Stereoselectivity enantioselective reactions

Dipolar cydoadditions are one of the most useful synthetic methods to make stereochemically defined five-membered heterocydes. Although a variety of dia-stereoselective 1,3-dipolar cydoadditions have been well developed, enantioselec-tive versions are still limited [29]. Nitrones are important 1,3-dipoles that have been the target of catalyzed enantioselective reactions [66]. Three different approaches to catalyzed enantioselective reactions have been taken (1) activation of electron-defident alkenes by a chiral Lewis acid [23-26, 32-34, 67], (2) activation of nitrones in the reaction with ketene acetals [30, 31], and (3) coordination of both nitrones and allylic alcohols on a chiral catalyst [20]. Among these approaches, the dipole/HOMO-controlled reactions of electron-deficient alkenes are especially promising because a variety of combinations between chiral Lewis acids and electron-deficient alkenes have been well investigated in the study of catalyzed enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions. Enantioselectivities in catalyzed nitrone cydoadditions sometimes exceed 90% ee, but the efficiency of catalytic loading remains insufficient. 

With the use of chiral reagents a differentiation of enantiotopic faces is possible, leading to an enantioselective reaction. The stereoselective version of the Michael addition reaction can be a useful tool in organic synthesis, for instance in the synthesis of natural products. 

The highly ordered cyclic TS of the D-A reaction permits design of diastereo-or enantioselective reactions. (See Section 2.4 of Part A to review the principles of diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity.) One way to achieve this is to install a chiral auxiliary.80 The cycloaddition proceeds to give two diastereomeric products that can be separated and purified. Because of the lower temperature required and the greater stereoselectivity observed in Lewis acid-catalyzed reactions, the best diastereoselectivity is observed in catalyzed reactions. Several chiral auxiliaries that are capable of high levels of diastereoselectivity have been developed. Chiral esters and amides of acrylic acid are particularly useful because the auxiliary can be recovered by hydrolysis of the purified adduct to give the enantiomerically pure carboxylic acid. Early examples involved acryloyl esters of chiral alcohols, including lactates and mandelates. Esters of the lactone of 2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanoic acid (pantolactone) have also proven useful. 

Ligands for catalytic Mukaiyama aldol addition have primarily included bidentate chelates derived from optically active diols,26 diamines,27 amino acid derivatives,28 and tartrates.29 Enantioselective reactions induced by chiral Ti(IY) complex have proved to be one of the most powerful stereoselective transformations for synthetic chemists. The catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction introduced by Mukaiyama is discussed in Section 3.4.1. 

Trons-divinyl-pyrrolidines and -piperidines were prepared by sequential intermolecular and intramolecular aminations of bis-allylic carbonates (Scheme 9.21) [22aj. Due to double stereoselection, these reactions proceeded with high diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity. 

Since the formation of optically active, dioxolanone-based di-enolates was not successful, a consecutive alkylation strategy was developed for a short synthesis of (-)-wikstromol (ent-3) from (-)-malic acid (99) (Scheme 25). The first alkylation reaction was analogous to that reported for the enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-meridinol (97). In order to avoid a reduction/re-oxidation sequence and an almost unselective second alkylation, two disadvantages of the synthesis of meridinol (97) [55], we planned to use a different strategy for the second alkylation. Therefore, we have focused our strategy on two stereoselective alkylation reactions, one of dialkyl malates and one of a dioxolanone prepared thereof. Both alkylation reactions were previously described by Seebach and coworker [56, 63, 64]. The... 

Enantioselective reactions of laterally lithiated amides and anilides have been reported by Beak and coworkers but these are properly asymmetric transformations in which stereoselectivity arises subsequent to the lateral lithiation step they are not enantioselective lithiations. 

Measures of Stereoselectivity - A variety of measures are currently in use. This volume uses only two for enantioselective reactions, the enantiomeric or optical purity of the products before any separations are applied for diastereoselective reactions, the ratio of the diastereomeric products d.r. is given. 

The coverage of this chapter emphasizes category (i) reactions in which a simple methylene group is transferred, or added, to an alkene substrate. Also covered is transfer of nonfunctionalized alkylidene groups when these reactions may be regarded as simple extensions of the methylene transfer reactions. Whenever appropriate, aspects of the stereoselectivity, enantioselectivity, regioselectivity and chemose-lectivity of these reactions will be emphasized by means of specific examples. 

The insertion of the N(2)-G(3) unit in reduced isoquinolines remains a topic of interest, especially stereoselective examples. The iminoglycinate 43 undergoes reaction with the dibromo 44 in the presence of the -symmetric chiral quaternary ammonium bromide phase-transfer catalyst (Equation 130) <2001S1716>. A high-yielding tetrahydro-isoquinoline resulted in excellent enantioselectivity. Reaction of the chiral anion generated from 45 with benzylidene also produces chiral tetrahydroisoquinolines (Equation 131) <1999EJO503>. 

Mannich reactions varied from excellent to low depending on the reactants Table 2.16 includes the results of highly enantioselective reactions. Reactions using 2,2-dimethyl-l,3-dioxane-5-one (5) provide for concise syntheses of enantiomerically enriched protected amino sugars (entries 8-10) [91]. In reactions using 5, the addition of 1 to 10 equiv. of H20 increased the rate and stereoselectivity of the reaction. 

A reaction that takes place preferentially or exclusively at one functional group among several takes place with chemoselectivity. A reaction that preferentially gives one of several conceivable stereoisomers is referred to as moderately or highly stereoselective, depending on the extent of stereoselectivity. When these conceivable stereoisomers are diastereomers, we have diastereoselective reaction and the occurrence of diastereoselectivity. When the conceivable stereoisomers are enantiomers, we have an enantioselective reaction, or enantioselectivity. 

Until recently organic photochemistry has only partially focused on stereoselective synthesis, one of the major challenges and research areas in modern organic synthesis. This situation has dramatically changed in the last decade and highly chemo-, regio-, diastereo- as well as enantioselective reactions have been developed. Chemists all over the world became aware of the fascinating synthetic opportunities of electronically excited molecules and definitely this will lead to a new period of prosperity. Photochemical reactions can be performed at low temperatures, in the solid or liquid state or under gas-phase conditions, with spin-selective direct excitation or sensitization, and even multi-photon processes start to enter the synthetic scenery. 

The multitude of hetero Diels-Alder reactions found in the literature clearly demonstrates the importance of this transformation. Thus, this type of cycloaddition is today one of the most important methods for the synthesis of heterocycles. Striking features of this method are the tremendous diversity, excellent efficiency especially in those cases where the reactive dienes and dienophiles are formed in situ, and high stereoselectivity in many cases. There is a broad scope and only little limitation. In recent years the use of Lewis acid, the development of diastereoselective and enantioselective reactions as well as the application of high pressure gave an enormous push. In addition, many of the obtained heterocycles can be transformed into acyclic compounds allowing the stereoselective preparation of e.g. amino and hydroxyl functionalized open chain compounds or even carbocycles to be of interest. Also, for the synthesis of natural products, the hetero Diels-Alder reaction is of great value. Since heterocycles,... 

OXAZOLIDINECARBOXYLATE has previously been described in Volume 70 of Organic Sytheses. An alternative procedure for the preparation of this compound is presented in this volume along with its use in a dia-stereoselective addition reaction with 2-TRIMETHYLSILYLTH1AZOLE to provide a compound bearing a 2-amino-1,3-diol substructure that appears in a variety of natural products. The conversion of abundantly available isosorbide into OSO ISOPROPYLIDENE-l ti-DIANHYDRO-d-GLUCITOL provides a potentially useful carbohydrate-deri ved material for the use in complex tetrahydrofuran synthesis. Finally, asymmetric reduction of an a,j9-unsaturated acylstannane with (R)-BINAL provides access to (S,E)-l-(METHOXYMETHOXY)-l-TRIBUTYLSTANNYL-2-BUTENE, an a-alkoxy allylstannane that has been used in enantioselective vicinal diol synthesis amongst other transformations. 

The inclusion complex 26, shown in Scheme 11, has been used as a host by Toda and coworkers to carry out a number of enantioselective reactions [231]. For example, irradiation of a 1 1 host-guest assembly of a-tropolone methyl ether 27 and (S,S)-( — )-26, in the solid state gave (lS,5R)-( — )-28 of 100% ee. The authors state that the high stereoselectivity is a result of the steric hindrance to disrotatory ring closure from one direction due to the structure of the host. This leads to the formation of only one enantiomer of the product. More details on this topic are available in Chap. 13. 

Asymmetric Hydrogenation. The diene-free cationic rhodium complex of (R)-BINAP catalyzes the enantioselective hydrogenation of dehydroamino acids. a-(Benzoylamino)acrylic acid is hydrogenated at rt to afford (S)-lV-benzoylphenylalanine in 100% ee (eq 1). To obtain maximal stereoselectivity the reaction should be carried out under a low concentration of substrate (100% in 0.013 M vs. 62% in 0.15 M) and low initial hydrogen pressure (100% at 1 atm, but 71% at 50 atm). 

Dihydropyrones are valuable intermediates for the synthesis of a variety of substituted tetrahydropyran rings. Recently, stereoselective aldol reactions of p-chlorovinyl ketones using the dienol boronate derivative derived from chiral IpC2BOTf was utilized for enantioselective formation of dihydropyrones. No detectable racemization was reported on the cyclization step (eq 4). ... 

Other Enantioselective Reactions. Enantioselective epoxide elimination by chiral bases has been demonstrated. More recently, the enantioselective [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement of a 13-membered propargylic ally lie ether has been performed using the lithium amide of (f ,f )-(l) as the base for deprotonation (eq 15). For this particular substrate, THF is a better solvent than ether, although pentane produces better results in a related transformation (eq 16). In fact, a change in solvent in this type of reaction has been shown to lead to a reversal of the stereoselectivity of the transformation. ... 

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