A new chiral Brønsted acid, generated in situ from a chiral phosphoric acid boron (CPAB) complex and water, was successfully applied to asymmetric indole reduction. This "designer acid catalyst", which is more acidic than TsOH as suggested by DFT calculations, allows the unprecedented direct asymmetricreduction of C2-aryl-substituted N-unprotected indoles and features good to excellent enantioselectivities
Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Indolines: Asymmetric Hydrogenation at Ambient Temperature and Pressure with Cationic Ruthenium Diamine Catalysts
作者:Zhusheng Yang、Fei Chen、Yanmei He、Nianfa Yang、Qing-Hua Fan
DOI:10.1002/anie.201607890
日期:2016.10.24
asymmetric hydrogenation of 1H‐indoles and 3H‐indoles at ambient temperature and pressure, catalyzed by chiral phosphine‐free cationic ruthenium complexes, has been developed. Excellent enantio‐ and diastereoselectivities (up to >99 % ee, >20:1 d.r.) were obtained for a wide range of indolederivatives, including unprotected 2‐substituted and 2,3‐disubstituted 1H‐indoles, as well as 2‐alkyl‐ and 2‐aryl‐substituted
application of binaphthyl-stabilized palladium nanoparticles (Bin-PdNPs) with chiral modifiers in asymmetric hydrogenation of N-heteroaromatics is revealed. With an appropriate ratio of R-BINAP/Bin-PdNPs used, the pre-prepared chiral nanocatalyst achieves asymmetric hydrogenations of 2-substituted quinolines with good to excellent yields and moderate enantioselectivities, which showed superior catalytic properties
kinetic resolution of 2-substituted indoline derivatives was achieved by hydrogentransfer to imines by means of a chiral phosphoric acid catalyst. The oxidative kinetic resolution was applicable to racemic alkyl- or aryl-substituted indolines, and the remaining indolines were obtained in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities.
We have developed a highly efficient and practical strategy for the kinetic resolution of indoline derivatives, involving a chiral Brønstedacid-catalyzed iminium ion formation and asymmetric transfer hydrogenation cascade process. The kinetic resolution allows the synthesis of 2-substituted N-benzylindolines in good yields with moderate to excellent enantioselectivities.