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Jones B, Solon P, Popescu MV, Du JY, Paton R, Smith MD. Catalytic Enantioselective 6π Photocyclization of Acrylanilides. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 145:171-178. [PMID: 36571763 PMCID: PMC9837842 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Controlling absolute stereochemistry in catalytic photochemical reactions is generally challenging owing to high rates of background reactivity. Successful strategies broadly rely on selective excitation of the reaction substrate when associated with a chiral catalyst. Recent studies have demonstrated that chiral Lewis acid complexes can enable selective energy transfer from a photosensitizer to facilitate enantioselective triplet state reactions. Here, we apply this approach to the enantioselective catalysis of a 6π photocyclization through the design of an iridium photosensitizer optimized to undergo energy transfer to a reaction substrate only in the presence of a chiral Lewis acid complex. Among a group of iridium(III) sensitizers, enantioselectivity and yield closely correlate with photocatalyst triplet energy within a narrow window enabled by a modest reduction in substrate triplet energy upon binding a scandium/ligand complex. These results demonstrate that photocatalyst tuning offers a means to suppress background reactivity and improve enantioselectivity in photochemical reactions.
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- Benjamin
A. Jones
- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K.,Department
of Chemistry, Colorado State University, 1301 Center Avenue, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado State University, 1301 Center Avenue, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States,
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, U.K.,
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Kandappa SK, Ahuja S, Singathi R, Valloli LK, Baburaj S, Parthiban J, Sivaguru J. Using Restricted Bond Rotations to Enforce Excited State Behavior of Organic Molecules. Synlett 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/a-1785-6910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This account highlights the role of restricted bond rotations to influence excited state reactivity of organic molecules. It highlights photochemical reactivity of various organic molecules and the design strategies that could be exploited by chemists to utilize restricted bond rotations to uncover new excited state reactivity and achieve selectivity.
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- Sunil Kumar Kandappa
- Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, United States
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- Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, United States
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- Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, United States
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- Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, United States
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- Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, United States
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- Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, United States
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- Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, United States
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Genzink MJ, Kidd JB, Swords WB, Yoon TP. Chiral Photocatalyst Structures in Asymmetric Photochemical Synthesis. Chem Rev 2022; 122:1654-1716. [PMID: 34606251 PMCID: PMC8792375 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 69.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Asymmetric catalysis is a major theme of research in contemporary synthetic organic chemistry. The discovery of general strategies for highly enantioselective photochemical reactions, however, has been a relatively recent development, and the variety of photoreactions that can be conducted in a stereocontrolled manner is consequently somewhat limited. Asymmetric photocatalysis is complicated by the short lifetimes and high reactivities characteristic of photogenerated reactive intermediates; the design of catalyst architectures that can provide effective enantiodifferentiating environments for these intermediates while minimizing the participation of uncontrolled racemic background processes has proven to be a key challenge for progress in this field. This review provides a summary of the chiral catalyst structures that have been studied for solution-phase asymmetric photochemistry, including chiral organic sensitizers, inorganic chromophores, and soluble macromolecules. While some of these photocatalysts are derived from privileged catalyst structures that are effective for both ground-state and photochemical transformations, others are structural designs unique to photocatalysis and offer insight into the logic required for highly effective stereocontrolled photocatalysis.
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- Matthew J Genzink
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Liu Z, Zhong S, Ji X, Deng GJ, Huang H. Hydroarylation of Activated Alkenes Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Zhaosheng Liu
- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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Cheng H, Lam T, Liu Y, Tang Z, Che C. Photoinduced Hydroarylation and Cyclization of Alkenes with Luminescent Platinum(II) Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:1383-1389. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hanchao Cheng
- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
- HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation Shenzhen Guangdong 518057 P. R. China
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Cheng H, Lam T, Liu Y, Tang Z, Che C. Photoinduced Hydroarylation and Cyclization of Alkenes with Luminescent Platinum(II) Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Hanchao Cheng
- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China
- HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation Shenzhen Guangdong 518057 P. R. China
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Takagi R, Tabuchi C. Enantioselective intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition using phosphoric acid as a chiral template. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:9261-9267. [PMID: 33150919 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob02054k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The enantioselective intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of 4-bishomoally-2-quinolone (quinolinone) using phosphoric acid as a chiral template has been developed. Mechanistic studies using several NMR measurement techniques and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that π-π interactions between the phenyl ring on phosphoric acid and quinolinone play important roles in the enantioselectivity.
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- Ryukichi Takagi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
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Atashkar B, Zolfigol MA, Mallakpour S. Applications of biological urea-based catalysts in chemical processes. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2018.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Edtmüller V, Pöthig A, Bach T. Enantioselective photocyclisation reactions of 2-aryloxycyclohex-2-enones mediated by a chiral copper-bisoxazoline complex. Tetrahedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kumarasamy E, Raghunathan R, Kandappa SK, Sreenithya A, Jockusch S, Sunoj RB, Sivaguru J. Transposed Paternò–Büchi Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 139:655-662. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Elango Kumarasamy
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076. India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076. India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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Raghunathan R, Kumarasamy E, Jockusch S, Ugrinov A, Sivaguru J. Engaging electronic effects for atropselective [5+2]-photocycloaddition of maleimides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:8305-8. [PMID: 27296234 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc02962k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Atropisomeric maleimides were synthesized and subjected to atropselective [5+2]-photocycloaddition under direct irradiation to yield azepinone products with high enantio- (ee >98%) and diastereoselectivity (dr >98%). While the ee was dictated by the axial chirality, the dr was influenced by the substituent on the maleimide ring. Interestingly, by tuning the electronics of the substituent, the dr of the product can be reversed.
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- Ramya Raghunathan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, USA.
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Zhang MJ, Schroeder GM, He YH, Guan Z. Visible light-mediated decarboxylative amination of indoline-2-carboxylic acids catalyzed by Rose Bengal. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra17524d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A visible-light-induced decarboxylative amination of N-protected indoline-2-carboxylic acids and azodicarboxylate esters catalyzed by Rose Bengal has been developed.
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- Meng-Jie Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Chongqing Municipality
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Chongqing Municipality
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Chongqing Municipality
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
- PR China
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