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Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Unfunctionalized Tetrasubstituted Acyclic Olefins
Bachmann, Stephan,Bigler, Raphael,Denmark, Scott E.,Gosselin, Francis,Han, Chong,Hildbrand, Stefan,Mack, Kyle A.,Pfaltz, Andreas,Scalone, Michelangelo,Shen, Jeff,Tosatti, Paolo,Zhang, Haiming
supporting information, p. 2844 - 2849 (2020/02/05)
Asymmetric hydrogenation has evolved as one of the most powerful tools to construct stereocenters. However, the asymmetric hydrogenation of unfunctionalized tetrasubstituted acyclic olefins remains the pinnacle of asymmetric synthesis and an unsolved challenge. We report herein the discovery of an iridium catalyst for the first, generally applicable, highly enantio- and diastereoselective hydrogenation of such olefins and the mechanistic insights of the reaction. The power of this chemistry is demonstrated by the successful hydrogenation of a wide variety of electronically and sterically diverse olefins in excellent yield and high enantio- and diastereoselectivity.
Substitution of Secondary Benzylic Phosphates with Diarylmethyl Anions
Shinohara, Riku,Kawashima, Hidehisa,Ogawa, Narihito,Kobayashi, Yuichi
, p. 2717 - 2725 (2019/04/04)
Substitution of diethyl and diphenyl benzylic phosphates, Alk-CH(Ar1)OP(O)(OR)2 (R = Et, Ph; Alk = Me, Et, i-Pr; Ar1 = aryl), with the anions derived from Ar2CH2 (Ph2CH2,9H-xanthene and fluorene) and n-BuLi at –15 °C was studied. For phosphates with Me as an Alk, diethyl phosphates produced Me-CH(Ar1)CH(Ar2)2 (Ar1 = 4-halo-, 4-CN, 4-Me-, 2-Me, 2-Br-, 3-MeO-phenyl and 2-naphthyl). However, an unwanted substitution at the Et group competed with phosphates of Alk = Et- and i-Pr. Fortunately, the corresponding diphenyl phosphates cleanly underwent the desired substitution. Two enantioenriched phosphates, MeCH(Ph)OP(O)(OEt)2 and EtCH(Ph)OP(O)(OPh)2, proceeded with complete inversion of the stereochemistry.
