Derived Bifunctional Catalysts

Schenie13.7 Asymmetric aza MBH reaction of N sulfonated imine with various activated olefins. 

In the case of using salicyl N tosylimine in the reaction, two intermediates would 

Very recently, Zhu and coworkers have developed a novel catalysis that was applicable to the reaction of acrylate with both aromatic and aliphatic imines [21]. The 6 OH group in p ICD provided a handle for the introduction of other H bond donors that were capable of modulating both the steric and electronic parameters. Consequently, a series of amides and thioureas were synthesized from [5 ICD and screened as catalysts using N (p methoxybenzenesulfonyl)imine and [5 naphthyl acrylate as model substrates. As summarized in Table 13.2, after a survey of reaction conditions by varying the solvents, the temperatures, the stoichiometries, and the 

Derived from Asymmetric Aza Morita Baylis Hillman Reaction 

30 °C in the presence of 0.1 equiv of catalyst 13c and 0.1 equiv of (1 naphthol as an additive. Too strong acids instead of (1 naphthol as an additive either reduced the yield (PhCO2H) or completely inhibited the reaction (PhSO H) probably due to the acid base quench of active catalyst. 

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The catalytic effect of protons, of bifunctional catalysts, and of base is demonstrated in the amination of chloro derivatives of pyridazine, pyrimidine, and s-triazine (Tables V and VI). Anilino-s-triazines containing NH groups act as catalysts in their own formation. The catalytic action of protons on anhino-dechlorination of 2-chloro-4,6-diamino-s-triazine and of 2-amino-4-chloropyrimidine was reported in the classic paper by Banks. ... 

Additions to quinoline derivatives also continued to be reported last year. Chiral dihydroquinoline-2-nitriles 55 were prepared in up to 91% ee via a catalytic, asymmetric Reissert-type reaction promoted by a Lewis acid-Lewis base bifunctional catalyst. The dihydroquinoline-2-nitrile derivatives can be converted to tetrahydroquinoline-2-carboxylates without any loss of enantiomeric purity <00JA6327>. In addition the cyanomethyl group was introduced selectively at the C2-position of quinoline derivatives by reaction of trimethylsilylacetonitrile with quinolinium methiodides in the presence of CsF <00JOC907>. The reaction of quinolylmethyl and l-(quinolyl)ethylacetates with dimethylmalonate anion in the presence of Pd(0) was reported. Products of nucleophilic substitution and elimination and reduction products were obtained . Pyridoquinolines were prepared in one step from quinolines and 6-substituted quinolines under Friedel-Crafts conditions <00JCS(P1)2898>. 

Shibasaki et al. developed a polymer-supported bifunctional catalyst (33) in which aluminum was complexed to a chiral binaphtyl derivative containing also two Lewis basic phosphine oxide-functionahties. The binaphtyl unit was attached via a non-coordinating alkenyl Hnker to the Janda Jel-polymer, a polystyrene resin containing flexible tetrahydrofuran-derived cross-Hnkers and showing better swelling properties than Merifield resins (Scheme 4.19) [105]. Catalyst (33) was employed in the enantioselective Strecker-type synthesis of imines with TMSCN. 

Bifunctional catalysts have proven to be very powerful in asymmetric organic transformations [3], It is proposed that these chiral catalysts possess both Brpnsted base and acid character allowing for activation of both electrophile and nucleophile for enantioselective carbon-carbon bond formation [89], Pioneers Jacobsen, Takemoto, Johnston, Li, Wang and Tsogoeva have illustrated the synthetic utility of the bifunctional catalysts in various organic transformations with a class of cyclohexane-diamine derived catalysts (Fig. 6). In general, these catalysts contain a Brpnsted basic tertiary nitrogen, which activates the substrate for asymmetric catalysis, in conjunction with a Brpnsted acid moiety, such as urea or pyridinium proton. 

Connon/Song s bifunctional catalyst derived from quinine... 

M. Shi and Y.-L. Shi reported the synthesis and application of new bifunctional axially chiral (thio) urea-phosphine organocatalysts in the asymmetric aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) reaction [176, 177] of N-sulfonated imines with methyl vinyl ketone (MVK), phenyl vinyl ketone (PVK), ethyl vinyl ketone (EVK) or acrolein [316]. The design of the catalyst structure is based on axially chiral BINOL-derived phosphines [317, 318] that have already been successfully utilized as bifunctional catalysts in asymmetric aza-MBH reactions. The formal replacement of the hydrogen-bonding phenol group with a (thio)urea functionality led to catalysts 166-168 (Figure 6.51). 

A range of proline derivatives have been employed as enamine-based organocatalysts of direct aldols in water, without organic co-solvent.111 Using the reaction of cyclohexanone with benzaldehydes as a test bed, lipophilic diamine (40) in the presence of TFA proved to be an excellent bifunctional catalyst system, giving performance up to 99/90/99% in terms of conversion/r/c/ee. Alkyl chains of (40) make an organic microphase likely. 

A direct organocatalytic Michael reaction of ketones or aldehydes with /3-nitrostyrene has been reported in brine solution, using a bifunctional catalyst system proline-derived diamine (70) and TFA.203 In some cases the conversion, yield, de, and ee all exceeded 95%. Results in water were poor, mainly due to polymerization, which is catalysed by amines. It is proposed that sodium cations stabilize the anionic intermediate formed from (70) and /3-nitrostyrene, thus minimizing polymer formation. While organic co-solvent is not required, an organic-rich phase is proposed to concentrate the Michael reactants and catalysts, thus accelerating the reaction. 

Considerable effort has been devoted to the development of enantiocatalytic MBH reactions, either with purely organic catalysts, or with metal complexes. Paradoxically, metal complex-mediated reactions were usually found to be more efficient in terms of enantioselectivity, reaction rates and scope of the substrates, than their organocatalytic counterparts [36, 56]. However, this picture is actually changing, and during the past few years the considerable advances made in organocatalytic MBH reactions have allowed the use of viable alternatives to the metal complex-mediated reactions. Today, most of the organocatalysts developed are bifunctional catalysts in which the chiral N- and P-based Lewis base is tethered with a Bronsted acid, such as (thio)urea and phenol derivatives. Alternatively, these acid co-catalysts can be used as additives with the nucleophile base. 

Although dimeric Sharpless ligands as catalysts showed impressive results in related organocatalytic transformations, they provided only limited success in asymmetric MBH reactions (Scheme 5.12) [70]. These compounds are bifunctional catalysts in the presence of acid additives one of the two amine function of the dimers forms a salt and serves as an effective Bronsted acid, while another tertiary amine of the catalyst acts as a nucleophile. Whereas salts derived from (DHQD)2PYR, or (DHQD)2PHAL afforded trace amounts of products in the addition of methyl acrylate 8a and electron-deficient aromatic aldehydes such as 27, (DHQD)2AQN, 56, mediated the same transformation in ee up to 77%, albeit in low yield. It should be noted that, without acid, the reaction afforded the opposite enantiomer in a slow conversion. 

The topic of catalysis with Nafion has recently been reviewed in detail (56). Apart from using Nafion-H primarily as a solid superacid catalyst, a number of reports have described the use of functionalized Nafion derivatives by metal cation exchange to achieve various types of organic reaction. These include a bifunctional catalyst (acid and cation site), a heterogeneous perfluorosulfonate salt (only cation sites), and a trifunctional... 

Bifunctional catalysis is important in the decomposition of the tetrahedral intermediate derived from the interaction of water with an iminolactone (Schmir and Cunningham, 1965 Section IIB), and also in the decomposition of the anionic tetrahedral intermediate derived from the interaction of hydroxide with amides (Schowen and Zuorick, 1966). In the latter example bifunctional catalysis is presumed to be important because of the extraordinary catalytic ability of the bifunctional catalyst glycine. 

A possible way to induce enantioselectivity in the aldol reaction is to empioy a chirai catalyst. M. Shibasaki and coworkers developed a bifunctional catalyst, (S)-LLB (L=lanthanum LB=lithium binaphthoxide), which could be successfully applied in direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions. An improved version of this catalyst derived from (S)-LLB by the addition of water and KOH was utilized in the formal total synthesis of fostriecin. ... 

Scheme 8.19 Supported thiourea derivative as chiral bifunctional catalyst.

Chiral Binol-Derived Bifunctional Amine Catalysts... 

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