Catalytic asymmetric synthesis reaction

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis with participation and formation of heterocycles (including asymmetric phase transfer reactions and asymmetric reactions with chiral Lewis catalysts) 93MI1. 

See e.g. (a) W. Cahhuthehs, Cycloaddition Reactions in Organic Synthesis, Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry Series Vol. 8 Pergamon Press Elmsford, NY 1990 (b) I. OjiMA, Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis, VCH Publishers. Inc. New York. 1993 ... 

For his work on chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions, representing a major contribution to the development of catalytic asymmetric synthesis, K. B. Sharpless was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2001. ... 

Aziridination remains less well developed than epoxidation. Nevertheless, high selectivity in inline aziridination has been achieved through the use of chiral sulfi-nimines as auxiliaries. Highly successful catalytic asymmetric aziridination reactions employing either sulfur ylides or diazo esters and chiral Lewis acids have been developed, although their scope and potential applications in synthesis have yet to be established. 

Following Uskokovic s seminal quinine synthesis [40], Jacobsen has very recently reported the first catalytic asymmetric synthesis of quinine and quinidine. The stereospecific construction of the bicyclic framework, introducing the relative and absolute stereochemistry at the Cg- and expositions, was achieved by way of the enantiomerically enriched trans epoxide 87, prepared from olefin 86 by SAD (AD-mix (3) and subsequent one-pot cyclization of the corresponding diol [2b], The key intramolecular SN2 reaction between the Ni- and the Cg-positions was accomplished by removal of the benzyl carbamate with Et2AlCl/thioanisole and subsequent thermal cyclization to give the desired quinudidine skeleton (Scheme 8.22) [41],... 

Ghosh et al. [70] reviewed a few years ago the utihty of C2-symmetric chiral bis(oxazoline)-metal complexes for catalytic asymmetric synthesis, and they reserved an important place for Diels-Alder and related transformations. Bis(oxazoline) copper(II)triflate derivatives have been indeed described by Evans et al. as effective catalysts for the asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction [71]. The bis(oxazoline) Ugand 54 allowed the Diels-Alder transformation of two-point binding N-acylimide dienophiles with good yields, good diastereos-electivities (in favor of the endo diastereoisomer) and excellent ee values (up to 99%) [72]. These substrates represent the standard test for new catalysts development. To widen the use of Lewis acidic chiral Cu(ll) complexes, Evans et al. prepared and tested bis(oxazoHnyl)pyridine (PyBOx, structure 55, Scheme 26) as ligand [73]. 

Taggi AE, Hafez AM, Wack H, Young B, Ferraris D, Lectka T (2002) The development of the first catalyzed reaction of ketenes and imines catalytic, asymmetric synthesis of P-lactams. J Am Chem Soc 124 6626-6635... 

Another microwave-mediated intramolecular SN2 reaction forms one of the key steps in a recent catalytic asymmetric synthesis of the cinchona alkaloid quinine by Jacobsen and coworkers [209]. The strategy to construct the crucial quinudidine core of the natural product relies on an intramolecular SN2 reaction/epoxide ringopening (Scheme 6.103). After removal of the benzyl carbamate (Cbz) protecting group with diethylaluminum chloride/thioanisole, microwave heating of the acetonitrile solution at 200 °C for 2 min provided a 68% isolated yield of the natural product as the final transformation in a 16-step total synthesis. 

The studies summarized above clearly bear testimony to the significance of Zr-based chiral catalysts in the important field of catalytic asymmetric synthesis. Chiral zircono-cenes promote unique reactions such as enantioselective alkene alkylations, processes that are not effectively catalyzed by any other chiral catalyst class. More recently, since about 1996, an impressive body of work has appeared that involves non-metallocene Zr catalysts. These chiral complexes are readily prepared (often in situ), easily modified, and effect a wide range of enantioselective C—C bond-forming reactions in an efficient manner (e. g. imine alkylations, Mannich reactions, aldol additions). 

M J. O Donnell, Asymmetric Phase Transfer Reactions , In Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis (Ed. L Ojima), VCH, New York, 1993, Chapter 8 (pp. 390-411). 

Pd-catalyzed Heck reactions are among the most effective methods for the formation of quaternary carbon centers. Considering the significance and the strategic difficulties associated with the synthesis of quaternaiy carbons, particularly in the optically enriched or pure form, it is not a surprise that the development of catalytic asymmetric Heck reactions has held center stage for the past few years. One of the leading labs in this area is that of Shibasaki, who in 1993 reported a concise total synthesis of eptazodne 23 (Scheme 4).141 Thus, treatment of silyl ether 18 with 10 mol% Pd(OAc>2 and 25 mol% (S)-19 leads to the formation of 20 in 90 % yield and 90% ee As illustrated in Scheme 4, once the quaternary carbon center is synthesized efficiently and selectively, the target molecule is accessed in a few steps. 

The catalytic asymmetric synthesis of allenes was first achieved by Elsevier and co-workers in 1989 [104]. A palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of an allenyl-metal compound 250 (M = ZnCl, MgCl or Cu) with iodobenzene in the presence of DIOP 251 gave 252 in 25% ee (Scheme 4.65). The synthesis of 252 by the reaction of 250 (M = Br) with phenylzinc chloride in the presence of a chiral palladium catalyst gave a quantitative conversion but very low enantiomeric excesses (3-9% ee). 

In 1993, Hayashi and co-workers reported a catalytic asymmetric synthesis of alle-nylboranes 256 by palladium-catalyzed hydroboration of conjugated enynes 253 (Scheme 4.66) [105]. Reaction of but-l-en-3-ynes 253 with catecholborane 254 in the presence of a catalyst, prepared from Pd2(dba)3 CHC13 (1 mol%) and a chiral mono-dentate phosphine ligand (S)-MeO-MOP 255 (1 mol%), gave an allenylborane 256. The ee of 256 was determined by the reaction with benzaldehyde affording the corresponding optically active homopropargyl alcohols 257 with up to 61% ee (syn anti= 1 1—3 1). 

Representative metal complexes employed for the catalytic asymmetric Strecker reaction are summarized in Figure 4.2. Aluminum-, titanium-, lanthanoid-, and zirconium-based catalysts are highly efficient. Direct one-pot synthesis starting from aldehydes, and amines is reported using the Zr complex described in Figure 4.2. ... 

The initial work on the asymmetric [4-1-2] cycloaddition reactions of A -sulfinyl compounds and dienes was performed with chiral titanium catalysts, but low ee s were observed <2002TA2407, 2001TA2937, 2000TL3743>. A great improvement in the enantioselectivity for the reaction of AT-sulfinyl dienophiles 249 or 250 and acyclic diene 251 or 1,3-cyclohexadiene 252 was observed in the processes involving catalysis with Cu(ll) and Zn(ii) complexes of Evans bis(oxazolidinone) (BOX) ligands 253 and 254 <2004JOC7198> (Scheme 34). While the preparation of enantio-merically enriched hetero-Diels-Alder adduct 255 requires a stoichometric amount of chiral Lewis acid complex, a catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 44 is achieved upon the addition of TMSOTf. 

The use of chiral oxazolines as ligands for catalytic asymmetric synthesis is undoubtedly the most important development in oxazohne chemistry. Compared with other ligands, oxazolines offer the advantage of being easily accessible from chiral amino alcohols that are, in turn, readily available from a chiral pool of amino acids. There have been numerous reports on this exciting use of oxazolines during the last 10 years. Many of the ligands studied to date contain at least two oxazoline units. The synthesis and reactions of bis(oxazohnes) are discussed in detail in Chapter 9 the discussions in this section are limited to mononuclear oxazolines. 

Until 1968, not a single nonenzymic catalytic asymmetric synthesis had been achieved with a yield above 50%. Now, barely 15 years later, no fewer than six types of reactions can be carried out with yields of 75-100% using amino acid catalysts, i.e., catalytic hydrogenation, intramolecular aldol cyclizations, cyanhydrin synthesis, alkylation of carbonyl compounds, hydrosilylation, and epoxidations. 

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