189886-53-1Relevant articles and documents
Enantioselective Desymmetrization of 2-Aryl-1,3-propanediols by Direct O-Alkylation with a Rationally Designed Chiral Hemiboronic Acid Catalyst That Mitigates Substrate Conformational Poisoning
Estrada, Carl D.,Ang, Hwee Ting,Vetter, Kim-Marie,Ponich, Ashley A.,Hall, Dennis G.
, (2021/04/07)
Enantioselective desymmetrization by direct monofunctionalization of prochiral diols is a powerful strategy to prepare valuable synthetic intermediates in high optical purity. Boron acids can activate diols toward nucleophilic additions; however, the design of stable chiral catalysts remains a challenge and highlights the need to identify new chemotypes for this purpose. Herein, the discovery and optimization of a bench-stable chiral 9-hydroxy-9,10-boroxarophenanthrene catalyst is described and applied in the highly enantioselective desymmetrization of 2-aryl-1,3-diols using benzylic electrophiles under operationally simple, ambient conditions. Nucleophilic activation and discrimination of the enantiotopic hydroxy groups on the diol substrate occurs via a defined chairlike six-membered anionic complex with the hemiboronic heterocycle. The optimal binaphthyl-based catalyst 1g features a large aryloxytrityl group to effectively shield one of the two prochiral hydroxy groups on the diol complex, whereas a strategically placed "methyl blocker"on the boroxarophenanthrene unit mitigates the deleterious effect of a competing conformation of the complexed diol that compromised the overall efficiency of the desymmetrization process. This methodology affords monoalkylated products in enantiomeric ratios equal or over 95:5 for a wide range of 1,3-propanediols with various 2-aryl/heteroaryl groups.
Reductive cleavage of the C-O bond of acetals and orthoesters: Reduction by silane in the presence of a Rh-PPh3 complex
Ohta, Tetsuo,Michibata, Tsugumi,Yamada, Kazuyuki,Omori, Ryohei,Furukawa, Isao
, p. 1192 - 1193 (2007/10/03)
Reductions of acetals to ethers and of orthoester to acetal by hydrosilane using rhodium catalyst are described.
