New Efficient Organic Activators for Highly Enantioselective Reduction of Aromatic Ketones by Trichlorosilane
摘要:
Aryl ketones were reduced to the corresponding alcohols with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 99.7% ee) by Cl3SiH in the presence of a catalytic amount of N-formyl-alpha '-(2,4,6-triethylphenyl)-L-proline as an activator. Both carboxyl group at the alpha-position of the activator and 2,4,6-triethylphenyl group at the alpha '-position were critical for the high enantioselectivity.
New Efficient Organic Activators for Highly Enantioselective Reduction of Aromatic Ketones by Trichlorosilane
摘要:
Aryl ketones were reduced to the corresponding alcohols with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 99.7% ee) by Cl3SiH in the presence of a catalytic amount of N-formyl-alpha '-(2,4,6-triethylphenyl)-L-proline as an activator. Both carboxyl group at the alpha-position of the activator and 2,4,6-triethylphenyl group at the alpha '-position were critical for the high enantioselectivity.
Diastereoselective arylation of l-proline derivatives at the 5-position
作者:Osamu Onomura、Peter G. Kirira、Toshimitsu Tanaka、Shinsuke Tsukada、Yoshihiro Matsumura、Yosuke Demizu
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2008.06.004
日期:2008.8
Diastereoselective introduction of nucleophiles into L-proline derivatives at the 5-position was achieved with suitable selection of N-protecting group. N-Methoxycarbonylated or benzyloxycarbonylated L-proline derivatives reacted with arene to give cis-arylated products. On the other hand, N-benzoylated L-proline derivative preferentially gave trans-arylated product, which could be easily transformed into optically active C-2-symmetrical pyrrolidine derivative. Such derivative 5 worked well as an organic activator in the asymmetric reduction of aromatic imines by Cl3SiH. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.