TADDOL enantioselective reactions

A chiral titanium(IV) complex has also been used by Wada et al. for the intermole-cular cycloaddition of ( )-2-oxo-l-phenylsulfonyl-3-alkenes 45 with enol ethers 46 using the TADDOL-TiX2 (X=C1, Br) complexes 48 as catalysts in an enantioselective reaction giving the dihydropyrans 47 as shown in Scheme 4.32 [47]. The reaction depends on the anion of the catalyst and the best yield and enantioselectivity were found for the TADDOL-TiBr2 up to 97% ee of the dihydropyrans 47 was obtained. 

Seebach, D., Hayakawa, M., Sakaki, J. and Schweizer, W.B. (1993) Derivatives of tetraaryl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3 -dioxolane-4,5 -dimethanol (TADDOL) containing nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus atoms. New ligands and auxiliaries for enantioselective reactions. Tetrahedron, 49, 1711-1724. 

The effect of (i) the distance between the side-chain phenyl and the a-chiral reaction centre, (ii) the distance between the 4-methoxyphenyl ring and the nitrogen atom, and (iii) the effect of adding TADDOL in the BTPP base-catalysed formation of the /3-lactam (83) from (82) was investigated.132 The most enantioselective reaction (74% ee) occurred when n = 0 and m = 1. TADDOL had a variable effect on the enantioselectivity but had a negative effect on the enantioselectivity in the reaction with n = 0 and m = 1. Reasons for the observed enantioselectivities are presented. 

Highly porous silica gel served as a support for the TADDOL moiety derived from inexpensive and readily available i-tartaric acid, which provided access to htanium-based Lewis acid catalysts (Heckel, 2000). Such entihes are employed successfully for enantioselective reactions. TADDOLs were covalently attached to the trimethyl-silyl-hydrophobized silica gel, controlled-pore glass (CPG) at about 300 m2 g-1, at a loading of 0.3-0.4 mmol gl (Heckel, 2002). In a carefully monitored mulh-step immobilization procedure, the TADDOLs were titanated to yield dichloro-, diisopropyl-, or ditosyl-TADDOLates. These catalysts were employed in dialkylzinc addihon to benzaldehydes and diphenyl nitrone addihon to 3-crotonyloxazolidinone, a [3+2] cycloaddition. 

Since the first report on Ti-TADDOLate-mediated Diels-Alder reactions [97,98] several studies of the same reaction have been reported these have shown that Ti-TADDOLate is an efficient chiral Lewis acid in enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions. Polymer- and dendrimer-supported Ti-TADDOLates have been reported and their catalytic activity in several enantioselective reactions has been evaluated [59]. Various kinds of polymeric TADDOLs were prepared both by chemical modification (Eq. 22) and by copolymerization (Eq. 23). 

Note that the diastereoselective synthesis of cis-l,2-dialkyicyclopropanol is considerably improved by using (i-PrOljTiCl or (i-PrO) Ti with RCHjCH MgBr (where R > H). The procedure is further simplified by adding an alkyl bromide to a mixture of the ester, (i-PrOljTiCl, and Mg in THF at room temperature, thus obviating the preparation of the Grignard reagent. In the presence of a chiral TADDOLate, the reaction becomes enantioselective. 

Seebach, D. Plattner, D. A. Beck, A. Wang, Y. M. Hunziker, D. Petter, W. On the mechanisms of enantioselective reactions using a,a,a a -tetraaryl-l,3-dioxane-4,5-dimethanol (TADDOL)-derived titanates Differences between Cj- and Cj-symmetrical TADDOLs - facts, implications and generalizations. Helv. Chim. Acta 1992, 75,2171-2209. 

In a more recent study on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions the use of succi-nimide instead of the oxazolidinone auxiliary was introduced (Scheme 6.19) [58]. The succinimide derivatives 24a,b are more reactive towards the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with nitrone la and the reaction proceeds in the absence of a catalyst. In the presence of TiCl2-TADDOLate catalyst 23a (5 mol%) the reaction of la with 24a proceeds at -20 to -10 °C, and after conversion of the unstable succinimide adduct into the amide derivative, the corresponding product 25 was obtained in an endojexo ratio of <5 >95. Additionally, the enantioselectivity of the reaction of 72% ee is also an improvement compared to the analogous reaction of the oxazolidinone derivative 19. Similar improvements were obtained in reactions of other related nitrones with 24a and b. 

It was our delight that the reactions catalyzed were activated even at -40 °C in the presence of a catalytic amount of achiral titanium catalysts (10 mol%) to afford the desilylacetylated 2-pyrazoline cycloadduct Na, l-acetyl-4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-3-oxazolidinylcarbonyl)-2-pyrazoline, in high yields as the far major product (Scheme 7.35). Although some chiral titanium TADDOlate catalysts were successfully applied to activate these reactions leading to the moderate enantioselectivities (up to 55% ee), the chemical yields were not satisfactory. 

A frequently used catalytic system used for the catalytic enantioselective carbo-Diels-Alder reaction of N-alkenoyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-one 4 is the chiral TADDOL-Ti(IV) 6 [14] complexes (Scheme 8.2 see Ghapter 1 in this book, by Hayashi) [15]. 

The a,a,a,a-tetraaryl-l,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanol (TADDOL) chiral ligands have also been the basis of enantioselective catalysis of the D-A reaction. In a study using 2-methoxy-6-methylquinone as the dienophile, evidence was found that the chloride-ligated form of the catalysts was more active than the dimeric oxy-bridged form.117... 

Employing 0.2 equiv. of polymer-bound dendritic Ti-TADDOLates of type 89 (1st and 2nd generation) enantioselectivities up to 98 2 were observed (Fig. 31). This value is comparable to those obtained in heterogeneous reactions using non-dendritic, polymer-bound analogs 88 (er up to 98,5 1,5 [ 105 ]) and with the... 

The self-assembly of a chiral Ti catalyst can be achieved by using the achiral precursor Ti(OPr )4 and two different chiral diol components, (R)-BINOL and (R,R)-TADDOL, in a molar ratio of 1 1 1. The components of less basic (R)-BINOL and the relatively more basic (R,R)-TADDOL assemble with Ti(OPr )4 in a molar ratio of 1 1 1, yielding chiral titanium catalyst 118 in the reaction system. In the asymmetric catalysis of the carbonyl-ene reaction, 118 is not only the most enantioselective catalyst but also the most stable and the exclusively formed species in the reaction system. 

So far, few data are available which allow the comparison of differences in efficacy and selectivity of one catalytic system attached to different supports. As far as the TADDOLate complexes are concerned, no clear rules can be drawn. Polystyrene-based catalysts derived from (8) and (10) show similar enantioselectivities and reaction rates. Differences appear, however, when comparing them with a polystyrene-embedded dendritic ligand system, generated by co-polymerization from TADDOL-derivative (32) (Scheme 4.18) which is described in Section 4.3.2.1. Re-cydabihty seems to be easier for the dendritic catalyst and the enantioselectivity. 

The role of multicomponent ligand assembly into a highly enantioselective catalyst is shown in the enantioselective catalysis for the carbonyl-ene reaction (Table 8.9). The catalyst is prepared from an achiral precatalyst, Ti(0 Pr)4 and a combination of BINOL with various chiral diols such as TADDOL and 5-Cl-BIPOL in a molar ratio of 1 1 1 (10mol% with respect to the olefin and glyoxylate) in... 

A simple, commercially available chiral alcohol, a,a,a a -tetraaryl-l,3-dioxo-lane-4,5-dimethanol (TADDOL, 7a), catalyzes the hetero- and carbo-Diels-Alder reactions of aminosiloxydienes with aldehydes and a-substituted acroleins to afford the dihydropyrones and cyclohexenones, respectively, in good yields and high enan-tioselectivities. More recently, it was reported that axially chiral biaryl diols 7b and 7c were more highly effective catalysts for enantioselective hetero-Diels-Alder reactions (Scheme 12.5). ... 

The enantioselective hetero-Diels-Alder (HDA) reaction of carbonyl compounds with 1,3-dienes represents an elegant access to optically active six-membered oxo-heterocycles. Since the pioneering work of Rawal et al. in 2003 [55], the enantioselective HDA reaction catalyzed by diols (such as TADDOLs) has become a flourishing field of research [56]. 

In the catalytic system shown in Scheme 9, a hydrogen bond between one hydroxy function of the diol catalyst and the carbonyl group of the substrate is regarded as the driving force of catalysis. Here, the spatial orientation of the bulky a-1-naphthyl substituents of the TADDOL (a,a,a, a -tetraaryl-l,3-dioxolan-4,5-dimethanol) scaffold generates the chiral environment controlling the enantioselectivity of the reaction. 

To rationalize the enantioselectivity of the TADDOL-catalyzed HDA reaction between Danishefsky s diene and benzaldehyde, eight possible diastereomeric transition states of different regio- and stereochemistry should in principle be considered for comprehensive analysis. The cycloaddition between the model diene and benzaldehyde can take place along two regio-isomeric meta (C1-06, C4-C5 bond formation) and ortho (C1-C5, C4-06 bond formation) reaction channels. For both of these pathways, an exo- and an endo-approach can be formulated (Scheme 11) [64]. 

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