Stereoisomers enantioselectivity

Here we will illustrate the method using a single example. The aldol reaction between an enol boronate and an aldehyde can lead to four possible stereoisomers (Figure 11.32). Many of these reactions proceed with a high degree of diastereoselectivity (i.e. syn anti) and/or enantioselectivity (syn-l syn-Tl and anti-l anti-lT). Bernardi, Capelli, Gennari,... 

Enantiomers (Section 7 1) Stereoisomers that are related as an object and its nonsupenmposable mirror image Enantioselective synthesis (Section 27 4) Reaction that converts an achiral or racemic starting material to a chiral product in which one enantiomer is present in excess of the other... 

Other important porphyrins which can be derived from hemin are hematoporphyrin (5) and mesoporphyrin (6). Hematoporphyrin (5) which is commercially available at a relatively low price is sensitive towards acid due to the 1-hydroxyethyl groups, so commercial samples contain only 60 to 70% of hematoporphyrin. Pure hematoporphyrin dimethyl ester which is a racemic and diastereomeric mixture of four stereoisomers can be obtained by esterification with diazomethane and subsequent chromatography on neutral alumina.84 The pure stereoisomers can be prepared by enantioselective reduction of diacetyldeuteroporphyrin dimethyl ester.85a b The... 

Single isobacteriochlorin stereoisomers even in enantiomcrically pure form can be obtained230 when the Claisen rearrangement is performed with the pure hematoporphyrin stereoisomers23d which can be prepared by stereogenic enantioselective reduction from diacetyl deuteroporphyrin dimethyl ester. 

In recent years, a great variety of primary chiral amines have been obtained in enantiomerically pure form through this methodology. A representative example is the KR of some 2-phenylcycloalkanamines that has been performed by means of aminolysis reactions catalyzed by lipases (Scheme 7.17) [34]. Kazlauskas rule has been followed in all cases. The size of the cycle and the stereochemistry of the chiral centers of the amines had a strong influence on both the enantiomeric ratio and the reaction rate of these aminolysis processes. CALB showed excellent enantioselec-tivities toward frans-2-phenylcyclohexanamine in a variety of reaction conditions ( >150), but the reaction was markedly slower and occurred with very poor enantioselectivity with the cis-isomer, whereas Candida antarctica lipase A (GALA) was the best catalyst for the acylation of cis-2-phenylcyclohexanamine ( = 34) and frans-2-phenylcyclopropanamine ( =7). Resolution of both cis- and frans-2-phenyl-cyclopentanamine was efficiently catalyzed by CALB obtaining all stereoisomers with high enantiomeric excess. 

Stereoselectivity, in particular, enantioselectivity, is the most important feature of enzymes. It should be stressed that enzymes are capable of recognizing any type of chirality of the substrates. It does not seem necessary to prove here how important the synthesis of sterically defined products is, because the differences in biological activity of particular stereoisomers of a given substance are well known. There are three approaches to the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched... 

An enantioselective hydrogenation of this type is also of interest in the production of a-tocopherol (vitamin E). Totally synthetic a-tocopherol can be made in racemic form from 2,3,5-trimethylhydroquinone and racemic isophytol. The product made in this way is a mixture of all eight possible stereoisomers. 

Tocopherol can be produced as the pure 2R,4 R,8 R stereoisomer from natural vegetable oils. This is the most biologically active of the stereoisomers. The correct side-chain stereochemistry can be obtained using a process that involves two successive enantioselective hydrogenations.28 The optimum catalyst contains a 6, 6 -dimethoxybiphenyl phosphine ligand. This reaction has not yet been applied to the enantioselective synthesis of a-tocopherol because the cyclization step with the phenol is not enantiospecific. 

The syntheses in Schemes 13.45 and 13.46 illustrate the use of oxazolidinone chiral auxiliaries in enantioselective synthesis. Step A in Scheme 13.45 established the configuration at the carbon that becomes C(4) in the product. This is an enolate alkylation in which the steric effect of the oxazolidinone chiral auxiliary directs the approach of the alkylating group. Step C also used the oxazolidinone structure. In this case, the enol borinate is formed and condensed with an aldehyde intermediate. This stereoselective aldol addition established the configuration at C(2) and C(3). The configuration at the final stereocenter at C(6) was established by the hydroboration in Step D. The selectivity for the desired stereoisomer was 85 15. Stereoselectivity in the same sense has been observed for a number of other 2-methylalkenes in which the remainder of the alkene constitutes a relatively bulky group.28 A TS such as 45-A can rationalize this result. 

The synthesis in Scheme 13.49 features use of an enantioselective allylic boronate reagent derived from diisopropyl tartrate to establish the C(4) and C(5) stereochemistry. The ring is closed by an olefin metathesis reaction. The C(2) methyl group was introduced by alkylation of the lactone enolate. The alkylation is not stereoselective, but base-catalyzed epimerization favors the desired stereoisomer by 4 1. 

Izquierdo et al. reported the enantioselective synthesis of 5-O-methylthioswainsonine 53 from a derivative a d-glucose as a single stereoisomer. Intramolecular alkylation of the tosylate precursor 52 created the bicyclic system in the final step of the synthesis as outlined in Equation (17) <1996TA2567>. 

It is possible that hydrogenation of racemic a-mono-substituted yS-keto esters provides four stereoisomers of the corresponding hydroxy esters. Fortunately, enantioselective hydrogenation of such racemic compounds can selectively yield... 

Dihydrojasmonates are ubiquitous and cheap perfume ingredients. Firmenich established that (+)-cis-methyl dihydrojasmonate (Fig. 37.20) is the preferred stereoisomer, and subsequently developed an enantioselective process and began production on a multi-ton per year scale [82, 83]. 

In the enantioselective synthesis, the asymmetry (i.e., the stereoselectivity) is induced by the external chiral catalyst, while the diastereoselective synthesis does not require a chiral catalyst. The stereogenic center already present in the molecule is able to induce stereoselectivity, assuming that the synthesis starts with a single enantiomer. For instance, imagine that an a,/ -substituted product is formed, and that the reactant already contains a stereogenic carbon at a. If the reaction of (aS) leads, e.g., largely to (aS, / R) and hardly to the (aS, /IS) diastereomer (i.e., stereoisomers that are not mirror-images of each other), the reaction is diastereoselective (Scheme 14.2). 

An enantioselective synthesis of the Ziegler intermediate 107 of forskolin (108) has been achieved using an intramolecular allenic Diels-Alder reaction (Scheme 19.20) [24], Treatment of propargyl ether 104 with potassium tert-butoxide in tert-butanol affords 106, presumably through the intermediate allene 105. Compound 106 was obtained as a single stereoisomer. 

In fact, due to the substantial energy stabilization associated with its formation, the tj3 intermediate locks in the correct regioisomer, resulting in the observed regioselectivity. These results provide theoretical evidence for what has been previously speculated. It is important to realize that the syn-anti pairs are stereochemically equivalent, as they will lead to the same stereoisomer of the product. We will discuss the nature of the enantioselectivity in the next section. 

As mentioned above, the calculations performed for styrene as a substrate suggests that the enantioselectivity can be directly correlated with the relative thermodynamic stabilities of the r 3-allylic complexes. Indeed, the exo stereoisomer, precursor of the enantiomeric product found in excess experimentally, becomes favoured with respect to the endo one upon t 3-coordination, and remains thermodynamically more stable until product release. However, the observed energy differences in the relative stabilities of the different allylic forms (1-2 kcal/mol) are certainly at the limit of accuracy of density functional calculations. 

Adults of the Steninae possess paired eversible abdominal defensive gland reservoirs [119,128]. When the beetles walk on the water surface the spreading secretion propels the beetle forward which represents an unique escape mechanism. The secretion contains isopiperitenole 57,1,8-cineole 58,6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one and the unique spreading alkaloid stenusine, N-ethyl-3-(2-methylbutyl)piperidine 59. Natural stenusine was found to be a mixture of all four stereoisomers in a ratio of (S, S) (S, R) (R, R) (R, S)=43 40 13 4. An enantioselective synthesis of stenusine has been carried out via an Enders-approach [129]. 

On the other hand, selective, usually applied to a synthesis, means that of all the possible isomers only one isomer is obtained. However, if the reaction product was/is a mixture of isomers one could speak then of the "degree of selectivity". Since usually one of the isomers will be the predominant isomer, we may say that the reaction (or the synthesis) is selective with respect to this particular isomer. As in the case of "specificity", we may refer to "regioselectivity" or to "stereoselectivity" (either diastereoselectivity or enantioselectivity) and may say, for instance, that a synthesis is 80% diastereoselective. According to the most updated terminology "diastereomers" are all the "stereoisomers" that are not "enantiomers", so geometrical isomers are also included in such a definition. 

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