General and practical catalytic enantioselective Strecker reaction of ketoimines: significant improvement through catalyst tuning by protic additives
摘要:
Significant improvement in enantioselectivity and catalyst activity was achieved for the catalytic enantio selective Strecker reaction. Using a catalyst (1-2.5 mol%) prepared from Gd((OPr)-Pr-i)(3) and D-glucose derived ligand 1, and in the presence of 2,6-dimethylphenol as an additive, high enantioselectivity was obtained from a wide range of ketoimines, including heteroaromatic and cyclic ketoimines. The new method was applied to an efficient catalytic asymmetric synthesis of sorbinil, a therapeutic agent for diabetic complications. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
General and practical catalytic enantioselective Strecker reaction of ketoimines: significant improvement through catalyst tuning by protic additives
摘要:
Significant improvement in enantioselectivity and catalyst activity was achieved for the catalytic enantio selective Strecker reaction. Using a catalyst (1-2.5 mol%) prepared from Gd((OPr)-Pr-i)(3) and D-glucose derived ligand 1, and in the presence of 2,6-dimethylphenol as an additive, high enantioselectivity was obtained from a wide range of ketoimines, including heteroaromatic and cyclic ketoimines. The new method was applied to an efficient catalytic asymmetric synthesis of sorbinil, a therapeutic agent for diabetic complications. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Catalyst loading as low as 0.1 mol % was achieved in the enantioselectiveStreckerreaction of ketoimines. Excellent enantioselectivity was obtained with a combined use of a catalytic amount of TMSCN and a stoichiometric amount of HCN as a reagent, and a chiral gadolinium complex as a catalyst.