A trace amount (ca. 3 mg) of 2-methylpyrimidyl alkanol with only a slight enantiomericexcess (0.2 – 0.3% e.e.) was auto-multiplied with dramatic amplification of enantiomericexcess (up to ca. 90% e.e.) in one-pot asymmetric autocatalytic reaction using diisopropylzinc and 2-methylpyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde.
Physical and Chemical Rationalization for Asymmetric Amplification in Autocatalytic Reactions
作者:Frederic G. Buono、Hiroshi Iwamura、Donna G. Blackmond
DOI:10.1002/anie.200353086
日期:2004.4.13
Amplification of a Slight Enantiomeric Imbalance in Molecules Based on Asymmetric Autocatalysis: The First Correlation between High Enantiomeric Enrichment in a Chiral Molecule and Circularly Polarized Light
A Few Molecules Can Control the Enantiomeric Outcome. Evidence Supporting Absolute Asymmetric Synthesis Using the Soai Asymmetric Autocatalysis
作者:Daniel A. Singleton、Loan K. Vo
DOI:10.1021/ol035605p
日期:2003.11.1
Experiments were carried out to investigate whether the Soai asymmetric autocatalysis can accomplish true absolute asymmetric synthesis. In 54 reactions, R and S enantiomeric products were obtained 27 times each. Of 25 pairs of side-by-side identical reactions, 12 afforded opposite enantiomers. In a test of the mechanistic viability of a random-chance process, it was found that a very few molecules (approximately 60 000) were sufficient to control the enantiomeric outcome of these reactions. These observations appear most consistent with asymmetric synthesis originating from the chance enantiomeric excess in a racemate.
Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Asymmetric Automultiplication of Chiral Pyrimidyl Alcohol