- Conformational Control of Chiral Amido-Thiourea Catalysts Enables Improved Activity and Enantioselectivity
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While aryl pyrrolidinoamido-thioureas derived from α-amino acids are effective catalysts in a number of asymmetric transformations, they exist as mixtures of slowly interconverting amide rotamers. Herein, the compromising role of amide bond isomerism is analyzed experimentally and computationally. A modified catalyst structure that exists almost exclusively as a single amide rotamer is introduced. This modification is shown to result in improved reactivity and enantioselectivity by minimizing competing reaction pathways.
- Lehnherr, Dan,Ford, David D.,Bendelsmith, Andrew J.,Rose Kennedy,Jacobsen, Eric N.
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- Tackling N-Alkyl Imines with 3d Metal Catalysis: Highly Enantioselective Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of α-Chiral Amines
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A readily activated iron alkyl precatalyst effectively catalyzes the highly enantioselective hydroboration of N-alkyl imines. Employing a chiral bis(oxazolinylmethylidene)isoindoline pincer ligand, the asymmetric reduction of various acyclic N-alkyl imines provided the corresponding α-chiral amines in excellent yields and with up to >99 % ee. The applicability of this base metal catalytic system was further demonstrated with the synthesis of the pharmaceuticals Fendiline and Tecalcet.
- Blasius, Clemens K.,Gade, Lutz H.,Heinrich, Niklas F.,Vasilenko, Vladislav
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p. 15974 - 15977
(2020/07/04)
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- Highly effective asymmetric hydrogenation of cyclic N -alkyl imines with chiral cationic Ru-MsDPEN catalysts
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A range of cyclic N-alkyl imines were efficiently hydrogenated by using a chiral cationic Ru(η6-cymene)(MsDPEN)(BArF) complex (MsDPEN = N-(methanesulfonyl)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine) in high yields and up to 98% ee. A one-pot synthesis of chiral 2-phenylpyrrolidine via reductive amination was also developed.
- Chen, Fei,Ding, Ziyuan,Qin, Jie,Wang, Tianli,He, Yanmei,Fan, Qing-Hua
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 4348 - 4351
(2011/10/13)
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- Asymmetric deprotonation by BuLi/(-)-sparteine: Convenient and highly enantioselective syntheses of (S)-2-aryl-Boc-pyrrolidines
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Highly enantioselective syntheses of (S)-2-aryl-Boc-pyrrolidines (Boc = tert-butoxycarbonyl) can be achieved by treatment of the corresponding (arylmethyl)(3-chloropropyl)-Boc-amines with s-BuLi/(-)-sparteine. The reactions are solvent dependent with the phenyl, p-chlorophenyl, p-fluorophenyl, p-methylphenyl, m-methoxyphenyl, 1-naphthyl, and 2-naphthyl derivatives 1-7- providing 11-17 in yields of 46-75% with enantiomeric excesses of 84-96% in toluene. The 2-thienyl and 3-furyl analogs 8 and 9 afford the (S)-2-heteroaryl-Boc-pyrrolidines 18 and 19 in 51 and 21% yields with 93-96% enantiomeric excesses. The p-methoxyphenyl derivative 10 gives 20 as a racemic product in 42% yield under the same conditions. Reactions of n-BuLi/(-)-sparteine with 1 and 8 give results comparable to those with s-BuLi/(-)-sparteine. Illustrative syntheses of (S)-2-phenyl-(S)-5-methyl-Boc-pyrrolidine (22) and 1,2-(bis-(S)-2-phenylpyrrolindyl)ethane (23) are reported. The mechanism of the reaction is shown to be an asymmetric deprotonation of 1 to give an enantioenriched organolithium intermediate (S)-24 which undergoes cyclization faster than racemization.
- Wu,Lee,Beak
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p. 715 - 721
(2007/10/03)
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