Carbon central chirality

The axially chiral (allenylmethyl) silanes 110 were also prepared in optically active form using chiral Pd catalysts [98]. For the asymmetric synthesis of 110, a Pd/(R)-segphos system was much better in terms of enantioselectivity than the Pd/(R)-binap catalyst. Under the optimized conditions, 110m and llOt were obtained in 79% ee (57% yield) and 87% ee (63% yield), respectively (Scheme 3.56). The enantio-merically enriched (allenylmethyl) silanes 110 served for Lewis acid-promoted SE reaction with tBuCH(OMe)2 to give conjugated dienes 111 with a newly formed chiral carbon center (Scheme 3.56). During the SE reaction, the allenic axial chirality was transferred to the carbon central chirality with up to 88% transfer efficiency. 

A 1,3-substituted allene, which has axial chirality instead of carbon central chirality, has been prepared by a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of 4,4-dimethylpenta-l,2-dienylzinc chloride (83) with phenyl iodide (5c) or by that of l-bromo-4,4-dimethylpenta- 1,2-diene (84) with phenylzinc chloride [60] (Scheme 8F.20). The highest enantiomeric purity (25% ee) of the allene (S)-85 was obtained in the former combination with (f ,/ )-diop (1) as chiral ligand. It is interesting that the enantiomeric purity was independent of the ratio of the reagents though the reaction seems to involve a kinetic resolution of the racemic 83. 

Chiral ferrocenylphosphines were first prepared by Hayashi and Kumada in 1974 [7], The asymmetric ortho-lithiation of optically resolved iV,iV-dimethyl-l-ferrocenyl-ethylamine 1 with butyllithium reported by Ugi and coworkers [8] (see Chapter 4) was conveniently used for their preparation. The addition of diphenylchloro-phosphine to the ortho-lithiated ferrocene 2 generated from (/ )- gave R)-N,N-dimethyl-l-[(S)-2-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethylamine ((/ )-(S)-PPFA 3a) in 60 — 70% yield (Scheme 2-1) [9], The first R) designates the carbon central chirality... 

Figure 8.17 Reaction of an alkyl halide with hydroxide ion. (a) A primary halide reacts by an SN2 mechanism, causing Walden inversion about the central, chiral carbon, (b) A tertiary halide reacts by an SN1 mechanism (the rate-determining step of which is unimolecular dissociation, minimizing the extent of Walden inversion and maximizing the extent of racemization). Secondary alcohols often react with both Sn 1 and SN2 mechanistic pathways proceeding concurrently...

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. 

The values given in column 3 of Table IV were obtained from the data in column 2 ((2) and (6)]. A comparison of the results for 14 and 15 indicates that the introduction of methyl groups at sites 4 and 5 (see 12), leading to central chirality R at both carbon atoms, is the main cause of enantiomer selectivity. This is in agreement with the only slightly different enantiomer selectivity of 16 relative to 15. As expected, the effect of 17 is reversed by 18. Although valinomycin 1 is chiral, no enantiomer selectivity was detectable (see Table IV). The potentiometrically determined enantiomer selectivity AEMF is correlated to the transport selectivity [(2), (6), (10), and (11)]... 

Pastor and Togni pointed out that the central chirality and the planar chirality in the ferrocenylphosphine ligand 2 are cooperative for stereoselection (the concept of internal cooperativity of chirality) [16,23,24]. As Table 8B1.7 shows, the change of chirality of the stereogenic carbon atom from R to, S results in the formation of the other trans-oxazoline enantiomer with moderate enantiomeric excess. 

Asymmetric induction of central chirality at a carbon atom was achieved by an intramolecular enantioposition-selective asymmetric cross-coupling [12]. Treatment of the prochiral bisbo-rane 46, which was prepared from the alkenyl triflate 45 and 2 equiv. of 9-BBN with 20 mol % of Pd/(S)-(/ )-BPPFOAc (48) catalyst generated in situ in THF, brings about intramolecular Suzuki coupling. The following oxidative workup and p-nitrobcnzoylation affords the chiral cyclopentane derivative (R)-47 in 58% yield and 28% ee (Scheme 8F.14). 

There are two different kinds of sources of molecular chirality central chirality and axial chirality (Fig. 1). Central chirality is due to the existence of chiral carbon, whereas axial chirality originates from twisted structures of molecules, between which a sufficiently high energy barrier exists, preventing the chiral conformational interconversion in ambient conditions. Surprisingly, however, the introduction of nonchiral molecules to chiral liquid crystalline environments sometimes enhances the chirality of the systems [3-5]. This means that inherently nonchiral molecules act as chiral molecules in chiral environments. This occurs in the following way. Molecules with axial chirality behave as nonchiral molecules when the potential barrier is low enough for chiral conformational interconversion. But when such... 

Acyliron complexes with central chirality at the metal are obtained by substitution of a carbon monoxide with a phosphine ligand. Kinetic resolution of the racemic acyliron complex can be achieved by aldol reaction with (1 R)-( I (-camphor (Scheme 1.14) [41], Along with the enantiopure (R, c)-acyliron complex, the (Spe)-acyliron-camphor adduct is formed, which on treatment with base (NaH or NaOMe) is converted to the initial (SFe)-acyliron complex. Enantiopure acyliron complexes represent excellent chiral auxiliaries, which by reaction of the acyliron enolates with electrophiles provide high asymmetric inductions due to the proximity of the chiral metal center. Finally, demetallation releases the enantiopure organic products. 

The industrial production of Crixivan (9 H2S04) took advantage of the chirality of (IS,2R)-aminoindanol to set the two central chiral centers of 9 by an efficient diastereoselective alkylation-epoxidation sequence.17 The lithium enolate of 12 reacted with allyl bromide to give 13 in 94% yield and 96 4 diastereoselective ratio. Treatment of a mixture of olefin 13 and V-chlorosuccinimide in isopropyl acetate-aqueous sodium carbonate with an aqueous solution of sodium iodide led to the desired iodohydrin in 92% yield and 97 3 diastereoselectivity. The resulting compound was converted to the epoxide 14 in quantitative yield. Epoxide opening with piperazine 15 in refluxing methanol followed by Boc-removal gave 16 in 94% yield. Finally, treatment of piperazine derivative 16 with 3-picolyl chloride in sulfuric acid afforded Indinavir sulfate in 75% yield from epoxide 14 and 56% yield for the overall process (Scheme 24.1).17-22... 

Several structural features of (-)-rhazinilam 3 raise interesting synthetic challenges the axially chiral phenyl-pyrrole A-C biaryl bond, the fused pyrrole-piperidine C-D rings, the stereogenic quaternary carbon (C-20) ortho to the phenyl-pyrrole axis, the nine-membered lactam firing. Three racemic (Smith, Sames, Magnus) and one asymmetric (Sames) total syntheses have been published to date, which all proceed via construction of the pyrrole ring and diastereoselective control of the axial chirality by the central chirality at C-20. 

Togni s synthetic route to a planar chiral (trimethylsilyl group on ferrocene) and central chiral (asymmetric carbon in the NHC-Cp alkyl linker) carbene ligand starts from a central chiral aminomethyl ferrocene (see Figure 5.29) [9]. Lithiation and subsequent reaction with trimethylsilyl chloride introduces planar chirality on ferrocene. Quartemisation of the dimethylamino group with methyl iodide enables reaction with imidazole to the double Fc substituted imidazolium salt which can then be deprotonated to the free carbene with potassium rerf-butylate. 

The geometry of most organosUanes is tetrahedral using the sp hybridized orbitals on sihcon. Like carbon, optically active silanes are possible when central chirality exists. A series of monofunctional optically active silanes can be prepared and used for stereochemical studies. These are the methyl(naphthyl)phenylsilyl derivatives, which are commoifly abbreviated to R3 Si X. Together with the similar germanium compound, the isoconfigurational series of compounds are shown in Figure 1. 

The optically active ferrocenylmonophosphine and bisphosphine that have dimethylamino functionality but do not possess the chiral carbon center on the side chain are obtained by optical resolution of the racemic ferrocenylphosphine sulfide 17 (Scheme 2-11) [9], The ferrocenylphosphines 18 and 19 are important for studies on the role of the central chirality on asymmetric induction in some catalytic asymmetric reactions. 

Planar chiral compounds should also be accessible from the chiral pool. An example (with limited stereoselectivity) of such an approach is the formation of a ferrocene derivative from a -pinene-derived cyclopentadiene (see Sect. 4.3.1.3 [81]). A Cj-symmetric binuclear compound (although not strictly from the chiral pool, but obtained by resolution) has also been mentioned [86]. Another possibility should be to use the central chiral tertiary amines derived from menthone or pinene (see Sect. 4.3.1.3 [75, 76]) as starting materials for the lithiation reaction. In these compounds, the methyl group at the chiral carbon of iV,iV-dimethyl-l-ferrocenyl-ethylamine is replaced by bulky terpene moieties, e.g., the menthane system (Fig. 4-2 le). It was expected that the increase in steric bulk would also increase the enantioselectivity over the 96 4 ratio, as indicated by the results with the isopropyl substituent [118]. However, the opposite was observed almost all selectivity was lost, and lithiation also occurred in the position 3 and in the other ring [134]. Obviously, there exists a limit in bulkiness, where blocking of the 2-position prevents the chelate stabilization of the lithium by the lone pair of the nitrogen. 

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