33770-43-3Relevant articles and documents
Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines in Water by Varying the Ratio of Formic Acid to Triethylamine
Shende, Vaishali S.,Deshpande, Sudhindra H.,Shingote, Savita K.,Joseph, Anu,Kelkar, Ashutosh A.
, p. 2878 - 2881 (2015)
Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) of imines has been performed with variation in formic acid (F) and triethylamine (T) molar ratios in water. The F/T ratio is shown to affect both the reduction rate and enantioselectivity, with the optimum ratio being 1.1 in the ATH of imines with the Rh-(1S,2S)-TsDPEN catalyst. Use of methanol as a cosolvent enhanced reduction activity. A variety of imine substrates have been reduced, affording high yields (94-98%) and good to excellent enantioselectivities (89-98%). In comparison with the common azeotropic F-T system, the reduction with 1.1/1 F/T is faster.
Biosynthesis of plant tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids through an imine reductase route
Yang, Lu,Zhu, Jinmei,Sun, Chenghai,Deng, Zixin,Qu, Xudong
, p. 364 - 371 (2020/01/21)
Herein, we report a biocatalytic approach to synthesize plant tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids (THIQAs) from dihydroisoquinoline (DHIQ) precursors using imine reductases and N-methyltransferase (NMT). The imine reductase IR45 was engineered to significant
Josiphos-Type Binaphane Ligands for Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of 1-Aryl-Substituted Dihydroisoquinolines
Nie, Huifang,Zhu, Yupu,Hu, Xiaomu,Wei, Zhao,Yao, Lin,Zhou, Gang,Wang, Pingan,Jiang, Ru,Zhang, Shengyong
, p. 8641 - 8645 (2019/10/17)
Convenient synthesis and useful application of a series of Josiphos-type binaphane ligands were described. The iridium complexes of these chiral diphosphines displayed excellent enantioselectivity and good reactivity in the asymmetric hydrogenation of challenging 1-aryl-substituted dihydroisoquinoline substrates (full conversions, up to >99% ee, 4000 TON). The use of 40% HBr (aqueous solution) as an additive dramatically improved the asymmetric induction of these catalysts. This transformation provided a highly efficient and enantioselective access to chiral 1-aryl-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines, which were of great importance and common in natural products and biologically active molecules.