Asymmetric synthesis rhodium-catalyzed

Of course, new variants of the (N + C=C) approach continue to be reported. Muller and coworkers, who recently reviewed the field of rhodium(II)-catalyzed aziridinations with [N-(p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl)imino]phenyliodinane <96JP0341>, have explored the application of this technology to asymmetric synthesis. Thus, treatment of c/s-p-methylstyrene (141) with PhI=NNs and Pirrung s catalyst [Rh2 (-)(R)-bnp 4] in methylene chloride medium afforded the corresponding aziridine (142) in 75% yield and 73% ee <96TET1543>. 

Chiral phosphine based transition metal complexes are nsed as a powerful tool for asymmetric synthesis (3). A fundamental mechanistic nnderstanding is required for rhodium and mthenium catalyzed reactions. The starting point of those investigations was the clear and detailed stractnral description of the isolated pre catalyst system. 

Rhodium complexes catalyze 1,2-addition of main group metal compounds to aldimines as well. Table 5 summarizes the reported methods. Electron-withdrawing substituents such as sulfonyl and acyl groups on the imino nitrogen atom are important to obtain sufficiently high reactivity. Asymmetric synthesis (diastereoselective and enantioselective) has also been accomplished. 

Optically active aldehydes are important precursors for biologically active compounds, and much effort has been applied to their asymmetric synthesis. Asymmetric hydroformylation has attracted much attention as a potential route to enantiomerically pure aldehyde because this method starts from inexpensive olefins and synthesis gas (CO/H2). Although rhodium-catalyzed hydrogenation has been one of the most important applications of homogeneous catalysis in industry, rhodium-mediated hydroformylation has also been extensively studied as a route to aldehydes. 

Scheme 4.67 Asymmetric synthesis of allene 260 by rhodium-catalyzed hydrosilylation of diyne 258.

A rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of chiral titanium enolates by 1,4-addition of aryltitanium reagents to a,p-enones under aprotic conditions has... 

Senda, T. Ogasawara, M. Hayashi, T. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of Organoboron Reagents to 5,6-Dihydro-2(lH)-pyridinones. Asymmetric Synthesis of 4-Aryl-2-piperidinones. ]. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 6852-6856. 

When (R,R)-Me-Duphos, (R,R,R,R)-BICPO [9] or BINAP [10] is used, the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric cycloisomerization of 3 affords 4 with up to >99.5% enantiomeric excess (Scheme 7 2). This methodology was applied to the synthesis of functionalized a-methylene-y-butyrolactone derivatives 6 such as (-i-)-pilocarpine 7 (Scheme 7.3) [11]. 

Rhodium-catalyzed allylic alkylation provides an expeditious entry into a variety of useful synthons for asymmetric synthesis. For example, the application of this reaction to a range of enantiomerically enriched allylic carbonates with the sodium salt of methyl phenylsulfonylacetate provides products that represent important synthons for target-directed synthesis (Tab. 10.1) [17]. 

Scheme 2.21 Chemoenzymatic synthesis of L-alanine 9 via a sequential rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric reduction followed by acylase I.

The high regio- and stereospecificity in the rhodium-catalyzed system does not seem to be compatible with the catalytic asymmetric synthesis using a chiral rhodium catalyst, and thus, there have so far been very few reports on the use of chiral rhodium catalysts for the asymmetric allylic alkylation. In 1999, Pregosin and his co-workers first reported asymmetric rhodium-catalyzed allylic alkylation of allylic esters (Equation (48)). Use of optically active... 

The enantioselective synthesis of 3-substituted tetrahydroquinolines was achieved with 98% ee starting from o-nitrocinnamyl intermediates and using rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation, with subsequent cyclization yielding the heterocycle (Scheme 10) <20010L2053>. In an analogous fashion, Sharpless epoxidation of similar o-nitrocinnamyl alcohols yields 3-substituted tetrahydroquinolines with 90% ee. 

Recently, Reek et al. published the synthesis of a 9H,9 H- [4,4 ]bicarbazole-3,3r-diol (BICOL)-based chiral monodentate phosphoramidite ligand, which was functionalized with two different third-generation carbosilane dendritic wedges (Fig. 26) [57]. As reference reaction in the catalytic study, the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of Z-methyl-a-acetamido-cinnamate was chosen. Using a ligand-to-rhodium ratio of 2.2 led to enantio-selectivities which were comparable to the results obtained using the parent BINOL-derived monodentate phosphoramidite MonoPhos. 

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