Asymmetric reduction, of ketone

3 TiTANOCENE-CATALYZED reduction of ketones in the presence of WATER. 

A convenient procedure for the synthesis of alcohols via free-radical 

4 XyL-TETRAPHEMP a highly EFHQENT biaryl ligand in the [DIPHOSPHINE 

RuCl2 DIAMINE]-catalyzed hydrogenation OF simple aromatic ketones. 101 

5 Synthesis of [(R)-lV,Af-Dimethyl(l-methyl)benzylaminato-C, N]- rac-4,4, 6,6 -tetramethyl-2,2 -bis[bis(3,5-dimethylphenyl)phosphino]-biphenyl -palladium(II) tetrafluoroborate and separation 

The asymmetric organosilane reduction of prochiral ketones has been studied as an alternative to the asymmetric hydrogenation approach. A wide variety of chiral ligand systems in combination with transition metals can be employed for this purpose. The majority of these result in good to excellent chemical yields of the corresponding alcohols along with a trend for better ee results with aryl alkyl ketones than with prochiral dialkyl ketones. 

The combination of [Rh(Cl(NBD)]2 and ligands 89, 90, 91, or 92 with diphenylsilane asymmetrically reduces aryl alkyl ketones, including acetophenones, in excellent yields and in 81 to 90% ee (Eq. 346).574 The best results are with ferrocene 91 and acetophenone in toluene.575 Other phosphine-substituted ferrocenes do not give comparable results. Rhodium(I) complexes of TADDOL-derived 

A chiral oxazolinoferrocene ligand with iridium(I) is used for the diphenylsilane reduction of aryl alkyl ketones in nearly quantitative yields and 83% ee 

Alkylated (R,RHetrahydroindcnyItitanium difluoride and phenylsilane serve to asymmetrically reduce a variety of ketones, especially aryl alkyl ketones, in excellent chemical yields and 96% ee.587 The use of the easier to handle and less expensive PMHS is also highly effective in these transformations. In a related study using the (W, W)-tctrahydroindcny I titanium l,T-binaphth-2,2/-diolate precursor to the active catalyst, similarly impressive results are obtained.588 

The in situ generation of CuH from organosilanes in the presence of either a BIPHEP (99) or a SEGPHOS (100) type ligand represents a general method for the asymmetric hydrosilylation of aryl alkyl ketones at low temperatures. 

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O Water absorbing polymer Figure 8.26 Asymmetric reduction of ketones in CO2 by Geotrichum candidum immobilized whole cell [20], (a) Time course for the reduction of o-fluoroacetophenone (b) substrate specificity (c) apparatus for C. candidum-cata yzed reduction with semiflow process using scC02. 

In the above cases, an optically active reducing agent or catalyst interacts with a prochiral substrate. Asymmetric reduction of ketones has also been achieved with an achiral reducing agent, if the ketone is complexed to an optically active transition metal Lewis acid. ... 

Indeed, recent research on the use of a cyanobacterium as a biocatalyst has opened up this area asymmetric reduction of ketones by a cyanobacteria, Syne-chococcus elongates PCC 7942, with the aid of light energy proceeded smoothly... 

Reduction of carbonyl groups Terpene and aromatic aldehydes (lOOppm) were reduced by microalgae. In a series of chlorinated benzaldehyde, m - or p-chlorobenzaldehyde reacted faster than the o-derivative. Due to toxicity, the substrate concentrations are difficult to increase. Asymmetric reductions of ketones by microalgae were reported. Thus, aliphatic " and aromatic " ketones were reduced. 

Manufacture of ruthenium precatalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation. The technology in-licensed from the JST for the asymmetric reduction of ketones originally employed BINAP as the diphosphine and an expensive diamine, DAIPEN." Owing to the presence of several patents surrounding ruthenium complexes of BINAP and Xylyl-BINAP, [HexaPHEMP-RuCl2-diamine] and [PhanePHOS-RuCl2-diamine] were introduced as alternative catalyst systems in which a cheaper diamine is used. Compared to the BINAP-based systems both of these can offer superior performance in terms of activity and selectivity and have been used in commercial manufacture of chiral alcohols on multi-100 Kg scales. 

Wills, M. and Hannedouche, J. (2002) New methodology for the asymmetric reduction of ketones. Current Opinion in Drug Discovery Development, 5 (6), 881-891. 

Nakamura, K., Yamanaka, R., Matsuda, T. and Harada, T. (2003) Recent developments in asymmetric reduction of ketones with biocatalysts. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 14 (18), 2659—2681. 

Ema, T., Yagasaki, H., Okita, N. et al. (2006) Asymmetric reduction of ketones using recombinant E. coli cells that produce a versatile carbonyl reductase with high enantioselectivity and broad substrate specificity. Tetrahedron, 62 (26), 6143-6149. 

Groger, H., Hummel, W., Rollmann, C. et al. (2004) Preparative asymmetric reduction of ketones in a biphasic medium with an (5)-alcohol dehydrogenase under in f/w-cofactor-recycling with a formate dehydrogenase. Tetrahedron, 60 (3), 633-640. 

They were applied as effective reagents for the asymmetric reduction of ketones with borane. 

The rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of enol esters is an alternative to the asymmetric reduction of ketones. Although enol esters are accessible both from ketones and alkynes, the number of studies reporting successful asymmettic hydrogenation has been limited. It appears that, compared... 

Oxazaborolidine catalysts behave like an enzyme in the sense of binding with both ketone and borane, bringing them close enough to undergo reaction and releasing the product after the reaction. Thus these compounds are referred to as chemzymes by Corey.78 The oxazaborolidines listed in Figure 6-6 are representative catalysts for the asymmetric reduction of ketones to secondary alcohols. 

Asymmetric Reduction of Ketones Using Organometallic Catalysts... 

Table 11.1 Asymmetric reduction of ketones catalysed by (S)-Me-CBS[T (results...

M. D. Drew, N. J. Lawrence, W. Watson, S. A. Bowles, The Asymmetric Reduction of Ketones Using Chiral Ammonium Fluoride Salts and Silanes , Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 5857-5860. 

Asymmetric reduction of ketones. Pioneering work by Ohno et al. (6, 36 7, 15) has established that l-benzyl-l,4-dihydronicotinamide is a useful NADH model for reduction of carbonyl groups, but only low enantioselectivity obtains with chiral derivatives of this NADH model. In contrast, this chiral 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative (1) reduces a-keto esters in the presence of Mg(II) or Zn(II) salts in >90% ee (equation I).1 This high stereoselectivity of 1 results from the beneficial effect... 

A more versatile method to use organic polymers in enantioselective catalysis is to employ these as catalytic supports for chiral ligands. This approach has been primarily applied in reactions as asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral alkenes, asymmetric reduction of ketone and 1,2-additions to carbonyl groups. Later work has included additional studies dealing with Lewis acid-catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions, asymmetric epoxidation, and asymmetric dihydroxylation reactions. Enantioselective catalysis using polymer-supported catalysts is covered rather recently in a review by Bergbreiter [257],... 

In the asymmetric reduction of ketones, stereodifferentiation has been explained in terms of the steric recognition of two substituents on the prochiral carbon by chirally modified reducing agents40. Enantiomeric excesses for the reduction of dialkyl ketones, therefore, are low because of the little differences in the bulkiness of the two alkyl groups40. In the reduction of ketoxime ethers, however, the prochiral carbon atom does not play a central role for the stereoselectivity, and dialkyl ketoxime ethers are reduced in the same enantiomeric excess as are aryl alkyl ketoxime ethers. Reduction of the oxime benzyl ethers of (E)- and (Z)-2-octanone with borane in THF and the chiral auxiliary (1 R,2S) 26 gave (S)- and (R)-2-aminooctane in 80 and 79% ee, respectively39. 

Asymmetric reduction of ketones or aldehydes to chiral alcohols has received considerable attention. Methods to accomplish this include catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation, hydrosilylation, enzymatic reduction, reductions with biomimetic model systems, and chirally modified metal hydride and alkyl metal reagents. This chapter will be concerned with chiral aluminum-containing reducing re-... 

Asymmetric Reduction of Ketones with Chiral Organoaluminum Reagents... 

An example of biocatalytic C=0 bond reduction has also been reported in the literature. The asymmetric reduction of ketones via whole-cell bioconversions and TH was tested by van Leeuwen et al. as complementary approaches to asymmetric... 

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