Asymmetric conjugate hydrocyanation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives catalyzed by a Ru[(S)-phgly]2[(S)-binap]–CH3OLi system was examined. The N-acylpyrrole gave the best result in terms of reactivity and enantioselectivity. A series of substrates with alkyl or heterosubstituted alkyl groups at the β-position reacted with a substrate-to-catalyst molar ratio of 200–2000 to afford the β-cyano
Structural Study-Guided Development of Versatile Phase-Transfer Catalysts for Asymmetric Conjugate Additions of Cyanide
作者:Brian A. Provencher、Keith J. Bartelson、Yan Liu、Bruce M. Foxman、Li Deng
DOI:10.1002/anie.201105536
日期:2011.11.4
Unprecedented phase‐transfercatalysts for the first example of an organocatalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of cyanide with acetone cyanohydrin are reported (see scheme). Utilizing an accessible cupreidinium salt and a cyanation reagent suitable for industrial scale, this reaction holds significant promise for practical asymmetric synthesis. The catalysts were developed as a result of key structural
报道了用于氰化物与丙酮氰醇的有机催化不对称共轭加成的第一个例子的前所未有的相转移催化剂(参见方案)。利用易于获得的铜盐和适用于工业规模的氰化试剂,该反应对实际不对称合成具有重要意义。这些催化剂是根据 X 射线分析获得的关键结构见解而开发的。
Toward a rational design of the assembly structure of polymetallic asymmetric catalysts: design, synthesis, and evaluation of new chiral ligands for catalytic asymmetric cyanation reactions
New chiral ligands (4 and 5) for polymetallic asymmetric catalysts were designed based on the hypothesis that the assembled structure should be stable when made from a stable module 8. A metal-ligand 5:6+mu-oxo+OH complex was generated from Gd((OPr)-Pr-i)(3) and 4 or 5, and this complex was an improved asymmetric catalyst for the desymmetrization of meso-aziridines with TMSCN and conjugate addition of TMSCN to alpha,beta-unsaturated N-acylpyrroles, compared to the previously reported catalysts derived from 1-3. These two groups of catalysts produced opposing enantioselectivity even though the ligands had the same chirality. The functional difference in the asymmetric catalysts is derived from differences in the higher-order structure of the polymetallic catalysts. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.