Diastereomeric ligands

The vinyloxirane reaction was later extended to methylidene cyclohexene oxide and to related meso derivatives [53]. The effects of the diastereomeric ligands 42 and 43 (Fig. 8.5), derived from (S)-binaphthol and (S, S)- or (R, R)-feis-phenylethyl-amine respectively, were investigated. In the case of kinetic resolution of racemic methylidene cyclohexane epoxide 45 with Et2Zn, ligand 42 produced better yields, regioselectivity, and enantioselectivity than 43 (Scheme 8.27). 

A series of chiral N,S-chelates was synthesized as ligands for the iridium(l)-catalyzed reduction of ketones using either HCOOH/NEtj or isopropanol as hydrogen sources. The ligands were obtained by sulfoxidation of an (R)-cysteine-based aminosulfide, providing a diastereomeric ligand family containing a chiral sulfur... 

The relative importance of the planar and central elements of chirality within the Josi-phos skeleton has also been established. Diastereomeric ligands 13 and 22 bear the same R) central chirality but have the opposite planar chirality (Fig. 9.4). Under standard reaction conditions with methanol as the nucleophile, the (R),(S)-ligand 13 gives 100% conversion after approximately 7 min. Conversely, the (i ),(i )-diastereomer 22 gives incom-... 

Both the selectivity and the activity of the diastereomeric ligands, (Rp,S)-5a and (Sp,S)-5a, were nearly identical and both showed positive chiral cooperativity (there was no observation of a mismatched pair). Through introduction of a phenyl residue in the a-position of the side-chain as shown in ligand pair 6a, there was again a small matched/mismatched effect, which was not as strong as in the unsubstituted case in ligand pair 4a. Overall, we could derive a simple rule for the ligands ... 

The application of diastereomeric ligands in the diethylzinc addition to aliphatic substrates demonstrated that two ligands, (Sp,S)-5b and (Rp,S)-5b, always yield appropriate esters 13 with opposite configurations. 

The difference in behavior of fhe two diastereomeric ligands 84 and 85 (Scheme 8.16) was remarkable whereas ligand 84 produced a completely regioregular but atactic copolymer wifh very high catalytic activity, 85 gave a completely regular isotactic copolymer wifh very low catalytic activity. 

In asymmetric catalysis the concept of non-linear effects for mixtures of enantiomeric ligands has been extended to the mixtures of diastereomeric ligands... 

Non-linear effects were discovered in 1986 [5]. They are now widely recognized in many catalytic reactions, and provide a useful tool for mechanistic investigations. Moreover, they can have some practical applications. For example, in the case of asymmetric amplification it is not necessary to perform a costly complete resolution of a chiral ligand if the reaction involves a strong (-i-)-NLE. The concept of non-linearity has been extended to mixtures of diastereomeric ligands (vide supra). Finally, asymmetric amplification is very useful in reactions which display asymmetric autocatalysis, giving high levels of enantioselectivity after initiation with a catalyst of very low ee. 

This methodology has also been employed for the preparation of tetradentate ligands by exchanging the primary amines for C2-symmetric primary diamines (eq 4). For example, from (/ ,/ -1,2-diamino-1,2-diphenylethane, diastereomeric ligand B was obtained in 84% yield. These aromatic amines are sufficiently reactive to open the aziridine ring. Due to steric hindrance, no further reaction of the secondary amine moieties with (5)-A -trifluoromethylsulfonyl-2-isopropylaziridine was observed. This tetradentate ligand was inferior to his(sulfonamides) as catalyst... 

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