Efficient enantioselective hydrogenation of quinolines catalyzed by conjugated microporous polymers with embedded chiral BINAP ligand

Metal-Free Heterogeneous Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Olefins Promoted by Chiral Frustrated Lewis Pair Framework

The development of metal-free and recyclable catalysts for significant yet challenging transformations of naturally abundant feedstocks has long been sought after. In this work, we contribute a general strategy of combining the rationally designed crystalline covalent organic framework (COF) with a newly developed chiral frustrated Lewis pair (CFLP) to afford chiral frustrated Lewis pair framework (CFLPF), which can efficiently promote the asymmetric olefin hydrogenation in a heterogeneous manner, outperforming the homogeneous CFLP counterpart. Notably, the metal-free CFLPF exhibits superior activity/enantioselectivity in addition to excellent stability/recyclability. A series of in situ spectroscopic studies, kinetic isotope effect measurements, and density-functional theory computational calculations were also performed to gain an insightful understanding of the superior asymmetric hydrogenation catalysis performances of CFLPF. Our work not only increases the versatility of catalysts for asymmetric catalysis but also broadens the reactivity of porous organic materials with the addition of frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry, thereby suggesting a new approach for practical and substantial transformations through the advancement of novel catalysts from both concept and design perspectives.

Recent Developments in Enantio- and Diastereoselective Hydrogenation of N-Heteroaromatic Compounds

The enantioselective and diastereoselective hydrogenation of N-heteroaromatic compounds is an efficient strategy to access chirally enriched cyclic heterocycles, which often possess highly bio-active properties. This strategy, however, has only been...

Recent advances in the asymmetric reduction of imines by recycled catalyst systems

Recent advances relating to the asymmetric reduction of imines to afford optically active amines via recyclable catalyst systems are reviewed.

Thiol-yne Click Post-Modification for the Synthesis of Chiral Microporous Organic Networks for Chiral Gas Chromatography

Microporous organic networks (MONs) have shown great potential in diverse domains recently. However, the application of MONs in chiral separation or catalysis has been largely lagged due to the lack of chiral MONs and the challenge to synthesize chiral MONs. Here we report a facile thiol-yne click strategy to post-synthesize chiral MONs for the first application in chiral gas chromatography. Three chiral MONs with different chiral centers were rationally designed and synthesized to fabricate their capillary columns for gas chromatographic resolution of various chiral compounds with better resolution than three commercial chiral capillary columns. These results show the great potential of the thiol-yne click strategy for constructing newly chiral MONs and their application in chiral separation.

Chiral catalysts immobilized on achiral polymers: effect of the polymer support on the performance of the catalyst

Achiral polymeric supports can have important positive effects on the activity, stability and selectivity of supported chiral catalysts.