Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Flavan-3-Ols

Flavan-3-ols are a series of natural products widely present in plants and show versatile biological activities. The structures of such compounds are characterized by owing two adjacent chiral centers and three rings. Their interesting structures and promising biological activities have driven increasing research developments toward the preparation of enantioenriched flavan-3-ols. This review summarizes the recent approaches for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral flavan-3-ols from two strategies in the construction of chiral centers. The key steps in the synthetic protocol involve Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, Shi asymmetric epoxidation and Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation.     

三层不对称人工电磁材料界面处表面等离子体激元的理论研究

从P和S偏振出发.研究了由常规材料/左手材料/负介电常数材料、及常规材料/左手材料/负磁导率材料这两种三层不对称结构界面上表面等离子体激元(Surface plasmon polaritons,SPPs)的存在区域、色散曲线及其激发.观察到表面等离子体激元的性质强烈地依赖于人工电磁材料的组成参量,例如介质板的厚度和等离子体的频率.最后,使用衰减全反射(Attenuated total reflection,ATR)技术,探究了激发和观察表面等离子体激元的可能性.并针对P和s偏振两种情况计算了衰减全反射光谱.     

微纳米尺度红外光热膨胀效应及新型光热驱动方法研究

介绍了一种新型的基于非对称结构的光热微型驱动器.驱动器由两个宽细不同的薄悬臂组成.当红外激光照射在悬臂上时,宽窄悬臂的比表面积不同,导致其温度升高和伸长量不同,从而使驱动器产生偏转.建立了驱动器的热力学模型,并给出了偏转量的计算公式.使用准分子激光加工系统制作了一个长750μm的微驱动器样机,红外激光(998nm)作为驱动源,利用自制的控制监控系统进行了可行性试验,观察并测量了驱动器偏转量与红外激光功率的关系.结果表明,本驱动器在16mW的红外激光的驱动下,即可产生258μm的偏转量.利用光热膨胀的方法 关键词： 光热膨胀 非对称结构 微驱动器 红外激光     

Chiral Amine Synthesis Using ω‐Transaminases: An Amine Donor that Displaces Equilibria and Enables High‐Throughput Screening

The widespread application of ω‐transaminases as biocatalysts for chiral amine synthesis has been hampered by fundamental challenges, including unfavorable equilibrium positions and product inhibition. Herein, an efficient process that allows reactions to proceed in high conversion in the absence of by‐product removal using only one equivalent of a diamine donor (ortho‐xylylenediamine) is reported. This operationally simple method is compatible with the most widely used (R)‐ and (S)‐selective ω‐TAs and is particularly suitable for the conversion of substrates with unfavorable equilibrium positions (e.g., 1‐indanone). Significantly, spontaneous polymerization of the isoindole by‐product generates colored derivatives, providing a high‐throughput screening platform to identify desired ω‐TA activity.     

Scope and Mechanism on Iridium‐f‐Amphamide Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones

A series of novel and easily accessed ferrocene‐based amino‐phosphine‐sulfonamide (f‐Amphamide) ligands have been developed and applied in Ir‐catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of aryl ketones, affording the corresponding chiral secondary alcohols with excellent results (up to >99% conversion, >99% ee and TON up to 200 000). DFT calculations suggest an activating model involving an alkali cation Li⁺.     

不对称烯丙基化反应合成含有三苯胺核心单元的荧光非天然氨基酸衍生物

报道了一种钯催化噁唑酮和烯丙醇的不对称烯丙基化反应合成相应的三苯胺核心非天然氨基酸化合物的方法.反应收率高达95%,对映选择性过量值最高为97%ee.该反应操作简单,条件温和,原子经济性好,水为唯一副产物.     

有机/金属有机力致发光材料的研究进展

有机/金属有机力致发光材料因具有外力作用诱导产生发光的独特性质,其在冲击力、应力、张力或压力等作用力的传感以及显示、照明及成像等领域具有巨大应用潜力,近年来引起了人们广泛关注.综述了自1980年以来的有机/金属有机力致发光材料（稀土金属有机配合物材料、过渡金属有机配合物材料、纯有机小分子材料和纯有机聚合物材料）和发光机理方面的研究进展,最后提出了有机/金属有机力致发光所面临的挑战与未来发展方向.     

氮杂环卡宾与过渡金属共催化反应研究进展

近年来,氮杂环卡宾作为有机小分子催化剂在共催化领域取得了飞速发展,氮杂环卡宾通过与Lewis酸、Brønsted酸、Brønsted碱、氢键等不同催化模式相结合,可以有效提升惰性底物的活性和催化体系的立体控制能力,该策略已经成为复杂手性分子骨架合成的重要工具.相对而言,由于氮杂环卡宾与过渡金属的强配位能力,其与过渡金属共催化反应依旧是氮杂环卡宾在共催化领域中长期存在的挑战性工作.目前,氮杂环卡宾在与钯、铜和钌的共催化反应中取得了重要进展,通过配体和反应体系中碱性强弱的调控,可以有效实现氮杂环卡宾与过渡金属配位的可控调节,避免催化剂失活的同时提升反应体系催化活性.这一策略已经被成功用于一些活性分子骨架构建.本文将对该领域中的研究进展进行介绍.     

Aromatic Aminocatalysis

Aromatic aminocatalysis refers to transformations that employ aromatic amines, such as anilines or aminopyridines, as catalysts. Owing to the conjugation of the amine moiety with the aromatic ring, aromatic amines demonstrate distinctive features in aminocatalysis compared with their aliphatic counterparts. For example, aromatic aminocatalysis typically proceeds with slower turnover, but is more active and conformationally rigid as a result of the stabilized aromatic imine or iminium species. In fact, the advent of aromatic aminocatalysis can be traced back to before the renaissance of organocatalysis in the early 2000s. So far, aromatic aminocatalysis has been widely applied in bioconjugation reactions through transamination; in asymmetric organocatalysis through imine/enamine tautomerization; and in cooperative catalysis with transition metals through C?H/C?C activation and functionalization. This Focus Review summarizes the advent of and major advances in the use of aromatic aminocatalysis in bioconjugation reactions and organic synthesis.     

Enantioselective Rhodium‐Catalyzed Dimerization of ω‐Allenyl Carboxylic Acids: Straightforward Synthesis of C2‐Symmetric Macrodiolides

Herein, we report on the first enantioselective and atom‐efficient catalytic one‐step dimerization method to selectively transform ω‐allenyl carboxylic acids into C₂‐symmetric 14‐ to 28‐membered bismacrolactones (macrodiolides). This convenient asymmetric access serves as an attractive route towards multiple naturally occuring homodimeric macrocyclic scaffolds and demonstrates excellent efficiency to construct the complex, symmetric core structures. By utilizing a rhodium catalyst with a modified chiral cyclopentylidene‐diop ligand, the desired diolides were obtained in good to high yields, high diastereoselectivity, and excellent enantioselectivity.