基于电负性的构象依赖手性指数及其应用

构象依赖手性指数衍生于分子的三维结构信息和原子的性质,无论分子中是否包含手性中心,它均能区分对映体,因而不依赖于手性中心,是通用的手性描述符.本研究采用σ和π的残余电负性之和作为原子的属性,生成构象依赖手性指数,并将该手性指数应用于一个包含80个手性仲醇的数据集和该仲醇与(R)-MTPA酯化反应产物的1H NMR化学位...     

金属催化的不对称氢化反应研究进展与展望

手性过渡金属络合物催化的不对称氢化反应是合成光学活性化合物的重要方法. 本文从手性配体及手性催化剂、不对称催化新反应、新方法和新策略三个方面简要评述新世纪以来过渡金属催化的不对称氢化反应研究领域的新进展. 从新世纪初至今, 手性单磷配体得到了复兴, 出现了如MonoPhos、SiPhos、DpenPhos等高效单齿亚磷酰胺酯配体; 磷原子手性(P-手性)配体也得到了快速发展, 如BenzP*、ZhanPhos、TriFer等已成为新的高效手性双膦配体; 螺环骨架手性配体成为新世纪手性配体设计合成的亮点, 除了SiPhos、SIPHOX、SpinPHOX等高效手性螺环配体外, 手性螺环吡啶胺基磷配体SpiroPAP的铱催化剂成为目前最高效的分子催化剂. 不对称催化氢化新反应研究也取得了突破, 如非保护烯胺、杂芳环化合物及N-H亚胺的氢化等反应都实现了高对映选择性. 自组装手性催化剂、树枝状手性催化剂、铁磁性纳米负载的可回收手性催化剂, 以及“混合”配体手性催化剂等新方法和新策略也在不对称催化氢化反应中得到了应用. 然而, 手性过渡金属络合物催化的不对称氢化研究仍然充满挑战, 也期待新的突破.     

三元非对映异构体复合物的直接实验证据及其在对映体手性分离中的作用

以含L-苯丙氨酸铜配位络合物的溶液作为手性流动相, 采用反相高效液相色谱法拆分了非衍生苯甘氨酸对映体, 使用质谱对拆分组分进行了结构鉴定, 得到了拆分组分的化学结构, 用量子化学计算预测了该结构的最稳定构象. 质谱实验结果表明, 拆分组分是一对铜混合配体复合物离子, 其中的一个配体是提供手性环境的流动相添加物(L-苯丙氨酸), 另一配体是待拆分物质的某一构型对映体, 这对铜混合配体复合物离子本质上属于非对映异构体. 在色谱分离实验中还考察了手性流动相pH值、甲醇含量以及L-苯丙氨酸与Cu²⁺ 的摩尔比等因素对分离效果的影响.     

金属催化硫醚的不对称氧化研究进展

手性金属络合物催化硫醚的不对称氧化是合成手性亚砜最有效的方法. 理性设计各种手性金属络合物催化剂应用于催化对映选择性氧化潜手性硫醚反应中, 近年来引起了化学家们较大的关注. 综述了各类手性金属络合物催化剂在硫醚不对称氧化中的应用.     

铑和手性螺环磷酸协同催化α-芳基重氮酮对醇的O-H键的不对称插入反应

过渡金属催化卡宾对O-H键的不对称插入反应是合成手性醇及其衍生物的直接方法.近年来,人们发展了多种手性催化剂实现了重氮酯衍生的金属卡宾对醇、酚、羧酸甚至水的O-H键的高对映选择性插入反应,但是重氮酮作为卡宾前体的不对称O-H键插入反应鲜有成功的例子.以非手性双铑络合物和手性螺环磷酸组成的协同催化体系,首次实现了α-重氮酮对醇的O-H键的不对称插入反应,获得了较高的收率和高达95%ee的对映选择性.反应为手性α-烷氧基酮这类重要手性化合物提供了高效的合成方法.还通过密度泛函理论计算,对反应机理进行了初步研究,发现水很可能参与了手性磷酸促进的烯醇中间体质子转移过程.     

水相不对称转移氢化*

手性醇和胺是重要的精细化学品,不对称转移氢化是获得这类手性化合物有效、实用的途径之一。在众多的催化剂中,Noyori等发展的手性二胺与过渡金属钌TsDPEN-Ru（TsDPEN = 1,2-二苯基乙二胺）络合物是最有效的催化剂。近年来,随着化学家对绿色化学的日益重视,水作为绿色溶剂被广泛地用作为不对称催化转移氢化的反应介质,具有很高的反应活性、对映选择性和化学选择性。本文综述近年来应用未经修饰和修饰的手性二胺配体与过渡金属钌[(cymene)RuCl₂]₂、铑[(Cp*)RhCl₂]₂和铱[(Cp*)IrCl_2]2的络合物催化的水相中酮、亚胺和活化烯烃的不对称转移氢化的研究进展。     

基于手性配体交换反应立体选择性萃取分离氧氟沙星对映体

基于配体交换反应,研究了氧氟沙星对映体在含有Cu²⁺和N-n-十二烷基-L-脯氨酸手性配体(L)两相体系中的分配平衡.在不同pH条件下,考察了Cu²⁺在含有N-n-十二烷基-L-脯氨酸两相中的分布;研究了pH,Cu²⁺浓度,手性配体浓度等因素对氧氟沙星对映体在两相中的分配系数(K)和分离因子(α)的影响.实验结果表明,N-n-十二烷基-L-脯氨酸对R-氧氟沙星对映体萃取能力大于对S-对映体的萃取能力;pH对K和α的影响很大,在pH值小于3.5时,L₂Cu二元配合物的生成在热力学上看是不适宜的,萃取时pH宜大于3.5;手性配体和Cu²⁺摩尔比为2:1,K和α最佳;使用2×1中空纤维膜对氧氟沙星对映体进行萃取分离,出口水相氧氟沙星对映体浓度比值(S/R)约为1.72.     

苯环型化合物定量二维手性程度的研究

基于权原子和, 提出了镶嵌在二维空间的苯环型化合物的手性程度, 其中权原子和为与原子间的距离有关的原子不对称环境描述. 在描述化合物的手性时, 并没有采用简单的标记-手性或非手性, 而是采用定量的方式来表征化合物的手性程度. 定量手性程度能够区分对映体, 并且一对对映体的手性程度为相反数. 手性程度不仅仅可以采用单值,还可以采用多维向量来表示. 此外, 还将手性程度推广到三维正烷烃的旋转构象异构体描述, 即首先将正烷烃的旋转异构体转化为苯环型化合物, 然后采用手性程度描述其三维构象.     

二溴和二碘取代的手性Schiff碱-钒(Ⅳ)络合物催化硫醚不对称氧化

 由廉价的手性氨基醇与3,5-二溴或3,5-二碘水杨醛缩合得到配体,配体与VO(acac)2按一定比例络合形成络合物催化剂,考察了室温下该催化剂对芳基甲基硫醚不对称氧化反应的催化性能. 结果表明,当VO(acac)2/配体摩尔比为1/2, 并且以H2O2作为氧源时,催化剂具有较高的活性和中等至很高的对映选择性. 与(S)-苯丙氨醇和(R)-亮氨醇衍生得到的配体相比,由(S)-缬氨醇得到的配体具有更高的对映选择性. 在缓慢滴加H2O2的条件下,以3,5-二碘水杨醛和(S)-缬氨醇缩合得到的Schiff碱为配体,以苯甲硫醚和对溴苯甲硫醚为底物时,产物的ee值分别为88%和92%. 研究表明,与Fe(acac)3/Schiff碱体系不同,向VO(acac)2/Schiff碱催化体系中加入羧酸或羧酸盐类化合物并不能改善催化剂的催化性能.     

手性双哌啶衍生物用于甲基三氧化铼催化烯烃不对称环氧化反应

以N-烷基-4-哌啶酮为原料,制备了几个手性双哌啶衍生物配体.以尿素-过氧化氢复合物(UHP)为氧化剂,甲醇为溶剂,将这些配体用于甲基三氧化铼(MTO)催化的前手性烯烃的环氧化反应,考察了各种反应参数对催化剂催化性能的影响.结果表明,手性双哌啶衍生物的加入可降低MTO的催化活性,但可提高环氧化物的选择性;这些配体对前手性烯烃的环氧化反应有较低的手性诱导作用,对映体过量值(ee值)只有4%-11%.讨论了对映选择性低的原因.     

Central (S) to Central (M=Ir,Rh) to Planar (Metallocene,M=Fe,Ru) Chirality Transfer Using Sulfoxide-Substituted Mesoionic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis of Bimetallic Planar Chiral Metallocenes

Enantiopure bimetallic systems containing three different elements of chirality, namely a main-group-based chiral center (sulfur), a transition-metal chiral center (rhodium or iridium), and a planar chiral element (ferrocene or ruthenocene), have been prepared by a sequence of diastereoselective reactions. The chirality of the chiral sulfur center attached to C-5 of a 1,2,3-triazolylidene mesoionic carbene (MIC) ligand coordinated to a metal (Ir, Rh) was transferred through the formation of bimetallic complexes having a chiral-at-metal center and a planar chiral metallocene by C−H activation of the sandwich moiety (M=Fe, Ru). The sense of the planar chirality formed in this sequence of reactions depended on the nature of the ligands at the metal center of the starting complex. The configurations of these species were assigned on the basis of a combination of X-ray diffraction and CD measurements. An electrochemical study of these bimetallic complexes in coordinating solvents showed an equilibrium between the cationic complexes and the neutral species. The effect of the half-sandwich moiety on the oxidation potentials of the system is remarkable, producing notable cathodic displacements. DFT calculations support these findings.     

Fixing the Chirality and Trapping the Transition State of Helicene with Atomic Metal Glue

By combining the intriguing geometrical properties of two classes of well‐established molecules, the metallocenes and the helicenes, we propose a hybrid class of structures—the metallohelicenes. In these, the outer most aryl groups of a specific helicene are glued together by a complexing metal atom. This effectively fixes the chirality of the parent helicene, which otherwise easily undergoes thermal racemization. The fixed chirality suggests several interesting applications, ranging from building blocks of stable molecules with high circular dichroism and optical activity to chiral ligands and catalysts. Alternatively, the metal glue can trap the non‐chiral transition state structure of helicene. High‐level quantum chemical calculations show the readiness of formation and stability of the proposed complexes.     

Chirality transfer from guest chiral metal complexes to inorganic framework: the role of hydrogen bonding

The structure elucidation of a new zinc phosphate [Co(II)(en)(3)][Zn(4)(H(2)PO(4))(3)(HPO(4))(2)(PO(4))(2 H(2)O)(2)] (1) reveals that the racemic cobalt complex templates the zinc phosphate framework in such a way that the local C(2) point symmetry of the structural motif of the inorganic framework conforms with that of the cobalt complex pairing with it, in essence transferring its chirality to the inorganic host. An analysis of hydrogen bonding between the guest molecules and the inorganic host framework reveals that hydrogen bonding is responsible for the stereospecific structural arrangement. Upon examining previously reported chiral metal-complex-templated structures of metal phosphates, it is revealed that such hydrogen bonding is the common origin for inducing chirality transfer in metal-phosphate frameworks templated with chiral metal complexes. Crystal data of 1: orthorhombic, Pbcn (no. 60), a=10.4787(8) A, b=20.0091(14) A, c=14.9594(10) A, and Z=2.     

Chiral Gold Nanoclusters: Atomic Level Origins of Chirality

Chiral nanomaterials have received wide interest in many areas, but the exact origin of chirality at the atomic level remains elusive in many cases. With recent significant progress in atomically precise gold nanoclusters (e.g., thiolate‐protected Au_n (SR)_m ), several origins of chirality have been unveiled based upon atomic structures determined by using single‐crystal X‐ray crystallography. The reported chiral Au_n (SR)_m structures explicitly reveal a predominant origin of chirality that arises from the Au–S chiral patterns at the metal–ligand interface, as opposed to the chiral arrangement of metal atoms in the inner core (i.e. kernel). In addition, chirality can also be introduced by a chiral ligand, manifested in the circular dichroism response from metal‐based electronic transitions other than the ligand's own transition(s). Lastly, the chiral arrangement of carbon tails of the ligands has also been discovered in a very recent work on chiral Au₁₃₃(SR)₅₂ and Au₂₄₆(SR)₈₀ nanoclusters. Overall, the origins of chirality discovered in Au_n (SR)_m nanoclusters may provide models for the understanding of chirality origins in other types of nanomaterials and also constitute the basis for the development of various applications of chiral nanoparticles.     

Unprecedented stereoselective synthesis of catalytically active chiral Mo3CuS4 clusters

Cluster excision of polymeric {Mo3S7Cl4}n phases with chiral phosphane (+)-1,2-bis[(2R,5R)-2,5-(dimethylphospholan-1-yl)]ethane ((R,R)-Me-BPE) or with its enantiomer ((S,S)-Me-BPE) yields the stereoselective formation of the trinuclear cluster complexes [Mo3S4{(R,R)-Me-BPE}3Cl3]+ ([(P)-1]+) and [Mo3S4{(S,S)-Me-BPE}3Cl3]+ ([(M)-1]+), respectively. These complexes possess an incomplete cuboidal structure with the metal atoms defining an equilateral triangle and one capping and three bridging sulfur atoms. The P and M symbols refer to the rotation of the chlorine atoms around the C3 axis, with the capping sulphur atom pointing towards the viewer. Incorporation of copper into these trinuclear complexes affords heterodimetallic cubane-type compounds of formula [Mo3CuS4{(R,R)-Me-BPE}3Cl4]+ ([(P)-2]+) or [Mo3CuS4{(S,S)-Me-BPE}3Cl4]+ ([(M)-2]+), respectively, for which the chirality of the trinuclear precursor is preserved in the final product. Cationic complexes [(P)-1]+, [(M)-1]+, [(P)-2]+, and [(M)-2]+ combine the chirality of the metal cluster framework with that of the optically active diphosphane ligands. The known racemic [Mo3CuS4(dmpe)3Cl4]+ cluster (dmpe = 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphanyl)ethane) as well as the new enantiomerically pure Mo3CuS4 [(P)-2]+ and [(M)-2]+ complexes are efficient catalysts for the intramolecular cyclopropanation of 1-diazo-5-hexen-2-one (3) and for the intermolecular cyclopropanation of alkenes, such as styrene and 2-phenylpropene, with ethyl diazoacetate. In all cases, the cyclopropanation products were obtained in high yields. The diastereoselectivity in the intermolecular cyclopropanation of the alkenes and the enantioselectivity in the inter- or intramolecular processes are only moderate.     

Stereochemical consequences of threefold symmetry in asymmetric catalysis: distorting C3 Chiral 1,1,1-tris(oxazolinyl)ethanes ("trisox") in CuII Lewis acid catalysts

The underlying conceptual differences in exploiting two- and threefold rotational symmetry in the design of chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis have been addressed in a comparative study of the catalytic performance of bisoxazoline (BOX) and tris(oxazolinyl)ethanes (trisox) containing copper(II) Lewis acid catalysts. The differences become apparent in constructing new catalysts by systematically "deforming" the stereodirecting ligand by inverting chiral centres or replacing chiral by achiral oxazolines. The catalytic alpha-amination of ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate with dibenzyl azodicaboxylate, which occurs with high enantioselectivity for both Ph(2)-BOX and Ph(3)-trisox copper catalysts, has been employed as the test reaction. In the trisox-copper complex [Cu(II)(iPr(3)-trisox)(kappa(2)-O,O'-MeCOCHCOOEt)](+)[BF(4)](-) (1), which was characterised by X-ray diffraction, two of the oxazoline groups are coordinated to the central copper atom, whilst the third oxazoline unit is dangling with the N-donor pointing away from the metal centre. A similar arrangement is found for the stereochemically "mixed" C(1)-trisox complex [Cu(II){(Ph(3)-trisox(R,S,S)}(kappa(2)-O,O'-MeCOCHCOOEt)(H(2)O)](+)[ClO(4)](-) (2), in which the phenyl substituents adopt a first coordination sphere meso arrangement. The almost identical selectivity of the Ph(3)-trisox(R,R,R)- and Ph(2)-BOX(R,R)-derived catalysts is as expected from the proposed model of the active catalyst based on a partially decoordinated podand. The behaviour of the "desymmetrised" trisox-Cu catalysts may be rationalised in terms of a general steady-state kinetic model for the three possible active bisoxazoline-copper species, which are expected to be in rapid exchange with each other in solution. This applies to both the trisox derivatives with stereochemically inverted and achiral oxazoline rings. The study underscores previous observations of superior performance of the catalysts bearing C(3)-chiral stereodirecting ligands as compared to systems of lower symmetry.     

Stereogenic‐Only‐at‐Metal Asymmetric Catalysts

Chirality is an essential feature of asymmetric catalysts. This review summarizes asymmetric catalysts that derive their chirality exclusively from stereogenic metal centers. Reported chiral‐at‐metal catalysts can be divided into two classes, namely, inert metal complexes, in which the metal fulfills a purely structural role, so catalysis is mediated entirely through the ligand sphere, and reactive metal complexes. The latter are particularly appealing because structural simplicity (only achiral ligands) is combined with the prospect of particularly effective asymmetric induction (direct contact of the substrate with the chiral metal center). Challenges and solutions for the design of such reactive stereogenic‐only‐at‐metal asymmetric catalysts are discussed.     

Molecular Chirality in Classical Spacetime: Solving the Controversy about the Spinning Cone Model of Rotating Molecules

The spinning cone is a model of rotating molecules used by Barron in 1986 in relation to asymmetric synthesis and to parity violation. He considered that the non-translating cone spinning about its symmetry axis has false chirality (i.e., it is not chiral), whereas Mislow concluded in 1999 that it is indeed chiral and severely criticized the true versus false chirality nomenclature introduced by Barron, who still disagreed in 2013 with the conclusion of Mislow. Here, it is shown that this controversy comes from an ambiguity in the spinning cone model and that in fact both authors were right. Light is thrown on the true chirality versus false chirality controversy with a very recently published result, which was thus unavailable to both authors: this is a new definition of chirality that encompasses the one introduced by Lord Kelvin at the end of the 19th century.     

Structurally diverse second-generation [2.2]paracyclophane ketimines with planar and central chirality: syntheses, structural determination, and evaluation for asymmetric catalysis

A set of 20 novel [2.2]paracyclophane ketimines with planar and central chirality has been synthesized from enantiomerically pure and racemic 5-acyl-4-hydroxy[2.2]paracyclophane and alpha-branched chiral amines. Their X-ray structures were determined to elucidate the three-dimensional structures and the absolute configuration. The ketimines were used as catalysts in the asymmetric 1,2-addition reactions of diethylzinc with substituted benzaldehydes to furnish chiral alcohols in up to 95 % ee.     

Asymmetric Catalytic Approach to Multilayer 3D Chirality

The first asymmetric catalytic approach to multilayer 3D chirality has been achieved by using Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings. New chiral catalysts were designed and screened under various catalytic systems that proved chiral amide-phosphines to be more efficient ligands than other candidates. The multilayer 3D framework was unambiguously determined by X-ray structural analysis showing a parallel pattern of three layers consisting of top, middle and bottom aromatic rings. The X-ray structure of a catalyst complex, dichloride complex of Pd-phosphine amide, was obtained revealing an interesting asymmetric environment nearby the Pd metal center. Three rings of multilayer 3D products can be readily changed by varying aromatic ring-anchored starting materials. The resulting multilayer products displayed strong luminescence under UV irradiation and strong aggregation-induced emission (AIE). In the future, this work would benefit not only the field of asymmetric synthesis but also materials science, in particular polarized organic electronics, optoelectronics and photovoltaics.