Dimeric enantioselectivity

The most common oxidatiou states and corresponding electronic configurations of rhodium are +1 which is usually square planar although some five coordinate complexes are known, and +3 (t7 ) which is usually octahedral. Dimeric rhodium carboxylates are +2 (t/) complexes. Compounds iu oxidatiou states —1 to +6 (t5 ) exist. Significant iudustrial appHcatious iuclude rhodium-catalyzed carbouylatiou of methanol to acetic acid and acetic anhydride, and hydroformylation of propene to -butyraldehyde. Enantioselective catalytic reduction has also been demonstrated. 

The ANEH-mutant displaying enhanced enantioselectivity ( =10.8) was sequenced and shown to be characterized by three mutations, A217V near the active site and K332E and A390E both at remote positions [58]. The X-ray crystal structure of the WT ANEH had been analyzed earlier [61], revealing a dimer comprising identical... 

Dimerization of methylketene is catalyzed by an amine, trimethylsilylquinine, to give the P-lactone enantioselectively (Scheme 27) [129]. The catalyst amine attacks the ketene to form an ammonium enolate, an electron donating alkene. The donor is strong enough to react with a ketene across the C=0 bond. That is why the P-lactone is obtained instead of the 1,3-cyclobutandione, the uncatalyzed dimerization product of the monosubstituted ketene. 

The asymmetric ring opening (ARO) of racemic terminal epoxides with H2O via hydrolytic kinetic resolution provides an efficient synthetic route to prepare optically pure terminal epoxides. The dimeric type chiral Co(salen)AlX3 complex has great potential to catalyze HKR of terminal epoxides in a highly reactive and enantioselective manner in comparison to their monomeric analogy. 

Fig. 2. Initial rate kinetics for the enantioselective ring opening of the ECH with HjO catalyzed by the monomer and dimer chiral (salenlCoAlXa catalysts.

In the present study the dimer (salen)CoAlX3 showed enhanced activity and enantioselectivity. The catalyst can be synthesized easily by readily commercially available precatalyst Co(salen) in both enantiomeric forms. Potentially, the catalyst may be used on an industrial scale and could be recycled. Currently we are looking for the applicability of the catalyst to asymmetric reaction of terminal and meso epoxides with other nucleophiles and related electrophile-nucleophile reactions. 

Jautze S, Seiler P, Peters R (2007) Macrocyclic ferrocenyl-bisimidazoline palladacycle dimers as highly active and enantioselective catalysts for the Aza-Claisen rearrangement of Z-conflgured A-para-methoxyphenyl trifluoroacetimidates. Angew Chem Int Ed 46 ... 

The use of chiral C2-symmetric trifluoromethanesulfonamides derived from (i )-1,1 -binaphthyl-2,2 -diamine in similar reactions to those described above has led to the formation of the expected alcohols with enantioselectivities of 43-54% ees. Better enantioselectivities were observed by Paquette et al, resulting from the use of chiral C2-symmetric VERDI (verbenone dimers) disulfonamides derived from the dimerisation of (+ )-verbenone. Stereoselectivity levels ranging from 72 to 98% ee were observed, depending on the structural characteristics of the aldehyde (Scheme 3.45). ... 

The a,a,a,a-tetraaryl-l,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanol (TADDOL) chiral ligands have also been the basis of enantioselective catalysis of the D-A reaction. In a study using 2-methoxy-6-methylquinone as the dienophile, evidence was found that the chloride-ligated form of the catalysts was more active than the dimeric oxy-bridged form.117... 

Chiral Pd catalysts can achieve enantioselectivity. The best catalysts developed to date are dimeric ferrocenyl derivatives.264... 

Fig. 12.1. Predictive model for enantioselective dihydroxylation by dimeric alkaloid catalysts. (DHQD)2 catalysts give (3-approach (DHQ)2 catalysts give ot-approach. Reproduced from J. Org. Chem., 57, 2768 (1992), by permission of the American Chemical Society.

The mechanism by which the enantioselective oxidation occurs is generally similar to that for the vanadium-catalyzed oxidations. The allylic alcohol serves to coordinate the substrate to titanium. The tartrate esters are also coordinated at titanium, creating a chiral environment. The active catalyst is believed to be a dimeric species, and the mechanism involves rapid exchange of the allylic alcohol and /-butylhydroperoxide at the titanium ion. 

Pt/Al2C>3-cinchona alkaloid catalyst system is widely used for enantioselective hydrogenation of different prochiral substrates, such as a-ketoesters [1-2], a,p-diketones, etc. [3-5], It has been shown that in the enantioselective hydrogenation of ethyl pyruvate (Etpy) under certain reaction conditions (low cinchonidine concentration, using toluene as a solvent) achiral tertiary amines (ATAs triethylamine, quinuclidine (Q) and DABCO) as additives increase not only the reaction rate, but the enantioselectivity [6], This observation has been explained by a virtual increase of chiral modifier concentration as a result of the shift in cinchonidine monomer - dimer equilibrium by ATAs [7],... 

A chiral diphosphine ligand was bound to silica via carbamate links and was used for enantioselective hydrogenation.178 The activity of the neutral catalyst decreased when the loading was increased. It clearly indicates the formation of catalytically inactive chlorine-bridged dimers. At the same time, the cationic diphosphine-Rh catalysts had no tendency to interact with each other (site isolation).179 New cross-linked chiral transition-metal-complexing polymers were used for the chemo- and enantioselective epoxidation of olefins.180... 

Enzymatic enantioselective oligomerization of a symmetrical hydroxy diester, dimethyl /Lhydroxyglutarate, produced a chiral oligomer (dimer or trimer) with 30-37% ee [24]. PPL catalyzed the enantioselective polymerization of e-substituted-e-hydroxy esters to produce optically active oligomers (DP < 6) [25]. The enantioselectivity increased with increasing bulkiness of the monomer substituent. Optically active polyesters with molecular weight of more than 1000 were obtained by the copolymerization of the racemic oxyacid esters with methyl 6-hydroxyhexanoate. 

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