Angewandte
Chemie
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200703847
Kinetic Resolution
Chiral Recognition with Silicon-Stereogenic Silanes: Remarkable
Selectivity Factors in the Kinetic Resolution of Donor-Functionalized
Alcohols**
Hendrik F. T. Klare and Martin Oestreich*
Non-enzymatic kinetic resolution is an important technique
in asymmetric synthesis to access optically active materials.[1]
A useful parameter for expressing the efficiency of resolution
is the selectivity factor s, which is the ratio of the rate
constants for the reaction of a chiral catalyst or a chiral
reagent with the different enantiomers.[2] In order to at the
same time obtain high chemical yield, ideally 50% for both
the slow- andthe fast-reacting enantiomer, andperfect
enantioselectivity, selectivity factors must be extremely high
(s > 200). Such numbers are, however, far from the norm; for
example, Vedejs et al. identified an exceptional chiral phos-
phine-basedcatalyst for the nucleophilic acylation of benzylic
alcohols (s ꢀ 350).[3,4]
and Moreau showed that these species mediate dehydrogen-
[13]
ꢁ
ative Si O coupling of reactive diorganosilanes. However,
when using our sterically hindered triorganosilanes,[5] these
catalysts were largely unreactive.[14] The Wilkinson catalyst
[RhCl(Ph3P)3] showedpromising levels of conversion. Facile
[15]
variation of the liganditself andthe metal-to-ligandratio
was ensuredby employing the cationic precursor rhodium( i)
complex [Rh(cod)2]OTf. To test these rhodium–ligand com-
binations (Table 1), we chose the reaction of the privileged[16]
silane rac-1[17] with donor-functionalized alcohol rac-2, which
[6]
hadproven to be a goodsubstrate in our earlier study.
As
the process is diastereoselective by nature, the diastereomeric
ratio of silyl ether 3 correlates directly with the selectivity
factor of the relatedkinetic resolution; thus, these catalysts
were assessedwith racemic silane.
Our screening commencedwith three monoedntate
phosphine ligands (Table 1, entries 1–3). These ligands pro-
As part of our research program on silicon-stereogenic
silanes in asymmetric catalysis,[5] in 2005 we introduced a
[6]
novel reagent-controlledstrategy for the kinetic resolution
of donor-functionalized alcohols[7] by means of diastereose-
[8]
[9]
ꢁ
ꢁ
lective Cu H-catalyzed dehydrogenative Si O coupling.
In this unique stereoselective alcohol silylation,[10] asymmetry
at the silicon atom enables discrimination of enantiomeric
alcohols with promising selectivity (s ꢀ 10).[6] We then set out
to identify transition-metal–ligand combinations that would
catalyze the kinetic resolution with substantially improved
selectivity factors and, as a future prospect, that would be
capable of alcohol racemization,[11] thereby resulting in
dynamic kinetic resolution.[12] Herein, we report on an
Table 1: Ligand screening in the diastereoselective rhodium(I)-catalyzed
dehydrogenative coupling.[a]
ꢁ
intriguing rhodium-catalyzed dehydrogenative Si O cou-
pling, in which a silicon-stereogenic silane kinetically selects
one of the two enantiomeric transition-metal–substrate com-
plexes with outstanding preference (s ꢀ 900). This chiral
recognition originates from a single stereocenter in a low-
molecular-weight (204.38 gmolꢁ1) chiral reagent that is
almost a pure hydrocarbon (C13H20Si) without any further
binding sites.
Entry
L
t [h]
Conv [%][b]
d.r.[c]
70:30
80:20
85:15
82:18
>99:1
99:1
1
2
3
Ph3P
Mes3P
tBu3P
24
12
12
16
12
4
44
55
54
100
100
100
4[d]
5[d]
6[d]
IMes·HCl
IPr·HCl
In light of the above considerations, we decided to use
rhodium(I)- and ruthenium(II)-based catalysts, since Corriu
IPr·HCl/Mes3P[e]
[a] Unless otherwise noted, all reactions were conducted using [Rh-
(cod)2]OTf (5.0 mol%)and the indicated ligand (10 mol%)with a
substrate concentration of 0.1m in toluene at 508C; when using carbene
ligand precursors IMes·HCl and IPr·HCl, slightly less than twice the
equimolar amount of KOtBu (relative to the precursor)was added.
[b] Monitored by 1H NMR spectroscopy and determined by integration of
the baseline-separated resonance signals of 2 at d=5.16 ppm and 3 at
d=4.93/5.02 ppm. [c] Determined by GC analysis using an SE-54
column. [d] The generation of the catalytically active carbene complexes
displayed a marked sensitivity towards the temperature of the deproto-
nation step; maintaining the reaction mixture at room temperature for
1 h prior to substrate addition was critical to success. [e] 1:1 mixture.
IMes=1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, Mes=2,4,6-tri-
methylphenyl, IPr=1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene.
[*] H. F. T. Klare, Prof. Dr. M. Oestreich
Organisch-Chemisches Institut
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Corrensstrasse 40, 48149 Münster (Germany)
Fax: (+49)251-83-36501
E-mail: martin.oestreich@uni-muenster.de
oestreich/oe_welcome.html
[**] The research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemein-
schaft (Oe 249/4-1). M.O. is indebted to the Aventis Foundation
(Karl-Winnacker-Stipendium, 2006–2008). The authors thank Bar-
bara Hildmann for skillful technical assistance.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 9335 –9338
ꢀ 2007 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
9335
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