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Chiral Primary Amine/Ketone Cooperative Catalysis for Asymmetric α-Hydroxylation with Hydrogen Peroxide
Cai, Mao,Xu, Kaini,Li, Yuze,Nie, Zongxiu,Zhang, Long,Luo, Sanzhong
, p. 1078 - 1087 (2021)
Carbonyls and amines are yin and yang in organocatalysis as they mutually activate and transform each other. These intrinsically reacting partners tend to condense with each other, thus depleting their individual activity when used together as cocatalysts. Though widely established in many prominent catalytic strategies, aminocatalysis and carbonyl catalysis do not coexist well, and, as such, a cooperative amine/carbonyl dual catalysis remains essentially unknown. Here we report a cooperative primary amine and ketone dual catalytic approach for the asymmetric α-hydroxylation of β-ketocarbonyls with H2O2. Besides participating in the typical enamine catalytic cycle, the chiral primary amine catalyst was found to work cooperatively with a ketone catalyst to activate H2O2 via an oxaziridine intermediate derived from an in-situ-generated ketimine. Ultimately, this enamine-oxaziridine coupling facilitated the highly controlled α-hydroxylation of several β-ketocarbonyls in excellent yield and enantioselectivity. Notably, late-stage hydroxylation for peptidyl amide or chiral esters can also be achieved with high stereoselectivity. In addition to its operational simplicity and mild conditions, this cooperative amine/ketone catalytic approach also provides a new strategy for the catalytic activation of H2O2 and expands the domain of typical amine and carbonyl catalysis to include this challenging transformation.
Delineating origins of stereocontrol in asymmetric Pd-catalyzed α-hydroxylation of 1,3-ketoesters
Smith, Alexander M. R.,Rzepa, Henry S.,White, Andrew J. P.,Billen, Denis,Hii, King Kuok
experimental part, p. 3085 - 3096 (2010/07/17)
Systematic studies of reaction conditions and subsequent optimization led to the identification of important parameters for stereoselectivity in the asymmetric α-hydroxylation reaction of 1,3-ketoesters. Enantioselectivities of up to 98% can be achieved for cyclic substrates and 88% for acyclic ketoesters. Subsequently, the combination of cyclic/acyclic ketoester, catalyst, and oxidant was found to have a profound effect on reaction rates and turnover-limiting steps. The stereochemistry of the reaction contradicts that observed for other similar electrophilic substitution reactions. This was rationalized by transition-state modeling, which revealed a number of cooperative weak interactions between oxidant, ligand, and counterion, together with C-H/π interactions that cumulatively account for the unusual stereoselectivity.
