Development of Highly Active Chiral Titanium Catalysts for the Enantioselective Addition of Various Organometallic Reagents to Aldehydes

The catalytic enantioselective carbonyl addition reaction has long attracted the interest of chemists because of its synthetic importance. Although many highly enantioselective reactions have been developed, with few exceptions the reactions are carried out at relatively high catalyst loadings, making them less practical for scale‐up applications. In addition, organometallic reagents employed as carbon nucleophiles have been limited to those with relatively low reactivity, such as diorganozincs and arylboronic acids. In an effort to enhance the practicality, a highly active and enantioselective chiral titanium catalyst system was recently developed in our laboratory, enabling the enantioselective carbonyl addition reaction to aldehydes using various organometallic reagents (RM; M = MgX, Li, BY₂, ZnX, AlMe₂) at lower catalyst loadings (≤5 mol %).

     

Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Chiral N‐Methoxylactams: Enantioselective Syntheses of Pyrrolidines and Piperidines

Enantioselective iridium‐catalyzed allylic substitutions were used to prepare N‐allyl hydroxamic acid derivatives that were suitable for ring‐closing metathesis, giving N‐methoxylactams. Reactions of these derivatives with Grignard or organolithium compounds gave hemiaminals, which could be reduced diastereoselectively via acyliminium intermediates to give cis‐piperidines or cis‐pyrrolidines with substituents in the 2,6‐ or 2,5‐positions, respectively. In addition, compounds with a quaternary carbon center could be synthesized by corresponding reactions with potassium cyanide/AcOH. The procedures were applied in the syntheses of alkaloids (?)‐209D and (+)‐prosophylline.     

Towards Chiral Reformatsky Reagents

Chiral β-hydroxyacids are obtained via the Reformatsky reaction of lactic acid derivatives with carbonyl compounds in 11–100% optical purities.     

配体参与的有机金属化合物对亚胺的不对称加成反应

手性胺类化合物是一类重要的有机化合物,在生物化学及药物合成中有广泛应用.有机金属化合物对亚胺的不对称加成反应是合成手性胺类化合物的重要方法之一.本文对近年来外加配体参与的有机金属化合物对亚胺的不对称加成反应,特别是催化合成手性胺类化合物的研究进展作一概述.     

Chiral Macrocycles as Reagents and Catalysts

Ionophores, whether of natural or synthetic origin, encapsulate their ionic “guests” using noncovalent bonding. This encapsulation process resembles, at least superficially, the bonding of a substrate by an enzyme-active site. The analogy to enzymes can be extended further if the ionophore is provided with functional groups that can react with a suitable guest molecule bound in the cavity of the ionophore. We have embedded in the periphery of a macrocycle a 1,4-dihydropyridine, a mimic of the coenzyme NADH. The macrocycle, in addition to having (weak) ionophoric properties, is chiral. The strategy has led to compounds that react as artificial hydrogenases and which are capable of distinguishing, in a predictable fashion, between the prochiral faces of suitable carbonyl substrates. Ancillary developments from this approach have been many. A remarkably general method for the preparation of a wide variety of macrocycles has been developed which depends on some remarkable chemical idiosyncrasies of the cesium ion. In attempts to exploit the chemical possibilities of these macrocycles, unusual chemistry, possibly relevant to the action of the enzyme, 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde dehydrogenase, has been uncovered. In a similar vein, study of macrocycles has led to variants of the aldol condensation on chiral templates. Finally, catalytic CC bond formation mediated by transition metals is revealed to be an area in which chiral macrocycles can play a useful role by acting as chiral ligands for the transition metal.     

Reductive Elimination of Bromine from 1,2-Dibromoalkanes Using Organometallic Reagents

Organocuprate(I) reagents are now being widely used for highly selective substitution reactions¹ with alkyl,² alkenyl,² aryl,² and acyl³ halides and with α,α'-dihaloketones.⁴ Organocopper interaction with 1,2-dihaloalkanes is of interest because two main reaction pathways may be expected: (a) replacement of both halogens by organic groups and (b) reductive elimination of halogen to form alkenes.⁵ We report here that various types of 1,2-dibromides react with lithium dialkyl-cuprate(I) reagents under exceedingly mild conditions to give alkenes exclusively (Eq. 1).     

手性高价碘试剂的发展及展望

在过去几十年中，高价碘化学已成为有机化学研究的重要领域.高价碘化合物在多种类型的化学转化中，展现与过渡金属相似的反应性质.而其温和的反应条件、低耗费、环境友好、低毒性等特点，使高价碘化学引起了广泛的研究兴趣，并取得了巨大的进展.手性的高价碘试剂或前体也得以发展并应用于一系列化学计量或催化的不对称反应.近年来，手性高价碘领域研究进展显著，但也存在诸多不足.在本综述中，根据其结构特点以及发展的时间线，对多种类型的手性高价碘试剂和前体做一个总结，这将有助于帮助本领域研究者更好地理解手性高价碘化学的发展以及不足之处.     

On the Configurational Stability of Chiral,Nonracemic Fluoro‐ and Iodo‐[D1]Methyllithiums

Enantiomerically pure fluoro‐[D₁]methyllithium and iodo‐[D₁]methyllithiums of up to 92 % ee were generated by transmetalation of the corresponding stannanes with MeLi in THF at various temperatures. The intermediate halo‐[D₁]methyllithiums were trapped with benzaldehyde or acetophenone already present in excess in the reaction mixture to either give halohydrins or to disintegrate to carbene. The fluoro‐[D₁]methyllithiums were found to be microscopically configurationally stable within the tested range of ?95 to 0 °C, but chemically only stable at temperatures below ?95 °C due to a rapidly increasing portion disintegrating to carbene. The iodo‐[D₁]methyllithiums were configurationally labile relative to the rate of addition to PhCHO at all temperatures tested (?95 to ?30 °C). Disintegration to carbene interfered as well.     

手性金属试剂催化的不对称羟氰化反应

介绍了近年来发展起来的手性金属试剂催化的不对称羟氰化反应，并对其催化机理进行了讨论。     

Organometallic Compounds of Zinc as Selective Nucleophilic Reagents in Organic Synthesis

The ability of the Reformatsky reagent BrZnCH₂CO₂ ^tBu 1 to undergo substitution reactions has been verified with several substituted bromides.     

Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Reagents: Synthesis and Reactivity

Chiral hypervalent iodine chemistry has been steadily increasing in importance in recent years. This review catalogues enantioselective transformations triggered by chiral hypervalent iodine(III/V) reagents, in stoichiometric or catalytic quantities, highlighting the different reactivities in terms of yield and enantioselectivity. Moreover, the synthesis of the most remarkable and successful catalysts has been illustrated in detail.     

Enantioselective Oxidative Rearrangements with Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Reagents

A stereoselective hypervalent iodine‐promoted oxidative rearrangement of 1,1‐disubstituted alkenes has been developed. This practically simple protocol provides access to enantioenriched α‐arylated ketones without the use of transition metals from readily accessible alkenes.     

应用手性高分子试剂和催化剂的不对称有机合成反应

不对称有机合成是有机化学的前沿课题之一.本文综述了应用手性高分子试剂和催化剂对潜手性化合物通过不对称氧化、还原、烷基化、加成反应进行不对称合成的进展情况.