Chiral ligands alkynylation

Optically active alkynyl alcohols can, however, be conveniently prepared by the addition of dialkylzinc reagents of alkynyl aldehydes catalyzed by the chiral ligand (S)-l-methyl-a,a-diphenyl-2-pyrrolidine methanol33-34. 

The Lewis acid catalyst 53 is now referred to as the Narasaka catalyst. This catalyst can be generated in situ from the reaction of dichlorodiisopropoxy-titanium and a diol chiral ligand derived from tartaric acid. This compound can also catalyze [2+2] cycloaddition reactions with high enantioselectivity. For example, as depicted in Scheme 5-20, in the reaction of alkenes bearing al-kylthio groups (ketene dithioacetals, alkenyl sulfides, and alkynyl sulfides) with electron-deficient olefins, the corresponding cyclobutane or methylenecyclobu-tene derivatives can be obtained in high enantiomeric excess.18... 

A different approach towards titanium-mediated allene synthesis was used by Hayashi et al. [55], who recently reported rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective 1,6-addition reactions of aryltitanate reagents to 3-alkynyl-2-cycloalkenones 180 (Scheme 2.57). In the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane and (R)-segphos as chiral ligand, alle-nic silyl enol ethers 181 were obtained with good to excellent enantioselectivities and these can be converted further into allenic enol esters or triflates. In contrast to the corresponding copper-mediated 1,6-addition reactions (Section 2.2.2), these transformations probably proceed via alkenylrhodium species (formed by insertion of the C-C triple bond into a rhodium-aryl bond) and subsequent isomerization towards the thermodynamically more stable oxa-jt-allylrhodium intermediates [55],... 

Recently, Hiroi and co-workers reported a palladium-catalyzed asymmetric transformation of chiral 2-alkynyl sulfmates 142 into allenyl sulfones 145 (Scheme 4.38) [58], Treatment of 142 with Pd(OAc)2 in the presence of a phosphine ligand afforded allenylsulfones 145 with high stereospecificities (73-89%) in good yields, probably through intermediates 143 and 144. 

Although the CuBr/QUINAP system is an effective chiral catalyst in alkynylation of imines or iminiums, one drawback is that enantiopure QUINAP is quite expensive. An analog of QUINAP, PINAP (Figure 5.2), was readily synthesized and found as a very effective chiral ligand in the direct addition of alkynes to iminiums generated from aldehydes and secondary amines in situ (Scheme 5.8). ... 

As another approach, Carreira and coworkers reported the alkynylation of a nitrone using a terminal alkyne and catalytic amounts of Zn(OTf)2 and amine135. In the presence of a chiral ligand, the reaction proceeds enantioselectively to give hydroxyamine with . 

Furthermore, optically active alkynyl alcohols, useful intermediates for the synthesis of several optically active natural products, were obtained by the asymmetric addition of lithium acetylides to aldehyde in the presence of chiral ligand 2a Enhanced enantioselectivity in this reaction depends apparently on the substituent group in the acetylene moiety. As shown in Table 8, use of trialkylsilylacetylides gave the best results Various optically active ethynyl alcohols were obtained by the reaction of lithium trimethylsilylacetylide with aliphatic aldehydes, as summarized in Table 9... 

The enantioselective alkynylation of ketones catalyzed by Zn(salen) complexes has been reported [24]. Polymeric salen ligand 30 was prepared with a polycondensation reaction and subsequently used as a polymeric chiral ligand of Zn. The polymeric Zn(salen) complex (prepared by 30) was then used as a catalyst of asymmetric addihon of phenylacetylene to aldehyde in the presence of 2 equivalents of Et/Zri. Subsequent asymmetric alkynylahon of 31 gave 33 in 96% yield and 72% ee (Scheme 3.9) [25]. 

Ishizaki and Hoshino prepared optically active secondary alkynyl alcohols (up to 95% e.e.) by the catalytic asymmetric addition of alkyl zinc reagents to both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes. The chiral ligands studied were based on the pyridine scaffold. Of the three aryl substitutions studied, the a-napthyl derivative was found to be superior (Scheme 21.10). Mechanistically, it was proposed that (S)-l would react with dialkynyl zinc alkoxide A and ethyl zinc alkoxide B. Coordination of additional di-alkynyl zinc and alkynylethyl zinc with these alkoxides (A, B) would give C and D, respectively (Scheme 21.11). More bulky alkoxide (C) would have severe steric interactions with the alkynyl group and pyridine moiety, which might cause undesired conformational changes of the l-zinc complexes. Consequently, the enatioselectivity would be decreased. 

The catalytic enantio-selective addition of zinc alkynylides to various trifluo-romethyl ketones with selectivities that surpass 94% ee has been reported. By using 0 pseudoenantiomeric cinchona alkaloids as chiral ligands (e.g. 22), both enantiomers of the trifluoromethylated products were synthesized. The first experimental and computational evidence has been provided in support of alkynyl group transfer from an intermediate complex formed by transmetallation reaction between the alkynylide and the titanium catalyst. 

The addition of phenylacetylene to aromatic ketones gave the corresponding tertiary propargylic alcohols. The best enantioselectivity (97% ee) was obtained in alkynylation of 2-chloroacetophenone in the presence of a camphorsulfonamide-based chiral ligand (13). 

In 2002, Snapper and Hoveyda reported a chiral peptide 15-Al(OiPr)3 complex for the cyanosilylation of ketones (Scheme 19.9). This catalyst system exhibited excellent results (67->98% peld and 80-95% enantiomeric excess) for aromatic (cyclic and acyclic) and aliphatic ketones (saturated and unsaturated). Notably, the first example of catalytic enantioselective cyanide addition to an alkynyl ketone was developed. Meanwhile, the chiral ligand 15 was recyclable, readily modifiable and easily synthesised in six steps with 75% overall yield. 

Another efficient method to prepare chiral propargylamines 42 using a multicomponent process is by alkylation of in situ formed propargyl imines from alkynals 40 and o-phenoxy aniline (11c) by dialkylzinc derivatives 41 in the presence of a chiral ligand, for instance a dipeptide, and a Lewis acid salt, as depicted in Scheme 11.16 [48], Furthermore, the synthesis of A-aryl propargyl amines can be also performed by the alkynylation using dimethylzinc and terminal acetylenes of several aldehydes and o-methoxyaniline catalyzed by (l/ ,25)-A-bis(p-methoxybenzyl)norephedrine and phenylacetylene (52-93%, 79-97% ee) [49],... 

An enantioselective synthesis of 2-alkylidene-l,4-dioxanes is based on the Pd-catalysed heteroannulation of alkynyl carbonates to benzene-1,2-diol in the presence of chiral diphosphine ligands (Scheme 63) . 

Hydrosilation of conjugated enynes with HSiCl3 in the presence of a chiral palladium catalyst provides a route to enantioenriched allenyltrichlorosilanes [55]. A bulkyl alkynyl substituent such as tBu is most effective in directing facial and regios-electivity (Table 9.31). Two chiral ferrocenyl ligands, (S)-(R)-PPFOMe and (S)-(R)-bis-... 

An easy and simple synthesis of different chiral fran -l-arenesulfonylamino-2-isoborneolsulfonylaminocyclohexane derivatives (41) has been reported.108 These ligands have proved to be excellent promoters for the catalytic enantioselective alkylation and arylation of ketones (up to 99% ee), very good for the alkenylation process, and modest for the allylation and alkynylation reactions. 

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