Enantioselective polymer reuse

A polymer-supported version of our optimal ligand was also developed [52]. Its preparation involves attachment of aziridine carbinols to polymer-bound triphenylchloromethane (Scheme 40). This polymer-bound ligand 53 was almost equally effective in the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes with ee s ranging from 77-97% for the latter type of substrate [52]. It is of practical interest that this polymer-supported ligand could be reused without losing much of its efficiency. 

Salvadori et al. [62] tested the same strategy but derived the bis(oxazohne) ligands in such a way that they minimized the steric hindrance at the bridging methylene carbon (structure 53 in Scheme 25). The polymer was used affording enantiomeric excesses superior to 90% and was reused at least five times with almost no loss in enantioselectivity or activity. 

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to vinyl ethers is accelerated by Ti(IV) species. The efficiency of the catalyst depends on its complexation capacity. The use of Ti( PrO)2Cl2 favors the formation of trans cycloadducts, presumably, via an endo bidentate complex, in which the metal atom is simultaneously coordinated to the vinyl ether and to the cyclic nitrone or to the Z-isomer of the acyclic nitrones (800a). Highly diastereo- and enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrones with alkenes, catalyzed by chiral polybi-naphtyl Lewis acids, have been developed. Isoxazolidines with up to 99% ee were obtained. The chiral polymer ligand influences the stereoselectivity to the same extent as its monomeric version, but has the advantage of easy recovery and reuse (800b). 

A number of insoluble or immobilized catalysts have been developed and applied to the carbonyl-ene reaction. As is evidenced by the entries below, the enantioselectivities are variable. Sasai23 has utilized a titanium-bridged polymer to effect an enantioselective carbonyl-ene (Equation (14)). A single substrate was examined, and the polymer could be reused up to five times without loss of enantioselectivity in the ene reaction. 

When considering the easy recovery and reuse of chiral catalysts, or simple separation process of the product from chiral catalyst, polymer-supported catalysts are very attractive [1,3]. For the enantioselective ethylation using dialkylz-inc, Frechet and Itsuno s group and our group developed polystyrene-supported amino alcohols [1]. 

By employing polymer-bound alkaloid derivatives, heterogeneous catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation has been achieved with good to excellent enantioselectivities in the dihydroxylation of trans-stilbene. These polymers can be recovered and reused while both the yields and the optical purities of diols were maintained. 

The homogeneous chiral phosphine/DPEN-Ru catalyst can be immobilized by use of polymer-bound phosphines such as polystyrene-anchored BINAP (APB-BINAP) [57, 98], Poly-Nap [99], and poly(BINOL-BINAP) [100], poly(BINAP) [101]. These complexes hydrogenate T-acetonaphthone and acetophenone with S/C of 1000-10 000 under 8 10 atm H2 to give the corresponding secondary alcohols in 84-98% e.e. The recovered complexes are repeatedly used without significant loss of reactivity and enantioselectivity. Immobilization allows the easy separation of catalyst from reaction mixture, recovery, and reuse. These advantages attract much attention in combinatorial synthesis. 

Seebach s group demonstrated the utility of polymer-bound, chiral titanium TADDOLates in preparing chiral secondary alcohols (Figure 3.24).The polymeric catalyst 37 was contained inside a mesh tea bag, and was reused by simply charging fresh reagents and solvent. The ruggedness of the system was shown when the product enantioselectivity dropped from 96% (S) to only 92% (S) over 20 successive runs, and the average yield was 90% [50]. 

The polymer-supported bisBlNOL-Ti complex 78 was also effective for the same reaction to give a high enantioselectivity (96% ee) of the product (Scheme 3.23) [48]. The catalyst was recovered and reused three times, maintaining high enantioselectivity. 

Based on this concept, Seebach et al. developed the first example of TADDOL-cored dendrimers (Figure 4.41) immobilized in a PS matrix [116]. The resultant internally dendrimer-functionalized polymer beads were loaded with Ti(OiPr)4, leading to a new class of supported Ti-TADDOLate catalysts for the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde. Compared to the conventional insoluble polymer-supported Ti-TADDOLate catalysts, these heterogeneous dendrimer catalysts gave much higher catalytic activities, with turnover rates close to those of the soluble analogues. The polymer-supported dendrimer TADDOLs were recovered by simple phase separation and reused for at least 20 runs, with similar catalytic efficiency. 

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