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A typical Sharpless catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation (ADH) process to make methyl (2R,3S)-2,3-dihydroxy-3 phenylpropionate has been successfully developed. The ADH reaction was exothermic and complete in 2-3 h without affecting the optical purity and

In this work, osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD) of methyl trans-cinnamate was studied. Osmium and chiral ligand catalysts were immobilized in ionic liquid only, without any other reaction solvents, while the recovery of the product was perf

Exchanger-OsO4 catalysts are prepared by an ion-exchange technique using layered double hydroxides and quaternary ammonium salts covalently bound to resin and silica as ion-exchangers. The ion-exchangers with different characteristics and opposite ion selectivities are specially chosen to produce the best heterogeneous catalyst that can operate using the various cooxidants in the asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction. LDH-OsO4 catalysts composed of different compositions are evaluated for the asymmetric dihydroxylation of trans-stilbene. Resin-OsO4 and SiO2-OsO4 designed to overcome the problems associated with LDH-OsO4 indeed show consistent activity and enantioselectivity in asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins using K3Fe(CN)6 and molecular oxygen as cooxidants. Compared to the Kobayashi heterogeneous systems, resin-OsO4 is a very efficient catalyst for the dihydroxylation of a wide variety of aromatic, aliphatic, acyclic, cyclic, mono-, di-, and trisubstituted olefins to afford chiral vicinal diols with high yields and enantioselectivities irrespective of the cooxidant used. Resin-OsO4 is recovered quantitatively by a simple filtration and reused for a number of cycles with consistent activity. The high binding ability of the heterogeneous osmium catalyst enables the use of an equimolar ratio of ligand to osmium to give excellent enantioselectives in asymmetric dihydroxylation in contrast to the homogeneous osmium system in which excess molar quantities of the expensive chiral ligand to osmium are invariably used. The complexation of the chiral ligand (DHQD)2PHAL, having very large dimension, a prerequisite to obtain higher ee, is possible only with the OsO42- located on the surface of the supports.

Under high-pressure conditions, a substantial increase in the turnover number was observed in the osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation of trans-cinnamate derivatives.

Markedly enhanced recyclability of osmium catalyst in asymmetric dihydroxylation has been achieved by using osmylated macroporous resins bearing both residual vinyl groups and quaternary ammonium moiety. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2005.

High enantioselectivity (> 99% ee) and reactivity in heterogeneous catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD) of olefins have been achieved using new polymeric cinchona alkaloids containing 1,4-bis(9-O-quininyl)phthalazine ((QN)2-PHAL), which ca

Heterogeneous catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins using homo- and co-polymeric cinchona alkaloids has been reported. The benzoate type homopolymers 2a,b showed high enantioselectivity in the heterogeneous ADH reactions, but their catalytic eff

Antibiotic discovery and development is challenging as chemical scaffolds of synthetic origin often lack the required pharmaceutical properties, and the discovery of novel ones from natural sources is tedious. Herein, we report the discovery of new cystob

Comparable reactivity and enantioselectivity to those in homogeneous solution have been achieved in heterogeneous catalytic asymmetry dihydroxylation (AD) of elefins using a new silica gel supported cinchona alkaloid containing 1,4-bis(9-O-quinyl)phthalaz

Abstract A catalytic system for the asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins was developed by using an ionic-tagged biscinchona alkaloid ligand immobilized onto OsO4-exchanged layered double hydroxide (LDH) as a robust recyclable homogenous-heterogeneous catalytic system. The desired products were obtained in high yield and enantioselectivity.

K3Fe(CN)6 and NaIO4 serve as catalytic co-oxidants for osmium-catalyzed dihydroxylations that are performed under near-neutral conditions with K2S2O8 as the stoichiometric oxidant and Na2HPO4 as the base. By using either quinuclidine or hydroquinidine 1,4-phthalazinediyl ether [(DHQD)2Phal], good yields of racemic or enantioenriched diols are obtained. This simple, biphasic procedure offers advantages over other neutral dihydroxylation protocols that use N-methylmorpholine oxide as the stoichiometric oxidant, by suppressing the secondary catalytic cycle that leads to reduced enantioselectivities. The utility of the procedure, which is nicely suited for base-labile starting materials or products, is demonstrated by performing the dihydroxylation in the presence of an aliphatic aldehyde moiety.

Total synthesis of cystobactamid 920-1 and its epimer has allowed an unambiguous assignment of the relative and absolute configuration of the natural product. A careful structural analysis of each isomer using both NMR and computational techniques also pr

The development of environmentally benign catalysts for highly enantioselective asymmetric cis-dihydroxylation (AD) of alkenes with broad substrate scope remains a challenge. By employing [FeII(L)(OTf)2] (L=N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-bis(2-methyl-8-quinolyl)-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine) as a catalyst, cis-diols in up to 99.8 % ee with 85 % isolated yield have been achieved in AD of alkenes with H2O2as an oxidant and alkenes in a limiting amount. This “[FeII(L)(OTf)2]+H2O2” method is applicable to both (E)-alkenes and terminal alkenes (24 examples >80 % ee, up to 1 g scale). Mechanistic studies, including18O-labeling, UV/Vis, EPR, ESI-MS analyses, and DFT calculations lend evidence for the involvement of chiral FeIII-OOH active species in enantioselective formation of the two C?O bonds.

The present invention provides cystobactamides of formula (I) and the use thereof for the treatment or prophylaxis of bacterial infections:

Room temperature oxidation of olefins catalysed by a symmetrical (μ-oxo)(μ-hydroxo)diiron(III) complex (1) based on the amino pyridyl ligand bpmen (bpmen = N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-bis(2-pyridyl methyl)ethane-1,2-diamine) with hydrogen peroxide under the conditions of limiting substrate is described. Excellent substrate conversions have been achieved under ambient reaction conditions. The olefin oxidation efficacy of the 1/H2O2 system has been found to get improved in presence of acetic acid. The catalytic system has been shown to oxidise electron-deficient olefins to the corresponding cis-diols, while epoxidation is favoured in case of electron-rich olefins. The μ-oxo diiron(III) core of the catalyst 1 has been found be regenerated after the catalytic turnovers. Addition of a second batch of substrate and oxidant at the end of the olefin oxidation results in the formation of almost identical amounts of epoxides/diols. Moreover, the regenerated catalyst exhibits a significantly higher preference towards the oxidation of electron-deficient olefins.

Abstract Epoxide hydrolase Kau2 overexpressed in Escherichia coli RE3 has been tested with ten different racemic and meso α,β-disubstituted aromatic epoxides. Some of the tested substrates were bi-functional, and most of them are very useful building blocks in synthetic chemistry applications. As a general trend Kau2 proved to be an extremely enantioselective biocatalyst, the diol products and remaining epoxides of the bioconversions being obtained - with two exceptions - in nearly enantiomerically pure form. Furthermore, the reaction times were usually very short (around 1 h, except when stilbene oxides were used), and the use of organic co-solvents was well tolerated, enabling very high substrate concentrations (up to 75 g/L) to be reached. Even extremely sterically demanding epoxides such as cis- and trans-stilbene oxides were transformed on a reasonable time scale. All reactions were successfully conducted on a 1 g preparative scale, generating diol- and epoxide-based chiral synthons with very high enantiomeric excesses and isolated yields close to the theoretical maximum. Thus we have here demonstrated the usefulness and versatility of lyophilized Escherichia coli cells expressing Kau2 epoxide hydrolase as a highly enantioselective biocatalyst for accessing very valuable optically pure aromatic epoxides and diols through kinetic resolution of racemates or desymmetrization of meso epoxides.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing epilepsy containing a sulfamate derivative compound and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for treatment or prevention epilepsy comprising administering a sulfamate derivative compound in a pharmaceutically effective amount to a subject in need of treatment or prevention of epilepsy.

Δ2-Thiazolines are interesting heterocycles that display a wide variety of biological characteristics. They are also common in chiral ligands used for asymmetric syntheses and as synthetic intermediates. Herein, we present asymmetric routes to

We disclosed herein a diastereoselective approach for the total syntheses of (±)-Leiocarpin A and (±)-Goniodiol. These biologically active styryl lactones were obtained from a common intermediate, prepared in five steps and 40% overall yield, using a simp

Ethyl-(7), benzyl-(8), tert-butyl-(9), and fluorenylmethyl-4- chlorobenzoyloxycarbamates (10) have been prepared as storable and easy-to-prepare nitrogen sources for use in the intermolecular Sharpless aminohydroxylation reaction and its asymmetric variant. These reagents were found to be effective under base-free reaction conditions. The scope and limitations of these methods have been explored using a variety of alkenes, among which, trans-cinnamates, in particular, proved to be good substrates.

(Chemical Equation Presented) Both syn- and anti-1,2-diols can be obtained with high diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity from the properly substituted glycolate-derived silyl ketene acetals in the presence of SiCl 4 and a chiral bisphos

(Chemical Equation Presented) A catalytic system involving silicon tetrachloride and a chiral, Lewis basic bisphosphoramide catalyst is effective for the addition of glycolate-derived silyl ketene acetals to aldehydes. It was found that the sense of diast

(Chemical Equation Presented) Sequential catalysis has evolved as a powerful concept within the past years and allows the more efficient use of catalytically active expensive transition metals in organic synthesis. In this paper we present the stereoselective cross-metathesis-dihydroxylation of various olefins with chiral auxiliary substituted acrylamides. The chiral information (i.e., the auxiliary) introduced in the metathesis reactions allows for a stereoselective subsequent RuO4-catalyzed dihydroxylation. The sequence is concluded by an unusual kinetic resolution of the diastereomeric diols obtained in the oxidation reaction. As a consequence a variety of structurally diverse enantiomerically enriched diols are obtained. To the best of our knowledge the results summarized in this paper represent the first highly efficient diastereoselective RuO4-catalyzed oxidation.

An osmate-exchanged chloroapatite (CAP-OsO4) catalyst was prepared by an ion-exchange technique. CAP-OsO4 efficiently catalyses asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins including α,β-unsaturated esters and amides to afford the corresponding diols in high yields and enantioselectivities. The catalyst was reused for several cycles with consistent activity.

An efficient enantioselective synthesis leading directly to (+)-(S)-dapoxetine has been described for the first time using a Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, Barton-McCombie deoxygention, and Mitsunobu reaction as the key steps.

Polyaniline-supported Sc, In, Pd, Os and Re catalysts were prepared by using a simple protocol and the thus prepared catalysts were well characterized using FTIR, XPS, UV-Vis/DRS, TGA-DTA. All the catalysts were successfully employed in a wide range of organic transformations such as cyanation and allylation of carbonyl compound, Suzuki coupling of aryl halides and boronic acids, and, most importantly, in asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins to afford optically active vicinal diols. All the catalysts were separated from the reaction mixture by simple filtration and reused with consistent activity for five cycles without noticeable leaching of metal from the support.

Two catalytic cycles operate in the osmium-catalyzed olefin dihydroxylation and aminohydroxylation. Slow hydrolysis of the Os(VI) monoglycolate (or monoazaglycolate in aminohydroxylation) intermediate often results in the addition of another molecule of o

Regio- and stereoselective lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolutions were investigated for some unsymmetrical, secondary/secondary syn-diols. Candida antarctica lipase B-catalyzed transesterifications of a few aryl/alkyl- and alkyl/alkyl 1,2-diols were coupled

The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of taxol side chain by synthesizing (2R,3S)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-phenylpropionate with greater than 99% enantioselectivity and devoid of osmium even in crude form in a single pot using a recyclable multifunctional catalysts, conversion of diol obtained without further crystallization into bromoacetate, reaction of bromoacetate with NaN3in organic solvent followed by deacetylation with to obtain azido alcohol, benzoylation followed by hydrogenation of azido alcohol to obtain the (2R,3S)-(N-)-benzoyl-3-phenylisoserine methyl ester in 67% yield.

The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of taxol side chain by synthesizing (2R,3S)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-phenylpropionate with greater than 99% enantioselectivity and devoid of osmium even in crude form in a single pot using a recyclable multifunctional catalysts, conversion of diol obtained without further crystallization into bromoacetate, reaction of bromoacetate with NaN3 in organic solvent followed by deacetylation with to obtain azido alcohol, benzoylation followed by hydrogenation of azido alcohol to obtain the (2R,3S)-(N-)-benzoyl-3-phenylisoserine methyl ester in 67% yield.

New bifunctional catalysts composed of PdCl42-, OsO42- and OsO42-, WO 42- designed and prepared by a counterionic stabilization technique involving the reactions of Na2PdCl4-K 2OsO4 and K2OsO4-Na 2WO4 with nanocrystalline MgO are well characterized. These bifunctional catalysts, NAP-Mg-PdOs and NAP-Mg-OsW perform tandem Heck asymmetric dihydroxylation and asymmetric dihydroxylation-N-oxidation reactions, respectively, in the presence of the chiral ligand 1,4-bis(9-o- dihydroquinidinyl)phthalazine [(DHQD)2PHAL] in a single pot. It is quite impressive to note that H2O2 is used as a terminal oxidant to provide N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMO) in situ by the oxidation of N-methylmorpholine (NMM) in the asymmetric dihydroxylation-N-oxidation catalyzed by NAP-Mg-OsW.

A novel ruthenium-catalyzed tandem ring-closing metathesis (RCM) double-bond isomerization reaction is described in this paper. The utility of this method for the efficient syntheses of five-, six-, and seven-membered cyclic enol ethers is demonstrated. It relies on the conversion of a metathesis-active ruthenium carbene species to an isomerization-active ruthenium-hydride species in situ. This conversion is achieved by using various additives. Scope and limitations of the different protocols are discussed, and some mechanistic considerations based on 31P and 1H NMR spectroscopic studies are presented.

A heterogeneous bifunctional catalyst composed of OsO42--WO42- and a trifunctional catalyst comprising PdCl42--OsO42-- WO42-, designed and prepared by an ion-exchange technique using layered double hydroxides (LDH) as an ion-exchanger and their homogeneous bifunctional analogue, K2OsO4-Na2WO4 and trifunctional analogue, Na2PdCl4-K2OsO4-K2 OSO4-NNa2WO4, devised for the first time are evaluated for the synthesis of chiral vicinal diols. These bifunctional and trifunctional catalysts perform asymmetric dihydroxylation-N-oxidation and Heck-asymmetric dihydroxylation-N-oxidation, respectively, in the presence of Sharpless chiral ligand, (DHQD)2PHAL in a single pot using H2O2 as a terminal oxidant to provide N-methylmorpholine oxide (NMO) in situ by the oxidation of N-methylmorpholine (NMM). The heterogeneous bifunctional catalyst supported on LDH (LDH-OsW) displays superior activity to afford diols with higher yields over the other heterogeneous catalysts developed by the ion exchange on quaternary ammonium salts covalently bound to resin (resin-OsW) and silica (silica-OsW) or homogeneous catalysts in the achiral dihydroxylation reactions. The LDH-OsW and its homogeneous analogue are found to be very efficient in performing a simultaneous asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD)-N-oxidation of a wide and varied range of aromatic, cyclic, and mono, di-, and trisubstituted olefins to obtain chiral vicinal diols with higher yields and ee's using H2O2. Further, the use of OsO42--WO42-- WO42- catalysts as such or in the supported form offers a simplified procedure for catalyst recycling, which shows consistent activity for a number of cycles. In this process, OsVI is recycled to OsVIII by a coupled electron transfer-mediator (ETM) system based on NMO-WO42- using H2O2, leading to a mild and selective electron transfer. The one-pot biomimic synthesis of chiral diols is mediated by a recyclable trifunctional heterogeneous catalyst (LDH-PdOsW) consisting of active palladium, tungsten, and osmium species embedded in a single matrix. This protocol, which provides prochiral olefins and NMO in situ by Heck coupling and N-oxidation of NMM, respectively, required for the AD, unfolds a low cost process. We extended the present method to the one-pot synthesis of trisubstituted chiral vicinal diols with moderate to excellent ee's by AD of trisubstituted olefins that are obtained by in situ Heck arylation of disubstituted olefins. The heterogeneous trifunctional catalysts offers chiral diols with unprecedented ee's and excellent yields in the AD of prochiral cinnamates, which are obtained in situ from acrylates and halobenzenes for the first time. The new variants such as LDH support and Et3N·HX inherently composed in the heterogeneous multicomponent system and slow addition of H202 facilitates the hydrolysis of osmium monogylcolate ester to subdue the formation of bisglycolate ester to achieve higher ee's. Without resorting to recrystallization, the chiral diols of cinnamates thus synthesized with 99% ee's and devoid of osmium contamination are directly put to use in the synthesis of diltiazem and Taxol side chain with an overall improved yield to demonstrate the synthetic utility of the trifunctional heterogeneous catalyst. The high binding ability of the heterogeneous osmium catalyst enables the use of equimolar ratio of ligand to osmium to give excellent ee's in AD in contrast to the homogeneous osmium system in which the excess molar quantities of the expensive chiral ligand to osmium are invariably used. Further, the XRD, FT-IR, UV-vis DRS, and XPS studies indicate the retention of the coordination geometries of the specific divalent anions anchored to LDH matrix in their monomeric form during the ion exchange and after the reaction.

(S)-Cyclohexyl lactic acid is a component of the selective E-selectin inhibitor 2 ((S)-cHexLact-2-0-(3-Galβ(1→3)ddGlc-(4→1)αFuc). We describe the evaluation of various synthetic routes to this building block: (A) diazotation of phenylalanine followed by phenyl ring hydrogenation; (B) phenyl ring hydrogenation of phenyl alanine followed by diazotation; (C) acidic hydrolysis of the cyanohydrin derived from phenylacetaldehyde, enantiomeric resolution of the resulting, racemic phenyl lactic acid via diasteromeric salt formation and phenyl ring hydrogenation; (D) enantioselective dihydroxylation of a cinnamate ester, followed by hydrogenation of the benzylic hydroxy group and the aromatic nucleus; (E) enantioselective biocatalytic reduction of phenylpyruvic acid, followed by phenyl ring hydrogenation. The development of (2R)-2-0-(4-nitrophenyl)sulfonyl-cyclohexyl lactic acid p-bromobenzylester 21 as a buidling block with improved crystallinity and stability is also described.

A soluble block copolymer-supported ligand was prepared via polycondensation of a bis-cinchona alkaloid derivative, polyethylene glycol, and terephthaloyl chloride. Its application in the asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins delivered very good enantioselectivity.

The total synthesis of (+)-duocarmycin A and SA through a common indoline intermediate is described. The key reactions include selective lithiation of a 2,6-dibromoiodobenzene derivative and diastereoselective addition to a chiral nitroalkene, copper-mediated aryl amination, and addition of aryllithium to azlactones. Copyright

α,β-Dihydroxy-β-aryl esters obtained via Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD) of substituted cinnamate esters are reduced by sequential reaction with trimethyl orthoacetate and acetyl bromide followed by catalytic hydrogenolysis in methanol to give enantiomerically enriched β-aryl-α-hydroxy esters.

In Os-catalysed asymmetric dihydroxylation using NMO as a co-oxidant, the combination of an ionic liquid and the new bis-cinchona alkaloid 2 generated in situ from (QN)2PHAL during reaction provided a simple and practical approach to the recycling of both catalytic components (osmium tetroxide and chiral ligand).

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Different α-alkoxy and α,β-di-alkoxy substituted aldehydes have been submitted to the catalytic action of the oxynitrilases from almond (PaHNL) or from Hevea brasiliensis (HbHNL), in order to explore the possibility of using these enzymes for the preparation of complex cyanohydrins. The selectivity of both enzymes towards these compounds was found to be largely dependent on the substitutents, being low with the aldehydes carrying the sterically more demanding phenyl substituent. Contrary to the chemical addition of HCN, which always occurs with a slight preference for the formation of the anti diastereoisomers, the enzymatic cyanuration - occurring with a facial preference, Si or Re according to the biocatalyst used - gave a mixture of cyanohydrins that, depending on the starting enantiomeric aldehyde, can be enriched in the syn diastereoisomers.

The synthesis of a novel soluble polymer-bound ligand DHQD-PHAL-OPEG-OMe and its application in the catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD) reaction are described. 1,4-Dichlorophthalazine was used as the coupling reagent to connect dihydroquinidine and polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether (MW = 5000, Fluka) while providing an aromatic group at the 9-O-position of dihydroquinidine. Enantiomeric excesses for trans-disubstituted olefins in the AD reaction, with K3Fe(CN)6 as secondary oxidant, are up to 98%.

A series of intramolecular alkylidene insertion reactions have been investigated. The nature of the substituents is demonstrated to have a dramatic effect on the outcome. In one example a novel rearrangement is observed.

Synthesis and biological evaluation of a variety of water soluble taxoids with sugar moieties are described.

Boron enolates of 1-O-silylated erythrulose 3,4-acetonides prepared with Brown's chloro-dicyclohexylborane/tertiary amine system have been shown to react with achiral aldehydes in a highly stereoselective way to yield a 1,2- syn/1,3-syn stereoisomer. Thro

The synthesis of the (2S,3S,4S)-3,4-dihydroxyhomotyrosine amino acid segment, present in echinocandin B, in its activated form ready for peptide coupling is described. The key steps of the approach are the enantioselective AD reaction of 4-methoxycinnamic

Glycolic acid can be converted to optically active 1,2,3,4-tetraols using a dispiroketal unit as a protecting group and chiral auxiliary. Aldol reactions of dispiroketal protected glycolate with aldehydes afford one diastereoisomer preferentially with two newly formed stereogenic centres. To extend the polyol chain, the carbonyl group of the aldol product is converted to a vinyl ether by the Tebbe reagent after protection of the free alcohol. A subsequent hydroboration-oxidation protocol affords the dispiroketal protected tetraol. The final deprotection of the tetraol occurs selectively without epimerisation or migration of the silyloxy protecting groups.

(equation presented) Methyl acetates with fluorine-containing auxiliaries at their 2 position were demonstrated to react smoothly with various electrophiles in a re face preferential manner (up to 90% de). This was interpreted as the result of an intermed

syn-2,3-Dihydoxy-3-phenyl-propanoic acid methyl ester (1a) and its simple derivatives (1b-e) are efficiently resolved in LPS-catalyzed transesterification, leading to the synthesis of the taxol side chain and analogs from both resolved enantiomers.

Variously β-substituted (2R)-N-[(E)-α,β-enoyl]bornane-10,2-sultams were oxidized with OsO4/4-methylmorpholine 4-oxide in a highly stereoselective manner. In all cases, the attack occurred on the C(α)-re face. The absolute configurations of all

Dihydroxyalkanoic ester derivatives (4a,b) and (5a,b) of 20S-camptothecin (1) were diastereoselectively synthesized by exploiting osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation based on the Sharpless procedure. The absolute configuration of the newly formed

The reaction of aryl orthoacetates with acetyl bromide readily proceeded regioselectively to afford the desirable aryl bromides in the presence of tin(II) or zinc bromide as a catalyst. The synthesis of some docetaxel derivatives is also described by using this improved process.