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Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids by Homolytic H2 Cleavage
Chirik, Paul J.,Shevlin, Michael,Zhong, Hongyu
supporting information, (2020/03/13)
The asymmetric hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids using readily prepared bis(phosphine) cobalt(0) 1,5-cyclooctadiene precatalysts is described. Di-, tri-, and tetra-substituted acrylic acid derivatives with various substitution patterns as well as dehydro-α-amino acid derivatives were hydrogenated with high yields and enantioselectivities, affording chiral carboxylic acids including Naproxen, (S)-Flurbiprofen, and a d-DOPA precursor. Turnover numbers of up to 200 were routinely obtained. Compatibility with common organic functional groups was observed with the reduced cobalt(0) precatalysts, and protic solvents such as methanol and isopropanol were identified as optimal. A series of bis(phosphine) cobalt(II) bis(pivalate) complexes, which bear structural similarity to state-of-the-art ruthenium(II) catalysts, were synthesized, characterized, and proved catalytically competent. X-band EPR experiments revealed bis(phosphine)cobalt(II) bis(carboxylate)s were generated in catalytic reactions and were identified as catalyst resting states. Isolation and characterization of a cobalt(II)-substrate complex from a stoichiometric reaction suggests that alkene insertion into the cobalt hydride occurred in the presence of free carboxylic acid, producing the same alkane enantiomer as that from the catalytic reaction. Deuterium labeling studies established homolytic H2 (or D2) activation by Co(0) and cis addition of H2 (or D2) across alkene double bonds, reminiscent of rhodium(I) catalysts but distinct from ruthenium(II) and nickel(II) carboxylates that operate by heterolytic H2 cleavage pathways.
2-Isopropylbenzimidazole and 2-methylbenzimidazole as bulky proton sources: Stereoselective protonation and application to the synthesis of γ- and δ-lactones
Sengupta, Aakash,Hosokawa, Seijiro
supporting information, p. 411 - 414 (2019/01/05)
2-Isopropylbenzimidazole and 2-methylbenzimidazole have been found to be effective bulky proton sources for stereoselective protonation of chiral enolate anions. 2-Isopropylbenzimidazole worked in the stereoselective protonation of the Birch reduction of chiral α,β-unsaturated imides. On the other hand, 2-methylbenzimidazole was found to be the best protonation reagent in the isomerization reaction of α,β-unsaturated imide into β,γ-unsaturated imide. The Birch reduction using 2-isopropylbenzimidazole realized a concise and stereoselective synthesis of δ-lactone 14, a sex pheromone of Macrocentrus grandii, while the isomerization reaction using 2-methylbenzimidazole was employed in the highly stereoselective synthesis of the γ-lactone intermediate in the synthesis of depsipeptide antibiotics. These bulky proton sources would be powerful tools to achieve a concise synthesis of natural products.
Enantioselective rearrangement coupled with water addition: Direct synthesis of enantiomerically pure saturated carboxylic acids from α,β-unsaturated aldehydes
Winkler, Till,Groeger, Harald,Hummel, Werner
, p. 961 - 964 (2014/05/06)
A novel type of organic synthesis enabling a direct one-pot transformation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes into saturated carboxylic acids is described. As sole reagent water is required, which is integrated completely in the product. This tandem process proceeds under perfect atom economy, and consists of two coupled redox biotransformations without the need of external co-substrates for cofactor regeneration. The initial reduction of the C=C double bond of an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde is catalyzed by an NADPH-dependent ene reductase, leading to the formation of the saturated aldehyde and NADP+. The aldehyde intermediate is then oxidized to the corresponding carboxylic acid, thus regenerating NADPH for the next catalytic cycle. When using prochiral α,β-unsaturated aldehydes as substrates the corresponding carboxylic acids are formed enantioselectively with up to >99 % ee as demonstrated, e.g., for the transformation of citral to (S)-citronellic acid. Making a splash with citral: The direct one-pot transformation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes to saturated carboxylic acids using only water proceeds with perfect atom economy. This tandem process involves two redox biotransformations without need of additional external co-substrates for cofactor regeneration. With, for example, citral as prochiral α,β-unsaturated aldehyde, transformation to (S)-citronellic acid proceeds with >99 % conversion and >99 % ee.
