Chemo- and stereoselective

Because of the unambiguous reactive sites of monomers and the high chemo-and stereoselectivity of transition-metal-catalyzed coupling reactions, polymers prepared by transition metal coupling have predictable chemical structures. Functional groups can be easily and selectively introduced at the desired position within die polymer chains. Therefore, polymers widi specific properties can be rationally designed and synthesized. 

Chemo- and stereoselective reduction of (56) to (55) is achieved In highest yield by sodium borohydride in ethanol. The isolated ketone is reduced more rapidly than the enone and (55) is the equatorial alcohol. Protection moves the double bond out of conjugation and even the distant OH group in (54) successfully controls the stereochemistry of the Simmons-Smith reaction. No cyclopropanation occurred unless the OH group was there. Synthesis ... 

R. Noyori and T. Ohkuma, Asymmetric Catalysis by Architectural and Functional Molecular Engineering Practical Chemo- and Stereoselective Hydrogenation of Ketones , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl, 2001, 40, 40. 

A powerful concept for improving the chemo- and stereoselectivity of metal catalysts is their modification by co-adsorbed auxiliaries. This concept should be particularly useful for... 

The hydrogenation of alkenes and alkynes in water can also use silanes as hydrogen sources. Tour reported that by using palladium acetate as catalyst, triethoxysilane reduced C-C unsaturated bonds to saturation in a mixture of THF and water.18 The reaction showed excellent chemo- and stereoselectivity. Water was essential to the reaction. In the absence of water, 95% of the starting alkene remained unchanged (Eq. 3.3). 

Noyori, R. and Okhuma, T. (2001) Asymmetric catalysis by architectural and functional molecular engineering practical chemo- and stereoselective hydrogenation of ketones. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 40 (1), 40-73. 

H. Nagai, S. Matsumura, and K. Toshima, A novel promoter, heteropoly acid, mediated chemo- and stereoselective sulfoxide glycosidation reactions, Tetrahedron Lett., 41 (2000) 10233-10237. 

Hydroxyl-assisted epoxidation using TS-1/H202 is chemo- and stereoselective (165). Thus, when cyclopent-2-en-l-ol or cyclohex-2-en-l-ol was treated with... 

The beneficial effect of added phosphine on the chemo- and stereoselectivity of the Sn2 substitution of propargyl oxiranes is demonstrated in the reaction of substrate 27 with lithium dimethylcyanocuprate in diethyl ether (Scheme 2.9). In the absence of the phosphine ligand, reduction of the substrate prevailed and attempts to shift the product ratio in favor of 29 by addition of methyl iodide (which should alkylate the presumable intermediate 24 [8k]) had almost no effect. In contrast, the desired substitution product 29 was formed with good chemo- and anti-stereoselectivity when tri-n-butylphosphine was present in the reaction mixture [25, 31]. Interestingly, this effect is strongly solvent dependent, since a complex product mixture was formed when THF was used instead of diethyl ether. With sulfur-containing copper sources such as copper bromide-dimethyl sulfide complex or copper 2-thiophenecarboxylate, however, addition of the phosphine caused the opposite effect, i.e. exclusive formation of the reduced allene 28. Hence the course and outcome of the SN2 substitution show a rather complex dependence on the reaction partners and conditions, which needs to be further elucidated. 

For a synthesis of leurosidine (56), 15,20-dihydrocatharanthine iV-oxide (57) was subjected to coupling with vindoline (3) under the modified Polo-novski conditions. The initial adduct, imonium salt 58, was converted to the enamine 59 in base. Oxidation of this product with osmium tetrox-ide proceeded chemo- and stereoselectively, without reaction of the... 

These examples of rhodium-catalyzed [4 + 2] reactions provide the first chemo- and stereoselective carbocycHzations of tethered diene-aUenes, through the facial differentiation of the rhodium-complex. This presumably results in the kinetic formation of a preferred metaUacycle intermediate, which subsequently undergoes alkene insertion... 

Recent advances in the rhodium-catalyzed [4-1-2] reactions have led to the development of the first highly regioselective intermolecular cyclization, providing access to new classes of carbocycles with both activated and unactivated substrates. The chemo- and stereoselective carbocyclizations of tethered diene-allene derivatives afford new classes of 5,6- and 6,6-bicyclic systems. Additionally, examination of a wide range of factors that influence both diastereo- and enantioselectivity has provided a significant advance in the understanding of catalyst requirements across these systems. 

Habib-Zahmani H, Hacini S, Charormet E, Rodriguez J (2002) A new multicomponent domino transformation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds one-pot regio-, chemo- and stereoselective access to valuable alpha,gamma-difunctionalized alpha-ketoesters and amides. Synlett 1827-1830... 

Maeda K, Shinokubo H, Oshima K (1997) Lewis acid-induced chemo- and stereoselective allylation of a-iodo mixed acetal with allylsilane. J Org Chem 62 6429-6431... 

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