Catalyst BINOL-type

Another method for the asymmetric version of the Baeyer-Villiger reaction was presented by Lopp and coworkers in 1996 . By employing overstoichiometric quantities of Ti(OPr-t)4/DET/TBHP (1.5 eq./1.8 eq./1.5 eq.), racemic andprochiral cyclobutanones were converted to enantiomerically enriched lactones with ee values up to 75% and moderate conversions up to 40% (Scheme 171). Bolm and Beckmann used a combination of axially chiral C2-symmetric diols of the BINOL type as ligands in the zirconium-mediated Baeyer-Villiger reaction of cyclobutanone derivatives in the presence of TBHP (or CHP) as oxidant (Scheme 172) . With the in situ formed catalysts 233a-d the regioisomeric lactones were produced with moderate asymmetric inductions (6-84%). The main drawback of this method is the need of stoichiometric amounts of zirconium catalyst. 

All the above-mentioned LnSB crystals showed similar mass patterns compared to those of Ln-Li-BINOL complexes, though they contained sodium instead of lithium. The oligomeric structure of the catalysts in the reaction mixture was supported by a slightly positive asymmetric amplification in the asymmetric nitroaldol reaction [9]. In addition, quite recently Shibasaki et al. reported the first X-ray crystallographic structure of a lithium-containing heterobime-tallic catalyst of type LnLB, namely the SmLi3tris(binaphthoxide) complex SmLB [8]. 

Chiral Oxygen Ligands. Among the oxygen donor ligands, the BINOL-type ones are predominant (68). The parent compound and its 3,3 -dibromo-substituted derivatives form efficient catalysts with titanium and zirconium (Fig. 8). Binaphthol-modified titanium(lV) compounds are efficient catalysts for ene reactions of glyoxylic esters and olefins. The replacement of isopropoxide of the titanium precursor, TiCl2(OiPr)2, is a crucial step in the formation of the catalytic species. 

Zirconium(rV) t-butoxide, Zr(OtBu)4 is a widely used component of various in situ catalysts. BINOL, its 3,3 -dibromo and 6,6 -dibromo derivatives, and TAD-DOL have been used as chiral ligands (138). These types of catalysts have been used for enantioselective Strecker reactions and Mannich-type reactions (139). 

An achiral iridium catalyst gives high yields in hydrogenation of imines derived from acetophenone, and also imines of aliphatic ketones. An enantioselective version has been developed, using a chiral phosphoric acid as Brpnsted acid. This gives ees up to 98%, but at the expense of the reaction rate, slowed by the bulk of the BINOL-type phosphoric acid. 

Shibasaki and Kanai have also reported bifunctional asymmetric catalyst (66) derived from carbohydrates (Scheme 6.47) [61]. Compared to BINOLate type catalyst (64a), generally, the enantiomeric excess values of resultant cyanohydrin silyl ethers were not higher. The reaction proceeded with high enantiomeric excess without both slow addition of TMSCN and the use of external phosphine oxide as an additive. 

Yamamoto et al. were probably the first to report that chiral aluminum(III) catalysts are effective in the cycloaddition reactions of aldehydes [11]. The use of chiral BINOL-AlMe complexes (R)-S was found to be highly effective in the cycloaddition reaction of a variety of aldehydes with activated Danishefsky-type dienes. The reaction of benzaldehyde la with Danishefsky s diene 2a and traws-l-methoxy-2-methyl-3-(trimethylsilyloxy)-l,3-pentadiene 2b affords cis dihydropyrones, cis-3, as the major product in high yield with up to 97% ee (Scheme 4.6). The choice of the bulky triarylsilyl moiety in catalyst (J )-8b is crucial for high yield and the en-antioselectivity of the reaction in contrast with this the catalysts derived from AlMe3 and (J )-3,3 -disubstituted binaphthol (substituent = H, Me, Ph) were effective in stoichiometric amounts only and were less satisfactory with regard to reactivity and enantioselectivity. 

The major developments of catalytic enantioselective cycloaddition reactions of carbonyl compounds with conjugated dienes have been presented. A variety of chiral catalysts is available for the different types of carbonyl compound. For unactivated aldehydes chiral catalysts such as BINOL-aluminum(III), BINOL-tita-nium(IV), acyloxylborane(III), and tridentate Schiff base chromium(III) complexes can catalyze highly diastereo- and enantioselective cycloaddition reactions. The mechanism of these reactions can be a stepwise pathway via a Mukaiyama aldol intermediate or a concerted mechanism. For a-dicarbonyl compounds, which can coordinate to the chiral catalyst in a bidentate fashion, the chiral BOX-copper(II)... 

Another recent example is the asymmetric Mannich-type reaction of hydroxyketones using a ZnEt2-BINOL complex as a catalyst.429 The complex provided superior enantioselectivity and had a very high turnover number. 

Ligand 73 was prepared directly from a single enantiomer of the corresponding naphthol of QUINAP 60, an early intermediate in the original synthesis, and both enantiomers of BINOL. Application in hydroboration found that, in practice, only one of the cationic rhodium complexes of the diastereomeric pair proved effective, (aA, A)-73. While (aA, A)-73 gave 68% ee for the hydroboration of styrene (70% yield), the diastereomer (aA, R)-73 afforded the product alcohol after oxidation with an attenuated 2% ee (55% yield) and the same trend was apparent in the hydroboration of electron-poor vinylarenes. Indeed, even with (aA, A)-73, the asymmetries induced were very modest (31-51% ee). The hydroboration pre-catalyst was examined in the presence of catecholborane 1 at low temperatures and binuclear reactive intermediates were identified. However, when similar experiments were conducted with QUINAP 60, no intermediates of the same structural type were found.100... 

The addition of trimethylsilyl (TMS) cyanide to aldehydes produces TMS-protected cyanohydrins. In a recent investigation a titanium salen-type catalyst has been employed to catalyse trimethylsilylcyanide addition to benzaldehyde at ambient temperature1118]. Several other protocols have been published which also lead to optically active products. One of the more successful has been described by Abiko et al. employing a yttrium complex derived from the chiral 1,3-diketone (41)[119] as the catalyst, while Shibasaki has used BINOL, modified so as to incorporate Lewis base units adjacent to the phenol moieties, as the chiral complexing agent11201. 

Two years later, Terada and coworkers described an asymmetric organocatalytic aza-ene-type reaction (Scheme 28) [50], BINOL phosphate (7 )-3m (0.1 mol%, R = 9-anthryl) bearing 9-anthryl substituents mediated the reaction of A-benzoylated aldimines 32 with enecarbamate 76 derived from acetophenone. Subsequent hydrolysis led to the formation of P-amino ketones 77 in good yields (53-97%) and excellent enantioselectivities (92-98% ee). A substrate/catalyst ratio of 1,000 1 has rarely been achieved in asymmetric Brpnsted acid catalysis before. 

In 2006, Yamamoto and Nakashima picked np on this and designed a chiral A -triflyl phosphoramide as a stronger Brpnsted acid catalyst than the phosphoric acids based on this concept. In their seminal report, they disclosed the preparation of new chiral BINOL-derived A -triflyl phosphoramides and their application to the asymmetric Diels-Alder (DA) reaction of a,p-unsaturated ketones with sily-loxydienes [83], As depicted in Scheme 59, chiral A-triflyl phosphoramides of the general type 4 are readily synthesized from the corresponding optically active 3,3 -substituted BINOL derivatives 142 through a phosphorylation/amidation route. 

The use of CBS-type catalysts has been extended to the reduction of oximes into chiral amines. Chu et have described the BINOL-proline-borate complex... 

Mikami et al. reported the first examples of catalytic asymmetric intramolecular carbonyl-ene reactions of types (3,4) and (2,4), using the BINOL-derived titanium complex (1) [46,49], The catalytic 7-(2,4) carbonyl-ene cyclization gives the corresponding oxepane with high enantiopurity, and the gem-dimethyl groups are not required (Scheme 8C.I8). In a similar catalytic 6-(3,4) ene cyclization, tran.v-tetrahydropyran is preferentially obtained with high enantiopurity (Scheme 8C. 19), The sense of asymmetric induction is the same as that observed for the glyoxylate-ene reaction, that is, (R)-BINOL-Ti catalyst provides (R)-alcohol. Therefore, the... 

BINOL-derived titanium complex was found to serve as an efficient catalyst for the Mukaiyama-type aldol reaction of ketone silyl enol ethers with good control of both absolute and relative stereochemistry (Scheme 8C.24) [57]. It is surprising, however, that the aldol products were obtained in the silyl enol ether (ene product) form, with high syn-diastereoselec-tivity from either geometrical isomer of the starting silyl enol ethers. 

The Stacker reaction has been employed on an industrial scale for the synthesis of racemic a-amino acids, and asymmetric variants are known. However, most of the reported catalytic asymmetric Stacker-type reactions are indirect and utilize preformed imines, usually prepared from aromatic aldehydes [24]. A review highlights the most important developments in this area [25]. Kobayashi and coworkers [26] discovered an efficient and highly enantioselective direct catalytic asymmetric Stacker reaction of aldehydes, amines, and hydrogen cyanide using a chiral zirconium catalyst prepared from 2 equivalents of Zr(Ot-Bu)4, 2 equivalents of (R)-6,6 -dibromo-1, l -bi-2-naphthol, (R)-6-Br-BINOL], 1 equivalent of (R)-3,3 -dibromo-l,l -bi-2-naphthol, [(R)-3-Br-BINOL, and 3 equivalents of N-methylimida-zole (Scheme 9.17). This protocol is effective for aromatic aldehydes as well as branched and unbranched aliphatic aldehydes. 

Two other types of catalysts have been investigated for the enantioselective Strecker-type reactions. Chiral N-oxide catalyst 24 has been utilized in the trimethylsilyl cyanide promoted addition to aldimines to afford the corresponding aminonitriles with enantioselectivities up to 73% ee [14]. Electron-deficient aldimines were the best substrates, but unfortunately an equimolar amount of catalyst 24 was used in these reactions. The asymmetric Strecker addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to a ketimine with titanium-based BINOL catalyst 25 gave fast conversions to quarternary aminonitriles with enantiomeric excesses to 59%... 

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