Amino alcohol ligands aldehyde synthesis

Jiang has expanded the Carreira method of alkyne addition to aldehydes to include other ligands and Zn(II) salts (Eq. 13) [17]. Thus use of stoichiometric quantities of Zn(II) difluoromethane sulfonate salt and (lS,2S)-3-(tert-butyldi-methylsilyloxy)-2-N,N-dimethylamino-l-(p-nitrophenyl)propane-l-ol (3) in the addition reaction can afford propargylic alcohols in high ee. Difluoromethanesul-fonic acid is prepared from 3,3,4-,4-tetrafluoro[1.2]oxathietane the amino alcohol has been used in the synthesis of chloramphenicol and is also readily accessible. Application of a combination of this same amino alcohol ligand with Zn(OTf)2 has also been shown to afford products in high yield and ee in addition reactions (Eq. 14) [18]. 

Optically active ferrocene derivatives, particularly ferrocenyl phosphines, have hitherto been utilized as chiral ligands for a wide range of asymmetric synthesis. We have now revealed that the ferrocene moiety can easily be incorporated in amino alcohol ligands instead of phosphinic ligands. The preparative methods for several types of ferrocenylamino alcohols were developed and they were successfully used to catalyze enantioselective addition of dialkylzinc to aldehydes with high enantio-selectivity. In particular, 1,2-disubstituted ferrocenyl amino alcohols with planar... 

Recently, Soai et al. reported the synthesis of series of chiral dendrimer amino alcohol ligands based on PAMAM, hydrocarbon and carbosilane dendritic backbones (Figure 4.31) [99-102]. These chiral dendrimers were used as catalysts for the enantioselective addition of dialkylzincs to aldehydes and N-diphenylphosphi-nylimines (Scheme 4.25). The molecular structures of the dendrimer supports were shown to have a significant influence on the catalytic properties. The negative dendrimer effect for the PAMAM-bound catalysts was considered due to the fact that the nitrogen and oxygen atoms on the dendrimer skeleton could coordinate to zinc. 

In 2004, Yang and Tseng reported the synthesis of a series of new chiral amino thiol ligands derived from L-valine, which were further employed (1 mol%) in the enantioselective alkenylzinc addition to aldehydes, providing an efficient route for chiral ( )-allylic alcohols with enantioselectivities of up to >99% ee, as shown in Scheme 3.67. ... 

Nucleophilic addition of metal alkyls to carbonyl compounds in the presence of a chiral catalyst has been one of the most extensively explored reactions in asymmetric synthesis. Various chiral amino alcohols as well as diamines with C2 symmetry have been developed as excellent chiral ligands in the enantiose-lective catalytic alkylation of aldehydes with organozincs. Although dialkylzinc compounds are inert to ordinary carbonyl substrates, certain additives can be used to enhance their reactivity. Particularly noteworthy is the finding by Oguni and Omi103 that a small amount of (S)-leucinol catalyzes the reaction of diethylzinc to form (R)-l-phenyl-1 -propanol in 49% ee. This is a case where the... 

The synthesis of a new enantiopure, conformationally constrained 1,4-amino alcohol (25) has been reported, starting from commercially available reagents from the chiral pool.107 This 1,4-amino alcohol has been used as a chiral ligand in the addition of Et2Zn to aldehydes (best ee 98%) and in the synthesis of chiral propargylic alcohols (best ee 70%) by alkynylzinc species. 

Synthesis of a series of iV-sulfonylated amino alcohols and their use as ligands of titanium(IV) in enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes has been described.234... 

Figure 4. Synthesis of amino alcohols on a solid phase as potential ligands for the addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes.

Evans has recently reported the use of structurally well-defined Sn(II) Lewis acids 119 and 120 (Fig. 9)for the enantioselective aldol addition reactions of a-heterosubstituted substrates [83]. These complexes are easily assembled from Sn(OTf)2 and C2-symmetric bisoxazoline Hgands 124 and 126 (Fig. 10). The facile synthesis of these ligands commences with optically active 1,2-amino alcohols 122, which are themselves readily available from the corresponding a-amino acids 121 [84, 85]. The Sn(II) bis(oxazoHne) complexes were shown to function optimally as catalysts for enantioselective aldol addition reactions with aldehydes and ketone substrates that are suited to putatively chelate the Lewis acid. For example, using 10 mol % of 119, thioacetate and thiopropionate derived silyl ketene acetals add at -78 °C in CH2CI2 to glyoxaldehyde to give hydroxy diesters 130 in superb yields and enantioselectivities as well as diastereo-selectivities (Eq. 12). The process represents an unusual example wherein 2,3-anti-aldol adducts are obtained in a stereoselective manner. 

A direct synthesis of chiral propargylic alcohols from 1-alkynes and aldehydes in the presence of Zn(OTf)2, EtjN, and (+)-A-methylephedrine has a broad scope. Several new ligands are found suitable for inducing asymmetric addition of R2Zn (mostly diethylzinc) to aldehydes. These include 42, 43, 44, 45, and Other (3-amino alcohols that show desirable features are S-ew-morpholinoisoborneol, which is more stable in air than the dimethylamino analogue, (S)-2-(pyrrolidin-l-yl)-l,2,2-triph-enylethanol, and a polymer-supported A-alkyl-a,a-diphenyl-L-prolinols. A,A-Dibutyl-norephedrine is useful in a solvent-free reaction. ... 

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