DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500842
Communications
Recyclable Poly-Zn3(OAc)4–3,3’-
Bis(aminoimino)binaphthoxide Catalyst for Asymmetric
Iodolactonization
Takayoshi Arai,*[a] Takahiro Kojima,[a] Ohji Watanabe,[a] Tsutomu Itoh,[b] and Hirofumi Kanoh[c]
On the basis of the structure of the unimolecular Zn3(OAc)4–
3,3’-bis(aminoimino)binaphthoxide complex, a poly-Zn3(OAc)4–
3,3’-bis(aminoimino)binaphthoxide (poly-Zn) complex was pre-
pared from 3,3’-diformylbinaphthol, tetramine, and Zn(OAc)2.
The first-generation poly-Zn catalyst (poly-Zn1) was prepared
from poly(aminoiminobinaphthol) and Zn(OAc)2. Although
poly-Zn1 showed high catalytic activity for iodolactonization,
the catalyst could not be reused. The second-generation poly-
Zn catalyst (poly-Zn2) was prepared by the self-organization of
3,3’-diformylbinaphthol, tetramine, and Zn(OAc)2. This pro-
duced a stable and active poly-Zn2 catalyst for asymmetric
iodolactonization that was reused over five cycles.
these soluble recyclable catalysts, heterogeneous catalysts are
still fundamentally advantageous, because they can be sepa-
rated from the product by simple filtration. Polymeric ligands
not containing a polymer backbone would be an ideal insolu-
ble recyclable catalyst system, though successful examples are
limited.[5] This report describes the development of poly-
Zn3(OAc)4–3,3’-bis(aminoimino) binaphthoxide (poly-Zn), based
on the unimolecular Zn3(OAc)4–3,3’-bis(aminoimino)binaphth-
oxide complex,[6] as a recyclable catalyst for asymmetric iodo-
lactonization.[7]
In 2014, we reported
a Zn3(OAc)4–3,3’-bis(aminoimino)
binaphthoxide complex for catalytic asymmetric iodolactoniza-
tion.[6] It was shown that trinuclear Zn3(OAc)4–3,3’-bis(amino-
imino)binaphthoxide (tri-Zn, 1 mol%) could catalyze asymmet-
ric iodolactonization with up to 99.9% ee (Scheme 1).
The construction of reusable catalyst systems is important for
sustainable organic syntheses, especially for expensive asym-
metric catalysts. Although polymer-supported catalysts[1] have
been used widely for the recov-
The 3,3’-bis(aminoimino)binaphthol ligand (C) was synthe-
sized by condensation of (R)-3,3’-diformylbinaphthol (A) with
ery and reuse of asymmetric cat-
alysts, the polymer backbone
often causes significant negative
effects on the activity of the cat-
alyst and the stereoselectivity of
the target reaction. To overcome
these drawbacks, approaches
such as ion-supported cata-
lysts,[2] fluorous catalysts,[3] and
dendritic catalysts[4] have been
Scheme 1. The unimolecular Zn3(OAc)4–3,3’-bis(aminoimino)binaphthoxide (tri-Zn) catalyst for asymmetric iodo-
lactonization.
developed to maintain the origi-
nal stereoselectivity. Comparing
[a] Prof. Dr. T. Arai, T. Kojima, O. Watanabe
Molecular Chirality Research Center
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
(1R,2R)-2-(isoindolin-2-yl)-1,2-diphenylethyrene diamine (B)
(Scheme 2a). Polymeric ligand poly-L1 was designed by joining
the isoindoline ring of D to the original 3,3’-bis(aminoimino)-
binaphthol ligand (Scheme 2b). Thus, condensation of A with
(R,R)-diphenylethylenediamine-derived tetramine D in EtOH
under reflux for 38 h gave soluble polymeric 3,3’-bis(aminoimi-
no)binaphthol ligand poly-L1a (Table 1, entry 1).
Gel-permeation chromatography (GPC) of poly-L1a indicat-
ed a molecular weight of approximately 5500, which corre-
sponds to the 6-mers of the monomeric structure described in
Department of Chemistry
Graduate School of Science
Chiba University
1-33 Yayoi, Inage, Chiba 263-8522 (Japan)
[b] Dr. T. Itoh
Center for Analytical Instrumentation
Chiba University
1-33 Yayoi, Inage, Chiba 263-8522 (Japan)
[c] Prof. Dr. H. Kanoh
Molecular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
Graduate School of Science
Chiba University
Scheme 2b. Condensation conducted in dioxane under reflux
for 120 h gave insoluble poly-L1b corresponding to the 40-
mers (Table 1, entry 2). Using these polymeric ligands, corre-
1-33 Yayoi, Inage, Chiba 263-8522 (Japan)
sponding
poly-Zn3(OAc)4–3,3’-bis(aminoimino)binaphthoxide
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catalysts poly-Zn1a and poly-Zn1b were prepared, and their
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