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Li YH, Chen JH, Yang Z. Exo-Selective Diels-Alder Reactions. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202304371. [PMID: 38412422 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304371] [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: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
Abstract
The Diels-Alder reaction stands as one of the most pivotal transformations in organic chemistry. Its efficiency, marked by the formation of two carbon-carbon bonds and up to four new stereocenters in a single step, underscores its versatility and indispensability in synthesizing natural products and pharmaceuticals. The most significant stereoselectivity feature is the "endo rule". While this rule underpins the predictability of the stereochemical outcomes, it also underscores the challenges in achieving the opposite diastereoselectivity, making the exo-Diels-Alder reactions often considered outliers. This review delves into recent examples of exo-Diels-Alder reactions, shedding light on the factors inverting the intrinsic tendency. We explore the roles of steric, electrostatic, and orbital interactions, as well as thermodynamic equilibriums in influencing exo/endo selectivity. Furthermore, we illustrate strategies to manipulate these factors, employing approaches such as bulky substituents, s-cis conformations, transient structural constraints, and innovative control physics. Through these analyses, our aim is to provide a comprehensive understanding of how to predict and design exo-Diels-Alder reactions, paving the way for new diastereoselective catalyst systems and expanding the chemical scope of Diels-Alder reactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuan-He Li
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518067, China
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Costa AM, Castro-Alvarez A, Vilarrasa J, Fillot D. Computational Comparison of the Stability of Iminium Ions and Salts from Enals and Pyrrolidine Derivatives (Aminocatalysts). European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Anna M. Costa
- Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Química: Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Quimica Organic Chemistry Section Av. Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona SPAIN
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- Universidad de la Frontera Facultad de Medicina Ciencias Preclínicas Av. Alemania 0458 4810296 Temuco CHILE
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- Universitat de Barcelona Organic Chemistry Section, Fac. Quimica Av. Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona SPAIN
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- Universidad de Barcelona Facultad de Química: Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Quimica Organic Chemistry Section (Dep. Quim. Inorg. i Org.) Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona SPAIN
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Costa AM, Cascales V, Castro-Alvarez A, Vilarrasa J. Computational Study of the Stability of Pyrrolidine-Derived Iminium Ions: Exchange Equilibria between Iminium Ions and Carbonyl Compounds. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:18247-18258. [PMID: 35694469 PMCID: PMC9178767 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c07020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The tendency of carbonyl compounds to form iminium ions by reaction with pyrrolidine or chiral pyrrolidine derivatives (in other words, the relative stability to hydrolysis of these iminium ions) has been computationally examined, mainly using the M06-2X/6-311+G(d,p) method. We have thus obtained the equilibrium positions for R-CH=O + CH2=CH-CH=N+R2* → R-CH=N+R2* + CH2=CH-CH=O reactions and for related exchanges. In these exchanges, there is a transfer of a secondary amine between two carbonyl compounds. Their relative energies may be used to predict which iminium species can be predominantly formed when two or more carbonyl groups are present in a reaction medium. In the catalytic Michael additions of nucleophiles to iminium ions arising from conjugated enals, dienals, and trienals, if the formation of the new Nu-C bond is favorable, the chances of amino-catalyzed reactions to efficiently proceed, with high conversions, depend on the calculated energy values for these exchange equilibria, where the iminium tetrafluoroborates of the adducts (final iminium intermediates) must be more prone to hydrolysis than the initial iminium tetrafluoroborates. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that the MacMillan catalysts and related oxazolidinones are especially suitable in this regard.
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Chauhan ANS, Mali G, Erande RD. Regioselectivity Switch Towards the Development of Innovative Diels‐Alder Cycloaddition and Productive Applications in Organic Synthesis. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100793] [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]
Affiliation(s)
- Amar Nath Singh Chauhan
- IIT Jodhpur: Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Chemistry Chemistry departmentIIT Jodhpur 342037 Jodhpur INDIA
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- IIT Jodhpur: Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur chemistry Chemistry departmentIIT Jodhpur 342037 Jodhpur INDIA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Chemistry Office 103, Department of Chemistry, IIT Jodhpur, N.H. 62, Nagaur Road, Karwar 342037 Jodhpur INDIA
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Guo M, Chen L, Fang T, Wang R, Nuraje N, Brodelius PE. Synthesis, properties and applications of self‐repairing carbohydrates as smart materials via thermally reversible
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bonds. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.5150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ming Guo
- College of Science Zhejiang A&F University Hangzhou China
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- College of Science Zhejiang A&F University Hangzhou China
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- College of Engineering Zhejiang A&F University Hangzhou China
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- College of Engineering Zhejiang A&F University Hangzhou China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biomedical Sciences Linnaeus University Kalmar Sweden
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An F, Maji B, Min E, Ofial AR, Mayr H. Basicities and Nucleophilicities of Pyrrolidines and Imidazolidinones Used as Organocatalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:1526-1547. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Feng An
- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 München, Germany
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Świderek K, Nödling AR, Tsai YH, Luk LYP, Moliner V. Reaction Mechanism of Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Nitromethane to Cinnamaldehyde: A Case Study on Catalyst Regeneration and Solvent Effects. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:451-459. [PMID: 29256614 PMCID: PMC5785706 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The Michael addition
of nitromethane to cinnamaldehyde has been
computationally studied in the absence of a catalyst and the presence
of a biotinylated secondary amine by a combined computational and
experimental approach. The calculations were performed at the density
functional theory (DFT) level with the M06-2X hybrid functional, and
a polarizable continuum model has been employed to mimic the effect
of two different solvents: dichloromethane (DCM) and water. Contrary
to common assumption, the product-derived iminium intermediate was
absent in both of the solvents tested. Instead, hydrating the C1–C2
double bond in the enamine intermediate directly yields the tetrahedral
intermediate, which is key for forming the product and regenerating
the catalyst. Enamine hydration is concerted and found to be rate-limiting
in DCM but segregated into two non-rate-limiting steps when the solvent
is replaced with water. However, further analysis revealed that the
use of water as solvent also raises the energy barriers for other
chemical steps, particularly the critical step of C–C bond
formation between the iminium intermediate and nucleophile; this consequently
lowers both the reaction yield and enantioselectivity of this LUMO-lowering
reaction, as experimentally detected. These findings provide a logical
explanation to why water often enhances organocatalysis when used
as an additive but hampers the reaction progress when employed as
a solvent.
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- Katarzyna Świderek
- Departament de Química Física i Analítica, Universitat Jaume I , 12071 Castellón, Spain
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University , CF10 3AT Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University , CF10 3AT Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Departament de Química Física i Analítica, Universitat Jaume I , 12071 Castellón, Spain.,School of Chemistry, University of Bath , BA2 7AY Bath, United Kingdom
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Yepes D, Pérez P, Jaque P, Fernández I. Effect of Lewis acid bulkiness on the stereoselectivity of Diels–Alder reactions between acyclic dienes and α,β-enals. Org Chem Front 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7qo00154a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The influence of Lewis acid bulkiness on the stereoselectivity of Diels–Alder reactions is analysed computationally in detail.
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- Diana Yepes
- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
- Universidad Andres Bello
- Santiago
- Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
- Universidad Andres Bello
- Santiago
- Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
- Universidad Andres Bello
- Santiago
- Chile
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040-Madrid
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The chemistry of the carbon-transition metal double and triple bond: Annual survey covering the year 2015. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Lam YH, Grayson MN, Holland MC, Simon A, Houk KN. Theory and Modeling of Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions. Acc Chem Res 2016; 49:750-62. [PMID: 26967569 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Modern density functional theory and powerful contemporary computers have made it possible to explore complex reactions of value in organic synthesis. We describe recent explorations of mechanisms and origins of stereoselectivities with density functional theory calculations. The specific functionals and basis sets that are routinely used in computational studies of stereoselectivities of organic and organometallic reactions in our group are described, followed by our recent studies that uncovered the origins of stereocontrol in reactions catalyzed by (1) vicinal diamines, including cinchona alkaloid-derived primary amines, (2) vicinal amidophosphines, and (3) organo-transition-metal complexes. Two common cyclic models account for the stereoselectivity of aldol reactions of metal enolates (Zimmerman-Traxler) or those catalyzed by the organocatalyst proline (Houk-List). Three other models were derived from computational studies described in this Account. Cinchona alkaloid-derived primary amines and other vicinal diamines are venerable asymmetric organocatalysts. For α-fluorinations and a variety of aldol reactions, vicinal diamines form enamines at one terminal amine and activate electrophilically with NH(+) or NF(+) at the other. We found that the stereocontrolling transition states are cyclic and that their conformational preferences are responsible for the observed stereoselectivity. In fluorinations, the chair seven-membered cyclic transition states is highly favored, just as the Zimmerman-Traxler chair six-membered aldol transition state controls stereoselectivity. In aldol reactions with vicinal diamine catalysts, the crown transition states are favored, both in the prototype and in an experimental example, shown in the graphic. We found that low-energy conformations of cyclic transition states occur and control stereoselectivities in these reactions. Another class of bifunctional organocatalysts, the vicinal amidophosphines, catalyzes the (3 + 2) annulation reaction of allenes with activated olefins. Stereocontrol here is due to an intermolecular hydrogen bond that activates the electrophilic partner in this reaction. We have also studied complex organometallic catalysts. Krische's ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrohydroxyalkylation of butadiene involves two chiral ligands at Ru, a chiral diphosphine and a chiral phosphate. The size of this combination strains the limits of modern computations with over 160 atoms, multiple significant steps, and a variety of ligand coordinations and conformations possible. We found that carbon-carbon bond formation occurs via a chair Zimmerman-Traxler-type transition structure and that a formyl CH···O hydrogen bond from aldehyde CH to phosphate oxygen, as well as steric interactions of the two chiral ligands, control the stereoselectivity.
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- Yu-hong Lam
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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