Hydroformylation of styrene

Hydroformylation has been extensively studied since it produces optically active aldehydes which could be important precursors for pharmaceutical and fine chemical compounds. Thus, asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene (Scheme 27) is a model reaction for the synthesis of ibuprofen or naproxen. Phosphorus ligands were used for this reaction with excellent results, espe-... 

Some chiral mono-, acyl- and di-thioureas have been used as ligand for the Rh-catalysed asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene. Although thiourea ligands form inactive systems with [Rh(COD)Cl]2 as the catalyst precursor, in standard conditions (40 °C, 40 bar CO -l- H2 1/1), the cationic Rh complex [Rh(COD)2]Bp4 combined with monothioureas as the ligand showed moderate to good activity (Scheme 29) [114]. 

In 1999, Casado et al. developed heterotetranuclear complexes (TiRh3) depicted in Scheme 10.3 with bridging sullido ligands combined with P-donor ligands. These complexes were further tested as catalysts for the asymmetric hydroformylation reaction of styrene. In this process, [CpTi((/i3-S)3 Rh(tfbb 3] was efficiently active under mild conditions (10 bar, CO/H2 = 1 atm, 353 K). In order to explore the effect of the added phosphorus ligand and the possibilities of this system for the asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene, achiral diphosphines such as dppe (l,2-bis(diphenylphosphine)ethane) and... 

Scheme 10.2 Rh-catalysed hydroformylation of styrene with dithiolate rhodium complexes.

In 2000, Claver et al. reported the synthesis of novel chiral S/P ligands with a xylofuranose backbone. These thioether-phosphite ligands derived from carbohydrates were investigated for the rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation of styrene but, in spite of good conversions (>99%) combined with excellent... 

Rhodium complexes of (R,i )-1-benzyl-3,4-dithioether-pyrrolidines were also prepared by these authors, who further investigated them as ligands of rhodium complexes in the hydroformylation of styrene but, in all experiments, the enantioselectivity was lower than 3% ee, whereas the chemoselectivity was of 97% (Scheme 10.5). ... 

In 2000, better results were obtained by Bonnet et al. by using readily available chiral thioureas as new ligands in the asymmetric rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation of styrene. In general, the conversion of styrene and enantioselectivities were modest, but when the reaction was carried out in heptane as the solvent, an enantioselectivity of 41% ee was obtained (Scheme 10.6). 

Recently, a new bidentate hemispherical chelating bisphosphite ligand based on a calixarene backbone has been designed for linear selective hydroformylation of alkenes (Scheme 9) [54], Excellent levels of regioselectivity have been observed, and even the intrinsic branched-selective hydroformylation of styrene could be overruled by this system. However, the system suffers from low catalytic activity. 

Complex 74 as a preformed catalyst, as well as the Rh(acac)(CO)2+2(17b) in an in situ catalytic system were useful in the hydroformylation of styrene and gave the branched aldehyde in regioselectivities of 65-96% [63],... 

It was also evaluated how phosphorylation of the arylphosphole ligands (17b,d) affects the activity of the in situ rhodium complex in the hydroformylation of styrene (Scheme 20). 

Table 3 Hydroformylation of styrene in the presence of [Rh(nbd)Cl]2 +4L phosphole ligands at 100°C, 40 bar...

Platinum complexes [PtCl2(diphosphine)] and [PtCl(SnCl3)(diphosphine)] of the ferrocenyl diphosphine ligands (35a), (35b), and (36) have been synthesized. Complexes [PtCl2(35)] and [PtCl2(36)] have been structurally characterized by XRD. Both the preformed and the in situ catalysts have been used in the hydroformylation of styrene.112... 

Various bifunctional potentially hemilabile ligands (72) bearing phosphorus groups were prepared and their coordination to rhodium was studied. Their effect on the hydroformylation of styrene was assessed.237... 

The cA-PtCl2(diphosphine)/SnCl2 constitutes the system mostly used in catalyzed hydroformylation of alkenes and many diphosphines have been tested. In the 1980s, Stille and co-workers reported on the preparation of platinum complexes with chiral diphosphines related to BPPM (82) and (83) and their activity in asymmetric hydroformylation of a variety of prochiral alkenes.312-314 Although the branched/normal ratios were low (0.5), ees in the range 70-80% were achieved in the hydroformylation of styrene and related substrates. When the hydroformylation of styrene, 2-ethenyl-6-methoxynaphthalene, and vinyl acetate with [(-)-BPPM]PtCl2-SnCl2 were carried out in the presence of triethyl orthoformate, enantiomerically pure acetals were obtained. 

Platinum(II) complexes with diphosphines based on DIOP (85),315-321 CHIRAPHOS (86),316,320 and bdpp (87)322-325 backbones have been prepared to be used, in the presence of SnCl2, as catalyst precursors in asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene and other alkenes. 

Pt(CH2) ( + )-DIOP ] (89), [PtCl2 (+)-DIOP ] (90), or [PtCl2 ( )-DIOP ] (91) were used as catalyst precursors for the hydroformylation of styrene and 1-hexene. A mixture of (89) and (90) hydroformylates styrene with 49% overall yield the product contains 32.5% of linear aldehyde and the optical purity of the (i )-PhCHMeCHO was 28%. The hydroformylation of 1-hexene over the same catalyst gave Me(CH2)sCHO and (i )-Me(CH2)3CMeCHO in 64% overall yield whereby the product contained 86.5% Me(CH2)sCHO and the optical purity of the (i )-Me(CH2)3CH2CHO was 11%. 

MeOBIPHEP is the atropisomeric diphosphine 2,2,-bis(diphenylphosphino)-6,6 -dimethoxy-l,-l -biphenyl (100), has been synthesized. In the presence of SnCl2, this species is an efficient catalyst for the asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene. Asymmetric inductions are higher than those attainable using the system [PtCl2 (i )-(+)-BINAP ]/SnCl2, where BINAP is 2,2 -bis(di-phenylphosphino)-l,l,-binaphthyl. The influence of CO and H2 partial pressures on the catalytic activity of the (99)/SnCl2 system has also been studied.328 Complexes [PtMeCl(P-P)][(101), P-P = (5)-6,6,-(dimethoxybiphenyl)-2,2,-diylbis(diphenylphosphine) ((5)-MOBIPH) (102),... 

Diastereomeric diphosphites (107)-(110) were prepared by the reaction of enantiomerically pure 2,2 -dihydroxy-5,5, 6,6, 7,7, 8,8 -octahydro-l,l -binaphthyl or 2,2 -dihydroxy-l,l -binaphthyl with chlorophosphites. The structure of R-bis-(4R,6R)-(l 07) was determined by XRD. The diphosphites were tested in the Pt- and Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene. 

The influence of steric and electronic effects of diphosphites (111) and (112) have been studied with regard to their catalytic performance on the hydroformylation of styrene catalyzed by platinum complexes. The highest chemoselectivity to aldehyde (71%) and regioselectivity to branched aldehyde (85%), with an enantiomeric excess of 86%, was obtained with the plat-inum(II)-SnCl2 catalytic system associated with ligand (25, 45)-bis(5)-(lll).340... 

Homochiral pyridyl, bipyridyl, and phosphino derivatives of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane (113)-(115) were prepared from T-(+)-tartrate. These compounds were assessed in metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene enantioselectivity was generally low.342... 

Chiral bis-(binaphthophosphole) (bis(BNP)) ligands have been used in the asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene. In solution, the free diphospholes display fluxional behavior. Consistent with their structure, the reaction of the bis(BNP) compounds with platinum(II) derivatives gives either cis chelate mononuclear complexes or trans phosphorus-bridged polynuclear derivatives. Coordination to platinum enhances the conformational stability of bis(BNP)s and diastereomeric complexes can be detected in solution. In the presence of SnCl2, the platinum complexes give rise to catalysts that exhibit remarkable activity in the hydroformylation of styrene. Under optimum conditions, reaction takes place with high branched selectivity (80-85%) and moderate enantio-selectivity (up to 45% ee). 

Modified rhodium systems show considerable activity in the hydroformylation of styrene to the branched aldehydes. Chiral diphosphines, diphosphites, and phosphine-phosphites have been the ligands most studied. Hydroformylation experiments have often been performed in situ but the characterization of intermediates has provided an interesting contribution to coordination chemistry.179... 

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