DuPhos synthesis

In 2006, Berens et al. reported the synthesis of novel benzothiophene-based DuPHOS analogues, which gave excellent levels of enantioselectivity when applied as the ligands to the asymmetric rhodium-catalysed hydrogenation of various olefins, such as dehydroamino acid derivatives, enamides and itaco-nates (Scheme 8.10). ... 

More recently, these authors have reported the synthesis of a new thiophene-based analogue of (I ,i )-Me-DuPHOS called UlluPHOS. The facial recognition and enantioselection associated with ruthenium complexes of UlluPHOS and Me-DuPHOS were shown to be similarly high in various hydrogenations of p-keto esters (Scheme 8.32). The most important difference between these two ligands was found by comparing the reaction rates. Indeed, the authors have observed that the use of UlluPHOS considerably increased the activity of the complexes. 

The pharmaceutical industry has been giving increased attention to homogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation for the synthesis of chiral molecules due to significant improvements in this technology (1). We recendy synthesized a chiral a-amino acid intermediate using Et-DuPhos-Rh catalyst, obtaining enantiomeric pmities (EP) of... 

The use of rhodium catalysts for the synthesis of a-amino acids by asymmetric hydrogenation of V-acyl dehydro amino acids, frequently in combination with the use of a biocatalyst to upgrade the enantioselectivity and cleave the acyl group which acts as a secondary binding site for the catalyst, has been well-documented. While DuPhos and BPE derived catalysts are suitable for a broad array of dehydroamino acid substrates, a particular challenge posed by a hydrogenation approach to 3,3-diphenylalanine is that the olefin substrate is tetra-substituted and therefore would be expected to have a much lower activity compared to substrates which have been previously examined. 

Morken et al. developed a reductive Claisen rearrangement of substituted allyl acrylates. The reaction of ( )-hex-2-enyl acrylate 175 was catalyzed by [Rh(COD)Cl]2 (0.25 mol %) and Me-DuPhos (0.5 mol %) with C MeSiH in benzene at 22 °C to give y,8-unsaturated ester 176 with high diastereoselect-ivity, 11 1 (Scheme 46) [80]. The reaction was carried out on a 10 g scale to provide a 70% yield of 176. This reaction was applied to allylic ester 177 to provide 178, which is a key intermediate in the total synthesis of inos-tamycin [24],... 

Kovacik, I., Wicht, D.K., Grewal, N.S., Glueck, D.S., Incarvito, C.D., Guzei, I.A., and Rheingold, A.L., Pt(Me-Duphos)-catalyzed asymmetric hydrophosphination of activated olefins enantioselective synthesis of chiral phosphines,... 

The enantioselective reduction of unsaturated alcohol derivatives has been applied to the synthesis of several biologically active compounds (Scheme 24.12). Warfarin (123, R=H) is an important anticoagulant that is normally prescribed as the racemate, despite the enantiomers having dissimilar pharmacological profiles. One of the earliest reported uses of DuPhos was in the development of a chiral switch for this bioactive molecule, facilitating the preparation of (R)- and (S)-warfarin [184]. Although attempted reduction of the parent hydroxycoumarin 122 (R=H) led to formation of an unreactive cyclic hemiketal, hydrogenation of the sodium salt proceeded smoothly with Rh-Et-DuPhos in 86-89% ee. 

Allylic alcohol derivatives are quite useful in organic synthesis, so the asymmetric synthesis of such compounds via asymmetric hydrogenation of dienyl (especially enynyl) esters is desirable. The olefin functionality preserves diverse synthetic potential by either direct or remote functionalization. Boaz33 reported that enynyl ester and dienyl ester were preferred substrates for asymmetric hydrogenation using Rh-(Me-DuPhos) catalyst [Rh(I)-(R,R)-14], and products with extremely high enantioselectivity (>97%) were obtained (Schemes 6-11 and 6-12). 

Ll-Rh complex was employed for the enantioselective synthesis of (S)-2-(4-fluorophe-nyl)-3-mefhylbutanoic acid (98% ee) [107], while the Pr-DuPhos-Rh complex was utilized for the enantioselective hydrogenation of a,/ -unsaturated carboxylic acids, as exemplified by tiglic acid [29]. 

When (R,R)-Me-Duphos, (R,R,R,R)-BICPO [9] or BINAP [10] is used, the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric cycloisomerization of 3 affords 4 with up to >99.5% enantiomeric excess (Scheme 7 2). This methodology was applied to the synthesis of functionalized a-methylene-y-butyrolactone derivatives 6 such as (-i-)-pilocarpine 7 (Scheme 7.3) [11]. 

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