water-compatible proline catalysts (4–6) derived from calixarene bearing a hydrophobic nature have been synthesised. It was found that the compound 4 was a highly efficient organocatalyst for aldol reactions occurred in the water. Under optimised reaction conditions, high yields (up to 82%), good enantioselectivities (ee up to 81%) and high diastereoselectivities (dr up to 91:9) were obtained.
[reaction: see text] Readily tunable and bifunctional L-prolinamides as novel organocatalysts have been developed, and their catalytic activities were evaluated in the direct asymmetric Aldolreactions of various aromatic aldehydes and cyclohexanone. High isolated yields (up to 94%), enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee), and anti-diastereoselectivities (up to 99:1) were obtained under the optimal conditions
Unprecedented bifunctional enamine–metal Lewisacidcatalysts have been developed. In this bifunctional catalytic system, a tridentateligand tethered with a chiral secondary amine was designed to solve the acid–base self-quenching problem leading to catalyst inactivation. This new bifunctional enamine–metal Lewisacidcatalyst was found to catalyze aldol reactions of ketones efficiently in high yields
successfully used as a cocatalyst for L-proline catalyzed aldolreactions in the presence of water. The anticonfigured products were obtained with good yields (up to 94%), high diastereoselectivities (up to 95:5), and high enantiomeric excesses (up to 93% ee ). The successful results for catalytic efficiency of L-proline in the presence of water reveal the importance of the hydrophobic nature of cholesterol
Highly enantioselective aldol reactions using a tropos dibenz[c,e]azepine organocatalyst
作者:Barry Lygo、Christopher Davison、Timothy Evans、James A.R. Gilks、John Leonard、Claude-Eric Roy
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.101
日期:2011.12
The four-step synthesis of a chiral primary tertiary diamine salt, possessing a tropos dibenz[c,e]azepine ring is described. It is shown that 3.5–5 mol % of this salt is capable of promoting highly enantioselective crossed-aldol reactions between cyclohexanone and a series of aromatic aldehydes. In all cases, the aldol reactions proceed with high diastereoselectivity for the anti-aldol product. The