Chiral buchwald catalyst

Asymmetric hydrosilylation of the cyclic imine 17 (Approach A) was precedented on simpler substrates by Buchwald but the method requires an expensive and highly air-sensitive chiral htanocene catalyst (Scheme 8.5) [6]. 

Co complexes, Buchwald reported the Ti-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of enynes-the so-called Pauson-Khand-type reaction [28]-and realized the first such catalytic and enantioselective reaction using a chiral Ti complex [29]. Here, a variety of enynes were transformed into bicyclic cyclopentenones with good to high ee-values however, several steps were required to prepare the chiral Ti catalyst, while the low-valent complex proved to be so unstable that it had to be treated under oxygen-free conditions in a glove box. 

Highly enantioselective hydrogenation of geometry-fixed cyclic imines has been achieved by the use of certain chiral Ti and Ir catalysts [14,17]. In particular, a chiral titanocene catalyst developed by Buchwald possess excellent enanti-odifferentiating ability for a variety of cyclic substrates [18]. 

Titanium complexes that are similar to Duthaler s ( 2.5.2) can be generated from TiCl4, Ti(Or-Pr)4 and diacetoneglucose 1.48. These complexes catalyze asymmetric hetero-Diels-Alder reactions, and give high enantiomeric excesses [827], Corey and coworkers [828] also prepared a chiral titanium catalyst derived from cis-/V-sulfonyl-2-amino-1 -indanol and used this to catalyze asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions. Buchwald and coworkers [829, 830] have proposed the use of titanocene-binaphthol catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation of imines or trisubsti-tuted olefins. 

Table 7.5. Examples of asymmetric imine reduction using Buchwald s chiral titanocene catalyst. Reactions were run at 45° and 80 psi, with 5 mol% s,S catalyst, unless noted otherwise.

Buchwald and coworkers developed a series of titanium complexes into highly efficient catalysts for hydrosilylation of ketones. Esters were catalytically converted to alcohols by catalysts formed through reaction of Cp2TiCl2 with n-Buli, followed by reaction with HSi(OEt)3 [66]. Subsequent studies with chiral Ti catalysts led to highly enantioselective hydrosilylation of ketones [67]. 

Cross-coupling reactions between amines and aryl halides or pseudohalides have been employed for the preparation of a number of chiral, nonracemic ligands for asymmetric catalysis. For example, early studies by Buchwald illustrated that chiral amino binaphthol derivatives could be generated by Pd-catalyzed Af-arylation of binaphthol-derived triflates (Eq. 74) [417]. A similar strategy was employed by Erase for the synthesis of planar-chiral [2.2]paracyclophane ligands (Eq. 75) [418]. The A -arylation of [2.2]paracyclophane-derived triflates has also been used for the construction of planar-chiral benzimidazoles [419]. The IV-arylation of a substituted pyrrolidine with 4-bromopyridine played a key role in the synthesis of a chiral nucleophilic catalyst related to DMAP [420]. 

In subsequent studies, Buchwald noted that an active chiral zirconocene catalyst was generated from zirconocene 160 and the ammonium salt 161 (Equation 48) [115]. The resulting complex was found to possess sufficient reactivity to reduce a range of tetrasubstituted unfunctionalized olefins with excellent enantio- and diastereoselectivity as exemplified by the formation of 161 (94%, 98% ee, >99 1 dr). 

Buchwald reported an important advance in enantioselective C=N reductions with the chiral titanocene catalyst 186 (X,X = l,l -binaphth-2,2 -diolate) [137]. The reduction of cyclic imines with 186 and silanes afforded products with high selectivity however, reductions of acyclic imines were considerably less selective. It was suggested that this arose from the fact that, unlike cyclic imines, acyclic imines are found as mixtures of equilibrating cis and trans isomers. An important breakthrough was achieved with the observation that in situ activation of the difluoride catalyst 187 (X = F) gave a catalytically active titanium hydride species that promotes the hydrosilylation of both cyclic and acyclic amines with excellent enantiomeric excess [138]. Subsequent investigations revealed that the addition of a primary amine had a beneficial effect on the scope of the reaction [138, 139]. A demonstration of the utility of this method was reported by Buchwald in the enantioselective synthesis of the alkaloid frans-solenopsin A (190), a constituent of fire-ant venom (Scheme 11.29) [140]. 

Buchwald reported asymmetric copper-catalyzed conjugate reductions of a variety of a,/i-unsaturated acceptors [175, 176]. The reactions were demonstrated to proceed with optimal enantioinduction in the presence of a chiral copper catalyst incorporating p-tol-BINAP (240, Scheme 12.20). A convenient feature of these reductions is the use of the inexpensive polymeric polymethyl-hydrosiloxane (PMHS) as the stoichiometric reductant. Unsaturated lactam 239 undergoes reduction in 90% yield and 90% ee to give 241, a key intermediate in a synthesis of the antidepressant (-)-paroxetine (242) [176]. 

Commensurately with the development of various catalyst systems, the Pd-catalyzed G-O cross-coupling has found a number of synthetic applications. Examples include the syntheses of the protein kinase G (PKC) activator (+)-decursin,104 the natural product heliannuol E,105 a chiral 2-methyl chroman,106 and a series of aryloxy and alkoxy porphyrins.107 The Buchwald-Hartwig coupling has also been utilized in the preparation of a heterocycle library.108 Intramolecular O-arylation has also been achieved in the reactions of enolates with aryl halides leading to benzofur-ans.109,110 Finally, a double cross-coupling between an 0-dibromobenzene and a glycol has also been applied for the preparation of benzodioxanes (Equation (16)).1... 

Given the importance of chiral amines to synthetic chemistry as well as other fields asymmetric hydrogenation of imines has attracted wide interest but limited success compared to C=C and C=0 bond reduction. The first asymmetric hydrogenation of imines was carried out in the seventies with mthenium- and rhodium-based catalysts, followed later by titanium and zirconium systems [82]. Buchwald found that... 

It was 1996 when Buchwald and Hicks reported the first example of an asymmetric PKR involving a catalytic amount of a chiral titanocene complex. The titanium catalyst (6 ,6 )-(EBTHI)Ti(GO)2 (EBTHI = ethylene-1,2-bis( 7 -4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-l-indenyl)) obtained in situ by treatment of (6 ,6 )-(EBTHI)TiMe2 under CO pressure was efficient for the formation of enantiomerically enriched carbocyclization adducts. ... 

The coupling of halopyridines was also extended to chiral amines. 2-Bromo-4-picoline was coupled with a series of enantiopure amines in the presence of Buchwald s palladium-BINAP catalyst system (7.71.).91... 

Singer and Buchwald found that the catalyst derived from DPEphos (19) was optimal for the arylation of the triflate derived from BINOL shown below, Eq. (124) [107]. Several useful chiral ligand building blocks were prepared in good to excellent yield. 

The first example of catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of N,N dialkyl enamines was reported by Buchwald and Lee in 1994. By using 5 mol% chiral ansa titanocene catalyst [(S,S,S) (EBTHI)TiO binaphtho] (EBTHI = ethylenebis(tetrahydroindenyl)), they achieved excellent enantioselectivities (up to 98% ee) in the hydrogenation of (1 arylvinyl)amines [50]. In 2000, Boner used chiral rhodium diphosphine complexes for the hydrogenation of 2 N piperidinylethylbenzene and 2 alkyl 1,3,3 trimethyle neindoline and obtained the tertiary amines in moderate enantiomeric excesses [51]. 

Only a few chiral catalysts based on metals other than rhodium and ruthenium have been reported. The titanocene complexes used by Buchwald et al. [109] for the highly enantioselective hydrogenation of enamines have aheady been mentioned in Section 3.4 (cf. Fig. 32). Cobalt semicorrin complexes have proven to be efficient catalysts for the enantioselective reduction of a,P-unsaturated carboxylic esters and amides using sodium borohydride as the reducing agent [ 156, 157]. Other chiral cobalt complexes have also been studied but with less success... 

A very different type of catalyst was developed by Buchwald et al. [6] the chiral Ti complex with Brintzinger s ansa-metallocene ligand (ebthi) is extraordinarily effective for the enantioselective hydrogenation of cychc imines with high optical yields (>97% ee). Unfortunately, the activity and productivity of this Ti catalyst are relatively low compared to Rh- and Ir-diphosphine catalysts. The stereochemical outcome of the reaction can be predicted by straightforward steric arguments. Acyclic imines are reduced with lower enantioselectivity, probably due to isomerization problems and the presence of syn/anti isomers. Studies with multifunctional imines or in presence of other substrates revealed that the scope of the Ti-ebthi catalyst is rather Hmited. Partial or total catalyst inhibition is observed in presence of most functional groups, expect amines, alcohols, acetals, and halides [39]. 

In 1998, Buchwald and coworkers reported the first example of the direct catalytic asymmetric a-arylation of ketone enolates using (S)-BINAP/Pd2(dba)3 as the catalyst [54]. Since then, the transition-metal-catalyzed enantioselective a-arylation of carbonyl compoimds has emerged as a simple and robust method for the construction of chiral benzylic quaternary centers [55]. 

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