Thio asymmetric

Inherent in the reduction of asymmetrically substituted cyclic imides is the problem of regiose-lectivity. Imides, in which one carbonyl group is part of a (thio)carbamate or urea function, usually show complete chemoselectivity for reduction of the other carbonyl group, indicated with an arrow. 

Among /1-thiosubstituted organophosphorus compounds bearing chiral groups, phosphono methyl thiazolines (Sect. 2.2.1, Scheme 8) and o-sulfanyl aryl phos-phonamides or phosphinoxides (Sect. 3.3, schemes 20 and 21) have already been mentioned. As a complement to this, some recent synthesis of non racemic /1-sulfinyl phosphines and phosphonates and thiazolidinyl phosphonates are reported below. Moreover, some chiral )8-thio-substituted phosphines have been used as metal ligands in asymmetric catalysis and are listed in Sect. 5.3. 

Allyl p-tolyl sulphoxide 535 reacts with sodium methoxide in methanol by initial prototropic isomerization and subsequent addition of methanol to give 536 (equation 333). Protic solvents are photochemically incorporated by the open chain olefinic bond of trans methyl )S-styryl sulphoxide 537 in a Markovnikov regiospecificity (equation 334). Mercaptanes and thiophenols add to vinyl sulphoxides in a similar manner (compare also Reference 604 and Section IV.B.3) to give fi-alkylthio(arylthio)ethyl sulphoxides 538 (equation 335). Addition of deuteriated thio-phenol (PhSD) to optically active p-tolyl vinyl sulphoxide is accompanied by a low asymmetric a-induction not exceeding 10% (equation 336) . Addition of amines to vinyl sulphoxides proceeds in the same way giving )S-aminoethyl sulphoxides in good to quantitative yields depending on the substituents at the vinyl moiety When optically active p-tolyl vinyl sulphoxides are used in this reaction, diastereoisomeric mixtures are always formed and asymmetric induction at the p- and a-carbon atoms is 80 20 (R = H, R = Me) and 1.8 1 (R = Me, R = H), respectively (equation 337) ... 

Diastereoselective asymmetric thio-Claisen rearrangement has been carried out by the reaction of thioamides with allyllic bromide (Scheme 37).76... 

Synthesis of the macrolide 6-deoxyerythronolide B 28 is one of the successful demonstrations of double asymmetric induction applied to the construction of complicated natural products.5 Retro synthetic analysis (Scheme 7-7) shows that 28 can be obtained from thio-seco acid 29, which consists of seven propionate building blocks. This is a typical aldol product in which a boron reagent... 

Asymmetric induction using an optically active acrylate ester with O-ethylthiohydroxamate has also been reported (87TL4205). [See reaction (52).] A review on the photolysis and thermolysis of O-hydroxamic thio-... 

Figure 6.12 Polystyrene-bound Schiff base (thio)urea catalysts HTS-optimized in the asymmetric Strecker reaction between N-allyl-protected benzaldimine and TBSCN key results obtained from the different libraries.

Figure 6.25 The most efficient (thio)urea derivatives in the asymmetric DKR of phenylalanine-derived aziactone (R = Bn Scheme 6.90).

Scheme 6.89 Proposed mechanistic picture for the asymmetric alcoholytic DKR of racemic aziactones promoted by bifunctional (thio)urea catalysts 64, 77, and 78 (A) hydrogen-bonded azlactone-64 complex supported by NMR methods (B).

Figure 6.40 (Thio)urea catalysts derived from dihydroquinine and dihydroquinidine screening results obtained from the asymmetric Michael addition of dimethyl malonate to frans-p-nitrostyrene.

In the presence of thiourea catalyst 122, the authors converted various (hetero) aromatic and aliphatic trons-P-nitroalkenes with dimethyl malonate to the desired (S)-configured Michael adducts 1-8. The reaction occurred at low 122-loading (2-5 mol%) in toluene at -20 to 20 °C and furnished very good yields (88-95%) and ee values (75-99%) for the respective products (Scheme 6.120). The dependency of the catalytic efficiency and selectivity on both the presence of the (thio) urea functionality and the relative stereochemistry at the key stereogenic centers C8/C9 suggested bifunctional catalysis, that is, a quinuclidine-moiety-assisted generation of the deprotonated malonate nucleophile and its asymmetric addition to the (thio)urea-bound nitroalkene Michael acceptor [279]. 

Scheme 6.131 Typical thiochromanes obtained from the 121-catalyzed asymmetric thio-Michael-aldol tandem reaction between various 2-mercaptobenzaldehydes and a, 3-unsaturated oxazolidinones.

Ricci and co-workers introduced a new class of amino- alcohol- based thiourea derivatives, which were easily accessible in a one-step coupling reaction in nearly quanitative yield from the commercially available chiral amino alcohols and 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl isothiocyanate or isocyanate, respectively (Figure 6.45) [307]. The screening of (thio)urea derivatives 137-140 in the enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of indole with trans-P-nitrostyrene at 20 °C in toluene demonstrated (lR,2S)-cis-l-amino-2-indanol-derived thiourea 139 to be the most active catalyst regarding conversion (95% conv./60h) as well as stereoinduction (35% ee), while the canditates 137, 138, and the urea derivative 140 displayed a lower accelerating effect and poorer asymmetric induction (Figure 6.45). The uncatalyzed reference reaction performed under otherwise identical conditions showed 17% conversion in 65 h reaction time. 

Figure 6.50 (R)-bis-N-tosyl-BINAM-derivative 151 and axially chiral bis(thio)ureas 152-165 screened for catalytic efficiency in the asymmetric addition of indole and N-methylindole to nitroalkenes.

A screening of (R)-bis-N-tosyl-BlNAM 151 and axially chiral (thio)urea derivatives 152-162 (10mol% loading 0.36 M catalyst concentration incorporating the N-aryl(alkyl) structural motif was performed at various reaction temperatures in di-chloroform using the asymmetric FC addition of N-methylindole to trans-Ji-nitrostyrene as model reachon (product 1 Scheme 6.158). The structure of bis(3,5-bistrifluoromethyl) phenyl functionalized binaphthyl bisthiourea 158 was identified... 

M. Shi and Y.-L. Shi reported the synthesis and application of new bifunctional axially chiral (thio) urea-phosphine organocatalysts in the asymmetric aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) reaction [176, 177] of N-sulfonated imines with methyl vinyl ketone (MVK), phenyl vinyl ketone (PVK), ethyl vinyl ketone (EVK) or acrolein [316]. The design of the catalyst structure is based on axially chiral BINOL-derived phosphines [317, 318] that have already been successfully utilized as bifunctional catalysts in asymmetric aza-MBH reactions. The formal replacement of the hydrogen-bonding phenol group with a (thio)urea functionality led to catalysts 166-168 (Figure 6.51). 

The catalyst screening experiments were performed in the asymmetric Henry addition of nitromethane (10 equiv.) to 4-nitrobenzaldehyde in the presence of DABCO (20mol %) as the base and (thio)ureas 157, 158, 163, and 170-175 (each 10mol% loading). After 12h in reaction time at room temperature and in THF as the solvent, the corresponding Henry adduct was obtained in excellent yields (99%) but with very low ee values (7-17%) nearly independently of the sterical hindrance of the axiaUy chiral backbone skeleton (e.g., 172 and 174 each 99% yield 11% ee). Thioureas appeared slightly more enantioselective (e.g., 163 83% yield, 33% ee 171 99% yield, 15% ee) than their urea counterparts probably due... 

This section considers the applications of bifunctional hydrogen-bonding (thio) urea derivatives that have been designed and utilized for asymmetric organocataly-sis, but cannot clearly be assigned to one of the structural classifications mentioned above or are the catalysts of choice in only one publication that can mark the basis of further research efforts. 

Figure 6.64 Representative N-sulfinyl (thio)ureas evaluated for catalytic activity in the asymmetric aza-Henry reaction of N-Boc-protected benzaldimine with nitroethane affording model product 1.

Certain olefinic substrates undergo thermally-forbidden [2 + 2] type cycloaddition in the presence of Lewis acid catalysts through coordination to the acceptor molecules. Scheme 111 illustrates the enantiose-lective version of this reaction (271). Some thio acetylenes can also be used. Substantial asymmetric induction has been observed in cycloadditions of styrenes and 1,4-benzoquinones using a stoichiometric amount of a chiral Ti(IV) complex (272). The [2 + 2] cycloadducts are readily rearranged to 2-ary 1-2,3-dihydrobenzofirrans. 

Asymmetric Michael addition.1 The highest optical yield for addition of thio-phenol to maleates is obtained with diisopropyl maleate catalyzed by cinchonine (equation I). The succinate obtained in this way was used for synthesis of (R)-( + )-3,4-epoxy-l-butanol. 

Table 6C. 1 lists representative results for the asymmetric oxidation of thio ethers with r-butyl hydroperoxide under the standard conditions (in dichloromethane at -20°C). Enantioselectivi-ties are especially good (80-95% ee) for the oxidation of aryl methyl sufoxides (Table 6C.1). A substantial decrease in enantioselectivity is observed for oxidation of aryl-S-alkyl-type sulfides in which an alkyl group is larger than methyl such as n-propyl an n-butyl.

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