Chiral amines hydrosilylation

The chiral amine complex m-PtCl2(C2H4)[(S)—PhMeCHNH2] has been used for hydrogenation of phenylketones to the alcohols via the hydrosilylation-hydrolysis procedure (Section III,A,4), but optical yields were very low (211). 

A Ru complex with a chiral oxazolinylferrocenylphosphine (S)-6 (substrate Ru=100 l) with Cu(0S02CF3)2 promoted hydrosilylation of acetophenone using diphenylsilane (2 equivalents) in ether at 0 °C to give (R)-l-phenylethanol in 95% ee and in 59% yield after hydrolysis (Scheme 16) [31]. Propiophenone was reduced with 97% optical yield. This complex was also effective for the hydrosilylation of 2-phenyl-l-pyrroline in toluene at 0 °C to afford the S chiral amine in 88% ee [31].RuCl2[(.R)-TolBINAP][(S)-7] and Ag0S02CF3 catalyzed the hydrosilylation of acetophenone (substrate Ru Ag=100 l 4) with diphenylsilane to give the R product in 82% ee [32,33]. 

Chiral amines can be prepared by asymmetric hydrogenation, transfer hydrogenation and hydrosilylation of imines. The piperidine 137 with 98% ee was obtained by highly efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of the cyclic imines 136 catalysed by the Ti catalyst 61 [82]. Pyrrolidine 139 with 99% ee was obtained in 34% after 50%... 

Asymmetric hydrosilylation of imines followed by hydrolysis of the JV-silyl-amine intermediate yields chiral amines. The Kagan group hydrosilylated a series of prochiral imines with both polymethylhydrogensiloxane and diphenyl ... 

The first chiral NHCs of this type were developed by Herrmann and En-ders in 1996. Herrmann s group [6] synthesized a symmetric imidazolium salt 1 (as carbene precursor), starting from an enantiopure chiral amine which was readily converted to the heterocycle using a multi-component reaction previously developed by Arduengo [7]. After coordination to a rhodium(I) complex precursor (Scheme 1), this ligand was tested in the hydrosilylation of acetophenone. 

Asymmetric hydrosilylation cd is improved by a nucleophilic u chiral amine products and there susceptible to reaction with the h ... 

Asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketimines in the presence of a chiral titanocene difluoride is improved by a nucleophilic additive (e.g., isobutylamine) which serves to release the chiral amine products and thereby generates less hindered amido complexes which are susceptible to reaction with the hydrosilane. ... 

Hydrosilylation of unsaturated organic molecules is an attractive organic reaction. Asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral ketones or imines provides effective routes to optically active secondary alcohols or chiral amines (Scheme 756). These asymmetric processes can be catalyzed by titanium derivatives. The ( A ebthi difluoro titanium complex has been synthesized from the corresponding chloro compound.1659 This compound results in a very active system for the highly enantioselective hydrosilylation of acyclic and cyclic imines and asymmetric hydrosilylation reactions of ketones including aromatic ketones.1661,1666,1926-1929 An analogous l,l -binaphth-2,2 -diolato complex catalyzes the enantioselective hydrosilylation of ketones.1... 

Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Tandem Hydroamination/Hydrosilylation... 

Such imines can be used as ligands for catalytic enantioselective hydrosilylation of ketones (Section D.2.3.1.4) or asymmetric hydroformylation [Section D.l.5.8. which uses (.S)-/V-(2-hy-droxybenzylidene)-l-phenylethylamine (2) " ] or reduced further to chiral amines, e.g.. by sodium borohvdridc4. A convenient one-pot synthesis of such secondary amines uses sodium cyanoborohydride as the reducing agent6. 

Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Unsaturated Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds. Asymmetric, catalytic hydrosilylation of prochiral ketones with substituted silanes or siloxanes gives silyl ethers that can be easily hydrolyzed to chiral alcohols. Similarly, prochiral imines undergo asymmetric hydrosilylation to give A-silylamines and, after subsequent hydrolysis, chiral amines (Scheme 32). 

In recent years the solid-phase hydrosilylation reaction was successfully employed for synthesis of hydrolytically stable surface chemical compounds with Si-C bonds. Of special interest is application of this method for attachment of functional olefins, in particular of acrolein and some chiral ligands. Such matrices can be used for subsequent immobilization of a wide range of amine-containing organic reagents and in chiral chromatography. 

Hydrosilylation of imine compounds was also an efficient method to prepare amines. The hydrosilylation product TV-silylamines can readily be desilylated upon methanol or water treatment, yielding the corresponding amines. The amines can be converted to their corresponding amides by subsequent acyl anhydride treatment. The first attempt to hydrogenate prochiral imines with Rh(I) chiral phosphine catalysts was made by Kagan102 and others. These catalysts exhibited low catalytic activity, and only moderate ee was obtained. 

Ti-F bond and generate a Ti-H species when 99 was treated with phenylsilane. The chirality transfer may take place through imine insertion into the Ti-H bond, similar to that in the catalytic hydrogenation process.1000 The reaction can be carried out by the subsequent addition of imines. The corresponding silylated amines can be obtained and further converted to enantiomerically enriched amines upon acid treatment. For example, in the presence of 99, N-methylimine 100 undergoes complete hydrosilylation within 12 hours at room temperature, with 97% ee and up to 5000 turnovers.103... 

During the coverage period of this chapter, reviews have appeared on the following topics reactions of electrophiles with polyfluorinated alkenes, the mechanisms of intramolecular hydroacylation and hydrosilylation, Prins reaction (reviewed and redefined), synthesis of esters of /3-amino acids by Michael addition of amines and metal amides to esters of a,/3-unsaturated carboxylic acids," the 1,4-addition of benzotriazole-stabilized carbanions to Michael acceptors, control of asymmetry in Michael additions via the use of nucleophiles bearing chiral centres, a-unsaturated systems with the chirality at the y-position, and the presence of chiral ligands or other chiral mediators, syntheses of carbo- and hetero-cyclic compounds via Michael addition of enolates and activated phenols, respectively, to o ,jS-unsaturated nitriles, and transition metal catalysis of the Michael addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. ... 

Iridium complexes are known to be generally less active in hydrosilylation reactions when compared to rhodium derivatives, although iridium-based catalysts with bonded chiral carbene ligands have been used successfully in the synthesis of chiral alcohols and amines via hydrosilylation/protodesilylation of ketones [46-52] and imines [53-55], The iridium-catalyzed reaction of acetophenone derivatives with organosubstituted silanes often gives two products (Equation 14.3) ... 

Chiral oxazolinylphosphines were used as effective ligands for the iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation of imines to afford the corresponding sec-amines with high enantioselectivities (up to 89% ee) after hydrolysis in almost quantitative yields (Equation 14.6) [55]. The following derivatives as efficient ligands were used (see also Table 14.4) ... 

Keywords Asymmetric hydrosilylation, optically active alcohols, amines, Chiral Titanocene Catalysts, Acyclic Imines, Cyclic Imines, Chiral Rhodium Catalysts, aromatic ketones... 

Racemic N-methylimines derived from 4-substituted 1-tetralones were ki-netically resolved by asymmetric hydrosilylation with phenylsilane (1 equivalent) as a reducing agent using the titanocene catalyst (R)-ll (substrate Ti= 100 1) at 13 °C, followed by a workup procedure to afford the corresponding chiral ketones and chiral cis amines with very high enantio- and diastere-oselectivity (Scheme 12) [28], The extent of the enantiomeric differentiation, kfast/kslow was calculated to be up to 114. The ris-selectivity of this reaction was... 

Several cyclic imines were reduced with phenylsilane as a reducing agent in the presence of the chiral titanocene catalyst 11 followed by a workup process to give the corresponding cyclic amines in excellent ee [26]. The hydrosilylation of 2-propyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine with (R)-ll (substrate Ti=100 l) in THF at room temperature was completed in about 6 h (Scheme 14) [29]. The reaction mixture was treated with an acid and then with an aqueous base to afford (S)-coniine, the poisonous hemlock alkaloid, in 99% ee. 

The typical technologies used for the preparation of amines have also been used for the synthesis of optically pure (R)- or (S)-l-aminoindane. For example, resolution approaches include the diastereoisomeric salt formation of racemic A-bcnzyl- l -aminoindane with (,S )-mandclic acid41 or (R,R) tartaric acid,42 which resulted in, after hydrogenation, (R)-l-aminoindane with >99% ee. Also, resolutions that use enzymatic acylation concepts have been described.43 44 The maximum theoretic yield of 50% is a clear limitation of these methods. Asymmetric synthetic approaches to chiral 1-aminoindanes have been described, including enantioselective hydrosilylation of l-indanoxime45 46 and hydroboration of indene 47 However, ee values were low to moderate. 

Ferrocenyl-based ligands comprise a versatile class of auxiliaries because they can be easily modified at the benzylic position with retention of configuration and can incorporate both central and planar chiralities. The appropriate balance of steric and electronic factors has provided ferrocenyl derivatives featuring chelating P,N properties that proved beneficial in numerous enantioselective transformations [50]. Among more recent applications, they could be utilized very efficiently in Pd-catalyzed hydrosilylation (14 >99% ee) [51] and hydroboration (>94% ee) [52] of olefins, allylic amination (99 % ee) [53], Suzuki cross coupling reactions (Section 2.11) [54], and enamide hydrogenation (>99% ee) [55]. 

Optically active alcohols, amines, and alkanes can be prepared by the metal catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones, imines, and olefins [77,94,95]. Several catalytic systems have been successfully demonstrated, such as the asymmetric silylation of aryl ketones with rhodium and Pybox ligands however, there are no industrial processes that use asymmetric hydrosilylation. The asymmetric hydrosilyation of olefins to alkylsilanes (and the corresponding alcohol) can be accomplished with palladium catalysts that contain chiral monophosphines with high enantioselectivities (up to 96% ee) and reasonably good turnovers (S/C = 1000) [96]. Unfortunately, high enantioselectivities are only limited to the asymmetric hydrosilylation of styrene derivatives [97]. Hydrosilylation of simple terminal olefins with palladium catalysts that contain the monophosphine, MeO-MOP (67), can be obtained with enantioselectivities in the range of 94-97% ee and regioselectivities of the branched to normal of the products of 66/43 to 94/ 6 (Scheme 26) [98.99]. 

Since CIgSiH is known to be activated by DMF and other Lewis bases to effect hydrosilylation of imines (Scheme 4.2) [8], it is hardly surprising that chiral formamides, derived from natural amino adds, emerged as prime candidates for the development of an asymmetric variant of this reaction [8]. It was assumed that, if successful, this approach could become an attractive altemative to the existing enzymatic methods for amine production [9] and to complement another organo catalytic protocol, based on the biomimetic reduction with Hantzsch ester, which is being developed in parallel [5]. 

The asymmetric catalytic reduction of ketones (R2C=0) and imines (R2C=NR) with certain organohydrosilanes and transition-metal catalysts is named hydrosilylation and has been recognized as a versatile method providing optically active secondary alcohols and primary or secondary amines (Scheme 1) [1]. In this decade, high enantioselectivity over 90% has been realized by several catalytic systems [2,3]. Therefore the hydrosilylation can achieve a sufficient level to be a preparative method for the asymmetric reduction of double bond substrates. In addition, the manipulative feasibility of the catalytic hydrosilylation has played a major role as a probe reaction of asymmetric catalysis, so that the potential of newly designed chiral ligands and catalysts can be continuously scrutinized. 

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