Rico-Lattes I, Schmitzer A, Perez E, Lattes A. Chiral aggregates and asymmetric induction of the reduction of prochiral ketones.
Chirality 2001;
13:24-28. [PMID:
11135410 DOI:
10.1002/1520-636x(2001)13:1<24::aid-chir5>3.0.co;2-x]
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Abstract
The aim of this work was to establish structure-reactivity relationships between chiral aggregates (micelles, vesicles, and "pseudo-micelles" of amphiphilic dendrimers) and asymmetric induction. In water, micelles or vesicles formed with sugar-headed surfactants gave less than 10% ee in the reduction of prochiral ketones by NaBH(4), in contrast with dendrimers bearing the same types of sugar moieties, which gave more than 50% ee under the same reaction conditions. Moreover, in the presence of neoglycodendrimers in THF we have been able to improve reduction of prochiral ketones to give very high stereoselectivity, near 100% in many cases. Comparison of these results suggests that to improve high stereoselectivity it is necessary to work with rigid, well-organized colloidal objects. Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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