Cooperative Catalysis by Tertiary Amino-Thioureas: Mechanism and Basis for Enantioselectivity of Ketone Cyanosilylation
摘要:
The mechanism of the enantioselective cyanosilylation of ketones catalyzed by tertiary aminothiourea derivatives was investigated using a combination of experimental and theoretical methods. The kinetic analysis is consistent with a cooperative mechanism in which both the thiourea and the tertiary amine of the catalyst are involved productively in the rate-limiting cyanide addition step. Density functional theory calculations were used to distinguish between mechanisms involving thiourea activation of ketone or of cyanide in the enantioselectivity-determining step. The strong correlation obtained between experimental and calculated ee's for a range of substrates and catalysts provides support for the most favorable calculated transition structures involving amine-bound HCN adding to thiourea-bound ketone. The calculations suggest that enantioselectivity arises from direct interactions between the ketone substrate and the amino-acid derived portion of the catalyst. On the basis of this insight, more enantioselective catalysts with broader substrate scope were prepared and evaluated experimentally.
Cooperative Catalysis by Tertiary Amino-Thioureas: Mechanism and Basis for Enantioselectivity of Ketone Cyanosilylation
作者:Stephan J. Zuend、Eric N. Jacobsen
DOI:10.1021/ja0735352
日期:2007.12.1
The mechanism of the enantioselective cyanosilylation of ketones catalyzed by tertiary aminothiourea derivatives was investigated using a combination of experimental and theoretical methods. The kinetic analysis is consistent with a cooperative mechanism in which both the thiourea and the tertiary amine of the catalyst are involved productively in the rate-limiting cyanide addition step. Density functional theory calculations were used to distinguish between mechanisms involving thiourea activation of ketone or of cyanide in the enantioselectivity-determining step. The strong correlation obtained between experimental and calculated ee's for a range of substrates and catalysts provides support for the most favorable calculated transition structures involving amine-bound HCN adding to thiourea-bound ketone. The calculations suggest that enantioselectivity arises from direct interactions between the ketone substrate and the amino-acid derived portion of the catalyst. On the basis of this insight, more enantioselective catalysts with broader substrate scope were prepared and evaluated experimentally.