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Li S, Zhang D, Purushothaman A, Lv H, Shilpa S, Sunoj RB, Li X, Zhang X. Chemo-, regio- and enantioselective hydroformylation of trisubstituted cyclopropenes: access to chiral quaternary cyclopropanes. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6377. [PMID: 39075045 PMCID: PMC11286865 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50689-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024] Open
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Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of polysubstituted chiral cyclopropane presents a significant challenge in organic synthesis due to the difficulty in enantioselective control. Here we report a rhodium-catalyzed highly chemo-, regio- and enantioselective hydroformylation of trisubstituted cyclopropenes affording chiral quaternary cyclopropanes. Importantly, the easy made sterically bulky ligand L1 can effectively suppress hydrogenation and decomposition reactions and give quaternary cyclopropanes with high regio- and enantioselectivities for both aryl and alkyl functionalized substrates. Control experiments and computational studies reveal the sterically hindered well-defined chiral pocket instead of the substrates bearing electron-withdrawing diester groups is important for controlling the enantioselectivity and regioselectivity. Scale-up reaction and follow-up diverse transformations are also presented. Density Functional theory (DFT) computations suggest that the regio- and enantio-selectivities originate from the cyclopropene insertion to the Rh-H bond. The high regioselectivity is found to benefit from the presence of more efficient noncovalent interactions (NCIs) manifesting in the form of C-H···Cl, C-H···N, and l.p(Cl)···π contacts.
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- Shuailong Li
- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Synthesis, University of Science and Technology, Southern, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Synthesis, University of Science and Technology, Southern, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Synthesis, University of Science and Technology, Southern, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Synthesis, University of Science and Technology, Southern, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Mardyukov A, Hernández FJ, Song L, Crespo-Otero R, Schreiner PR. Experimentally Delineating the Catalytic Effect of a Single Water Molecule in the Photochemical Rearrangement of the Phenylperoxy Radical to the Oxepin-2(5 H)-one-5-yl Radical. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:19070-19076. [PMID: 38968610 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/07/2024]
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Catalysis plays a pivotal role in both chemistry and biology, primarily attributed to its ability to stabilize transition states and lower activation free energies, thereby accelerating reaction rates. While computational studies have contributed valuable mechanistic insights, there remains a scarcity of experimental investigations into transition states. In this work, we embark on an experimental exploration of the catalytic energy lowering associated with transition states in the photorearrangement of the phenylperoxy radical-water complex to the oxepin-2(5H)-one-5-yl radical. Employing matrix isolation spectroscopy, density functional theory, and post-HF computations, we scrutinize the (photo)catalytic impact of a single water molecule on the rearrangement. Our computations indicate that the barrier heights for the water-assisted unimolecular isomerization steps are approximately 2-3 kcal mol-1 lower compared to the uncatalyzed steps. This decrease directly coincides with the energy difference in the required wavelength during the transformation (Δλ = λ546 nm - λ579 nm ≡ 52.4-49.4 = 3.0 kcal mol-1), allowing us to elucidate the differential transition state energy in the photochemical rearrangement of the phenylperoxy radical catalyzed by a single water molecule. Our work highlights the important role of water catalysis and has, among others, implications for understanding the mechanism of organic reactions under atmospheric conditions.
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- Artur Mardyukov
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- UCL Department of Chemistry, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Das M, Ghosh A, Sunoj RB. Advances in machine learning with chemical language models in molecular property and reaction outcome predictions. J Comput Chem 2024; 45:1160-1176. [PMID: 38299229 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Molecular properties and reactions form the foundation of chemical space. Over the years, innumerable molecules have been synthesized, a smaller fraction of them found immediate applications, while a larger proportion served as a testimony to creative and empirical nature of the domain of chemical science. With increasing emphasis on sustainable practices, it is desirable that a target set of molecules are synthesized preferably through a fewer empirical attempts instead of a larger library, to realize an active candidate. In this front, predictive endeavors using machine learning (ML) models built on available data acquire high timely significance. Prediction of molecular property and reaction outcome remain one of the burgeoning applications of ML in chemical science. Among several methods of encoding molecular samples for ML models, the ones that employ language like representations are gaining steady popularity. Such representations would additionally help adopt well-developed natural language processing (NLP) models for chemical applications. Given this advantageous background, herein we describe several successful chemical applications of NLP focusing on molecular property and reaction outcome predictions. From relatively simpler recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to complex models like transformers, different network architecture have been leveraged for tasks such as de novo drug design, catalyst generation, forward and retro-synthesis predictions. The chemical language model (CLM) provides promising avenues toward a broad range of applications in a time and cost-effective manner. While we showcase an optimistic outlook of CLMs, attention is also placed on the persisting challenges in reaction domain, which would optimistically be addressed by advanced algorithms tailored to chemical language and with increased availability of high-quality datasets.
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- Manajit Das
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
- Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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Hartwig B, Schnell M, Suhm MA, Obenchain DA. Weak hydrogen bonding to halogens and chirality communication in propanols: Raman and microwave spectroscopy benchmark theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:9432-9452. [PMID: 38446207 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04911f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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Constitutional and conformational isomers of bromopropanol are vibrationally and rotationally characterised with parallels drawn to the structural chlorine analogues. A previous microwave spectroscopic study of the chloropropanols is re-examined and all systems are explored by Raman jet spectroscopy. For bromine, the entire nuclear quadrupole coupling tensors are accurately determined and compared to their chlorine counterparts. Tensor asymmetry parameters are determined and linked with the hydrogen bond strength as indicated by the downshift of the OH-stretching frequency. The spectroscopic constants derived from the observed transitions are used as benchmarks for a large variety of electronic structure methods followed by harmonic and anharmonic rovibrational treatments. The CCSD(T) electronic structure calculations provide the best performance, in particular once anharmonic and relativistic corrections are applied or implied. Standard DFT approaches vary substantially with respect to their systematic error cancellation across the investigated species, and cost-effective compromises for the different observables are proposed.
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- Beppo Hartwig
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Max-Eyth-Straße 1, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Zhu D, Mu T, Li ZL, Luo HY, Cao RF, Xue XS, Chen ZM. Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar-Chiral Sulfur-Containing Cyclophanes by Chiral Sulfide Catalyzed Electrophilic Sulfenylation of Arenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318625. [PMID: 38231132 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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An efficient catalytic asymmetric electrophilic sulfenylation reaction for the synthesis of planar-chiral sulfur-containing cyclophanes has been developed for the first time. This was achieved by using a new Lewis base catalyst and a new ortho-trifluoromethyl-substituted sulfenylating reagent. Using the substrates with low rotational energy barrier, the transformation proceeded through a dynamic kinetic resolution, and the high rotational energy barrier of the substrates allowed the reaction to undergo a kinetic resolution process. Meanwhile, this transformation was compatible with a desymmetrization process when the symmetric substrates were used. Various planar-chiral sulfur-containing cyclophanes were readily obtained in moderate to excellent yields with moderate to excellent enantioselectivities (up to 97 % yield and 95 % ee). This approach was used to synthesize pharmaceutically relevant planar-chiral sulfur-containing molecules. Density functional theory calculations showed that π-π interactions between the sulfenyl group and the aromatic ring in the substrate play a crucial role in enantioinduction in this sulfenylation reaction.
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- Deng Zhu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200232, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200232, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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Calderón JC, Herrera A, Heinemann FW, Langer J, Linden A, Chelouan A, Grasruck A, Añez R, Clark T, Dorta R. Stereochemical Stability of Planar-Chiral Benzazepine Tricyclics: Inversion Energies of P- and S-Alkene Ligands. J Org Chem 2023; 88:16144-16154. [PMID: 37944159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Inversion barriers ΔG‡ for planar chiral phosphine-alkene and sulfonamide-alkene hybrid ligands based on phenyl-dibenz[b,f]azepine have been determined by density-functional theory calculations. Analysis of the structural and electronic characteristics of the minima and transition states explains the magnitudes of ΔG‡ and the geometrical changes during the inversion process. The steric repulsion caused by bulky substituents attached to the azepine nitrogen atom has a pronounced effect on the ΔG‡ value, explaining, inter alia, the stereochemical stability of the P- and S-alkene ligands when compared to the fluxional parent compound where X = H.
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- Jacqueline C Calderón
- Laboratorio de Química Física y Catálisis Computacional, Centro de Química, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 21827, Caracas, Venezuela
- Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstraße. 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Anorganische und Metallorganische Chemie, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Química Física y Catálisis Computacional, Centro de Química, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 21827, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nägelsbachstraße. 25, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Chang X, Liu XT, Li F, Yang Y, Chung LW, Wang CJ. Electron-rich benzofulvenes as effective dipolarophiles in copper(i)-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides. Chem Sci 2023; 14:5460-5469. [PMID: 37234882 PMCID: PMC10207880 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00435j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
A series of benzofulvenes without any electron-withdrawing substituents were employed as 2π-type dipolarophiles for the first time to participate in Cu(i)-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (1,3-DC) reactions of azomethine ylides. An intrinsic non-benzenoid aromatic characteristic from benzofulvenes serves as a key driving force for activation of the electron-rich benzofulvenes. Utilizing the current methodology, a wide range of multi-substituted chiral spiro-pyrrolidine derivatives containing two contiguous all-carbon quaternary centers were formed in good yield with exclusive chemo-/regioselectivity and high to excellent stereoselectivity. Computational mechanistic studies elucidate the origin of the stereochemical outcome and the chemoselectivity, in which the thermostability of these cycloaddition products is the major factor.
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- Xin Chang
- Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Shanghai 230021 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Shanghai 230021 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Shanghai 230021 China
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Kshatriya R. Recent Advancement in H 8-BINOL Catalyzed Asymmetric Methodologies. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:17381-17406. [PMID: 37251114 PMCID: PMC10210047 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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H8-BINOL, a partially reduced form of BINOL, is widely employed in a broad array of organocatalyzed asymmetric methodologies. Over the last 25 years, asymmetric organocatalysis has witnessed an incredible improvement, and an advancement still continues to get a single enantio-enriched product. The broad-spectrum applications of H8-BINOL organocatalyst in C-C bond formation, C-heteroatom bond construction, name reactions, pericyclic reactions, and one pot and multicomponent reaction are attracting the attention of researchers. A diversified unique H8-BINOL-based catalyst has been synthesized and screened for catalytic activity. In this Review we frame out the H8-BINOL catalyzed novel discoveries from the last two decades.
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- Rajpratap Kshatriya
- School
of Chemical Sciences, UM-DAE Centre for
Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, Kalina, Santacruz (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400098,India
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Ghosh S, Changotra A, Petrone DA, Isomura M, Carreira EM, Sunoj RB. Role of Noncovalent Interactions in Inducing High Enantioselectivity in an Alcohol Reductive Deoxygenation Reaction Involving a Planar Carbocationic Intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:2884-2900. [PMID: 36695526 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The involvement of planar carbocation intermediates is generally considered undesirable in asymmetric catalysis due to the difficulty in gaining facial control and their intrinsic stability issues. Recently, suitably designed chiral catalyst(s) have enabled a guided approach of nucleophiles to one of the prochiral faces of carbocations affording high enantiocontrol. Herein, we present the vital mechanistic insights from our comprehensive density functional theory (B3LYP-D3) study on a chiral Ir-phosphoramidite-catalyzed asymmetric reductive deoxygenation of racemic tertiary α-substituted allenylic alcohols. The catalytic transformation relies on the synergistic action of a phosphoramidite-modified Ir catalyst and Bi(OTf)3, first leading to the formation of an Ir-π-allenyl carbocation intermediate through a turn-over-determining SN1 ionization, followed by a face-selective hydride transfer from a Hantzsch ester analogue to yield an enantioenriched product. Bi(OTf)3 was found to promote a significant number of ionic interactions as well as noncovalent interactions (NCIs) with the catalyst and the substrates (allenylic alcohol and Hantzsch ester), thus providing access to a lower energy route as compared to the pathways devoid of Bi(OTf)3. In the nucleophilic addition, the chiral induction was found to depend on the number and efficacy of such key NCIs. The curious case of reversal of enantioselectivity, when the α-substituent of the allenyl alcohol is changed from methyl to cyclopropyl, was identified to originate from a change in mechanism from an enantioconvergent pathway (α-methyl) to a dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (α-cyclopropyl). These molecular insights could lead to newer strategies to tame tertiary carbocations in enantioselective reactions using suitable combinations of catalysts and additives.
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- Supratim Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.,Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Dai L, Liu Y, Xu Q, Wang M, Zhu Q, Yu P, Zhong G, Zeng X. A Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Approach to Axially Chiral Diaryl Ethers by Catalytic Atroposelective Transfer Hydrogenation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216534. [PMID: 36536515 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Diaryl ethers are widespread in biologically active compounds, ligands and catalysts. It is known that the diaryl ether skeleton may exhibit atropisomerism when both aryl rings are unsymmetrically substituted with bulky groups. Despite recent advances, only very few catalytic asymmetric methods have been developed to construct such axially chiral compounds. We describe herein a dynamic kinetic resolution approach to axially chiral diaryl ethers via a Brønsted acid catalyzed atroposelective transfer hydrogenation (ATH) reaction of dicarbaldehydes with anilines. The desired diaryl ethers could be obtained in moderate to good chemical yields (up to 79 %) and high enantioselectivities (up to 95 % ee) under standard reaction conditions. Such structural motifs are interesting precursors for further transformations and may have potential applications in the synthesis of chiral ligands or catalysts.
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- Linlong Dai
- College of Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.,Department of Chemistry, Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Ningbo, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Ningbo, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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Alassad Z, Nandi A, Kozuch S, Milo A. Reactivity and Enantioselectivity in NHC Organocatalysis Provide Evidence for the Complex Role of Modifications at the Secondary Sphere. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:89-98. [PMID: 36535039 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Secondary-sphere interactions are often harnessed to control reactivity and selectivity in organometallic and enzymatic catalysis. Yet, such strategies have only recently been explicitly applied in the context of organocatalytic systems. Although increased stability, reproducibility, and selectivity were obtained in previous work using this approach, the precise mechanistic pathway promoted by secondary-sphere modification in organocatalysis remained unclear. Herein, we report a comprehensive mechanistic study on the origin of the unique reactivity patterns and stereocontrol observed with boronic acids (BAs) as secondary-sphere modifiers of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysts. Kinetic experiments revealed partial order in catalyst upon the addition of BA and unusual preactivation behavior, indicating the presence of stable off-cycle catalyst aggregation and BA-base adducts. These hypotheses were supported both by computations and by a series of NMR and nonlinear effect experiments. Furthermore, computations indicated a rate-limiting, water-assisted hydrogen atom transfer mechanism. This finding led to a considerable enhancement in the experimental reaction rate while maintaining excellent enantioselectivity by adding catalytic amounts of water. Finally, computations and racemization experiments uncovered an uncommon Curtin-Hammett-controlled enantioselectivity in the presence of secondary-sphere modifiers.
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- Zayed Alassad
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva84105, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva84105, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva84105, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva84105, Israel
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Ramanathan D, Shi Q, Xu M, Chang R, Peñín B, Funes-Ardoiz I, Ye J. Catalytic asymmetric deuterosilylation of exocyclic olefins with mannose-derived thiols and deuterium oxide. Org Chem Front 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qo01979e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Metal-free, photoinduced asymmetric deuterosilylation of exocyclic olefins has been achieved using a mannose-derived thiol catalyst.
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- Devenderan Ramanathan
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química (CISQ), Universidad de La Rioja, Madre de Dios 53, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química (CISQ), Universidad de La Rioja, Madre de Dios 53, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Xi J, Ng EWH, Ho CY. Unsymmetric N-Aryl Substituent Effects on Chiral NHC-Cu: Enantioselectivity and Reactivity Enhancement by Ortho-H and Syn-Configuration. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Jianwei Xi
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
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Lan J, Zhang T, Yang Y, Li X, Chung LW. A Mechanistic Study of the Cobalt(I)-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Halides: Effects of Metal and Ligand. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:18019-18032. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Jialing Lan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Lai J, Reid JP. Interrogating the thionium hydrogen bond as a noncovalent stereocontrolling interaction in chiral phosphate catalysis. Chem Sci 2022; 13:11065-11073. [PMID: 36320465 PMCID: PMC9516887 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02171d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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CH⋯O bonds are a privileged noncovalent interaction determining the energies and geometries of a large number of structures. In catalytic settings, these are invoked as a decisive feature controlling many asymmetric transformations involving aldehydes. However, little is known about their stereochemical role when the interaction involves other substrate types. We report the results of computations that show for the first time thionium hydrogen bonds to be an important noncovalent interaction in asymmetric catalysis. As a validating case study, we explored an asymmetric Pummerer rearrangement involving thionium intermediates to yield enantioenriched N,S-acetals under BINOL-derived chiral phosphate catalysis. DFT and QM/MM hybrid calculations showed that the lowest energy pathway corresponded to a transition state involving two hydrogen bonding interactions from the thionium intermediate to the catalyst. However, the enantiomer resulting from this process differed from the originally published absolute configuration. Experimental determination of the absolute configuration resolved this conflict in favor of our calculations. The reaction features required for enantioselectivity were further interrogated by statistical modeling analysis that utilized bespoke featurization techniques to enable the translation of enantioselectivity trends from intermolecular reactions to those proceeding intramolecularly. Through this suite of computational modeling techniques, a new model is revealed that provides a different explanation for the product outcome and enabled reassignment of the absolute product configuration.
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- Junshan Lai
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia 2036 Main Mall Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z1 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia 2036 Main Mall Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z1 Canada
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Yao C, Chen Y, Wang C, Sun R, Chang H, Jiang R, Li L, Wang X, Li YM. Binaphthyl-Proline Hybrid Chiral Ligands: Modular Design, Synthesis, and Enantioswitching in Cu(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Henry Reactions. J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chao Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Maliekal PJ, Gulvi N, Badani PM. Role of non-covalent interactions in deciding the fate of product formation in bifunctional thiourea-assisted chiral organic reactions. Theor Chem Acc 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-022-02902-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Lan J, Li X, Yang Y, Zhang X, Chung LW. New Insights and Predictions into Complex Homogeneous Reactions Enabled by Computational Chemistry in Synergy with Experiments: Isotopes and Mechanisms. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:1109-1123. [PMID: 35385649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Homogeneous catalysis and biocatalysis have been widely applied in synthetic, medicinal, and energy chemistry as well as synthetic biology. Driven by developments of new computational chemistry methods and better computer hardware, computational chemistry has become an essentially indispensable mechanistic "instrument" to help understand structures and decipher reaction mechanisms in catalysis. In addition, synergy between computational and experimental chemistry deepens our mechanistic understanding, which further promotes the rational design of new catalysts. In this Account, we summarize new or deeper mechanistic insights (including isotope, dispersion, and dynamical effects) into several complex homogeneous reactions from our systematic computational studies along with subsequent experimental studies by different groups. Apart from uncovering new mechanisms in some reactions, a few computational predictions (such as excited-state heavy-atom tunneling, steric-controlled enantioswitching, and a new geminal addition mechanism) based on our mechanistic insights were further verified by ensuing experiments.The Zimmerman group developed a photoinduced triplet di-π-methane rearrangement to form cyclopropane derivatives. Recently, our computational study predicted the first excited-state heavy-atom (carbon) quantum tunneling in one triplet di-π-methane rearrangement, in which the reaction rates and 12C/13C kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) can be enhanced by quantum tunneling at low temperatures. This unprecedented excited-state heavy-atom tunneling in a photoinduced reaction has recently been verified by an experimental 12C/13C KIE study by the Singleton group. Such combined computational and experimental studies should open up opportunities to discover more rare excited-state heavy-atom tunneling in other photoinduced reactions. In addition, we found unexpectedly large secondary KIE values in the five-coordinate Fe(III)-catalyzed hetero-Diels-Alder pathway, even with substantial C-C bond formation, due to the non-negligible equilibrium isotope effect (EIE) derived from altered metal coordination. Therefore, these KIE values cannot reliably reflect transition-state structures for the five-coordinate metal pathway. Furthermore, our density functional theory (DFT) quasi-classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations demonstrated that the coordination mode and/or spin state of the iron metal as well as an electric field can affect the dynamics of this reaction (e.g., the dynamically stepwise process, the entrance/exit reaction channels).Moreover, we unveiled a new reaction mechanism to account for the uncommon Ru(II)-catalyzed geminal-addition semihydrogenation and hydroboration of silyl alkynes. Our proposed key gem-Ru(II)-carbene intermediates derived from double migrations on the same alkyne carbon were verified by crossover experiments. Additionally, our DFT MD simulations suggested that the first hydrogen migration transition-state structures may directly and quickly form the key gem-Ru-carbene structures, thereby "bypassing" the second migration step. Furthermore, our extensive study revealed the origin of the enantioselectivity of the Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with β-substituted alkenyl bicyclic heteroarenes enabled by dual coordination of both substrates. Such mechanistic insights promoted our computational predictions of the enantioselectivity reversal for the corresponding monocyclic heteroarene substrates and the regiospecific addition to the less reactive internal C═C bond of one diene substrate. These predictions were proven by our experimental collaborators. Finally, our mechanistic insights into a few other reactions are also presented. Overall, we hope that these interactive computational and experimental studies enrich our mechanistic understanding and aid in reaction development.
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- Jialing Lan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China
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Das M, Sharma P, Sunoj RB. Machine learning studies on asymmetric relay Heck reaction—Potential avenues for reaction development. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:114303. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0084432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The integration of machine learning (ML) methods into chemical catalysis is evolving as a new paradigm for cost and time economic reaction development in recent times. Although there have been several successful applications of ML in catalysis, the prediction of enantioselectivity ( ee) remains challenging. Herein, we describe a ML workflow to predict ee of an important class of catalytic asymmetric transformation, namely, the relay Heck (RH) reaction. A random forest ML model, built using quantum chemically derived mechanistically relevant physical organic descriptors as features, is found to predict the ee remarkably well with a low root mean square error of 8.0 ± 1.3. Importantly, the model is effective in predicting the unseen variants of an asymmetric RH reaction. Furthermore, we predicted the ee for thousands of unexplored complementary reactions, including those leading to a good number of bioactive frameworks, by engaging different combinations of catalysts and substrates drawn from the original dataset. Our ML model developed on the available examples would be able to assist in exploiting the fuller potential of asymmetric RH reactions through a priori predictions before the actual experimentation, which would thus help surpass the trial and error loop to a larger degree.
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- Manajit Das
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Chin YP, See NW, Jenkins ID, Krenske EH. Computational discoveries of reaction mechanisms: recent highlights and emerging challenges. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:2028-2042. [PMID: 35148363 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02139g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review examines some of the notable advances and trends that have shaped the field of computational elucidation of organic reaction mechanisms over the last 10-15 years. It highlights the types of mechanistic problems that have recently become possible to study and summarizes the methodological developments that have permitted these new advances. Case studies are taken from three representative areas of organic chemistry-asymmetric catalysis, glycosylation reactions, and single electron transfer reactions-which illustrate themes common to the broader field. These include the trend towards modelling systems that are increasingly complex (both structurally and mechanistically), the growing appreciation of the mechanistic roles of non-covalent interactions, and the increasing ability to explore dynamical features of reaction mechanisms. Some interesting new challenges that have emerged in the field are identified.
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- Yuk Ping Chin
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Tribedi S, Sunoj RB. Molecular insights into chirality transfer from double axially chiral phosphoric acid in a synergistic enantioselective intramolecular amination. Chem Sci 2022; 13:1323-1334. [PMID: 35222916 PMCID: PMC8809490 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05749a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the most general practice of asymmetric catalysis, a chiral catalyst, typically bearing a center or an axis of chirality, is employed as the chiral source for imparting enantiocontrol over the developing product. Given the current interest toward optically pure compounds, various forms of chiral induction enabled by diverse chiral sources as well as the use of multiple catalysts under one-pot conditions have been in focus. In one such promising development, an achiral N-sulfonamide protected 1,6-amino allyl alcohol (NaphSO2NHCH2C(Ph)2CH2CH
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CHCH2OH) was subjected to Tsuji–Trost activation and an intramolecular amination to form important chiral pyrrolidine frameworks. A dual catalytic system comprising Pd(PPh3)4 and DAPCy (β-cyclohexyl substituted double axially chiral phosphoric acid derived from two homocoupled BINOL backbones with a dynamic central chiral axis) under mild conditions was reported to offer quantitative conversion with an ee of 95%. Here, we provide molecular insights into the origin of chiral induction by DAPCy, as obtained through a comprehensive density functional theory (SMD(toluene)/B3LYP-D3/6-31G**,Pd(SDD)) investigation. Two key steps in the mechanism are identified to involve a cooperative mode of activation of the Pd-bound allyl alcohol in the form of a Pd-π-allyl moiety at one end of the substrate, followed by an intramolecular nucleophilic addition of N-sulfonamide from the other end to yield a pyrrolidine derivative bearing an α-vinyl stereogenic center. (S,R,S)-DAPCy is found to steer the dehydroxylation to yield a Pd-π-allyl intermediate with a suitably poised si prochiral face for the nucleophilic addition. In the enantiocontrolled (as well as the turn-over determining step) nucleophilic addition, the chiral catalyst is identified to serve as a chiral phosphate counterion. The chiral induction is facilitated by a series of N–H⋯O, C–H⋯O, C–H⋯π, lone pair (lp)⋯π, O–H⋯O, O–H⋯π, and π⋯π noncovalent interactions, which is noted as more effective in the lower energy C–N bond formation transition state through the si prochiral face of the Pd-π-allyl moiety. These insights into the novel dynamic axially double chiral catalyst could be valuable toward exploiting such modes of stereoinduction. The origin of enantiocontrol in an intramolecular amination involving Pd(PPh3)4 and a double axially chiral phosphoric acid (DAPCy) dual catalytic system is traced to a more effective series of noncovalent interactions in the lower energy C–N bond formation transition state.![]()
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- Soumi Tribedi
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai Mumbai 400076 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai Mumbai 400076 India
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Li Y, Zhang J, Zhao X, Wang Y. Exploring the chemistry of E/Z configuration in gold-catalyzed domino cyclization: Insights on the stereoselectivity. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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del Corte X, Martínez de Marigorta E, Palacios F, Vicario J, Maestro A. An overview of the applications of chiral phosphoric acid organocatalysts in enantioselective additions to CO and CN bonds. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qo01209j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Since 2004, chiral phosphoric acids (CPAs) have emerged as highyl efficient organocatalysts, providing excellent results in a wide reaction scope. In this review, the applications of CPA for enantioselective additions to CO and CN bonds are covered.
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- Xabier del Corte
- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Caballero-García G, Goodman JM. N-Triflylphosphoramides: highly acidic catalysts for asymmetric transformations. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:9565-9618. [PMID: 34723293 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01708j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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N-Triflylphosphoramides (NTPA), have become increasingly popular catalysts in the development of enantioselective transformations as they are stronger Brønsted acids than the corresponding phosphoric acids (PA). Their highly acidic, asymmetric active site can activate difficult, unreactive substrates. In this review, we present an account of asymmetric transformations using this type of catalyst that have been reported in the past ten years and we classify these reactions using the enantio-determining step as the key criterion. This compendium of NTPA-catalysed reactions is organised into the following categories: (1) cycloadditions, (2) electrocyclisations, polyene and related cyclisations, (3) addition reactions to imines, (4) electrophilic aromatic substitutions, (5) addition reactions to carbocations, (6) aldol and related reactions, (7) addition reactions to double bonds, and (8) rearrangements and desymmetrisations. We highlight the use of NTPA in total synthesis and suggest mnemonics which account for their enantioselectivity.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK.
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Sunoj RB. Coming of Age of Computational Chemistry from a Resilient Past to a Promising Future. Isr J Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202100106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Raghavan B. Sunoj
- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400076 India
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Sharma P, Gupta R, Bansal RK. Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric aza-Michael reactions of amines and amides. Beilstein J Org Chem 2021; 17:2585-2610. [PMID: 34760026 PMCID: PMC8551878 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.17.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Nitrogen-containing scaffolds are ubiquitous in nature and constitute an important class of building blocks in organic synthesis. The asymmetric aza-Michael reaction (aza-MR) alone or in tandem with other organic reaction(s) is an important synthetic tool to form new C-N bond(s) leading to developing new libraries of diverse types of bioactive nitrogen compounds. The synthesis and application of a variety of organocatalysts for accomplishing highly useful organic syntheses without causing environmental pollution in compliance with 'Green Chemistry" has been a landmark development in the recent past. Application of many of these organocatalysts has been extended to asymmetric aza-MR during the last two decades. The present article overviews the literature published during the last 10 years concerning the asymmetric aza-MR of amines and amides catalysed by organocatalysts. Both types of the organocatalysts, i.e., those acting through non-covalent interactions and those working through covalent bond formation have been applied for the asymmetric aza-MR. Thus, the review includes the examples wherein cinchona alkaloids, squaramides, chiral amines, phase-transfer catalysts and chiral bifunctional thioureas have been used, which activate the substrates through hydrogen bond formation. Most of these reactions are accompanied by high yields and enantiomeric excesses. On the other hand, N-heterocyclic carbenes and chiral pyrrolidine derivatives acting through covalent bond formation such as the iminium ions with the substrates have also been included. Wherever possible, a comparison has been made between the efficacies of various organocatalysts in asymmetric aza-MR.
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- Pratibha Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, The IIS (deemed to be University), Jaipur 302 020, India
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- Department of Chemistry, The IIS (deemed to be University), Jaipur 302 020, India
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- Department of Chemistry, The IIS (deemed to be University), Jaipur 302 020, India
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Chin YP, Krenske EH. Nazarov Cyclizations Catalyzed by BINOL Phosphoric Acid Derivatives: Quantum Chemistry Struggles To Predict the Enantioselectivity. J Org Chem 2021; 87:1710-1722. [PMID: 34634910 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Quantum chemical calculations have successfully predicted the stereoselectivities of many BINOL phosphoric acid catalyzed reactions over the past 10-15 years. Herein we report a contrasting example: a reaction for which standard quantum chemistry techniques have proven unexpectedly ineffective at explaining the stereoselectivity. The Nazarov cyclizations of a divinyl ketone catalyzed by a BINOL phosphoric acid or H8-BINOL dithiophosphoric acid were studied with a conventional contemporary quantum chemical approach, consisting of transition state optimizations with B3LYP-D3(BJ) and single-point calculations with several functionals in implicit solvent. Unexpectedly, different functionals gave widely different predictions of the level of enantioselectivity and were unable even to agree on which enantiomer of the product would predominate. Molecular dynamics simulations with the OPLS-AA force field provided evidence that the transition state geometries optimized with DFT in the gas phase or in implicit solvent are not good representations of the true transition states of these reactions in solution. One possible reason for this, which may also explain the failure of quantum chemical techniques to reliably predict the enantioselectivity, is the fact that the transition states contain ion pairs which are not highly organized and do not contain any strongly directional noncovalent interactions between the substrate and the catalyst.
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- Yuk Ping Chin
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Volpe R, Law HYL, White JM, Flynn BL. Selective Synthesis of C1-Symmetric BINOL-phosphates and P-chiral Phosphoramides Using Directed ortho-Lithiation. Org Lett 2021; 23:7055-7058. [PMID: 34448592 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Directed ortho-lithiation (DoL) has been developed as an effective method for the ortho-substitution of BINOL-phosphoric acid and BINOL-N-triflylphosphoramide (BINOL-P-acids). It can be employed in the rapid assembly of either mono- or disubstituted BINOL-P-acids, including unsymmetrical disubstitution through iterative DoL. Most significantly, DoL has proven to be highly effective in the diastereoselective desymmetrization of pseudo-C2-symmetric BINOL-N-triflylphosphoramide, affording a chiral P-group.
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- Rohan Volpe
- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Bio21 Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Matsuzawa A, Harvey JN, Himo F. On the Importance of Considering Multinuclear Metal Sites in Homogeneous Catalysis Modeling. Top Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-021-01507-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AbstractIn this short review, we provide an account of a number of computational studies of catalytic reaction mechanisms carried out in our groups. We focus in particular on studies in which we came to realize during the course of the investigation that the active catalytic species was a bimetallic complex, rather a monometallic one as previously assumed. In some cases, this realization was in part prompted by experimental observations, but careful exploration based on computation of the speciation of the metal precursor also provided a powerful guide: it is often possible to predict that bimetallic species (intermediates or transition states) lie lower in free energy than a priori competitive monometallic species. In this sense, we argue that in organometallic catalysis, the rule whereby “two is better than one” turns out to be relevant much more often than one might expect.
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Tribedi S, Kitaura K, Nakajima T, Sunoj RB. On the question of steric repulsion versus noncovalent attractive interactions in chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed asymmetric reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18936-18950. [PMID: 34612433 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02499j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The origin of enantioselectivity in asymmetric catalysis is often built around the differential steric interaction in the enantiocontrolling transition states (TSs). A closer perusal of enantiocontrolling TSs in an increasingly diverse range of reactions has revealed that the cumulative effect of weak noncovalent interactions could even outweigh the steric effects. While enunciating this balance is conspicuously important, quantification of such intramolecular forces within a TS continues to remain scarce and challenging. Herein, we demonstrate the utility of the fragment molecular orbital method in establishing the relative contributions of various attractive and repulsive contributions in the total interaction energy between the suitably chosen fragments in enantiocontrolling TSs. Three types of reactions of high contemporary importance, namely, axially chiral phosphoric acid (CPA) catalyzed kinetic resolution of rac-α-methyl-γ-hydroxy ester (reaction I), asymmetric dearomative amination of β-naphthols by dimethyl azodicarboxylate (IIa and IIb), and intramolecular desymmetrization of β,β-disubstituted methyl oxetanes (IIIa) and hydroxyl oxetane (IIIb), bearing a tethered alcohol (-OCH2CH2OH or -(CH2)2CH2OH), are considered. In all the five reactions, the differences in the stabilizing contributions arising due to electrostatic, charge-transfer, and dispersion interactions between the catalyst and the reacting partners in the enantiocontrolling transition states are weighed against the destabilizing exchange interaction. The balancing interactions are found to be between dispersion and exchange repulsion in reaction I, a combination of charge transfer and dispersion energies offsets the repulsive energy in reaction IIb involving the electron rich anthryl groups in the catalyst, whereas the -(CF3)2C6H4 3,3'-substituent in the catalyst (reaction IIa) leads to a trade-off between dispersion and exchange energies. In reactions IIIa and IIIb, however, electrostatic and dispersion energies help compensate the repulsive interactions. These quantitative insights on the intramolecular interactions in the stereocontrolling TSs could help in the rational design of asymmetric catalysis.
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- Soumi Tribedi
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
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Shoja A, Zhai J, Reid JP. Comprehensive Stereochemical Models for Selectivity Prediction in Diverse Chiral Phosphate-Catalyzed Reaction Space. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Ali Shoja
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Wu L, Qin L, Nie Y, Xu Y, Zhao YL. Computer-aided understanding and engineering of enzymatic selectivity. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 54:107793. [PMID: 34217814 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Enzymes offering chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity enable the asymmetric synthesis of high-value chiral molecules. Unfortunately, the drawback that naturally occurring enzymes are often inefficient or have undesired selectivity toward non-native substrates hinders the broadening of biocatalytic applications. To match the demands of specific selectivity in asymmetric synthesis, biochemists have implemented various computer-aided strategies in understanding and engineering enzymatic selectivity, diversifying the available repository of artificial enzymes. Here, given that the entire asymmetric catalytic cycle, involving precise interactions within the active pocket and substrate transport in the enzyme channel, could affect the enzymatic efficiency and selectivity, we presented a comprehensive overview of the computer-aided workflow for enzymatic selectivity. This review includes a mechanistic understanding of enzymatic selectivity based on quantum mechanical calculations, rational design of enzymatic selectivity guided by enzyme-substrate interactions, and enzymatic selectivity regulation via enzyme channel engineering. Finally, we discussed the computational paradigm for designing enzyme selectivity in silico to facilitate the advancement of asymmetric biosynthesis.
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- Lunjie Wu
- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Suqian Industrial Technology Research Institute of Jiangnan University, Suqian 223814, China.
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- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, MOE-LSB & MOE-LSC, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Zhu L, Yang H, Wong MW. Asymmetric Nucleophilic Allylation of α-Chloro Glycinate via Squaramide Anion-Abstraction Catalysis: SN1 or SN2 Mechanism, or Both? J Org Chem 2021; 86:8414-8424. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Lihan Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543
- Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543
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Rufino VC, Pliego JR. Bifunctional Primary Amino‐thiourea Asymmetric Catalysis: The Imine‐Iminium Ion Mechanism in the Michael Addition of Nitromethane to Enone. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Virginia C. Rufino
- Departamento de Ciências Naturais Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei 36301-160 São João del-Rei MG Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Naturais Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei 36301-160 São João del-Rei MG Brazil
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Fang S, Tan J, Pan J, Zhang H, Chen Y, Ren X, Wang T. Enantiodivergent Kinetic Resolution of 1,1′‐Biaryl‐2,2′‐Diols and Amino Alcohols by Dipeptide‐Phosphonium Salt Catalysis Inspired by the Atherton–Todd Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14921-14930. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Siqiang Fang
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling College of Materials and Chemical Engineering Hunan Institute of Engineering Xiangtan 411104 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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Fang S, Tan J, Pan J, Zhang H, Chen Y, Ren X, Wang T. Enantiodivergent Kinetic Resolution of 1,1′‐Biaryl‐2,2′‐Diols and Amino Alcohols by Dipeptide‐Phosphonium Salt Catalysis Inspired by the Atherton–Todd Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Siqiang Fang
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling College of Materials and Chemical Engineering Hunan Institute of Engineering Xiangtan 411104 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry Sichuan University 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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Tian Y. Chiral correlation effect in asymmetric induction. Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yang C, Yang ZX, Ding CH, Xu B, Hou XL. Development of Dipolarophiles for Catalytic Asymmetric Cycloadditions through Pd-π-Allyl Zwitterions. CHEM REC 2021; 21:1442-1454. [PMID: 33570239 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202000177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The development of new and efficient methodology for the construction of optically active molecules is of great interest in both synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry fields. To this end, the personal account summarizes our studies on the development of electron-deficient alkenes, allenes, and alkynes containing single activator as new dipolarophiles for Pd-catalyzed asymmetric cycloaddition reactions. These new dipolarophiles can participate in Pd-catalyzed asymmetric [3+2] and [4+2] cycloadditions through Pd-π-allyl 1,3- and 1,4-zwitterions in-situ generated by the reaction of Pd(0) catalyst with vinyl aziridines, vinyl epoxides, vinyl cyclopropanes, 4-vinyl-1,3-dioxan-2-ones, and vinyl benzoxazinanones. These [3+2] and [4+2] cycloadditions provide efficient approaches to a wide range of enantiomerically enriched five- and six-membered ring compounds containing contiguous chiral centers with high to excellent chemo-, diastereo-, and enantioselectivities. The utilities of these protocols are demonstrated by transformation of the cycloadducts into other useful chiral building blocks. DFT calculations reveal the dissimilar reactivity of different electron deficient alkenes and rationalize the mechanism and stereo-control of the reaction. A Pd-catalyzed inverse [3+2] cycloaddition is disclosed.
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- Cun Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Innovative Drug Research Center, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Innovative Drug Research Center, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Innovative Drug Research Center, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Innovative Drug Research Center, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. of China
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Zhu LH, Yuan HY, Zhang JP. Enantioselective synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted allenes: harnessing electrostatic and noncovalent interactions in a bifunctional activation model for N-triflylphosphoramide catalysis. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo01250e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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DFT calculation reveals that the oxygen activation model is preferred than the nitrogen activation model due to the preferred chiral electrostatic environment.
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- Li-Han Zhu
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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Wang X, Wang Y, Wei D, Lan Y. Insight into the organocatalytic arylation of azonaphthalenes with α-chloroaldehydes: the general mechanism and origin of selectivities. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:219-222. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07260e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The mechanism and origin of selectivities of NHC-catalyzed arylation of azonaphthalenes with α-chloroaldehydes have been theoretically studied for the first time.
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- Xinghua Wang
- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- China
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- Department of Material and Chemical Engineering
- Zhengzhou University of Light Industry
- Zhengzhou
- P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- China
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Urabe D, Fukaya K. Systematic Search for Transition States in Complex Molecules: Computational Analyses of Regio- and Stereoselective Interflavan Bond Formation in Flavan-3-ols. HETEROCYCLES 2021. [DOI: 10.3987/rev-20-943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Yao C, Wu P, Huang Y, Chen Y, Li L, Li YM. Binaphthyl-based chiral ligands: design, synthesis and evaluation of their performance in enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:9712-9725. [PMID: 33237100 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob02127j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The design strategy and the performance of binaphthyl-based chiral ligands were evaluated with computation and enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes. Under optimized conditions, enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes provided the desired optically active secondary alcohols in high isolated yields (up to 91%) and excellent enantiomeric excesses (up to 98% ee).
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- Chao Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
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Wang J, Zheng S, Rajkumar S, Xie J, Yu N, Peng Q, Yang X. Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed stereodivergent synthesis of trisubstituted allenes and computational mechanistic studies. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5527. [PMID: 33139734 PMCID: PMC7608664 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19294-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Chiral molecules with multiple stereocenters are widely present in natural products and pharmaceuticals, whose absolute and relative configurations are both critically important for their physiological activities. In spite of the fact that a series of ingenious strategies have been developed for asymmetric diastereodivergent catalysis, most of these methods are limited to the divergent construction of point chirality. Here we report an enantioselective and diastereodivergent synthesis of trisubstituted allenes by asymmetric additions of oxazolones to activated 1,3-enynes enabled by chiral phosphoric acid (CPA) catalysis, where the divergence of the allenic axial stereogenicity is realized by modifications of CPA catalysts. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed to elucidate the origin of diastereodivergence by the stacking- and stagger-form in the transition state (TS) of allene formation step, as well as to disclose a Münchnone-type activation mode of oxazolones under Brønsted acid catalysis.
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- Jiawen Wang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
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Dangat Y, Popli S, Sunoj RB. Unraveling the Importance of Noncovalent Interactions in Asymmetric Hydroformylation Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:17079-17092. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Yuvraj Dangat
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Maliekal PJ, Gulvi NR, Karnik AV, Badani PM. Origin and turnaround of enantioselectivity in a chiral organocatalysed Diels‐Alder reaction: A mechanistic study. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.4072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Mumbai Mumbai India
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Mumbai Mumbai India
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Casnati A, Lanzi M, Cera G. Recent Advances in Asymmetric Iron Catalysis. Molecules 2020; 25:E3889. [PMID: 32858925 PMCID: PMC7503417 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Asymmetric transition-metal catalysis represents a fascinating challenge in the field of organic chemistry research. Since seminal advances in the late 60s, which were finally recognized by the Nobel Prize to Noyori, Sharpless and Knowles in 2001, the scientific community explored several approaches to emulate nature in producing chiral organic molecules. In a scenario that has been for a long time dominated by the use of late-transition metals (TM) catalysts, the use of 3d-TMs and particularly iron has found, recently, a widespread application. Indeed, the low toxicity and the earth-abundancy of iron, along with its chemical versatility, allowed for the development of unprecedented and more sustainable catalytic transformations. While several competent reviews tried to provide a complete picture of the astounding advances achieved in this area, within this review we aimed to survey the latest achievements and new concepts brought in the field of enantioselective iron-catalyzed transformations.
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- Alessandra Casnati
- Laboratoire des Systèmes Complexes en Synthèse et Catalyse, Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Université de Strasbourg &CNRS, 8 Allèe Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, F-67083 Strasbourg, France;
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- Laboratoire de Chemie Moléculaire (UMR CNRS 7509), Université de Strasbourg, ECPM 25 Rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France;
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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Hartmann PE, Lazzarotto M, Pletz J, Tanda S, Neu P, Goessler W, Kroutil W, Boese AD, Fuchs M. Mechanistic Studies of the TRIP-Catalyzed Allylation with Organozinc Reagents. J Org Chem 2020; 85:9672-9679. [PMID: 32648755 PMCID: PMC7418105 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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3,3-Bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)-1,1-binaphthyl-2,2-diyl
hydrogenphosphate
(TRIP) catalyzes the asymmetric allylation of aldehydes with organozinc
compounds, leading to highly valuable structural motifs, like precursors
to lignan natural products. Our previously reported mechanistic proposal
relies on two reaction intermediates and requires further investigation
to really understand the mode of action and the origins of stereoselectivity.
Detailed ab initio calculations, supported by experimental data, render
a substantially different mode of action to the allyl boronate congener.
Instead of a Brønsted acid-based catalytic activation, the chiral
phosphate acts as a counterion for the Lewis acidic zinc ion, which
provides the activation of the aldehyde.
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- Peter E Hartmann
- Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/II, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe.,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/IV, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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- Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/II, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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- Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/II, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 1/I, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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- Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/II, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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- Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 1/I, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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- Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/II, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/IV, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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- Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/II, 8010 Graz, Austria, Europe
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Li X, Xu J, Li SJ, Qu LB, Li Z, Chi YR, Wei D, Lan Y. Prediction of NHC-catalyzed chemoselective functionalizations of carbonyl compounds: a general mechanistic map. Chem Sci 2020; 11:7214-7225. [PMID: 34123007 PMCID: PMC8159411 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01793k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Generally, N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexed with carbonyl compounds would transform into several important active intermediates, i.e., enolates, Breslow intermediates, or acylazolium intermediates, which act as either a nucleophile (Nu) or an electrophile (E) to react with the other E/Nu partner. Hence, the key to predicting the origin of chemoselectivity is to compute the activity (i.e., electrophilic index ω for E and nucleophilic index N for Nu) and stability of the intermediates and products, which are suggested in a general mechanistic map of these reactions. To support this point, we selected and studied different cases of the NHC-catalyzed reactions of carbonyl compounds in the presence of a base and/or an oxidant, in which multiple possible pathways involving acylazolium, enolate, Breslow, and α,β-unsaturated acylazolium intermediates were proposed and a novel index ω + N of the E and Nu partners was employed to exactly predict the energy barrier of the chemoselective step in theory. This work provides a guide for determining the general principle behind organocatalytic reactions with various chemoselectivities, and suggests a general application of the reaction index in predicting the chemoselectivity of the nucleophilic and electrophilic reactions. A novel index ω + N can be used to predict the chemoselectivity according to the general NHC-catalyzed reaction mechanism.![]()
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- Xue Li
- College of Chemistry, Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University 100 Science Avenue Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
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- College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Guiyang China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University 100 Science Avenue Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University 100 Science Avenue Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University 100 Science Avenue Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
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- Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University 100 Science Avenue Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University 100 Science Avenue Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China .,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University Chongqing 400044 China
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Lai J, Neyyappadath RM, Smith AD, Pericàs MA. Continuous Flow Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure BINOL(s) by Acylative Kinetic Resolution. Adv Synth Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201901420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Junshan Lai
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Av. Països Catalans, 16 43007 Tarragona Spain
- Departament de Química Analítica i Química OrgànicaUniversitat Rovira i Virgili 43007 Tarragona Spain
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- EaStCHEM, School of ChemistryUniversity of St Andrews, North Haugh St Andrews KY16 9ST U.K
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Av. Països Catalans, 16 43007 Tarragona Spain
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i OrgànicaUniversitat de Barcelona (UB) 08028 Barcelona Spain
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