Effect of ligand N,N-substituents on the reactivity of chiral copper(II) salalen, salan, and salalan complexes toward asymmetric nitroaldol reactions
摘要:
The synthesis and effect of ligand N,N-substituents on the reactivity of chiral copper(II) salalen, salan, and salalan complexes toward nitroaldol reactions of nitromethane with various aldehydes have been described. The salan complexes exhibit superior results compared to the salalen and salalan complexes; the nature of the N,N-substituents is crucial for the enantioselectivity of the target nitroaldol products. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Asymmetricprotonation of ketone enolates is a convenient alternative to asymmetric alkylation of enolates that allows to convert racemic ketones into their optically active form. Here, we have reported an efficient enantioselective protonation of 2-methyl-1-tetralone lithium enolate catalyzed by salan-type diamines. A broad series of salan-type catalysts were synthesized, including several previously
Achiral Tetrahydrosalen Ligands for the Synthesis of <i>C</i><sub>2</sub>-Symmetric Titanium Complexes: A Structure and Diastereoselectivity Study
作者:Jaume Balsells、Patrick J. Carroll、Patrick J. Walsh
DOI:10.1021/ic010456x
日期:2001.10.1
Achiral tetrahydrosalen ligands have been employed in the synthesis of chiral C-2-symmetric titanium complexes. When combined with tetrahydrosalen ligands 2a and 2b, titanium tetraisopropoxide liberated 2 equiv of isopropyl alcohol and generated the (tetrahydrosalen)Ti(O-i-Pr)(2) complexes 3a and 3b. These complexes were shown to be C-2-symmetric by H-1 and C-13H-1} NMR spectrometry and X-ray crystallography. X-ray structures of 3a and 3b indicate that the bonding of the tetrahydrosalen ligand to titanium is different than the bonding of salen ligands to titanium. Whereas salen ligands usually bind to titanium in a planar arrangement, the tetrahydrosalen is bonded with the phenoxide oxygens mutually trans. When bound in this fashion, the nitrogens of the tetrahydrosalen ligand and the titanium become stereogenic centers. The use of titanium complexes of high enantiopurity in the generation of tetrahydrosalen titanium adducts resulted in a maximum diastereoselectivity of 2:1. The diastereoselectivity obtained using chiral titanium alkoxide complexes was greater than the diastereoselectivity observed when a tetrahydrosalen ligand derived from (SS)-trans-diaminocyclohexane was employed.