Transformation, asymmetric

Dirhodium tetra(A-arylsulfonylprolinates) as chiral catalysts for asymmetric transformations of vinyl and aryldiazoacetates 99EJ02459. 

Asymmetric transformation of imines into chiral aziridines remains less well developed than the analogous transformation of aldehydes into epoxides [49, 50, 51]. The reported methods can be divided into three conceptual categories involving... 

Trimethylsilyldiazomethane reacts under similar conditions with N-tosylimines in the presence of (ft)-Tol-BINAP, with better enantiocontrol, but the process does not live up to the standards expected of modern asymmetric transformations (Scheme 4.28) [34],... 

The Sharpless-Katsuki asymmetric epoxidation (AE) procedure for the enantiose-lective formation of epoxides from allylic alcohols is a milestone in asymmetric catalysis [9]. This classical asymmetric transformation uses TBHP as the terminal oxidant, and the reaction has been widely used in various synthetic applications. There are several excellent reviews covering the scope and utility of the AE reaction... 

This asymmetric transformation has - besides its outstanding historical value... 

The Gabriel synthesis represents another indirect but highly valuable approach to amines. Trost has demonstrated a method for the asymmetric ring-opening of butadiene monoepoxide by use of one equivalent of phthalimide, 7t-allylpalladium chloride dimer, and the chiral bisphosphine 22 (Scheme 7.37). The dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation proceeded through a putative achiral intermedi-... 

Biocatalysts have received great attention in these last few years. Due to their capacity to perform asymmetric transformations under mild conditions [78], they have been useful tools for synthesizing optically active organic molecules. They promote a variety of chemical transformations, including the syntheses of esters and amides and oxidations, reductions, eliminations and carbon carbon forming. Little is known about biocatalyst-promoted Diels Alder reactions. 

This chapter will also deal with compounds containing two or three phosphinous amide units, which, for simpUcity, will be named here as bis(amino-phosphanes) or tris(aminophosphanes) but not with phosphinous amides containing other additional organophosphorus functionaUties as, for instance, the so-called aminophosphine phosphinites (AMMP), which have been the subject of increasing attention in the Uterature dealing with catalytic asymmetric transformations and have been treated in other reviews [2,3]. 

Abstract While the use of stoichiometric amounts of sparteine and related ligands in various asymmetric reactions often lead to highly enantioselective transformations, there have been far fewer applications of sparteine to asymmetric catalysis. The aim of this review is to highlight recent advances in the field of asymmetric transformations that use sparteine as chiral auxiliary, emphasizing the use of substoichiometric or catalytic amounts of this ligand. 

The use of chiral diaminocarbenes as transition metal hgands for catalyzed asymmetric synthesis is certainly an emerging field of research. They are relatively easy to prepare and they allow munerous structural modifications. Their transition metal complexes shows very usefull properties such as the thermal and air stability. Even if there is only a few reports of effective asymmetric transformations promoted by these class of catalyst, all these pioneering works open the route to the discovery of efficient new catalysts. 

Selective Asymmetric transformation precipitation I of the second kind... 

This chapter deals with recent developments in this area, in particular DKR by enzyme-metal combinations. Each successful DKR is exempfified with several substrates and novel metal catalyst. Asymmetric transformations of achiral substrates via DKR of racemic intermediates also are described. 

The DKR processes for secondary alcohols and primary amines can be slightly modified for applications in the asymmetric transformations of ketones, enol esters, and ketoximes. The key point here is that racemization catalysts used in the DKR can also catalyze the hydrogenation of ketones, enol esters, and ketoximes. Thus, the DKR procedures need a reducing agent as additional additive to enable asymmetric transformations. 

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