Aryl Trihydroxyborate Salts: Thermally Unstable Species with Unusual Gelation Abilities
摘要:
A series of aryl trihydroxyborate salts were synthesized and found to form gels in benzene. The compounds were thermally unstable and readily underwent protodeboronation in solution and the solid state. Gelation could be induced without decomposition via sonication. Subsequent characterization studies revealed an unusual dependence of gel properties on alkyl chain length.
From Highly Enantioselective Monomeric Catalysts to Highly Enantioselective Polymeric Catalysts: Application of Rigid and Sterically Regular Chiral Binaphthyl Polymers to the Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Secondary Alcohols
作者:Wei-Sheng Huang、Qiao-Sheng Hu、Lin Pu
DOI:10.1021/jo990992v
日期:1999.10.1
A 1,1'-binaphthyl-based polymeric chiral catalyst with the most general enantioselectivity for the alkylzinc addition to a broad range of aldehydes has been obtained. This polymer can be easily recovered, and the recycled polymer shows the same catalytic properties as the original polymer. A highly enantioselective catalytic diphenylzinc addition to aldehydes has also been achieved by using the chiral binaphthyl monomer and polymer catalysts. Particularly, the excellent enantioselectivity observed for the addition of diphenylzinc to aromatic aldehydes allows the preparation of optically active diaryl carbinols that are synthetically useful but difficult to access by asymmetric catalysis. A novel asymmetric reduction of ketones catalyzed by the mono- and polybinaphthyl zinc complexes has been discovered. Our work on the asymmetric organozinc addition to aldehydes and the asymmetric reduction of ketones catalyzed by the zinc complexes of chiral binaphthyl monomer (R)-12 and polybinaphthyl (R)-43 has not only provided new methods to prepare optically active secondary alcohols but also demonstrated that incorporation of an enantioselective monomeric catalyst into a rigid and sterically regular polymer structure could almost completely preserve the catalytic properties of the monomeric catalyst. This strategy may find general application in converting existing highly enantioselective monomer catalysts into polymer catalysts of similar enantioselectivity provided that the catalytically active species of the monomer catalysts contain only the monomeric units rather than the aggregates of the monomers. By using this strategy, it is possible to overcame the drawbacks associated with the traditional approach to preparing polymeric chiral catalysts where the microenvironments of the catalytic sites in the polymers are often significantly altered from those in the monomeric catalysts due to the flexible and sterically irregular polymer chains.
A Highly General Catalyst for the Enantioselective Reaction of Aldehydes with Diethylzinc
作者:Wei-Sheng Huang、Qiao-Sheng Hu、Lin Pu
DOI:10.1021/jo971985e
日期:1998.3.1
Chemical Potential of the Solvent: A Crucial Player for Rationalizing Host-Guest Affinities
作者:Karine Baudet、Sebastiano Guerra、Claude Piguet
DOI:10.1002/chem.201703184
日期:2017.11.27
Forces of attraction: During the straightforward titration of tridentate host-receptors L with the [La(hfa)3dig] guest in dichloromethane, the apparent exchange constants exponentially increase with the amount of formed complex [La(hfa)3L]. How is it possible?
Aryl Trihydroxyborate Salts: Thermally Unstable Species with Unusual Gelation Abilities
作者:Cheryl L. Moy、Raja Kaliappan、Anne J. McNeil
DOI:10.1021/jo201353j
日期:2011.10.21
A series of aryl trihydroxyborate salts were synthesized and found to form gels in benzene. The compounds were thermally unstable and readily underwent protodeboronation in solution and the solid state. Gelation could be induced without decomposition via sonication. Subsequent characterization studies revealed an unusual dependence of gel properties on alkyl chain length.