Enantioselective pinacol coupling of aryl aldehydes catalyzed by chiral Salan-Mo(IV) complexes

Reported herein is the asymmetric pinacol coupling of aromatic aldehydes with chiral Salan-Mo(VI) dioxo complex as an effective precatalyst. Chiral diols were obtained with high diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity up to 92/8 and 95%, respectively. The possible mechanism of the pinacol coupling reaction with the catalytic system was investigated. The X-ray crystal structure of the precatalyst Mo(L3)O2 was determined and the oxidation state of the intermediate C was confirmed as +4 with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study. The proposed mechanism speculated the stereochemical outcome of the reaction, and a working model for the radical coupling of E was proposed, which explained the absolute configuration of the favored (S,S)-enantiomer of the dl isomer.     

氨水介质中金属锌促进醛的(口片)呐偶联反应

传统的(口片)呐偶合反应必须在无水有机溶剂条件下,由金属或金属化合物促进羰基化合物进行(口片)呐偶合反应.曾经报道过金属锌在强碱介质或弱酸介质中,促进羰基化合物进行水相(口片)呐偶合反应.本文报道一种简便、有效的水相(口片)呐偶合反应,它是在含有少量冠醚的稀氨水溶液中,使用锌粉促进醛基化合物进行水相(口片)呐偶合反应,其中加入少量的冠醚有助于提高反应的产率,(口片)呐醇产率由63%提高到84%.然而,(口片)呐偶合反应的产率受到羰基周围环境的立体位阻影响较大,在此条件下,锌粉能有效地促进芳香族醛类化合物进行水相(口片)呐偶合反应,得到的(口片)呐醇产率高,但非对映异构体选择性差,而脂肪族醛类化合物得到的(口片)呐醇产率较低,在同样的条件下,酮类化合物不能顺利进行(口片)呐偶合反应.     

Novel tetradentate bisoxazoline ligands from l-serine and β-DDB for asymmetric pinacol coupling reactions of aromatic aldehydes

A variety of novel hydroxyl-containing tetradentate bisoxazolines were successfully synthesized from natural l-serine and β-DDB. The applications of these ligands in the asymmetric pinacol coupling of aromatic aldehydes revealed that the absolute configurations of the resulting pinacols were entirely dominated by the axial chirality of the biphenyl component and that the bulky substituent adjacent to the hydroxyl group was favorable for achieving both high diastereoselectivities and enantioselectivities. Among the ligands screened, (S,aR,S)-1c exhibited much better asymmetric induction capacity to furnish the (R,R)-pinacols with diastereoselectivities up to 99/1 and with 63–89% enantiomeric excess. A plausible mechanism of the asymmetric pinacol coupling was also suggested.     

氨水介质中金属锌促进醛的呐偶联反应

传统的呐偶合反应必须在无水有机溶剂条件下, 由金属或金属化合物促进羰基化合物进行呐偶合反应. 曾经报道过金属锌在强碱介质或弱酸介质中, 促进羰基化合物进行水相呐偶合反应. 本文报道一种简便、有效的水相呐偶合反应, 它是在含有少量冠醚的稀氨水溶液中, 使用锌粉促进醛基化合物进行水相呐偶合反应, 其中加入少量的冠醚有助于提高反应的产率, 呐醇产率由63%提高到84%. 然而, 呐偶合反应的产率受到羰基周围环境的立体位阻影响较大, 在此条件下, 锌粉能有效地促进芳香族醛类化合物进行水相呐偶合反应, 得到的呐醇产率高, 但非对映异构体选择性差, 而脂肪族醛类化合物得到的呐醇产率较低, 在同样的条件下, 酮类化合物不能顺利进行呐偶合反应.     

Samarium diiodide-catalyzed diastereoselective pinacol couplings

A complex of samarium diiodide (SmI(2)) with tetraglyme catalyzes the intermolecular pinacol coupling of aromatic or aliphatic aldehydes at loadings of 10 mol % in the presence of Me(2)SiCl(2) and Mg. Diastereoselectivity of up to 95/5 (+/-/meso) has been achieved for aliphatic aldehydes and up to 19/81 (+/-/meso) for aromatic aldehydes. De values of up to 99% have been achieved in intramolecular pinacol coupling reactions using the SmI(2)/tetraglyme/Mg/Me(2)SiCl(2) catalytic system.     

Catalytic, highly enantio- and diastereoselective pinacol coupling reaction with a new tethered bis(8-quinolinolato) ligand

A new class of chiral ligand, tethered bis(8-quinolinol) (TBOxH), is developed. Its chromium complex, TBOxCrCl (3 mol %), effectively catalyzes the pinacol coupling reaction of aromatic aldehydes at room temperature with high yield (up to 94%), high diastereoselectivity (up to dl:meso = 98:2), and high enantioselectivity (up to 98%). The scope of the present method turns out not to be limited to aromatic aldehyde derivatives, as cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde undergoes pinacolization as well (44% yield, dl:meso = 93:7, 84% ee). The method provides an efficient access to enantioenriched 1,2-diols.     

金属锌促进羰基化合物水相嚬呐偶合反应

报道了一种简便、有效的水相噤呐偶合反应。在含有少量季铵盐或季磷盐的氯化铵水溶液中．用金属锌促进羰基化合物进行水相噘呐偶合反应，其中加入的少量季铵盐或季磷盐有助于显著提高反应产率，噘呐醇产率由53％提高到87％。但噘呐偶合反应的产率受羰基周围环境的立体位阻影响较大，在此条件下，金属锌可有效地促进芳香族醛化合物进行水相噘呐偶合反应，得到产率较高的噘呐醇，但非对映异构体选择性差，而脂肪族醛化合物得到的噘呐醇产率较低，在同样条件下，酮类化合物不能顺利进行噘呐偶合反应。     

金属锌促进羰基化合物水相嚬呐偶合反应

报道了一种简便、有效的水相嚬呐偶合反应。在含有少量季铵盐或季磷盐的氯化铵水溶液中,用金属锌促进羰基化合物进行水相嚬呐偶合反应,其中加入的少量季铵盐或季磷盐有助于显著提高反应产率,嚬呐醇产率由53%提高到87%。但嚬呐偶合反应的产率受羰基周围环境的立体位阻影响较大,在此条件下,金属锌可有效地促进芳香族醛化合物进行水相嚬呐偶合反应,得到产率较高的嚬呐醇,但非对映异构体选择性差,而脂肪族醛化合物得到的嚬呐醇产率较低,在同样条件下,酮类化合物不能顺利进行嚬呐偶合反应。     

Diastereoselective inter- and intramolecular pinacol coupling of aldehydes promoted by monomeric titanocene(II) complex Cp(2)TiPh

A monomeric titanocene(III) derivative, Cp(2)TiPh, effectively promoted the pinacol coupling of both an aromatic aldehyde, benzaldehyde, and an aliphatic aldehyde, 3-phenylpropionaldehyde. The same reactive complex was successfully generated by a catalytic amount of a precursor, Cp(2)Ti(Ph)Cl, and its stoichiometric amount of Zn. The Cp(2)TiPh-catalyzed pinacol coupling of benzaldehyde derivatives and aliphatic aldehydes afforded the corresponding 1,2-diols in high yields with moderate to good threo-selectivity. On the other hand, Cp(2)TiPh-catalyzed pinacol cyclization of dials gave cyclic 1,2-diols with excellent diastereoselectivity. The extension of this protocol to chiral dials demonstrated that the phenyltitanium complex catalytically transmitted an axial chirality or a central chirality of the starting dials to the central chirality of the resultant 1,2-diols.     

Enantioselective Construction of Trifluoromethoxylated Stereogenic Centers by a Nickel‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling of Secondary Benzyl Bromides

Trifluoromethoxy‐substituted stereogenic centers can be constructed with high enantioselectivity by a nickel‐catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of readily available α‐bromobenzyl trifluoromethyl ethers with a variety of aryl pinacol boronates. The coupling proceeds under mild reaction conditions, and a variety of common functional groups, such as fluoride, chloride, bromide, ester, enolizable ketone, nitro, cyano, amino, and vinyl moieties, were well tolerated. Furthermore, the reaction can be easily scaled up to gram quantities without a decrease in enantioselectivity.     

Cross‐Coupling Reaction of Saccharide‐Based Alkenyl Boronic Acids with Aryl Halides: The Synthesis of Bergenin

A convenient synthetic pathway enabling D ‐glucal and D ‐galactal pinacol boronates to be prepared in good isolated yields was achieved. Both pinacol boronates were tested in a series of cross‐coupling reactions under Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling conditions to obtain the corresponding aryl, heteroaryl, and alkenyl derivatives in high isolated yields. This methodology was applied to the formal synthesis of the glucopyranoside moiety of papulacandin D and the first total synthesis of bergenin.     

Gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions of boronated enynes

Gold (I) complexes generated from a mixture of gold and silver salts were found to be highly reactive for the cycloisomerization reactions of boronated enynes. Both alkynyl pinacol boronates and alkenyl pinacol boronates were tolerated, affording products in moderate to high yields. Interestingly, the ratio of the different endo- and exo-products was heavily dependent on the position of the boronate functionality. Further applications including Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling and oxidation reactions could be carried out, affording a variety of synthetically useful products.     

Chromium-catalyzed pinacol coupling of benzaldehyde in water

The pinacol coupling of benzaldehyde (0.25 M or 1.25 M) in water was catalyzed by 5-25 mol % CrCl₂ in the presence of Zn-dust or Al-dust at 20 °C or 60 °C. In all cases at most 50% of the pinacol coupling product, 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanediol, was obtained with the major product, benzyl alcohol, being formed by a competitive 2e⁻ reduction of the carbonyl. The dl- to meso-diastereoselectivity of the pinacol products ranged from 0.6:1 to nearly 1:1.     

Pinacol coupling reaction of beta-halo-alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes promoted by TiI4

The pinacol reaction of beta-halogenated alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes was promoted by titanium tetraiodide to give coupling products in good yields with high dl-selectivity. Subsequent reduction with H(2)/Pd-C gave saturated vic-diols in good yields. Heck coupling reaction enabled the displacement of halogens with vinyl groups without the loss of stereochemical integrities. [reaction: see text]     

Synthesis of Heterodinuclear Hemisalen Complexes on a Hexaarylbenzene Scaffold and their Application for the Cross‐Pinacol Coupling Reaction

Intermolecular cross‐pinacol coupling reaction between aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes by using heterodinuclear hemisalen complexes 1 _cis with vanadium(V) and titanium(IV) on a hexaarylbenzene scaffold is reported. Our ligand design is based on the individual activation of two aldehydes by vanadium and titanium, which are positioned with a suitable space on the rigid scaffold. Ligands such as 1 _cis were synthesized by Diels–Alder addition and decarbonylation reaction, followed by condensation of dialdehyde 3 _cis with various aminophenols. The influence of the substituents on the ligands on the pinacol coupling reaction was investigated. As a result, the reductive coupling reaction between aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes by using a catalytic amount of 1 _cis in the presence of Me₃SiCl and Zn provided the corresponding cross‐coupled 1,2‐diol in good yields with high cross‐selectivity.     

Asymmetric Pinacol Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes Catalyzed by TiCl_4(THF)_2-Zn/Chiral Diamines

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Asymmetric Pinacol Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes Catalyzed by TiCl4 （THF） 2－Zn／Chiral Diamines

Asymmetric pinacol coupling of aromatic aldehydes catalyzed by chiral diamines/iow-valent titanium complexes gave corre-sponding pinacois in good yields with high diastereoselectivity and moderate enantioselectivities.     

Stereoselective pinacol coupling of chiral formylferrocene using divalent samarium triflate: preparation of a new chiral bisferrocenyl oxazoline ligand and its application to asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions

[reaction: see text] The pinacol coupling reaction of planar chiral ortho-oxazoline-substituted formylferrocene was smoothly mediated by SmI2 or Sm(OTf)3 to give the (R,R) isomer selectivity (up to 76% diastereomeric excess). The combination of Yb(OTf)3 and the (R,R)-ferrocenyl diol was revealed to be a good catalyst for the asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of 3-acyloxazolidinone with cyclopentadiene, and the endo adduct was produced in up to 80% enantiomeric excess.     

Facile synthesis of aromatic unsymmetrical fluorine-containing acyloins through the reductive trifluoroacetylation of benzaldehyde and transposition of the carbonyl group

The reductive coupling reaction between benzaldehyde and ethyl trifluoroacetate in the presence of magnesium and chlorotrimethylsilane in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone gave the acetal of the corresponding coupling compound in good yields. The yield of the coupling product largely depended on the benzaldehyde concentration in the solution and it was essential to avoid the formation of pinacol type compounds in order to obtain the coupling product in high yields. The subsequent desilylation of the acetal using tetrabutylammonium fluoride easily yielded an acyloin compound as the sole product after the transposition of the carbonyl group through keto–enol tautomerism.     

Diastereoselective Ce(OiPr)(3)-Catalyzed Pinacol Couplings of Aldehydes

Aliphatic aldehydes as well as aromatic aldehydes can be converted by means of cerium-catalyzed pinacol coupling [Eq. (1)]. The coupling reaction products can be isolated with good to very good diastereoselectivities in favor of rac isomers (rac:meso>88:12). R=alkyl, aryl.