Cobalt catalysts, chiral

The isomerization of an allylic amine to an enamine by means of a formal 1,3-hydrogen shift constitutes a relatively small structural change. However, this transformation could be extremely valuable if it could be rendered stereoselective. In important early studies, Otsuka and Tani showed that a chiral cobalt catalyst, prepared in situ from a Co(ii) salt, a chiral phosphine, and diisobutylaluminum hydride (Dibal-H), can bring about the conversion of certain pro-chiral olefins to chiral, isomeric olefins by double bond migra-... 

Moreover, using the cobalt catalyst S,S-(50c) it was possible to perform substrate screening45 so that the chiral epoxides (48a-c) could be studied in parallel.55 It was found that //-(48a) is the most reactive substrate followed by //-(48c) and //-(48b). The relative reactivity of //-(48b) and //-(48c) corresponds to that reported in the literature for laboratory scale reactions,83 whereas the reaction... 

Although disubstituted alkynes are used successfully as two-carbon components in chromium-mediated and -catalyzed [6 + 2]-reactions, the use of terminal alkynes produces a [6 + 2 + 2]-reaction (Section 10.13.3.7). Buono and co-workers have discovered that when a cobalt catalyst is employed, several monosubstituted alkynes can be used in [6 + 2]-cycloadditions with cycloheptatriene (Scheme 35). The use of a chiral BINOL-phosphoramidite cobalt complex affords an enantioselective [6 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction (Equation (18)).121... 

Asymmetric Hydroformylation. Hydroformylation of Olefins in the Presence of Chiral Rhodium and Cobalt Catalysts... 

The asymmetric hydrogenation of C—O bonds have now been achieved in optical yields up to 95%, rivalling the performance of alkenes. Here also, rhodium complexes have been used almost exclusively, but some success has been obtained with cobalt catalysts. Using [Co(HDMG)2] in presence of optically active bases, benzil could be reduced to benzoin (equation 54) in an optical yield of 78%. Quinine or quinidine were the chiral bases employed. The best optical yields were obtained with quinine (60). It was found that when benzylamine was also present, the rate of hydrogenation was greatly enhanced without any decrease in the optical yield.276... 

A combination of chiral cobalt-catalyst and sodium borohydride was successfully applied to the asymmetric reduction of aromatic ketones. A chiral cobalt complex 164 (5 mol%), prepared from the corresponding salen-type chiral bisketoaldimine and cobalt(II) chloride, catalyzed the reduction of dimethylchromanone 165 in the presence of sodium borohydride (1.5 equiv to ketone) in chloroform, including a small amount of ethanol at -20°C for 120 h to give alcohol 166 92% ee (S ) in 94% yield (Scheme 2.18) [94], Addition of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFFA) to the reaction system or the use of pre-modified borohydride, NaBH2(THFFA)2, improved the catalyst activity, that is, using this protocol, the reactions of ketone 165 and... 

The only substrate which has been hydroformylated using chiral cobalt catalysts with an optical yield comparable to those obtained with other metals is styrene (Table 1) in fact, in this case, optical yields up to 15% were obtained working in the presence of ethyl orthoformate15) to avoid racemization of 2-phenylpropanal. The changes in the prevailing absolute configuration of the synthesized aldehyde observed both in the styrene and 2-phenyl-1-propene hydroformylation upon... 

More recently, Pfaltz has reported high enantioselectivities for the cyclopropanation of monosubstituted alkenes and dienes with diazo carbonyl compounds using chiral (semicorrinato)copper complexes (P-Cu) (23-25), and Evans, Masamune, and Pfaltz subsequently discovered exceptional enantioselectivities in intermolecular cyclopropanation reactions with the analogous bis-oxazoline copper complexes (26-28). With the exception of the chiral (camphorquinone dioximato)cobalt(II) catalysts (N-Co) reported by Nakamura and coworkers (29,30), whose reactivities and selectivities differ considerably from copper catalysts, chiral complexes of metals other than copper have not exhibited similar promise for high optical yields in cyclopropanation reactions (37). 

Intramolecular Cyclopropanation with Chiral Rhodium(II) 2-Pyrroli-done-5-carboxylates. Applications of chiral copper and cobalt catalysts, including... 

From an economic viewpoint it would be desirable to develop efficient chiral homogeneous catalyst systems based on metals other than those from the expensive noble group. Ohgo and co-workers (45a-c) have made some progress with chiral cobalt catalysts, but much remains to be done in this area. 

An enantiomerically pure aldehyde, (lR,2R,3R)-2,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hep-tane-2-aldehyde, is produced from a-pinene by rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation [79, 80]. Initially, reaction with ferrocene under acidic conditions leads to a 1 1 mixture of diastereoisomeric cations, but on standing for a few hours at room temperature, isomerization by rotation around the ferrocene — cationic carbon bond to the thermodynamically more stable cation (with configuration (R) at the cationic center) occurs (Fig. 4-11). An enantiomerically pure amine is available by trapping of this cation by azide and reduction [75]. Analogously, the isomeric aldehyde with the bicyclo [2.2.1] heptane structure is formed by hydroformylation of a-pinene with cobalt catalysts [79, 80] and was used as the starting material for an isomeric series of chiral amines [75]. 

There are many cases where the [3 + 2]-cycloaddition leads to cycloadducts with high enantioselectivity. Cycloaddition of diazo esters with a cobalt catalyst having a chiral ligand leads to cyclopropane derivatives with good enantioselectivity. ... 

Liu, Y., Dimare, M., Marchese, S. A., Jacobsen, E. N., Jasmin, S. Hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides using chiral cobalt catalysts. WO 2002-US26729 (2003018520), 2003 (Rhodia/Chirex, Inc., USA). 47 pp... 

Enantioselection can be controlled much more effectively with the appropriate chiral copper, rhodium, and cobalt catalyst.The first major breakthrough in this area was achieved by copper complexes with chiral salicylaldimine ligands that were obtained from salicylaldehyde and amino alcohols derived from a-amino acids (Aratani catalysts ). With bulky diazo esters, both the diastereoselectivity (transicis ratio) and the enantioselectivity can be increased. These facts have been used, inter alia, for the diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of chrysan-themic and permethrinic acids which are components of pyrethroid insecticides (Table 10). 0-Trimethylsilyl enols can also be cyclopropanated enantioselectively with alkyl diazoacetates in the presence of Aratani catalysts. In detailed studies,the influence of various parameters, such as metal ligands in the catalyst, catalyst concentration, solvent, and alkene structure, on the enantioselectivity has been recorded. Enantiomeric excesses of up to 88% were obtained with catalyst 7 (R = Bz = 2-MeOCgH4). 

Similar reactions of norbornadiene with substituted buta-1,3-dienes in the presence of cobalt catalysts lead to the corresponding 1,4-adducts in 92-96% yield.In the presence of chiral phosphane ligands, this reaction has been brought about with up to 79% enantiomeric excess. The head-to-head dimer of norbornadiene, 1,2,4 5,6,8-dimethano-5-indacene (3, Binor-S ) was formed in quantitative yield on dimerizing norbornadiene with catalysts such as co-balt(II) bromide/triphenylphosphane, cobalt(ll) iodide/triphenylphosphane, or (triphenylphos-phanejrhodium chloride, in the presence of boron trifluoride-diethyl ether complex. ... 

This method is efficiently applied to stereoselective and asymmetrically induced synthesis using chirally modified cobalt catalysts/ - so. 52 - se... 

An enantioselective hydrogen migration of prochiral allylamines 188 and 190 to chiral enamincs 189 was realized by use of chiral cobalt catalysts (equation 18). 

Asymmetric catalysis in oxidation reactions by molecular oxygen with a chiral cobalt catalyst was studied by Shibata et al. in 1931 for the kinetic resolution... 

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