Hydrierung prochiraler Olefine mit Rhodium-Komplexen von optisch aktiven Amidinen

[RhCl(C₈H₁₄)₂]₂ together with the optically active amidines C₆H₅C(=NR)NHCH(CH₃) (C₆H₅) I–V or their Li derivatives after activation with molecular hydrogen gives catalysts which at room temperature and 1.1 bar H₂-pressure hydrogenate the prochiral substrates (Z)-[N-acetylamino]-cinnamic acid, itaconic acid, -methylcinnamic acid, -methylcinnamic aldehyde, and -methylcinnamic alcohol as well as cyclohexene, benzene and toluene. Good hydrogenation activity of the new catalysts is in contrast to low optical induction which only in the hydrogenation of -methylcinnamic alcohol with 1.5 to 2% leads to values different from zero.

3. Mitt.:H. Brunner undW. Pieronczyk, J. Chem. Res., im Druck.     

Solution Structure and Behavior of Benzophenone-based Achiral Bisphosphine Ligands in Noyori-Type Ru（Ⅱ）-Catalysts

We herein report on solution structural studies of Ru^Ⅱ catalysts （3a, 9） composed of achiral bisphosphine ligands （4, 8） and the enantiopure 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine （DPEN）. Complete chiral induction from enantiopure （R,R）-DPEN to achiral bisphosphine ligand 3a was observed in solution, with the complex adopting a single, stable and non-fluxional （even at 70 ℃） configuration. The coordination of the C=O moiety in 4 to the cationic Run center is considered to be of key importance in providing the higher thermodynamic and kinetic rotation barrier for the flexible bisphosphine ligand in the complex. The obtained enantioselectivity （91% enantiomeric excess） and sense of chiral induction in the hydrogenation of acetophenone were found to be solely dependent on the chirality of the 1,2-diamine. Consistent with the hydrogenation product, the （R,R）-DPEN induces a M-conformation （fight-handed） chirality for flexible phosphine ligand 4 in the complex, resulting in a 2,2-configuration about the Ru^Ⅱ center.     

手性β-氨基醇的合成及其催化二乙基锌与醛的不对称加成反应

以烯烃为原料通过Sharpless不对称双羟化等多步反应合成7种手性β-氨基醇, 并将该类化合物用于催化二乙基锌和醛的不对称加成反应. 分别考察了影响对映选择性的催化剂结构、催化剂用量、溶剂、反应温度等各种因素. 当催化剂用量为5%、甲苯溶剂、在－10 ℃下、以(1S,2R)-(＋)-2-氨基-1,2-二苯基乙醇(1b)作催化剂时, 所得仲醇的对映体过量最高为85% ee, 产率高达100%.     

Molecular mechanics (MM3) calculations on lithium amide compounds

The MM3 force field has been extended to deal with the lithium amide molecules that are widely used as efficient catalysts for stereoselective asymmetric synthesis. The MM3 force field parameters have been determined on the basis of the ab initio MP2/6-31G* and/or DFT (B3LYP/6-31G*, B3-PW91/6-31G*) geometry optimization calculations. To evaluate the electronic interactions specific to the lithium amides derived from the diamine molecules properly, the Lewis bonding potential term for the interaction between the lithium atom and the nonbonded adjacent electronegative atom such as nitrogen was introduced into the MM3 force field. The bond dipoles were evaluated correctly from the electronic charges on the atoms calculated by fitting to the electrostatic potential at points selected. The MM3 results on the molecular structures, conformational energies, and vibrational spectra show good agreement with those from the quantum mechanical calculations.     

不对称diels-Alder反应中的手性催化剂

本文综述了近年来不对称Diels-Alder反应中手性催化剂研究的进展,对各类手性催化剂的性能和特点作了简要介绍.     

β-胺基丙烯酸酯衍生物的不对称催化氢化反应研究进展

综述了近年来β-胺基丙烯酸酯衍生物的不对称催化氢化反应的研究工作, 并讨论了影响氢化反应活性与对映选择性的各种因素.     

A convenient synthesis of enantiopure (4aS,7aR)-1,4,4a,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-3,7-dione

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Monolayer Rectifiers

Molecular-scale electronics has now been enriched by the discovery that molecules, studied singly by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, or a large array of those molecules, studied in parallel as a Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer between metal electrodes, exhibit rectification, i.e., an asymmetric current as a function of applied voltage.This asymmetry can come, first, from work function differences between two dissimilar metals or the metal-molecule interfaces (Schottky barriers), second from an asymmetric placement of the chromophore between the two metal electrodes, and third, from an asymmetry of the molecular orbitals of the molecule.This third, electronic origin of rectification, first proposed by Aviram and Ratner in 1974, and confirmed in the work reported here, gives us hope that, not too many years from now, molecules can form the basis of ultra-small yet ultra-fast electronic devices and integrated circuits.     

树状催化剂在不对称氢转移反应中的回收循环使用研究

以(1S,2R)-降麻黄碱为核心的第三代手性树状催化剂在对苯乙酮的不对称氢转移反应中可以方便的回收并循环使用. 该树状催化剂可以一共使用3次而保持对映选择性基本不变.