Zheng Y, Wills M. Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of boronic acid pinacol ester (Bpin)-containing acetophenones.
Org Biomol Chem 2022;
20:3742-3746. [PMID:
35438123 DOI:
10.1039/d2ob00569g]
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Abstract
A series of Bpin-containing acetophenone derivatives were reduced by asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH), using Noyori-Ikariya catalysts, with formic acid/triethylamine, to alcohols in high ee when the Bpin is in the para- or meta-position. Substrates containing ortho-Bpin groups were reduced in lower ee, with formation of a cyclic boron-containing group. The products were converted to substituted derivatives using Pd-catalysed coupling reactions. The results represent the first examples of ATH of Bpin-containing ketones.
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