Asymmetric organic ligand

Abstract In general, asymmetric catalysts are based on the combination of a chiral organic ligand and a metal ion. Here we show that future research should also focus on complexes in which the chirality resides only at the metal center, as the result of a given topology of coordination of achiral ligands to the metal ion. Here we make a brief presentation of the methods available for preparing such compounds as well as the very few examples of enantioselective reactions catalyzed by chiral-at-metal complexes. 

While this chapter was being edited and revised, new data appeared on the chemistry of 1,3-oxazine derivatives. In a recent review on the applications of 1,3-amino alcohols in asymmetric organic syntheses, the use of numerous 1,3-oxazine derivatives for this purpose was discussed <2007CRV767>. A compilation on the progesterone receptor ligands provides a brief summary of the progesterone receptor modulatory effects of 6-aryl-l,4-dihydro-3,l-benzoxazin-2-ones <2007MI374>. 

The EPR linewidths of Gd(III) complexed with cacodylate buffer and bovine albumin serum have been obtained which were consistent with the action of Gd(III) as a paramagnetic relaxation probe with the same protein [44]. A host of inorganic and organic ligands including amino acids and nucleotides complexed with Gd(III) were studied and two types of peaks were observed (i.e.) narrow symmetric peaks and broad asymmetric peaks [45],... 

The molecular imprinting method can be used to synthesize enantioselective solid materials for asymmetric organic synthesis. The first attempt to use a metal complex with an attached chiral ligand as a template was attempted by Lemaire [52]. The Rh complex, ((15,25)-V,V -dimethyl-l,2-diphenylethane diamine)-[Rh(CgHj2)Cl]2 coordinated with optically pure l-(5)-phenylethoxide or phenylethoxide (Rh 1-phenylethanolate) (template) was polymerized in the presence of isocyanate, and the polyurea-supported Rh complex is reacted with isopropanol to extract the template from the polymer backbone. They reported the influence of molecular imprinting on catalytic performance (conversion and enantiomeric excess) for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (Table 22.2). The imprinted polymer exhibited higher enantioselectivity compared to a nonimprinted... 

The individual chemical species with chiral catalytic properties, such as complex, organometallic compounds, organic ligands or molecules, anchored or grafted into the channels of microporous and mesoporous materials, and some microporous compounds possessing chiral channels or their pore structures composed of the chiral motifs, all promise further development and potential application in microporous chiral (asymmetric) catalysis and separations. It is an important frontier direction in the zeolite catalytic field at present. Therefore, the synthesis and assembly of chiral microporous compounds and materials are of particular interest for researchers engaged in porous materials. This is a research field in rapid development. 

In a preliminary chapter, entitled Introduction, the underlying principles of physical organic chemistry, as applied to stereoselective reactions, are succintly recalled. The three subsequent chapters describe the chiral auxiliaries, reagents, catalysts and ligands that are most commonly used in asymmetric synthesis. The remaining chapters are devoted to the description and delineation of the scope of the main classes of asymmetric organic reactions. These indude protonations and deprotonations alkylations and related reactions additions to C=0, C=N and C=C double bonds cycloadditions rearrangements and transition metal-catalyzed reactions. 

Asymmetric hydroformylation of prochiral olefins has been investigated both for the elucidation of reaction mechanism and for development of a potentially useful method for asymmetric organic synthesis. Rhodium and platinum complexes have been extensively studied, and cobalt complexes to a lesser extent. A variety of enantiopure or enantiomerically enriched phosphines, diphosphines, phosphites, diphosphites, phosphine-phosphites, thiols, dithiols, P,A-ligands, and P,5-ligands have been developed as chiral modifiers of rhodium and platinum catalysts. - " ... 

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