Chiral ligands Subject

Having demonstrated a practical and reliable method to access 2-arylpyrrolidines in high enantioselectivity, we felt that a noteworthy extension of this methodology would lie in its application to bis-arylated products 27, providing a rapid and efficient approach to enantiopure C2-symmetric 2,5-diarylpyrrolidines, which have been identified as valuable chiral auxiliaries and chiral ligand manifolds [29]. Towards this end, substrate 26a was subjected to the standard arylation conditions, which produced 2,5-diphenyl-N-Boc-pyrrolidine 27 in a 96 4 diastereomeric ratio, and 57% isolated yield (s-BuIi/TMEDA produced 27 in lower d.r. (66 34) and yield (42%)), as depicted in Scheme 8.13. 

The subject of asymmetric synthesis generally (214, 215) gained new momentum with the potential use of transition metal complexes as catalysts. The use of a complex with chiral ligands to catalyze a synthesis asymmetrically from a prochiral substrate is advantageous in that resolution of a normally obtained racemate product may be avoided, for example,... 

Palladium-catalyzed bis-silylation of methyl vinyl ketone proceeds in a 1,4-fashion, leading to the formation of a silyl enol ether (Equation (47)).121 1,4-Bis-silylation of a wide variety of enones bearing /3-substituents has become possible by the use of unsymmetrical disilanes, such as 1,1-dichloro-l-phenyltrimethyldisilane and 1,1,1-trichloro-trimethyldisilane (Scheme 28).129 The trimethylsilyl enol ethers obtained by the 1,4-bis-silylation are treated with methyllithium, generating lithium enolates, which in turn are reacted with electrophiles. The a-substituted-/3-silyl ketones, thus obtained, are subjected to Tamao oxidation conditions, leading to the formation of /3-hydroxy ketones. This 1,4-bis-silylation reaction has been extended to the asymmetric synthesis of optically active /3-hydroxy ketones (Scheme 29).130 The key to the success of the asymmetric bis-silylation is to use BINAP as the chiral ligand on palladium. Enantiomeric excesses ranging from 74% to 92% have been attained in the 1,4-bis-silylation. 

Jeong and co-workers utilized a cobalt-alkyne complex to enhance enantioselectivity of the addition of bis (homoallyl)zinc to propargyl aldehydes 68 by the exaggeration of steric environment. The reaction provided optically enriched propargyl alcohol 69 in the presence of a chiral ligand and titanium tetra(isopropoxide) in excess. Adduct 69 was subjected to PKR to yield optically enriched bicyclic compounds 70 (Equation (39)). ... 

A listing of trisubstituted olefins that have been subjected to catalytic AD is given in Table 6D.5 [29,31,40]. Only three compounds of this type have been dihydroxylated by using the newer, more efficient chiral ligands, and all three are converted to diols with high enantiomeric purities under these conditions. 

The cationic Jt-allyl complex is often isolable and has been the subject of considerable study. X-ray structures of the 7t-allyl complexes with chiral ligands have been a primary source of structural information from which the design and predictive model of chiral catalysts derive. Chiral-metal-olefin complexes, which constitute another important class of intermediates have also been isolated, albeit few in number [31]. These static studies have been complemented by a growing number of NMR studies taking advantage of modem heteronuclear correlation and NOE techniques, which offer opportunities to monitor solution structures of the catalytic species [32-34],... 

A combinatorial approach for the evaluation of chiral ligands for copper-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-additions was described by Gennari et al. A library of 100 imines was subjected to a high-throughput screening for... 

The subject of alternative reaction media (neoteric solvents) also touches on another issue which is very relevant in the context of this book recovery and reuse of the catalyst. This is desirable from both an environmental and an economic viewpoint (many of the catalysts used in fine chemicals manufacture contain highly expensive noble metals and/or (chiral) ligands. 

The research on asymmetric organozinc additions to carbonyl compounds started in 1984 when Oguni and Omi obtained 49% e.e. in the reaction of diethylzinc with benzaldehyde catalyzed by (X)-leucinol. Since then, a huge number of chiral (see Chiral) catalysts, mostly derived from amino alcohols, have been developed and the subject has been extensively reviewed. 63.264 jjjg highly enantioselective (see Electrophile) ligand (—)-3-exo-dimethylaminoisobomeol [(-)-DAIB] developed by Noyori and coworkers in 1986 is still used even if its application is mostly limited to aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes (equation 62). As shown by previous studies, chiral (see Chiral) ligands have a dual... 

For the preparation of chiral ligand 72, with a pendant achiral oxazoline, the thiocarbamate 71 was subjected to MNK rearrangement (280 °C, 17 min) to the corresponding thiocarbamate (S)-72 in 57% yield (Scheme 31). 

Asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral carbonyl compounds, alkenes, 1,3-dienes, and imines has been extensively studied and remains one of the most important subjects in the field. This reaction is strongly affected by the nature of the catalyst (metal, type of chiral ligand) and the substrate as well as the reaction conditions (solvent, temperature, etc.). In recent years, many papers have been published on asymmetric hydrosilylation, describing new catalytic systems (mainly new optically active ligands) and new synthetic applications of the reaction [4, 24]. 

The Sharpless regioreversed asymmetric aminohydroxylation protocol was used as a key step in the total synthesis of ustiloxin D by M.M. Joullie and co-workers.The ( )-ethyl cinnamate derivative was subjected to in situ generated sodium salt of the N-Cbz chloroamine in the presence of catalytic amounts of the anthraquinone-based chiral ligand to afford the desired A/-Cbz protected (2S,3R)-(3-hydroxy amino ester in good yield and with good diastereoselectivity. 

Trimethylsilyl cyanide. 13, 87-88 14,107 15,102-104 17,89 18,381-382 19,375 fi-Trimethylsiloxy nitriles. The TiCl -promoted epoxide opening is subject to asymmetric induction by chiral ligands. The derivatization of aryl ketones is efficiently promoted by LiClO and LiBF. For safety consideration the use of LiBF /MeCN is recommended. 

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