Chiral titanium reagents, development

Another chiral titanium reagent, 11, was developed by Corey et al. [17] (Scheme 1.24). The catalyst was prepared from chiral ris-N-sulfonyl-2-amino-l-indanol and titanium tetraisopropoxide with removal of 2-propanol, followed by treatment with one equivalent of SiCl4, to give the catalytically-active yellow solid. This catalyst is thought not to be a simple monomer, but rather an aggregated species, as suggested by NMR study. Catalyst 11 promotes the Diels-Alder reaction of a-bro-moacrolein with cyclopentadiene or isoprene. 

One of the efficient method for constructing carbohydrates is the Diels-Alder reaction, which gives a variety of important synthetic intermediates for the synthesis of cyclitol derivatives. We therefore were interested in the development of asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction by the use of chiral titanium reagents. 

An important development is the use of D-glucose-derived alkoxy ligands on titanium in cyciopentadi-enyldi(alkoxy)titanium enolates, which undergo efficient enantioselective aldol reactions with aldehydes. The chiral titanium reagent (30), prepared from reaction of cyclopentadienyltitanium trichloride with two equivalents of (l,2 5,6)-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-glucofuranose, can be used to transmetal late the lithium enolate of t-butyl acetate in ether solution (equation 10). The titanium enolate generated is then... 

Enantioselective carbonyl addition of dialkylzinc reagents to aldehydes is one of the most important and fundamental asymmetric reactions [2,15]. Several chiral titanium complexes have been developed to accelerate this type of reaction (Sch. 3) [16,18-26] since Ohno and Kobayashi achieved high enantioselectivity in the presence of Ti(OPr )4 and chiral disulfonylamide [16,17]. Seebach has also demonstrated that TADDOL-derived titanium complexes function as efficient asymmetric catalysts [18]. 

This transformation has been extended recently by the development of methods for the enantiotopos selective lithiation of a prochiral 2-butenylcarbamate and the subsequent formation of chiral 2-butenyltitanium reagents from these species (Scheme 10-94) [180]. The reaction of -2-butenylcarbamate 279 with a solution of 5ec -butyllithium and (-)-sparteine generates a crystalline lithium complex 280-sparteine. Upon addition of 4 equivalents of Ti(Oi-Pr)4, a homogeneous titanium complex 283 (see below) is formed. The titanium reagent is then allowed to react with aldehydes to produce diastereomerically pure homoallylic alcohols 282 with good to high enantioselectivity. The high enantioselectivity observed in the... 

Asymmetric catalysis of ene reactions was initially explored in the intramolecular cases, since the intramolecular versions are much more facile than their intermolecular counterparts. The first example of an enantioselective 6-(3,4) car-bonyl-ene cyclization was reported using a BINOL-derived zinc reagent [55]. However, this was successful only when using an excess of the zinc reagent (at least 3 equivalents). Recently, an enantioselective 6-(3,4) olefin-ene cyclization has been developed using a stoichiometric amount of a TADDOL-derived chiral titanium complex (Scheme 17) [56]. In this ene reaction, a hetero Diels-Alder product was also obtained, the ratio depending critically on the solvent system... 

Recently, many efforts have been focused on the development of the enantioselective (iodomethyl)zinc-mediated cyclopropanation of allylic alcohols. Kobayashi and co-workers reported that moderate to good enantioselectivities were observed if a Ci-symmetric chiral disulfonamide was added. " To reduce the rate of uncatalyzed process responsible for decrease of enantioselectivity, Charette and Brochu studied the effect of addition of Lewis acid, and proved that TiCU accelerates the reaction. The addition of the chiral titanium catalyst 548 allowed the conversion of 3-aryl and 3-heteroaryl-substituted allylic alcohols to the corresponding cyclopropane derivatives in enantiomeric ratios up to 97 3 (Scheme 2-154, eq. (a)). The dioxaborolane ligand 549 is an efficient chiral reagent for the enantioselective cyclopropanation not only of allylic alcohols but also of unconjugated and conjugated... 

Crimmins and co-workers have developed (V-acyloxazolidinethiones as chiral auxiliaries. These reagents show excellent 2,3-syn diastereoselectivity and enantio-selectivity in additions to aldehydes. The titanium enolates are prepared using TiCl4, with (-)-sparteine being a particularly effective base.141... 

Seebach and coworkers have developed enantioselective conjugate additions of primary dialkylzinc reagents to 2-aryl- and 2-heteroaryl-nitroalkenes mediated by titanium-TADDO-Lates (Eq. 4.90). x a TADDOLs and their derivatives are excellent chiral auxiliaries.9611... 

A variety of optically active 4,4-disubstituted allenecarboxylates 245 were provided by HWE reaction of intermediate disubstituted ketene acetates 244 with homochiral HWE reagents 246 developed by Tanaka and co-workers (Scheme 4.63) [99]. a,a-Di-substituted phenyl or 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenyl (BHT) acetates 243 were used for the formation of 245 [100]. Addition of ZnCl2 to a solution of the lithiated phos-phonate may cause binding of the rigidly chelated phosphonate anion by Zn2+, where the axially chiral binaphthyl group dictates the orientation of the approach to the electrophile from the less hindered si phase of the reagent. Similarly, the aryl phosphorus methylphosphonium salt 248 was converted to a titanium ylide, which was condensed with aromatic aldehydes to provide allenes 249 with poor ee (Scheme 4.64) [101]. 

In this context it is worth noting that neither the titanium(IV) tartrate catalyst nor other metal catalyst-alkyl hydroperoxide reagents are effective for the asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins. The only system that affords high enantioselectivities with unfunctionalized olefins is the manganese(III) chiral Schiff s base complex/NaOCl combination developed by Jacobsen [42]. There is still a definite need, therefore, for the development of an efficient chiral catalyst for asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins with alkyl hydroperoxides or hydrogen peroxide. 

Synthesis of Chiral Oxirans. The recently introduced Katsuki-Sharpless reagent (titanium alkoxide with tartrate) has proved highly effective for the maiden introduction of chirality into prochiral allylic alcohols. An interesting development of this procedure has afforded the possibility of kinetic resolution of racemic allylic alcohols. The basis of the method involves the... 

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