申请人:MINNAARD Adriaan Jacobus
公开号:US20080275274A1
公开(公告)日:2008-11-06
Process for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched compounds of formula Ar—C(R
1
)—C(R
2
)-Z wherein Ar represents an optionally substituted (hetero)aryl group R
1
and R
2
, each independently, represent H, an alkyl, (hetero)aryl, dialkylamino, amido, thioether, alkoxy or aryloxy group with the proviso that not both R
1
and R
2
represent H, or R
1
and R
2
form together with the C-atoms to which they are bound a (hetero)alkyl or (hetero)alkenyl ring and Z represents an electron withdrawing group, in which process a boronic acid derivate of formula Ar—B(OR
3
)OR
4
or its anhydride, wherein R
3
and R
4
, each independently, represent H or an alkyl group, is reacted with an olefinic unsaturated compound of formula R
2
—C═C—(R
1
)Z in the presence of a transition metal catalyst comprising a transition metal chosen from Cu and group VIII and an enantiomerically enriched ligand L, having formula (I) where C
n
together with the two O-atoms and the P-atom forms a substituted or nonsubstituted ring with 2-6 C-atoms, R
5
and R
6
each independently represent H, an optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, or aralkyl group, or the group of formula (II) wherein C
n
1
may have the same meanings as given for C
n
and B represents a bridging group, or R
5
and R
6
may form a heterocyclic ring together with the N-atom to which they are bound.