DUPHOS imines

A trons-[RuCl2(diphosphine)(l,2-diamine)] complex with (R,R)-Et-DuPhos and (R,R)-l,2-diaminocyclohexane as the ligand combination has been found to be effective for the hydrogenation of imine 143, with up to 94% ee being obtained under the standard basic conditions employed for this catalytic system [198]. Unfortunately, the optimum combination of chiral diphosphine and diamine was found to be substrate-dependent, with only 40% ee being obtained for 2-methylquinoxaline 144 with Et-DuPhos. 

Burk et al. showed the enantioselective hydrogenation of a broad range of N-acylhydrazones 146 to occur readily with [Et-DuPhos Rh(COD)]OTf [14]. The reaction was found to be extremely chemoselective, with little or no reduction of alkenes, alkynes, ketones, aldehydes, esters, nitriles, imines, carbon-halogen, or nitro groups occurring. Excellent enantioselectivities were achieved (88-97% ee) at reasonable rates (TOF up to 500 h ) under very mild conditions (4 bar H2, 20°C). The products from these reactions could be easily converted into chiral amines or a-amino acids by cleavage of the N-N bond with samarium diiodide. 

Ru-diphosphine-diamine complexes developed originally by Noyori for the hydrogenation of aryl ketones are also suitable for the hydrogenation of imines. The best results are obtained for N-aryl imines where a Ru-duphos-diamine complex achieved up to 94% ee, albeit with relatively low activity and productivity (entry 3.7) (for data relating to cyclic imines, see Table 34.5). 

Rhodium diphosphine catalysts can be easily prepared from [Rh(nbd)Cl]2 and a chiral diphosphine, and are suitable for the hydrogenation of imines and N-acyl hydrazones. However, with most imine substrates they exhibit lower activities than the analogous Ir catalysts. The most selective diphosphine ligand is bdppsuif, which is not easily available. Rh-duphos is very selective for the hydrogenation of N-acyl hydrazones and with TOFs up to 1000 h-1 would be active enough for a technical application. Rh-josiphos complexes are the catalysts of choice for the hydrogenation of phosphinyl imines. Recently developed (penta-methylcyclopentyl) Rh-tosylated diamine or amino alcohol complexes are active for the transfer hydrogenation for a variety of C = N functions, and can be an attractive alternative for specific applications. 

Substituents on imino nitrogen influence both reactivity and enantioselectivity in hydrogenation of imino compounds. Figure 1.32 shows two successful examples. An f-BINAPHANE-Ir complex effects asymmetric hydrogenation of A-aryl aromatic imines.On the other hand, an Et-DuPHOS-Rh complex (see Figure 1.2) is effective for hydrogenation of A-acyUiydrazones. ... 

The presence of a heteroatom directly connected to the nitrogen atom of the imine activates it toward hydrogenation, while creating a second coordination site for the catalyst. Indeed, some successful results have been achieved for the hydrogenation of N-acylhydrazone, sulfonimide, and N-diphenylphosphinyl ketimines. The Et-DuPhos-Rh complex is an efficient catalyst for the asymmetric hydrogenation of a variety of N-acyl- ... 

Only one paper has reported on catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation. In this study by Corma et al., the neutral dimeric duphos-gold(I)complex 332 was used to catalyze the asymmetric hydrogenation of alkenes and imines. The use of the gold complex increased the enantioselectivity achieved with other platinum or iridium catalysts and activity was very high in the reaction tested [195] (Figure 8.5). 

Prochiral imines to chiral amines Chiral enamine reductions Ir/Perfluoroalkyl modified-phosphinodihydrooxazoles/B(ArF)4 (it,R)-Et-DuPHOS-Rh+X X = B(f)4 or CF3S03]... 

The enantioselective reduction of a C=N double bond is an interesting alternative for the production of chiral amines by hydrogenation of enamides. Required imines or oximes can be prepared by reaction of ketones with amines or hydroxylamines. However, to date, trials to reduce these substrates with ethyl-DuPHOS catalysts gave no satisfying results. Therefore, transformation of ketones or a-keto acids into acylhydrazones and subsequent enantioselective hydrogenation has proven advantageous (eq 12, Table 5). ... 

Both Me-DuPHOS (483) and Me-DuPHOS monoxide (484) have been successfully used as chiral ligands in the copper catalysed highly enantio-selective addition of dialkylzinc to N-phosphinoyl imines (485). A simple deprotection of N-protecting group from (486) provided a-chiral amines (Figure 91). ... 

Most rhodium catalysts for the enantioselective reduction of the C=N group are prepared in situ from a dimeric Rh-diene complex and a chiral diphosphine. Only few of the tested diphosphine ligands exhibit enantioselectivities >70% bdpp, cycphos, and phephos for imines and duphos for acylhydrazones. The activity of most Rh-diphosphine complexes for imine hydrogenation is low and therefore most of them are of limited practical use. Although some catalysts work already at ambient reaction conditions, most Rh-diphosphine complexes show low tof s even at elevated hydrogen pressures (>60 bar). 

The higher reactivity of enol silyl ethers can he exploited in their reaction with imines. For addition to A-phosphonyl imines two types (SEGPHOS and DuPHOS) of ligands... 

The 1,2-addition of dialkylzinc reagents, in particular Et2Zn, to aryl imines is stereocontrolled by a ligated form of copper bearing a hemi-labile, monophosphine oxide (Me-DUPHOS(O), Nonracemic secondary carbon centers bearing a... 

Later improvements addressing both problems of limited solubility and hydrolytic stability came with the development of water-soluble ligands having the notable DuPHOS skeleton, for which excellent enantioselectivity in ketone, olefin and imine reductions have been reported. Zhang and RajanBabu groups independently pursued the synthesis... 

Numerous complexes for the hydrogenation of imines have been screened in this study, among them DIOP (2,3-D-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydoxy-l,4-bis-(diphenyl-phosphino)butane), BINAP (2,2 -bis(diphenylphosphino)-l,l -binaphtyl), DuPHOS (1,2-bis(2,5-diisopropylphospholano)benzene) and many others. AU of them afforded (—)-(R)-sitagliptin 24 with substantially lower e.e., usually below 30 %. This outcome nicely illustrates how dilficult the rational design of the structure of the chiral ligand for the catalytic complex is, which is highly enantioselective with the specific substrate. 

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