Isocyanurates with Planar Chirality: Design, Optical Resolution, and Isomerization

Nickel-Catalyzed Electrophilic Amination of the Biphenylene C-C σ-Bond

A nickel-catalyzed three-component carboamination of the biphenylene C-C σ-bond has been developed. Arylboronates and hydroxylamine derivatives work as carbon nucleophiles and nitrogen electrophiles, respectively, and the corresponding difunctionalized ring-opening products are obtained in good yields. The arylboronate nucleophile can be replaced with B2pin2 (boron nucleophile) and H-Si(OMe)3 (hydride nucleophile), thus allowing for the aminoboration and hydroamination of the biphenylene C-C σ-bond under similar nickel catalysis.

Planar chiral desymmetrization of a two-layered cyclophane and control of dynamic helicity through the arrangement of two nonstereogenic centers

Dynamic helicity generated in a configurationally stable cyclophane is controlled through the arrangement of two nonstereogenic centers with different dimensions.

Control of a Chiral Property of a Calix[3]aramide: The Racemization Suppressed by Intramolecular Cyclic Hydrogen Bonds and DMSO-H2O System-Induced Spontaneous Resolution

A calix[3]aramide has been synthesized bearing three triphenylphosphinic amide moieties, which formed intramolecular cyclic hydrogen bonds that suppressed its cone/partial cone inversion. The intramolecular cyclic hydrogen bonds were disrupted by DMSO, and the insertion of H2O into the hydrogen bonds triggered the spontaneous resolution of the calix[3]aramide. Within a chiral environment, such as that afforded by the presence of optically active 2-butanol, the calix[3]aramide underwent a symmetry breaking crystallization process.