Enantioselectivity optical yield

High enantioselectivities and regioselectivities have been obtained using both mono- and 1,2-disubstituted prochinal olefins employing chiral phosphine phosphite (33,34) modified rhodium catalysts. For example, i7j -2-butene ia the presence of rhodium and (12) (33) gave (3)-2-meth5ibutanal ia an optical yield of 82% at a turnover number of 9.84. ... 

Enantioselective addition of hydrogen cyanide to hydroxypivaldehyde (25), catalyzed by (lf)-oxynittilase, afforded (R)-cyanohydrin (26) in good optical yield. Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis followed by cyclization resulted in (R)-pantolactone in 98% ee and 95% yield after one recrystallization (56). 

Associated to copper(II) pre-catalysts, bis(oxazolines) also allowed the asymmetric Diels-Alder and hetero Diels-Alder transformations to be achieved in nearly quantitative yield and high diastereo- and enantioselectivities. Optically active sulfoximines, with their nitrogen-coordinating site located at close proximity to the stereogenic sulfur atom, have also proven their efficiency as copper ligands for these asymmetric cycloadditions. Other precursors for this Lewis acid-catalyzed transformation have been described (e.g., zinc salts, ruthenium derivatives, or rare earth complexes) which, when associated to bis(oxazolines), pyridine-oxazolines or pyridine-bis(oxazolines), led to efficient catalysts. 

Highly enantioselective hydrosilylation of aliphatic and aromatic carbonyl compounds such as acetophenone, methyl phenethyl ketone 1813, or deuterobenz-aldehyde 1815 can be readily achieved with stericaUy hindered silanes such as o-tolyl2SiH2 or phenyl mesityl silane 1810 in the presence of the rhodium-ferrocene catalyst 1811 to give alcohols such as 1812, 1814, and 1816 in high chemical and optical yield [47] (Scheme 12.14). More recently, hydrosilylations of aldehydes... 

Enantioselective Br2 addition to cyclohexene (11) was accomplished by the solid-state reaction of a 2 1 inclusion complex of 10b and 11 with 7, although the optical yield was low (Sect. 2.1). However, some successful enantioselective solid-state reactions have been reported. For example, reaction of a 1 1 complex of 68 and acetophenone (64a) with borane-ethylenediamine complex (130) in the solid state gave the (i )-(+)-2-hydroxyethylbenzene (65a) of 44% ee in 96%... 

Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation is a relatively developed process compared to other asymmetric processes practised today. Efforts in this direction have already been made. The first report in this respect is the use of Pd on natural silk for hydrogenating oximes and oxazolones with optical yields of about 36%. Izumi and Sachtler have shown that a Ni catalyst modified with (i ,.R)-tartaric acid can be used for the hydrogenation of methylacetoacetate to methyl-3-hydroxybutyrate. The group of Orito in Japan (1979) and Blaser and co-workers at Ciba-Geigy (1988) have reported the use of a cinchona alkaloid modified Pt/AlaO.i catalyst for the enantioselective hydrogenation of a-keto-esters such as methylpyruvate and ethylpyruvate to optically active (/f)-methylacetate and (7 )-ethylacetate. 

The enantioselectivity was significantly influenced by the steric factor of the thiols employed. When p-MeC6H4SH and PhSH were used, the optical yields decreased to 69% and 3%, respectively. Shibasaki et al. have reported that gallium-lithium-bi-naphthoxide (GLB) 51 became a good catalyst for the enantioselective ring opening reaction of epoxide for the production of 52 (Eq. 7.39) [46]. 

In the enantioselective hydrogenation of isophorone in the presence of (-)-DHVIN modifier the best optical purity was afforded by small dispersion (<0,05) Pd black catalyst (up to 55%) (7). The influence of the preparation method of Pd black on the optical yield was reported (8). A correlation was found between the oxidation state of the metal surface and the enantioselectivity, the catalyst having more oxidised species on its surface giving higher enantiomeric excess, while the Pd black with lower surface area was more enantioselective. 

Lipase catalysis induced the enantioselective polymerization, yielding optically active oligoesters and polyesters. The polymerization of racemic bis(2-chloroethyl) 2,5-dibromoadipate with excess of 1,6-hexanediol using lipase A catalyst produced optically active trimer and pentamer [46]. 

Enantioselective hydrogenation of / -keto phosphonates in the presence of an ( R)-BINAP-Ru complex under 1-4 atm H2 and at room temperature provides the (R)-yS-hydroxy phosphonates in up to 99% ee (Fig. 32.20) [69]. The sense of enantioface selection is the same as that observed in the reaction of / -keto carboxylic esters (see Fig. 32.14). A BDPP-Ru catalyst is also usable [70]. Similarly, / -keto thiophosphonates are hydrogenated with a MeO-BIPHEP-Ru catalyst with up to 94% optical yield [69 b]. 

The optically active //-amino alcohol (1 / . 3 R. 5 / )-3-(di phenyl hydroxymethyl )-2-azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane [(li ,3i ,5i )-121], can be derived from a bicyclic proline analog. It catalyzes the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to various aldehydes. Under mild conditions, the resulting chiral secondary alcohols are obtained in optical yields up to 100%. The bicyclic catalyst gives much better results than the corresponding (S )-proline derivative (S )-122 (Scheme 2-47).114... 

Covalently bonded chiral auxiliaries readily induce high stereoselectivity for propionate enolates, while the case of acetate enolates has proved to be difficult. Alkylation of carbonyl compound with a novel cyclopentadienyl titanium carbohydrate complex has been found to give high stereoselectivity,44 and a variety of ft-hydroxyl carboxylic acids are accessible with 90-95% optical yields. This compound was also tested in enantioselective aldol reactions. Transmetalation of the relatively stable lithium enolate of t-butyl acetate with chloro(cyclopentadienyl)-bis(l,2 5,6-di-<9-isopropylidene-a-D-glucofuranose-3-0-yl)titanate provided the titanium enolate 66. Reaction of 66 with aldehydes gave -hydroxy esters in high ee (Scheme 3-23). 

Isomerization of allylic amines is another example of the application of the BINAP complex. Rh BINAP complex catalyzes the isomerization of N,N-diethylnerylamine 40 generated from myrcene 39 with 76-96% optical yield. Compound (R)-citronellal (R)-42. prepared through hydrolysis of (R)-41, is then cyclized by zinc bromide treatment.49 Catalytic hydrogenation then completes the synthesis of (—)-menthol. This enantioselective catalysis allows the annual production of about 1500 tons of menthol and other terpenic substances by Takasago International Corporation.50... 

When the C=N bond is fixed in a ring system in which no (E)/(Z) isomerization can take place, the asymmetric hydrogenation of the C=N bond can be highly enantioselective. Oppolzer et al." found that cyclic sulfonimide was hydrogenated with an Ru(BINAP) catalyst to give a product with essentially quantitative optical yield (Scheme 6-45). 

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