- Bio-inspired Water-Driven Catalytic Enantioselective Protonation
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Catalytic enantioselective protonation of a prochiral carbanion in water is a common transformation in biological systems, but has been beyond the capability of synthetic chemists since unusually rapid movement of a proton in water leads to uncontrolled racemic protonation. Herein we show a crucial role of water, which enables a highly enantioselective glyoxalase I-mimic catalytic isomerization of hemithioacetals which proceeds via enantioselective protonation of an ene-diol intermediate. The use of on-water condition turns on this otherwise extremely unreactive catalytic reaction as a result of the strengthened hydrogen bonds of water molecules near the hydrophobic reaction mixture. Furthermore, under on-water conditions, especially under biphasic microfluidic on-water conditions, access of bulk water into the enantio-determining transition state is efficiently blocked, consequently enabling the enantioselective introduction of a highly ungovernable proton to a transient enediol intermediate, which mimics the action of enzymes.
- Park, Si Joon,Hwang, In-Soo,Chang, Young Jun,Song, Choong Eui
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p. 2552 - 2557
(2021/02/01)
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- Well-Designed Phosphine-Urea Ligand for Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Methacrylonitrile: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study
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A novel chiral phosphine-urea bifunctional ligand has been developed for Cu-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of iminoesters with methacrylonitrile, a long-standing challenging substrate in asymmetric catalysis. Distortion-interaction energy analysis based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveals that the distortion energy plays an important role in the observed enantioselectivity, which can be attributed to the steric effect between the phosphine ligand and the dipole reactant. DFT calculations also indicate that nucleophilic addition is the enantioselectivity-determining step and hydrogen bonding between the urea moiety and methacrylonitrile assists in control of the diastereo- and enantioselectivity. By a combination of metal catalysis and organocatalysis, excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities (up to 99:1 diastereomeric ratio, 99% enantiomeric excess) as well as good yields are achieved. A wide range of substitution patterns of both iminoester and acrylonitrile is tolerated by this catalyst system, providing access to a series of highly substituted chiral cyanopyrrolidines with up to two quaternary stereogenic centers. The synthetic utility is demonstrated by enantioselective synthesis of antitumor agent ETP69 with a pivotal nitrile pharmacophore and an all-carbon quaternary stereogenic center.
- Xiong, Yang,Du, Zhuanzhuan,Chen, Haohua,Yang, Zhao,Tan, Qiuyuan,Zhang, Changhui,Zhu, Lei,Lan, Yu,Zhang, Min
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p. 961 - 971
(2019/01/14)
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- Frustrated Lewis acid/Br?nsted base catalysts for direct enantioselective α-amination of carbonyl compounds
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A method for enantioselective direct α-amination reaction catalyzed by a sterically "frustrated" Lewis acid/Br?nsted base complex is disclosed. Cooperative functioning of the Lewis acid and Br?nsted base components gives rise to in situ enolate generation from monocarbonyl compounds. Subsequent reaction with hydrogen-bond activated dialkyl azodicarboxylates delivers α-aminocarbonyl compounds in high enantiomeric purity.
- Shang, Ming,Wang, Xiaoxu,Koo, Seung Moh,Youn, Jennifer,Chan, Jessica Z.,Yao, Wenzhi,Hastings, Brian T.,Wasa, Masayuki
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p. 95 - 98
(2017/05/16)
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- Enantioselectivity switch controlled by N,N′-di- or N,N,N′,N′-tetra-substituted chiral thiophosphorodiamide ligands, structural relatives of thioureas, in catalytic additions of diethylzinc to aldehydes
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We have developed a series of new chiral thiophosphorodiamide ligands derived from (1R,2R)-(+)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine, which are the structural relatives of thioureas. An investigation into their catalytic properties in asymmetric additions of diethylzinc to aldehydes has shown that N,N,N′,N′-tetra-substituted chiral thiophosphorodiamides can give (R)-secondary alcohols with up to 98% yield and 98% ee, while N,N′-di-substituted chiral thiophosphorodiamides give (S)-secondary alcohols with up to 99% yield and 97% ee values. The enantioselectivity switch is highly efficient with a broad substrate scope. We have also proposed hypothetical reaction pathways, which result in an enantioselectivity switch.
- Yue, Huifeng,Huang, Huayin,Bian, Guangling,Zong, Hua,Li, Fangling,Song, Ling
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p. 170 - 180
(2014/02/14)
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- QSAR analysis of the catalytic asymmetric ethylation of ketone using physical steric parameters of chiral ligand substituents
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We have demonstrated that a validated QSAR (quantitative structure-activity relationship) model can be constructed between sterimol steric parameters of the N-substituents of chiral 1,2-amino-phosphoramide ligands and the enantiomeric ratios of alcohol products produced in the asymmetric additions of diethylzinc to acetophenone, which is powerful for predicting the steric effects of ligand substituents on enantioselectivities and instructive for ligand optimization.
- Huang, Huayin,Zong, Hua,Shen, Bin,Yue, Huifeng,Bian, Guangling,Song, Ling
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p. 1289 - 1297
(2014/02/14)
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