Chiral diastereoselective additions

An analogous solvent effect was observed upon treatment of the chiral a-alkoxy aldehyde 11 with 2-lithio-4-methylfuran in the presence of zinc bromide. This highly diastereoselective addition reaction was the key step in a synthesis of the enantiomcrically pure C-10-C-20 fragment of the immunosuppressant KK 506139. 

One of the first examples of this type of reaction, using a chiral alcohol as an auxiliary, was the asymmetric synthesis of 2-hydroxy-2-phenylpropanoic acid (atrolactic acid, 3, R1 =C6H5 R3 = CH3) by diastereoselective addition of methyl magnesium iodide to the men-thyl ester of phcnylglyoxylie acid4,5 (Table 22). 

Another chiral auxiliary used in diastereoselective addition reactions is the 1,3-oxazine derivative 4a which shows a close structural resemblance to the 1,3-oxathiane 16 (vide supra). However, in contrast to the oxathiane, 4a cannot be readily acylatcd in the 2-position. Therefore, the benzoyl derivative 4b was prepared by condensing amino alcohol 3 with phenylglyoxal. 

Besides simple alkyl-substituted sulfoxides, (a-chloroalkyl)sulfoxides have been used as reagents for diastereoselective addition reactions. Thus, a synthesis of enantiomerically pure 2-hydroxy carboxylates is based on the addition of (-)-l-[(l-chlorobutyl)sulfinyl]-4-methyl-benzene (10) to aldehydes433. The sulfoxide, optically pure with respect to the sulfoxide chirality but a mixture of diastereomers with respect to the a-sulfinyl carbon, can be readily deprotonated at — 55 °C. Subsequent addition to aldehydes afforded a mixture of the diastereomers 11A and 11B. Although the diastereoselectivity of the addition reaction is very low, the diastereomers are easily separated by flash chromatography. Thermal elimination of the sulfinyl group in refluxing xylene cleanly afforded the vinyl chlorides 12 A/12B in high chemical yield as a mixture of E- and Z-isomers. After ozonolysis in ethanol, followed by reductive workup, enantiomerically pure ethyl a-hydroxycarboxylates were obtained. 

Diastereoselective addition has been carried out with achiral reagents and chiral substrates, similar to the reduction shown on page. 1201, but because the attacking atom in this case is carbon, not hydrogen, it is also possible to get diastereoselective addition with an achiral substrate and an optically active reagent. Use of suitable reactants creates, in the most general case, two new chiral centers, so the product can exist as two pairs of enantiomers ... 

Scheme 13 Diastereoselective addition of a-nitrocarbanions to chiral imines...

Scheme 25 Diastereoselective addition of organometallic reagents to chiral a-amino hydrazones...

Scheme 40 Diastereoselective addition of y-substituted allyllithium and allylzinc reagents to a chiral diimine...

In the discussion of the stereochemistry of aldol and Mukaiyama reactions, the most important factors in determining the syn or anti diastereoselectivity were identified as the nature of the TS (cyclic, open, or chelated) and the configuration (E or Z) of the enolate. If either the aldehyde or enolate is chiral, an additional factor enters the picture. The aldehyde or enolate then has two nonidentical faces and the stereochemical outcome will depend on facial selectivity. In principle, this applies to any stereocenter in the molecule, but the strongest and most studied effects are those of a- and (3-substituents. If the aldehyde is chiral, particularly when the stereogenic center is adjacent to the carbonyl group, the competition between the two diastereotopic faces of the carbonyl group determines the stereochemical outcome of the reaction. 

The reaction of nitrones with terminal alkynes proceeds in excellent yields and high purity, in the presence of stoichiometric quantities of diethylzinc and zinc triflate (219, 661-663). To optimize the process of diastereoselective addition of terminal alkynes to chiral nitrones, ZnCl2 and NEt3 in toluene were used. This reaction protocol is facile to perform, cost-effective and environmental friendly (664). 

Increasing interest is expressed in diastereoselective addition of organometallic reagents to the ON bond of chiral imines or their derivatives, as well as chiral catalyst-facilitated enantioselective addition of nucleophiles to pro-chiral imines.98 The imines frequently selected for investigation include N-masked imines such as oxime ethers, sulfenimines, and /V-trimcthylsilylimines (150-153). A variety of chiral modifiers, including chiral boron compounds, chiral diols, chiral hydroxy acids, A-sull onyl amino acids, and /V-sulfonyl amido alcohols 141-149, have been evaluated for their efficiency in enantioselective allylboration reactions.680... 

Similarly, diastereoselective addition of 42 to chiral a-ketoamides 65 afforded primary allene adducts 66 in moderate yields but with a high level of stereoselectivity (Scheme 8.18) [55],... 

The substrate-controlled diastereoselective addition of lithiated alkoxyallenes to chiral nitrones such as 123, 125 and 126 (Scheme 8.32) furnish allenylhydroxyl-amines as unstable products, which immediately cydize to give enantiopure mono-orbicyclic 1,2-oxazines (Eqs 8.25 and 8.26) [72, 76]. Starting with (R)-glyceraldehyde-derived nitrone 123, cydization products 124 were formed with excellent syn selectivity in tetrahydrofuran as solvent, whereas precomplexation of nitrone 123 with... 

With conditions that allow for the diastereoselective addition of y-substi-tuted vinylogous ketene acetals various aldehydes were tested. Compounds 66 and 68 exhibited very good syn (4/5) and Felkin (5/6) selectivity even though the chiral center at C3 would disfavor the Felkin product (Scheme 28). 

As discussed in Chapt. 6, copper-mediated diastereoselective addition and substitution reactions are vell studied methods for the construction of chiral centers in organic molecules. The development of copper-mediated enantioselective substitution reactions, ho vever, is still at an early stage. 

As part of a strategy of employing monosaccharides as a convenient source of chirality, organometallic additions to protected L-erythrulose derivatives have been carried out. Employing silyl, benzyl, trityl, and acetonide protecting groups, the diastereoselectivities obtained are discussed in terms of chelation to the a-and/or the /3-oxygen, and are compared with results for similar aldehydes. 

Diastereoselective Additions to Chiral a-Substituted Carbonyl Substrates... 

The use of chiral Br0nsted acids is illustrated in Eq. 93 as a method for catalyst-controlled double diastereoselective additions of pinacol allylic boronates. Aside from circumventing the need for a chiral boronate, these additions can lead to very good amplification of facial stereoselectivity. For example, compared to both non-catalyzed (room temperature, Eq. 90) and SnCU-catalyzed variants, the use of the matched diol-SnCU enantiomer at a low temperature leads to a significant improvement in the proportion of the desired anti-syn diastereomer in the crotylation of aldehyde 117 with pinacolate reagent (Z)-7 (Eq. 93). Moreover, unlike reagent (Z)-ll (Eq. 91) none of the other diastereomers arising from Z- to E-isomerization is observed. 

The chiral a-substituted reagents 21, 23, 28, and 75 (Fig. 6) are very powerful controllers of double diastereoselective additions and perform admirably well even in mismatched simations. Reagent 75 tends to be more... 

The Corey allylation system based on a chiral bis(sulfonamide) auxiliary was put to use with success in a number of synthetic efforts, including the total synthesis of the anticancer agent leucascandrolide (Scheme 13). Chiral reagent 152 is added to an achiral aldehyde, 3-(/ -methoxybenzyloxy)propanal, affording intermediate 153 in high stereoselectivity. The latter is transformed into a pyranyl aldehyde, which is subjected to a second allylation (this time, a doubly diastereoselective addition) en route to the completion of leucascandrolide. 

As demonstrated in the course of a total synthesis of the macrolide bafilo-mycin, double diastereoselective additions can be useful even in the mismatched manifold. For example, the crotylation of chiral a-substituted aldehyde 167 with (E)- affords an 85 15 ratio of diastereomers favoring the desired anti-anti product (Scheme 17). Without a chiral tartrate reagent, the undesired anti-syn diastereomer would be intrinsically favored from aldehyde 167. The use of the appropriate tartrate reagent, the (R,R) unit in this instance, overturns this preference to afford an acceptable ratio of the two separable dias-teomers. 

Nevertheless, chiral propargylic amines remain interesting substrates for achieving the diastereoselective addition of substituted allylic organozinc compounds to metallated alkynes. Besides crotylzincation, one example of diastereoselective addition of zincated allyl ethyl ether to 328 has also been reported183. 

Although the diastereoselective addition of nucleophiles to imines offers an attractive route to chiral amine derivatives, most chiral nonracemic imines suffer from low reactivity (electrophilicity), resulting in no reaction or competitive reduction with organometallic reagents. Other problems include enolization of aliphatic imines, poor... 

Complete details are available concerning stereoselective addition of these reagents to chiral aldehydes or ketones and of crotyltitanium compounds to carbonyl groups (12, 354).2 The most diastereoselective additions to cyclohexanones known to date are effected with organotitanium reagents. 

Variable levels of asymmetric induction or diastereoselectivity have been found with additions of or-ganometallics to a,0-unsaturated chiral amides (chiral auxiliary). For example, as shown in Scheme 26, Mukaiyama reports that the diastereoselective addition of Grignard reagents to -substituted a,p-un-... 

Masked chiral a-hetero substituted carboxylic acid enolates have also shown utility in dia-stereoselective additions to nitroalkenes. For example, derivatives of a-hydroxycarboxylic acids, e.g. l,3-dioxolan-4-ones (187) a-amino acids, e.g. 1,3-imidazolidin-4-ones (188) and a-amino-fi-hydroxy-carboxylic acids, e.g. methyl 1,3-oxazolidin-4-carboxylates (189) and methyl l,3-oxazolin-4-carboxy-lates (190), have been employed.1S0a Further, diastereoselective additions of chiral (3-hydroxyesters (191), via the enediolates, to nitroalkenes (40) afford predominant anr/ -P-hydroxyesters (192 Scheme... 

DIASTEREOSELECTIVE ADDITIONS OF ACHIRAL CARBON NUCLEOPHILES TO CHIRAL SUBSTRATES... 

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