural design of polycyclic/multisubstituted pentafulvenes has demonstrated great potential for the development of electrochromic materials and biologically active motifs. Unfortunately, the enantioselective construction of such distinctive cores with all carbon quaternary chiral centers has remained untouched to date. Herein, we disclose an enantioselective homologating annulation of cyclopent-4-ene-dione with 3-cyano-4-methylcoumarins through L-tert-leucine derived thiourea catalysis, affording a wide range of enantioenriched polycyclic multisubstituted embedded aminopentafulvenes with excellent stereocontrol (up to 99:1 er) and chemical yields up to 87%. A detailed photophysical and cytotoxicity analysis of racemic and chiral homologated adducts unveils the exceptional behavior of chiral adducts over their racemic analogs, highlighting the importance of stereoselectivity of the developed scaffolds. A cellular uptake experiment in a mammalian fibroblast cell line confirmed the potential of developed polycyclic aminopentafulvene cores as a highly promising labeling dye that can be utilized for bioimaging without any adverse effects.
Funder
DST | Science and Engineering Research Board
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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