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• 123-20-6 vinyl n-butyrate 

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• 60632-84-0 (S)-(1,2-diphenylethoxy)trimethylsilane 
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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Alcohols by Enantioselective Silylation Enabled by Two Orthogonal Transition-Metal Catalysts

A nonenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution of acyclic and cyclic benzylic alcohols is reported. The approach merges rapid transition-metal-catalyzed alcohol racemization and enantioselective Cu-H-catalyzed dehydrogenative Si-O coupling of alcohols and hydrosilanes. The catalytic processes are orthogonal, and the racemization catalyst does not promote any background reactions such as the racemization of the silyl ether and its unselective formation. Often-used ruthenium half-sandwich complexes are not suitable but a bifunctional ruthenium pincer complex perfectly fulfills this purpose. By this, enantioselective silylation of racemic alcohol mixtures is achieved in high yields and with good levels of enantioselection.

Enantiomerically Enriched α-Borylzinc Reagents by Nickel-Catalyzed Carbozincation of Vinylboronic Esters

In this paper is described a synthesis of enantiomerically enriched, configurationally stable organozinc reagents by catalytic enantioselective carbozincation of a vinylboronic ester. This process furnishes enantiomerically enriched α-borylzinc intermediates that are shown to undergo stereospecific reactions, producing enantioenriched secondary boronic ester products. The properties of the intermediate α-borylzinc reagent are probed and the synthetic utility of the products is demonstrated by application to the synthesis of (-)-aphanorphine and (-)-enterolactone.

Production of enantiomerically enriched chiral carbinols using Weissella paramesenteroides as a novel whole cell biocatalyst

In this study, four bacterial strains were tested for their ability to reduce acetophenones to its corresponding alcohol. Among these strains Weissella paramesenteroides N7 was found to be the most successful biocatalyst to reduce the ketones to the corresponding alcohols. The reaction conditions were systematically optimized for W. paramesenteroides N7 that resulted in high enantioselectivity and conversion rates for the bioreduction. The scale-up asymmetric reduction of 1-(4-methoxyphenyl) propan-1-one (1r) by W. paramesenteroides N7 gave (R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl) propan-1-ol (2r) with 94% yield and >99% enantiomeric excess. This is the first report showing the synthesis of (R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl) propan-1-ol (2r) in enantiopure form using a biocatalyst on a gram scale. The whole cell catalyzed the reductions of ketone substrates on the preparative scale, demonstrating that W. paramesenteroides N7 would be a valuable biocatalyst for the preparation of chiral aromatic alcohols of pharmaceutical interest as a promising and alternative green approach.

Chiral Frustrated Lewis Pairs Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Hydrosilylations of Ketones

A highly enantioselective Piers-type hydrosilylation of simple ketones was successfully realized using a chiral frustrated Lewis pair of tri-tert-butylphosphine and chiral diene-derived borane as catalyst. A wide range of optically active secondary alcohols were furnished in 80%—99% yields with 81%—97% ee's under mild reaction conditions.

One-pot synthesis of chiral alcohols from alkynes by CF3SO3H/ruthenium tandem catalysis

A practical one-pot synthesis of chiral alcohols from readily available alkynes via tandem catalysis by the combination of CF3SO3H and a fluorinated chiral diamine Ru(ii) complex in aqueous CF3CH2OH is described. Very interestingly, the combination of fluorinated catalysts and solvent exhibits a positive fluorine effect on the reactivity and enantioselectivity. A range of chiral alcohols with wide functional group tolerance was obtained in high yield and excellent stereoselectivity under simple and mild conditions.

Development of Ferrocene-Based Diamine-Phosphine-Sulfonamide Ligands for Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones

A series of air-stable, easily accessible tridentate ferrocene-based diamine-phosphine sulfonamide (f-diaphos) ligands were successfully developed for iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones. The f-diaphos ligands exhibited excellent enantioselectivity and superb reactivity in Ir-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones (for arylalkyl ketones, (S)-selectivity, up to 99.4% ee, and 100 000 TON; for diaryl ketones, (R)-selectivity, up to 98.2% ee, and 10 000 TON). This protocol could be easily conducted on gram scale, thereby providing a chance to various drugs.

Transformation of Alkynes into Chiral Alcohols via TfOH-Catalyzed Hydration and Ru-Catalyzed Tandem Asymmetric Hydrogenation

A novel full atom-economic process for the transformation of alkynes into chiral alcohols by TfOH-catalyzed hydration coupled with Ru-catalyzed tandem asymmetric hydrogenation in TFE under simple conditions has been developed. A range of chiral alcohols was obtained with broad functional group tolerance, good yields, and excellent stereoselectivities.

Hydroclassified Combinatorial Saturation Mutagenesis: Reshaping Substrate Binding Pockets of KpADH for Enantioselective Reduction of Bulky-Bulky Ketones

A hydroclassified combinatorial saturation mutagenesis (HCSM) strategy was proposed for reshaping the substrate binding pocket by dividing 20 amino acids into four groups based on their hydrophobicity and size. These smart HCSM libraries could significantly reduce screening effort especially for the simultaneous mutagenesis of three or more residues and lacking high throughput screening methods. Employing HCSM strategy, the stereoselectivity of KpADH, an alcohol dehydrogenase from Kluyveromyces polysporus, was efficiently improved to 99.4% ee. (4-Chlorophenyl)(pyridin-2-yl)methanone (CPMK), generally regarded as a "hard-to-reduce" ketone, was used as a model substrate, and its corresponding chiral alcohol products could be utilized as antihistamine precursors. The best variant 50C10 displayed higher binding affinity and catalytic efficiency toward CPMK with KM/kcat of 59.3 s-1·mM-1, 3.51-fold that of KpADH. Based on MD simulations, increased difference between two binding pockets, enhanced hydrophobicity, and π-π and halogen-alkyl interactions were proposed to favor the enantioselective recognition and substrate binding in 50C10. Substrate spectrum analysis revealed that 50C10 exhibited improved enantioselectivity toward diaryl ketones especially with halo- or other electron-withdrawing groups. As much as 500 mM CPMK could be asymmetrically reduced into chiral diaryl alcohols with ee of 99.4% and a space-time yield of 194 g·L-1·d-1 without addition of external NADP+. This study provides an effective mutagenesis strategy for the protein engineering of substrate specificity and enantioselectivity.

Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Borylation of Racemic Secondary Benzylic Electrophiles

Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling has emerged as the most versatile approach to date for achieving enantioconvergent carbon–carbon bond formation using racemic alkyl halides as electrophiles. In contrast, there have not yet been reports of the application of chiral nickel catalysts to the corresponding reactions with heteroatom nucleophiles to produce carbon–heteroatom bonds with good enantioselectivity. Herein, we establish that a chiral nickel/pybox catalyst can borylate racemic secondary benzylic chlorides to provide enantioenriched benzylic boronic esters, a highly useful family of compounds in organic synthesis. The method displays good functional group compatibility (e.g., being unimpeded by the presence of an indole, a ketone, a tertiary amine, or an unactivated alkyl bromide), and both of the catalyst components (NiCl2?glyme and the pybox ligand) are commercially available.

Enantioselective 1,2-Anionotropic Rearrangement of Acylsilane through a Bisguanidinium Silicate Ion Pair

Highly enantioselective bisguanidinium-catalyzed tandem rearrangements of acylsilanes are reported. The acylsilanes were activated via an addition of fluoride on the silicon to form a penta-coordinate anionic silicate intermediate. The silicate then underwent alkyl or aryl group migration from the silicon atom to the neighboring carbonyl carbon atom (1,2-anionotropic rearrangement), followed by [1,2]-Brook rearrangement to provide the secondary alcohols in high yields with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 95% ee). The isolation of an α-silylcarbinol intermediate as well as DFT calculations revealed that the 1,2-anionotropic rearrangement occurred via a bisguanidinium silicate ion pair, which is the stereodetermining step. The chiral center formed is then retained without inversion through the subsequent [1,2]-Brook rearrangement. Crotyl acylsilanes were smoothly transformed into homoallylic linear crotyl alcohols with retention of E/Z geometry, and no branched alcohols were detected. This clearly suggested that the 1,2-anionotropic rearrangement occurred through a three-membered instead of a five-membered transition state.