21490-56-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Highly enantioselective direct alkylation of arylacetic acids with chiral lithium amides as traceless auxiliaries
Stivala, Craig E.,Zakarian, Armen
supporting information; experimental part, p. 11936 - 11939 (2011/09/19)
A direct, highly enantioselective alkylation of arylacetic acids via enediolates using a readily available chiral lithium amide as a stereodirecting reagent has been developed. This approach circumvents the traditional attachment and removal of chiral auxiliaries used currently for this type of transformation. The protocol is operationally simple, and the chiral reagent is readily recoverable.
Structural requirements for substrate in highly enantioselective hydrogenation over the cinchonidine-modified Pd/C
Sugimura, Takashi,Uchida, Takayuki,Watanabe, Junya,Kubota, Takeshi,Okamoto, Yasuaki,Misaki, Tomonori,Okuyama, Tadashi
experimental part, p. 57 - 64 (2009/06/17)
Relationship between substrate structure and enantioselectivity is studied for the asymmetric hydrogenation of 42 different (E)-α, β-disubstituted acrylic acids (propenoic acids) over cinchonidine-modified Pd/C. The β-phenyl group is indispensable for high enantioselectivity of α-phenylcinnamic acid (2,3-diphenylpropenoic acid, 81% ee), and substitution on this group affects markedly the selectivity. The high ee up to 92% was achieved by the β - p-alkoxyphenyl substitution, and the selectivity is ascribed mainly to stronger interaction of the substrate with the chiral modifier on the catalyst surface. In contrast, substitution on the α-phenyl group does not affect notably the enantioselectivity (80-82% ee) or even the α-phenyl group itself is not indispensable but replaceable with a properly bulky group for the high enantioselectivity.
