Inducers, enantioselective asymmetric

In 2008, Grisi et al. reported three ruthenium complexes 65-67 bearing chiral, symmetrical monodentate NHC ligands with two iV-(S)-phenylethyl side chains [74] (Fig. 3.26). Three different types of backbones were incorporated into the AT-heterocyclic moiety of the ligands. When achiral triene 57 was treated with catalysts 65-67 under identical reaction conditions, a dramatic difference was observed. As expected, the absence of backbone chirality in complex 65 makes it completely inefficient for inducing enantioselectivity in the formation of 58. Similarly, the mismatched chiral backbone framework of complex 66 was not able to promote asymmetric RCM of 57. In contrast, appreciable albeit low selectivity (33% ee) was observed when the backbone possessed anti stereochemistry. 

Another interesting idea that has been explored without much success so far is the use of clusters with a chiral metal framework as catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation, since only the intact cluster would induce enantioselectivity. 

Bis(oxazoline)-type complexes, which have been found useful for asymmetric aldol reactions, Diels-Alder, and hetero Diels-Alder reactions can also be used for inducing 1,3-dipolar reactions. Chiral nickel complex 180, which can be prepared by reacting equimolar amounts of Ni(C10)4 6H20 and the corresponding (J ,J )-4,6-dibenzofurandiyl-2,2 -bis(4-phenyloxazoline) (DBFOX/Ph) in dichloromethane, can be used for highly endo-selective and enantioselective asymmetric nitrone cycloaddition. The presence of 4 A molecular sieves is essential to attain high selectivities.88 In the absence of molecular sieves, both the diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity will be lower. Representative results are shown in Scheme 5-55. 

Grigg and co-workers (383) found that chiral cobalt and manganese complexes are capable of inducing enantioselectivity in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of azomethine ylides derived from arylidene imines of glycine (Scheme 12.91). This work was published in 1991 and is the first example of a metal-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. The reaction of the azomethine yhde 284a with methyl acrylate 285 required a stoichiometric amount of cobalt and 2 equiv of the chiral ephedrine ligand. Up to 96% ee was obtained for the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition product 286a. 

The use of the indazolyl ligands could lead to the preparation of luminescent systems, whereas the goal of the synthesis of the chiral ligand bCamphpzpm is the formation of asymmetric systems that could induce enantioselectivity. 

We investigated highly enantioselective asymmetric autocatalysis of a chiral compound induced by the isotopic enantiomer of a primary alcohol-a-d (Scheme 22) [118]. The correlation between the absolute configurations of the obtained pyrimidyl alkanol and the isotopic chiral compound is reproducible, thus the small isotope chirality can be recognized by asymmetric autocatalysis. 

Chiral organic-inorganic hybrid materials such as silsesquioxane and ephedrine immobilized on silica gel also act as chiral inducers of asymmetric autocatalysis (Scheme 24) [124-126]. Enantioselective addition of z-Pr2Zn... 

Scheme 23 Helical silica-induced highly enantioselective asymmetric autocatalysis of chiral pyrimidyl alkanol...

In all the examples of exodendrally functionalized enantioselective den-drimer catalysts, the active sites in the periphery of the support were well-defined immobilized molecular catalysts. An alternative is provided by the possibility of attaching chiral multi-functional molecules to the end groups of dendrimers which, due to their high local concentrations, may interact more or less strongly with an achiral reagent and thus induce enantioselectivity in a transformation of a prochiral substrate. Asymmetric induction thus occurs by way of a chiral functionalized microenvironment for a given reaction. 

In summary, chiral solvents have only induced limited enantioselectivity into different types of photochemical reactions as pinacolization, cyclization, and isomerization reactions. These studies are nevertheless very important, because they are among the early examples of chiral induction by an asymmetric environ ment. Based on our classification of chiral solvents as chiral inductors that only act as passive reaction matrices, effective asymmetric induction by this means seems to be intrinsically difficult. From the observed enantioselectivities it can be postulated that defined interactions with the prochiral substrate during the conversion to the product are a prerequisite for effective template induced enantioselectivity. 

The Faller group also demonstrated that planar chirality in tethered > > -(phos-phinophenylenearene-P)ruthenium(II) complexes could induce enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction, albeit vdth low asymmetric induction at this stage (17) [44]. 

A possible way to induce enantioselectivity in the aldol reaction is to empioy a chirai catalyst. M. Shibasaki and coworkers developed a bifunctional catalyst, (S)-LLB (L=lanthanum LB=lithium binaphthoxide), which could be successfully applied in direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions. An improved version of this catalyst derived from (S)-LLB by the addition of water and KOH was utilized in the formal total synthesis of fostriecin. ... 

The enantioselectivity associated with quaternary allylation is connected with scenario 5 above (one of the five points associated in the catalytic cycles shown by Schemes 12.10a and b where chirality could be induced), which is where enantioselection of one of two faces of the nucleophile (the enolate ion) occurs. Theoretical studies of the transformation using the PHOX ligand have shown support for an inner sphere mechanism, where nucleophilic attack of the enolate onto the rf-allyl ligand occurs from the Pd-bound enolate and not from an external nucleophile.74 These studies have not been able to definitively determine the step that defines the enantioselectivity of the reaction, and it is not clear how these results would carry over to reactions involving the Trost ligands. At this time, selection of which ligand one should use not only to induce enantioselectivity but also to predict the sense of absolute configuration of any asymmetric Tsuji-Trost allylation is mostly based on empirical results. Work continues on this... 

Chemists have investigated asymmetric P-K reactions, using chiral diphosphine and diphosphite ligands to induce enantioselectivity. When (,S )-BINAP was added to a catalytic amount of Co4(CO)12, (S)-bicyclic ketone 106 formed in 55% yield with an ee of 88% (equation 12.99). Experimental evidence suggested that the active catalyst was dicobalt complex 107, in which BINAP binds in bidentate... 

Many other methods of asymmetric induction in photochemistry, such as template-induced enantioselective photoreactions,591 asymmetric photochemistry in zeolites,592 or simple photoreactions of a chiral starting material, parallel their ground-state chemistry counterparts. Diastereoselective photocycloaddition in the Patemo Biichi reaction of chiral reactants (Case Study 6.17) may serve as an additional example. 

Less successful was the use of achiral catalysts in chiral micelles. The induced enantioselectivity in the resulting a-amino acid derivatives was in all cases below 10% ee depending on the type of amphiphile [59]. Other asymmetric reac-... 

Binap 3.43 is also a good ligand for palladium complexes. Although 71-allyl palladium-binap complexes have met limited applications in asymmetric allylation of malonate like derivatives [872], binap-PdCl2 complexes induce enantioselective Heck reactions [902] and 1,4-disilylations of a-enones [903],... 

Practically perfect asymmetric autocatalysts of the (2-alkynyl-5-pyrimidyl)alkanol series have been identified. A /-butylalkynyl residue fulfills the role of proper bulkiness and moderate electron-withdrawing power. Quartz also induces enantioselective addition of (-Pr2Zn to this heterocyclic aldehyde, by virtue of its morphological chirality and acidity, which enable differentiation of the enantiofaces of the aldehyde upon coordination with the oxygen and nitrogen atoms. Chiral sodium chlorate crystals have the same effect. ... 

The enantioselective a-chlorination of -keto esters was achieved with up to 88% ee using NCS with a commercially available TADDOL ligand. The chiral bisoxazoline copper(II) complexes have also been reported to induce the asymmetric a-chlorination of -keto esters when reacted with NCS. The asymmetric a-chlorination of aldehydes has been achieved using NCS and (2/ ,5/ )-diphenylpyrrolidine as a chiral catalyst. For example, the enantioselective chlorination of 3-methylbutanal with NCS proceeds in 95% yield and 94% ee (eq 17). ... 

In the previons section, secondary chiral amines were employed that give rise to enamine formation npon reaction with ketones or aldehydes. Chiral tertiary amines, unable to form enamines, are nevertheless capable of inducing enantioselectivity in case substrates are used that contain sufficiently acidic protons such as aldehydes, ketones or active methylene compounds [33]. The cinchona alkaloids, by far the most versatile source of Brpnsted base catalysts, have played a prominent role in various types of asymmetric organocatalytic reactions [34], which is also true for the Mannich reaction. 

It is also important to note that the obtained regioselectivity of this aminoacetoxylation reaction is opposite to the one observed in the seminal Sharpless asymmetric aminohydroxylation reaction (Sharpless AA reaction) [120]. Although processes of palladium(IV) catalysis currently cannot induce enantioselectivity, future development should render this unique reactivity complementary to existing enantioselective transformations. 

Few chiral secondary amine organocatalysts have been applied to the asymmetric aldol reaction, in 2008. As an example, Maruoka and Kano have designed a binaphthyl-based amino acid, which was applied to induce the asymmetric aldolisation of both acyclic and cyclic ketones with both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes performed in DMF. ° Remarkable results were obtained in general with enantioselectivities of up to 99% ee for either cyclic or acyclic ketones, which led to the <2 n-products (Scheme 2.41). Furthermore, these authors have used a closely related binapthyl-based amino sulfonamide to promote the cross-aldol reaction between aldehydes, which yielded the corresponding syn products in moderate to high yields (71-91%) and diastereoselectivities (72-90% de) combined with excellent enantioselectivities (94-99% ee). 

Chiral organoboron dihalide-induced enantioselective reactions have attracted much attention in recent years. An asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction using isopinocampheylboron dibromide (IpcBBrj) was reported a number of years ago. Low enantiomeric excess (28.5% ee) was obtained for cycloaddition reactions involving cyclopentadiene and 2-methylpropenal (Scheme 23.46)." A modified IpcBBr2 was synthesized and subjected to the asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction, but reactions still generated moderate ee." ... 

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