Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α-Hydroxy Ketones: A Reaction Sensitive toward Electronic Effect of Substrates

以[RuCl2(benzene)]2 和 SunPhos为原料现场制备的催化剂,催化不对称氢化α-羟基酮类化合物可获得手性1, 2-二醇类化合物,ee值最高达99%。     

Optically Active Helical Poly[(S)‐3‐vinyl‐2,2′‐dihydroxy‐1,1′‐binaphthyl]: New Ligand for Asymmetric Addition of Diethylzinc to Aryl Aldehyde

Poly[(S)‐3‐vinyl‐2,2′‐dihydroxy‐1,1′‐binaphthyl] (L*) was obtained by taking off the protecting groups of poly[(S)‐3‐vinyl‐2,2′‐bis(methoxymethoxy)‐1,1′‐binaphthyl] (poly‐ 1 ). L* was proved to keep a stable helical conformation in solution. The application of helical L* in the asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes has been studied. The catalytic system employing 10 mol% of L* and 150 mol% of Ti(OⁱPr)₄ was found to promote the addition of diethylzinc to a wide range of aromatic aldehydes, giving up to 99% enantiomeric excess (ee) and up to 93% yield of the corresponding secondary alcohol at 0°C. The chiral polymer can be easily recovered and reused without loss of catalytic activity as well as enantioselectivity.     

Asymmetric Synthesis of Planar Chiral (Arene)tricarbonylchromium Complexes via Enantioselective Deprotonation by Conformationally Constrained Chiral Lithium‐Amide Bases

Enantioselective lithiation/electrophile addition reactions with eight chiral Li‐amide bases, 1 – 8 , and five [Cr(arene)(CO)₃] complexes, 9 – 13 , were investigated. Restriction of conformational freedom in the chiral Li‐amide base Li‐ 1 , in general, did not result in an increase in asymmetric induction. A new route to enantiomerically enriched (75 – 92%) planar chiral ortho‐substituted benzaldehyde complexes via enantioselective lithiation of benzaldimine complexes 16 and 17 is reported. Within the (1S)‐enantiomer series of o‐substituted benzaldehyde complexes 18a – d , the sign of the specific rotation, [α], is found to be positive, except for the trimethylstannyl derivative 18b . This is interpreted in terms of a reversed conformation of the aldehyde group.     

Internally Reuse Waste: Catalytic Asymmetric One‐Pot Strecker Reaction of Fluoroalkyl Ketones,Anilines and TMSCN by Sequential Catalysis

We report a highly enantioselective one‐pot facile synthesis of fluorinated C^α‐tetrasubstituted amino nitriles from α‐fluoroalkyl α‐aryl ketones, anilines, and TMSCN through a sequential p‐TsOH catalyzed ketimine formation and chiral bifunctional tertiary amine mediated asymmetric Strecker reaction. This one‐pot approach has two important advantages. First, it greatly improves the overall yield of the synthesis of chiral C^α‐tetrasubstituted fluorinated aminonitriles from ketones, because the purification of α‐fluorinated ketimines by column chromatography suffers from great yield loss. Second, it represents the first example of asymmetric tandem reactions that can simultaneously reuse the by‐product and catalyst from the upstream step as a promoter and an additive to improve the reactivity and enantioselectivity of the subsequent catalytic enantioselective reaction, respectively. It could utilize the by‐product H₂O generated in‐situ from the ketimine formation step to activate TMSCN to form HCN, and concurrently reuse the remaining p‐TsOH acid as an additive to improve enantioselectivity.     

Enantioselective Allylic Oxidation of Olefins Using Chiral Quinolinyl‐oxazoline Copper Complex Catalysts

Copper complexes of chiral quinolinyl‐oxazoline have been studied as the catalysts for enantioselective allylic oxidation of cycloalkenes with tert‐butyl perbenzoate. Using 5 mol% of these chiral catalysts, optical active allylic benzoates were obtained in moderate enantiomeric excesses. CuOTf prepared in situ, CuClO₄ and CuPF₆ were found to be good precatalysts in acetone.     

Efficient P‐Chiral Biaryl Bisphosphorus Ligands for Palladium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation

A series of structurally novel P‐chiral biaryl bisphosphorus ligands L1‐L5 (BABIBOPs) are developed, providing high efficiency for the first time in palladium‐catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of β‐aryl and β‐alkyl substituted β‐keto esters. With the Pd‐ L3 (iPr‐BABIBOP) catalyst, a series of chiral β‐hydroxyl carboxylic esters are formed in excellent enantioselectivities (up to>99% ee) and yields at catalyst loading as low as 0.01 mol%.     

Enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by Mn(salen) complex/triphenyl phosphine oxide

The activation of chiral Mn(salen) complexes with Ph₃PO has been found to provide a good strategy for the asymmetric cyanosilylation of aldehydes. Aromatic aldehydes have been converted into the corresponding cyanohydrin trimethylsilylether in yields up to 95% and ee up to 67% using 0.25 mol% chiral Mn(salen) complex in combination with 10 mol% of achiral Ph₃PO as additive. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Two modes of asymmetric polymerization of phenylacetylenes having an L‐amino alcohol residue and two hydroxy groups

Four novel chiral phenylacetylenes having an L ‐amino alcohol residue and two hydroxymethyl groups were synthesized and polymerized by an achiral catalyst ((nbd)Rh⁺[η⁶‐(C₆H₅)B^?(C₆H₅)₃]) or a chiral catalytic system ([Rh(nbd)Cl]₂/(S)‐ or (R)‐phenylethylamine ((S)‐ or (R)‐PEA)). The two resulting polymers having an L ‐valinol or L ‐phenylalaninol residue showed Cotton effects at wavelengths around 430 nm. This observation indicated that they had an excess of one‐handed helical backbones. Positive and negative Cotton effects were observed only for the polymers having an L ‐valinol residue produced by using (R)‐ and (S)‐PEA as a cocatalyst, respectively, although the monomer had the same chirality. Even when the achiral catalyst was used, the two resulting polymers having an L ‐valinol or L ‐phenylalaninol residue showed Cotton effects despite the long distance between the chiral groups and the main chain. We have found the first example of a new type of chiral monomer, that is, a chiral phenylacetylene monomer having an L ‐amino alcohol residue and two hydroxy groups that was suitable for both modes of asymmetric polymerization, that is, the helix‐sense‐selective polymerization ( HSSP ) with the chiral catalytic system and the asymmetric‐induced polymerization ( AIP ) with the achiral catalyst. The other two monomers having L ‐alaninol and L ‐tyrosinol were found to be unsuitable to neither HSSP nor AIP because of their polymers' low solubility. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Synthesis of Recyclable Fluorous Chiral Ligands and Evaluation of Their Catalytic Activity toward Asymmetric Addition of Dimethylzinc to Aldehydes

The asymmetric addition of Me₂Zn to aldehydes is very slow and mostly gives low ee values. Previously, we reported the synthesis of a fluorous chiral ligand, (4R,5S,α′R)‐2,2‐dimethyl‐α,α,α′‐tris(perfluorooctyl)‐2,3‐dioxolane‐4,5‐dimethanol ( 1 a ), derived from tartarate as a chiral pool. Ligand 1 a showed high activity toward the addition of Me₂Zn to aldehydes with high enantiomeric excess. However, the very high content of fluorine makes 1 a difficult to dissolve in common solvents; hence, much solvent is required, which limits its use. This report describes the modification of 1 a by replacing either the perfluorooctyl groups with shorter perfluoroalkyl ones or the acetone ketal part with cyclohexanone ketal. The perfluorobutyl analogue 1 c is much more soluble than 1 a and shows comparable asymmetric induction toward the addition of Me₂Zn to aldehydes. Furthermore, 1 c has a much lower molecular weight than 1 a . This means that 1 c is used in smaller amounts (weight) than 1 a . The cyclohexanone ketal analogue 1 d is more soluble than 1 a and more easily synthesized owing to its high solubility and ease of crystallization. Ligand 1 d showed much higher asymmetric induction toward cyclohexanecarbaldehyde, a branched aldehyde, than 1 a . Thus, 1 a was modified into ligands with higher performance.     

Substrate Range of the Titanium TADDOLate Catalyzed Asymmetric Fluorination of Activated Carbonyl Compounds

The substrate range of the [TiCl₂(TADDOLate)] (TADDOL=α,α,α′,α′‐tetraaryl‐1,3‐dioxolane‐4,5‐dimethanol)‐catalyzed asymmetric α‐fluorination of activated β‐carbonyl compounds has been investigated. Optimal conditions for catalysis are characterized by using 5 mol‐% of TiCl₂(naphthalen‐1‐yl)‐TADDOLate) as catalyst in a saturated (0.14 mol/l) MeCN solution of F‐TEDA (1‐(chloromethyl)‐4‐fluoro‐1,4‐diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bis‐[tetrafluoroborate]) at room temperature. A series of α‐methylated β‐keto esters (3‐oxobutanoates, 3‐oxopentanoates) with bulky benzyl ester groups (60–90% ee) or phenyl ester (67–88% ee) have been fluorinated readily, whereas α‐acyl lactones were also readily fluorinated, but gave lower inductions (13–46% ee). Double stereochemical differentiation in β‐keto esters with chiral ester groups raised the stereoselectivity to a diastereomeric ratio (dr) of up to 96.5 : 3.5. For the first time, β‐keto S‐thioesters were asymmetrically fluorinated (62–91.5% ee) and chlorinated (83% ee). Lower inductions were observed in fluorinations of 1,3‐diketones (up to 40% ee) and β‐keto amides (up to 59% ee). General strategies for preparing activated β‐carbonyl compounds as important model substrates for asymmetric catalytic α‐functionalizations are presented (>60 examples).     

Allylation Reactions of Aldehydes with Allylboronates in Aqueous Media: Unique Reactivity and Selectivity that are Only Observed in the Presence of Water

Zn(OH)₂‐catalyzed allylation reactions of aldehydes with allylboronates in aqueous media have been developed. In contrast to conventional allylboration reactions of aldehydes in organic solvents, the α‐addition products were obtained exclusively. A catalytic cycle in which the allylzinc species was generated through a B‐to‐Zn exchange process is proposed and kinetic studies were performed. The key intermediate, an allylzinc species, was detected by HRMS (ESI) analysis and by online continuous MS (ESI) analysis. This analysis revealed that, in aqueous media, the allylzinc species competitively reacted with the aldehydes and water. An investigation of the reactivity and selectivity of the allylzinc species by using several typical allylboronates ( 6a , 6b , 6c , 6d ) clarified several important roles of water in this allylation reaction. The allylation reactions of aldehydes with allylboronic acid 2,2‐dimethyl‐1,3‐propanediol esters proceeded smoothly in the presence of catalytic amounts of Zn(OH)₂ and achiral ligand 4d in aqueous media to afford the corresponding syn‐adducts in high yields with high diastereoselectivities. In all cases, the α‐addition products were obtained and a wide substrate scope was tolerated. Furthermore, this reaction was applied to asymmetric catalysis by using chiral ligand 9 . Based on the X‐ray structure of the Zn‐ 9 complex, several nonsymmetrical chiral ligands were also found to be effective. This reaction was further applied to catalytic asymmetric alkylallylation, chloroallylation, and alkoxyallylation processes and the synthetic utility of these reactions has been demonstrated.     

Asymmetric Diels–Alder Cycloadditions of Trifluoromethylated Dienophiles Under Trienamine Catalysis

β‐Trifluoromethyl (CF₃) enones were proved to act as good dienophiles in asymmetric normal‐electron‐demand Diels–Alder cycloadditions with 2,4‐dienals under trienamine catalysis with a chiral secondary amine. The sequential reductive amination transformations with benzylamine produced cis‐ and trans‐fused chiral trifluoromethylated octahydroisoquinolines in a diastereodivergent manner by using NaBH(OAc)₃ and NaBH₃CN as the reductants, respectively. Moreover, other types of activated alkenes that bear a CF₃ group have also been successfully utilized to construct a diverse range of chiral cyclic frameworks in high stereoselectivity.     

Preparation and Characterization of New C2‐ and C1‐Symmetric Nitrogen,Oxygen, Phosphorous,and Sulfur Derivatives and Analogs of TADDOL. Part III

A brief overview is presented of the field of organocatalysis using chiral H‐bond donors, chiral Brønsted acids, and chiral counter‐anions (Fig. 1). The role of TADDOLs (=α,α,α′,α′‐tetraaryl‐1,3‐dioxolane‐4,5‐dimethanols) as H‐bond donors and the importance of an intramolecular H‐bond for acidity enhancement are discussed. Crystal structures of TADDOLs and of their N‐, S‐, and P‐analogs (Figs. 2 and 3) point the way to proposals of mechanistic models for the action of TADDOLs as organocatalysts (Scheme 1). Simple experimental two‐step procedures for the preparation of the hitherto strongest known TADDOL‐derived acids, the bicyclic phosphoric acids ( 2 in Scheme 2) and of a phosphoric‐trifluorosulfonic imide ( 9 in Scheme 4), are disclosed. The mechanism of sulfinamide formation in reactions of TADDAMIN with trifluoro‐sulfonylating reagents is discussed (Scheme 3). pK_a Measurements of TADDOLs and analogs in DMSO (reported in the literature; Fig. 5) and in MeO(CH₂)₂OH/H₂O (described herein; Fig. 6) provide information about further possible applications of this type of compounds as strong chiral Brønsted acids in organocatalysis.     

Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective [3+3] Annulations of Alkynyl Ketimines with α-Cyano Ketones: the Synthesis of Polysubstituted 4H-Pyran Derivatives with a CF3-Containing Quaternary Center

Regioselective [3+3] annulation of alkynyl ketimines with α-cyano ketones for the synthesis of polysubstituted 4H-pyran derivatives with a quaternary CF₃-containing center has been realized by using Cu(OAc)₂ as the catalyst. The novel strategy tolerates a wide range of α-CF₃ alkynyl ketimines and α-cyano ketones with both aryl and alkyl substitutents. A preliminary asymmetric synthesis of chiral product 3 has been attempted by using copper and chiral thiourea as the cocatalyst with excellent yields (86-99 %) and good enantioselectivities (71–78 % ee). Furthermore, product 3 aa could be obtained on a gram-scale reaction with 75 % yield and 99 % ee after recrystallization. Several products were also transformed readily. Control experiments indicate that the reaction involves a process with a base-catalyzed or chiral thiourea-catalyzed Mannich-type reaction followed by a highly regioselective copper-catalyzed ring-closing reaction on the alkynyl moiety in a 6-endo-dig fashion.     

手性β-氨基醇催化α,β-不饱和酮的不对称环氧化反应

将以烯烃为原料通过Sharpless不对称双羟化等多步反应合成的8种手性β-氨基醇, 作为有机小分子催化剂, 用于催化α,β-不饱和酮的不对称环氧化反应．考察了影响对映选择性的催化剂结构、催化剂用量、氧化剂种类、溶剂、反应温度等因素．结果表明, 当催化剂用量为30 mol%、氧化剂为TBHP(叔丁基过氧化氢)、正己烷溶剂、在室温下、以(1S,2R)-(＋)-1,2-二苯基-2-甲氨基乙醇(3)作催化剂时, 所得环氧化物的对映体过量最高为70% ee, 产率最高为84%.     

Asymmetric oxidation of sulfides with H2O2 catalyzed by titanium complexes of Schiff bases bearing a dicumenyl salicylidenyl unit

The sterically hindered Schiff bases (L³–L⁵), prepared from 3,5‐dicumenyl salicylaldehyde and chiral amino alcohols, were used in combination with Ti(OiPr)₄ for asymmetric oxidation of aryl methyl sulfides with H₂O₂ as terminal oxidant. Among the ligands L³–L⁵, L⁴ with a tert‐butyl group in the chiral carbon of the amino alcohol moiety gave the best result with 89% yield and 73% ee for the sulfoxidation of thioanisole under optimal conditions [with 1 mol% of Ti(OiPr)₄ in a molar ratio of 100:1:1.2:120 for sulfide:Ti(OiPr)₄:ligand:H₂O₂ in CH₂Cl₂ at 0 °C for 3 h]. The reaction afforded good yield (84%) with a moderate enantioselectivity (62% ee) even with a lower catalyst loading from 1.0 to 0.5 mol%. The oxidations of methyl 4‐bromophenyl sulfide and methyl 4‐methoxyphenyl sulfide with H₂O₂ catalyzed by the Ti(OiPr)₄–L⁴ system gave 79–84% yields and 54–59% ee of the corresponding sulfoxides in CH₂Cl₂ at 20 °C. The chiral induction capability of the cumenyl‐modified sterically hindered Schiff bases for sulfoxidation was compared with the conventional Schiff bases bearing tert‐butyl groups at the 3,5‐positions of the salicylidenyl unit. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Practical Stereo‐ and Regioselective,Copper(I)‐Promoted Strecker Synthesis of Sugar‐Modified α,β‐Unsaturated Imines

The regio‐ and stereoselective, Lewis acid catalyzed Strecker reaction between Me₃SiCN and different aldimines incorporating a 2,3,4,6‐tetrakis‐O‐pivaloyl‐D ‐glucopyranosyl (Piv₄Glc) chiral auxiliary has been worked out. Depending on the conditions used, high yields (up to 95%) and good diastereoselectivities (de > 86%) were achieved under mild conditions (Table 1), especially with CuBr ? Me₂S as catalyst. Our protocol allows the ready preparation of asymmetric β,γ‐unsaturated α‐amino acids such as (R)‐2‐amino‐4‐phenylbut‐3‐enoic acid ( 13 ; Scheme 2) and congeners thereof.     

Asymmetric Reaction of Simple Nitro Compounds with Chiral 1,3‐Oxazolidin‐2‐ones

The chiral oxazolidinone 1 (=[(3aS,6R,7aR)‐tetrahydro‐8,8‐dimethyl‐2‐oxo‐4H‐3a,6‐methano‐1,3‐benzoxazol‐3‐yl](oxo)acetaldehyde) was found to react stereoselectively with simple nitro compounds in the presence of Al₂O₃ or Bu₄NF?3 H₂O (TBAF) as catalysts, affording the diastereoisomeric nitro alcohols 3 – 6 with good asymmetric induction. When Al₂O₃ was used, the (S)‐configuration at the center bearing the OH group was generated, with the relative syn‐configuration for the major diastereoisomers. In the case of the nitro‐aldol reaction catalyzed by TBAF, an opposite asymmetric induction was found for two nitro compounds. In contrast to 1 , compound 12 (=((4R,5S)‐4‐methyl‐2‐oxo‐5‐phenyl‐1,3‐oxazolidin‐3‐yl)(oxo)acetaldehyde), a derivative of Evans auxiliary, gave rise to poor asymmetric induction in Henry reactions.     

Conformation of Peptides Containing a Chiral α‐Ethylated α,α‐Disubstituted α‐Amino Acid: (S)‐α‐Ethylleucine (=(2S)‐2‐Amino‐2‐ethyl‐4‐methylpentanoic Acid) within Sequences of Dimethylglycine and Diethylglycine Residues

An optically active (S)‐α‐ethylleucine ((S)‐αEtLeu) as a chiral α‐ethylated α,α‐disubstituted α‐amino acid was synthesized by means of a chiral acetal auxiliary of (R,R)‐cyclohexane‐1,2‐diol. The chiral α‐ethylated α,α‐disubstituted amino acid (S)‐αEtLeu was introduced into the peptides constructed from 2‐aminoisobutyric acid (=dimethylglycine, Aib), and also into the peptide prepared from diethylglycine (Deg). The X‐ray crystallographic analysis revealed that both right‐handed (P) and left‐handed (M) 3₁₀‐helical structures exist in the solid state of CF₃CO‐(Aib)₂‐[(S)‐αEtLeu]‐(Aib)₂‐OEt ( 14 ) and CF₃CO‐[(S)‐αEtLeu]‐(Deg)₄‐OEt ( 18 ), respectively. The IR, CD, and ¹H‐NMR spectra indicated that the dominant conformation of pentapeptides 14 and CF₃CO‐[(S)‐αEtLeu]‐(Aib)₄‐OEt ( 16 ) in solution is a 3₁₀‐helical structure, and that of 18 in solution is a planar C₅ conformation. The conformation of peptides was also studied by molecular‐mechanics calculations.     

Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Pyrimidines

The asymmetric hydrogenation of pyrimidines proceeded with high enantioselectivity (up to 99 % ee) using an iridium catalyst composed of [IrCl(cod)]₂, a ferrocene‐containing chiral diphosphine ligand (Josiphos), iodine, and Yb(OTf)₃ (cod=1,5‐cyclooctadiene). The chiral catalyst converted various 4‐substituted pyrimidines into chiral 1,4,5,6‐tetrahydropyrimidines in high yield. The lanthanide triflate is crucial for achieving the high enantioselectivity as well as for activating the heteroarene substrate.