Polymer-Supported Boron Derivatives

Boron trifluoride-diethyl ether complex is a very versatile and useful Lewis acid in several organic reactions. The polymeric ether-BFs complex poly(p-methoxystyrene)-BF3 (14) has been prepared and is more stable and has higher activity in several organic reactions such as isomerization and epoxide rearrangement [26]. The polymeric version of pyridine-BF3 complex 15 has also been prepared from poly(vinylpyridine) and BF3 [27]. By analogy with the polystyrene-AlCls complex, simple crosslinked polystyrene also forms a stable complex in chloroform with boron trifluoride 16 [27]. 

Stannic chloride has been attached to monomers 21 containing ester (21a), carbazole (21b), pyrrolidone (21c), nitrile (21d) and pyridine (21d) moieties. The polymeric ligands were prepared by copolymerization of styrene, divinylbenzene and functional monomers such as methyl methacrylate, A -vinylcarbazole, Af-vinylpyrrolidone, acrylonitrile and 4-vinylpyridine [33], These polymers were treated with stannic chloride in chloroform to afford the corresponding polymer-supported stannic chloride complexes (Eq. 8). These polymeric complexes have been used as catalysts for such organic reactions including esterification, acetalization, and ketal formation. These complexes had good catalytic activity in the reactions and could be reused many times without loss of activity. Their stability was much better than that of plain polystyrene-stannic chloride complex catalyst. 

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Acylated carbohydrate derivatives. Treatment of glycosides with polymer-supported boronic acid (1) with azeotropic removal of water aSords the more stable five- or six-membered boronate. The unprotected hydroxyl groups of the protected glycosides can be acylated, often in yields higher than those realized by classical methods. 

In recent years, catalytic asymmetric Mukaiyama aldol reactions have emerged as one of the most important C—C bond-forming reactions [35]. Among the various types of chiral Lewis acid catalysts used for the Mukaiyama aldol reactions, chirally modified boron derived from N-sulfonyl-fS)-tryptophan was effective for the reaction between aldehyde and silyl enol ether [36, 37]. By using polymer-supported N-sulfonyl-fS)-tryptophan synthesized by polymerization of the chiral monomer, the polymeric version of Yamamoto s oxazaborohdinone catalyst was prepared by treatment with 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl boron dichloride ]38]. The polymeric chiral Lewis acid catalyst 55 worked well in the asymmetric aldol reaction of benzaldehyde with silyl enol ether derived from acetophenone to give [i-hydroxyketone with up to 95% ee, as shown in Scheme 3.16. In addition to the Mukaiyama aldol reaction, a Mannich-type reaction and an allylation reaction of imine 58 were also asymmetrically catalyzed by the same polymeric catalyst ]38]. 

In addition to the immobilization of boron-derived catalysts, other commonly used homogeneous catalysts have been supported on polymers. Sharpless and others [82-87] prepared various quinine-based catalysts to achieve asymmetric dihydroxylations of alkenes. Initial studies were performed with catalyst 109 (Fig. 3), obtained by co-polymerization of 9-(4-chlo-robenzoyl)quinidine with acrylonitrile [82]. 

It follows that if the effect of the benzylidene acetal derives simply from the locking of the C5-C6 bond in the tg conformation, other groups able to do the same will have a similar effect. Indeed, a 4,6-0-phenylboronate group was shown to afford high p-selectivities in maimopyranosylation [88], and the use of a 4,6-0-polystyryl boronate enabled effective p-mannosylation with a polymer supported donor (Scheme 11) [88]. 

Kobayashi et al. developed chiral Lewis acids derived from A -benzyldiphenylproli-nol and boron tribromide and used these successfully as catalysts in enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions [89]. The corresponding polymeric catalyst 71 was prepared and used for the Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with methacrolein [90]. Different polymeric catalysts 72, 73, 74 were prepared from supported chiral amino alcohols and diols fimctionalized with boron, aluminum and titanium [88,90]. In these polymers copolymerization of styrene with a chiral auxiliary containing two polymerizable groups is a new approach to the preparation of crosslinked chiral polymeric ligands. This chiral monomer unit acts as chiral ligand and as a crosslink. 

The concept of immobilizing diol compounds with a boronic acid conjugated support as a sort of heterogeneous protecting group strategy is the antipode of the diol-based supports described in Section 1.4.2. Examples of such boronic acid matrices include polystyryl boronic acid resins (120) [500-502], the cellulose-derived support 121 [503], the methacrylic polymer 122 [504], and the polyacrylamide-supported nitroarylben-... 

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