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Li Y, Xu J, Oliveira JC, Scheremetjew A, Ackermann L. Electrochemical Enantioselective C-H Annulation by Achiral Rhodium(III)/Chiral Brønsted Base Domino Catalysis. ACS Catal 2024; 14:8160-8167. [PMID: 38868099 PMCID: PMC11165455 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Rhodium(III)-catalyzed enantioselective C-H activation has emerged as a powerful tool for assembling enabling chiral molecules. However, this approach is significantly hampered by the cumbersome synthetic routes for preparing chiral rhodium catalysts. In sharp contrast, we herein report on an electrochemical domino catalysis system that exploits an achiral Cp*-rhodium catalyst along with an easily accessible chiral Brønsted base for an enantioselective C-H activation/annulation reaction of alkenes by benzoic acids. Our strategy offers an environmentally benign and most user-friendly approach for assembling synthetically useful chiral phthalides in good enantioselectivity, employing electricity as the sustainable oxidant.
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- Yanjun Li
- Institut
für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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A. Oliveira
- Institut
für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Banerjee S, Vanka K. The Role of Aromatic Alcohol Additives on Asymmetric Organocatalysis Reactions: Insights from Theory. Chem Asian J 2024; 19:e202300997. [PMID: 38270228 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300997] [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: 11/11/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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The presence of an aromatic additive has been seen to enhance, often significantly, the enantioselectivity and yield in asymmetric organocatalysis. Considering their success across a dizzying range of organocatalysts and organic transformations, it would seem unlikely that a common principle exists for their functioning. However, the current investigations with DFT suggest a general principle: the phenolic additive sandwiches itself, through hydrogen bonding and π⋅⋅⋅π stacking, between the organocatalyst coordinated electrophile and nucleophile. This is seen for a wide range of experimentally reported systems. That such complex formation leads to enhanced stereoselectivity is then demonstrated for two cases: the cinchona alkaloid complex (BzCPD), catalysing thiocyanation (2-naphthol additive employed), as well as for L-pipecolicacid catalysing the asymmetric nitroaldol reaction with a range of nitro-substituted phenol additives. These findings, indicating that dual catalysis takes place when phenolic additives are employed, are likely to have a significant impact on the field of asymmetric organocatalysis.
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- Subhrashis Banerjee
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr.Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr.Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Giordano MT, Kitzinger KM, de Jesús Cruz P, Liu S, Johnson JS. Catalytic, Asymmetric Michael-Aldol Annulations via a Stereodivergent/Stereoconvergent Path Operating under Curtin-Hammett Control. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:12370-12376. [PMID: 37216269 PMCID: PMC10360212 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A bifunctional iminophosphorane (BIMP)-catalyzed method for the synthesis of densely functionalized cyclohexanols establishes five contiguous stereocenters (diastereoselection up to >20:1, enantioselectivity up to >99:1) in a Michael/aldol domino reaction between trisubstituted electrophilic alkenes and γ-nitroketones. Mechanistic studies suggest a scenario in which stereoconvergency is achieved by kinetically controlled cyclization after the initial diastereodivergent Michael addition. Diastereoconvergency during cyclization is shown to result from Curtin-Hammett kinetics, a finding that contrasts the crystallization-driven stereoconvergency previously reported in similar systems. Despite the change in the stereocontrol mechanism, the operational attributes remain attractive, with the crystalline products typically isolated in analytically pure form upon filtration of the reaction mixture.
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- Mitchell T Giordano
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
- Research Computing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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Zhu L, Wang D. Deciphering the cooperative effect of base and N-substituents on the origin of enantioselectivity switching for Mannich reactions of glycinate by carbonyl catalysts. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Ramos De Dios SM, Tiwari VK, McCune CD, Dhokale RA, Berkowitz DB. Biomacromolecule-Assisted Screening for Reaction Discovery and Catalyst Optimization. Chem Rev 2022; 122:13800-13880. [PMID: 35904776 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Reaction discovery and catalyst screening lie at the heart of synthetic organic chemistry. While there are efforts at de novo catalyst design using computation/artificial intelligence, at its core, synthetic chemistry is an experimental science. This review overviews biomacromolecule-assisted screening methods and the follow-on elaboration of chemistry so discovered. All three types of biomacromolecules discussed─enzymes, antibodies, and nucleic acids─have been used as "sensors" to provide a readout on product chirality exploiting their native chirality. Enzymatic sensing methods yield both UV-spectrophotometric and visible, colorimetric readouts. Antibody sensors provide direct fluorescent readout upon analyte binding in some cases or provide for cat-ELISA (Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay)-type readouts. DNA biomacromolecule-assisted screening allows for templation to facilitate reaction discovery, driving bimolecular reactions into a pseudo-unimolecular format. In addition, the ability to use DNA-encoded libraries permits the barcoding of reactants. All three types of biomacromolecule-based screens afford high sensitivity and selectivity. Among the chemical transformations discovered by enzymatic screening methods are the first Ni(0)-mediated asymmetric allylic amination and a new thiocyanopalladation/carbocyclization transformation in which both C-SCN and C-C bonds are fashioned sequentially. Cat-ELISA screening has identified new classes of sydnone-alkyne cycloadditions, and DNA-encoded screening has been exploited to uncover interesting oxidative Pd-mediated amido-alkyne/alkene coupling reactions.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Higuchi Biosciences Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Buttard F, Champagne PA. Binding Modes and Origins of Enantioselectivity in the Phase-Transfer-Catalyzed Conjugate Cyanation of β-Trifluoromethylated Chalcones. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01904] [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]
Affiliation(s)
- Floris Buttard
- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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Aher RD, Ishikawa A, Yamanaka M, Tanaka F. Catalytic Enantioselective Construction of Decalin Derivatives by Dynamic Kinetic Desymmetrization of C2-Symmetric Derivatives through Aldol-Aldol Annulation. J Org Chem 2022; 87:8151-8157. [PMID: 35666096 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
We have developed and investigated a catalytic desymmetrization reaction strategy that affords functionalized decalin derivatives with high enantioselectivities from C2-symmetric derivatives through aldol-aldol annulation. We identified the structural moieties of the catalyst necessary for the formation of the decalin derivative with high enantioselectivity. We elucidated the mechanisms of the catalyzed reactions: the first aldol reaction step was reversible, and the second aldol step was rate-limiting and stereochemistry-determining and was enantioselective. Using theoretical calculations guided by the experimental results, we identified the interactions between the catalyst and the transition state that led to the major enantiomer. The information obtained in this study will be useful for the development of catalysts and chemical transformations.
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- Ravindra D Aher
- Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nish-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nish-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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Momo PB, Mizobuchi EF, Echemendía R, Baddeley I, Grayson MN, Burtoloso ACB. Organocatalytic Enantioselective Sulfa-Michael Additions to α,β-Unsaturated Diazoketones. J Org Chem 2022; 87:3482-3490. [PMID: 35179890 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c03045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Enantioselective sulfa-Michael additions to α,β unsaturated diazocarbonyl compounds have been developed. Quinine-derived squaramide was found to be the best catalyst to promote C-S bond formation in a highly stereoselective fashion for alkyl and aryl thiols. The easy-to-follow protocol allowed the preparation of 22 examples in enantiomeric ratios up to 97:3 and reaction yields up to 94%. The mechanism and origins of enantioselectivity were determined through density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
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- Patricia B Momo
- Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo CEP 13560-970, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo CEP 13560-970, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo CEP 13560-970, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K
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- Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo CEP 13560-970, Brazil
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Liu S, Chen Z, Chen J, Ni S, Zhang Y, Shi F. Rational Design of Axially Chiral Styrene‐Based Organocatalysts and Their Application in Catalytic Asymmetric (2+4) Cyclizations. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202112226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Si‐Jia Liu
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu Normal University Xuzhou 221116 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu Normal University Xuzhou 221116 China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province Shantou University Shantou 515063 China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province Shantou University Shantou 515063 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu Normal University Xuzhou 221116 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu Normal University Xuzhou 221116 China
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Rozsar D, Formica M, Yamazaki K, Hamlin TA, Dixon DJ. Bifunctional Iminophosphorane-Catalyzed Enantioselective Sulfa-Michael Addition to Unactivated α,β-Unsaturated Amides. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:1006-1015. [PMID: 34990142 PMCID: PMC8793149 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The
first metal-free catalytic intermolecular enantioselective
Michael addition to unactivated α,β-unsaturated amides
is described. Consistently high enantiomeric excesses and yields were
obtained over a wide range of alkyl thiol pronucleophiles and electrophiles
under mild reaction conditions, enabled by a novel squaramide-based
bifunctional iminophosphorane catalyst. Low catalyst loadings (2.0
mol %) were achieved on a decagram scale, demonstrating the scalability
of the reaction. Computational analysis revealed the origin of the
high enantiofacial selectivity via analysis of relevant transition
structures and provided substantial support for specific noncovalent
activation of the carbonyl group of the α,β-unsaturated
amide by the catalyst.
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- Daniel Rozsar
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TA Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TA Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TA Oxford, United Kingdom.,Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TA Oxford, United Kingdom
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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
Abstract
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. Transferable selectivity profiles allow data from intermolecular reactions using iminium substrates to be applied to predict intramolecular reactions involving thioniums.![]()
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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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Liu SJ, Chen ZH, Chen JY, Ni SF, Zhang YC, Shi F. Rational Design of Axially Chiral Styrene-Based Organocatalysts and Their Application in Catalytic Asymmetric (2+4) Cyclizations. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202112226. [PMID: 34846087 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
A new class of axially chiral styrene-based thiourea tertiary amine catalysts, which have unique characteristics such as an efficient synthetic route, multiple chiral elements, and multiple activating groups, has been rationally designed. These new chiral catalysts have proven to be efficient organocatalysts, enabling the chemo-, diastereo-, and enantioselective (2+4) cyclization of 2-benzothiazolimines with homophthalic anhydrides in good yields (up to 96 %) with excellent stereoselectivities (all >95:5 dr, up to 98 % ee). More importantly, theoretical calculations elucidated the important role of an axially chiral styrene moiety in controlling both the reactivity and enantioselectivity. This work not only represents the first design of styrene-based chiral thiourea tertiary amine catalysts and the first catalytic asymmetric (2+4) cyclization of 2-benzothiazolimines, but also gives an in-depth understanding of axially chiral styrene-based organocatalysts.
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- Si-Jia Liu
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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Abdelkawy MA, Davin C, Aly EA, El‐Badawi MA, Itsuno S. Chiral Polyureas Derived Cinchona Alkaloids: Highly Efficient Bifunctional Organocatalysts for the Asymmetric Michael Addition Reaction. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202103217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mahmoud A. Abdelkawy
- Department of Applied Chemistry & Life Science Toyohashi University of Technology Toyohashi 441-8580 Japan
- Chemistry Department Faculty of Science Tanta University Tanta 31527 Egypt
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- Department of Applied Chemistry & Life Science Toyohashi University of Technology Toyohashi 441-8580 Japan
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- Chemistry Department Faculty of Science Tanta University Tanta 31527 Egypt
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- Department of Applied Chemistry & Life Science Toyohashi University of Technology Toyohashi 441-8580 Japan
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Yıldırım A, Kaya Y, Göker M. Screening of simple carbohydrates as a renewable organocatalyst for the efficient construction of 1,3-benzoxazine scaffold. Carbohydr Res 2021; 510:108458. [PMID: 34634551 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108458] [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: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A convenient protocol for the two component preparation of 1,3-benzoxazines by using several protected and unprotected carbohydrate molecules as organocatalysts have been developed which is broadly applicable to condensation reaction between variety of Mannich bases and paraformaldehyde. This study revealed that fructose have much higher catalytic activity than the other carbohydrates and can be an alternative to metal-containing catalysts as a green renewable organocatalyst for efficient and rapid construction of 1,3-benzoxazine skeleton. In this context, 21 benzoxazine compounds were successfully synthesized and spectral characterizations of these compounds were carried out by spectroscopic methods and elemental analysis. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been performed to study the detailed mechanism of organocatalyst assisted synthesis of the benzoxazine monomers. The results obtained from these calculations showed that the more realistic reaction pathway involves formation of a phenolate based intermediate which loses a water molecule to form benzenaminium ion. Subsequently, this ion provides the formation of the corresponding benzoxazines with good yields through the intramolecular ring closure step.
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- Ayhan Yıldırım
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bursa Uludağ University, P. O. Box 16059, Bursa, Turkey.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Architecture and Engineering, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, 16310, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bursa Uludağ University, P. O. Box 16059, Bursa, Turkey
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Ullah Z, Kim K, Venkanna A, Kim HS, Kim MI, Kim MH. Plausible Pnicogen Bonding of epi-Cinchonidine as a Chiral Scaffold in Catalysis. Front Chem 2021; 9:669515. [PMID: 34295874 PMCID: PMC8290064 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.669515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
As a non-covalent interaction of a chiral scaffold in catalysis, pnicogen bonding of epi-cinchonidine (epi-CD), a cinchona alkaloid, was simulated to consider whether the interaction can have the potential controlling enantiotopic face like hydrogen bonding. Among five reactive functional groups in epi-CD, two stable complexes of the hydroxyl group (X-epi-CD1) at C17 and of the quinoline ring (X-epi-CD2) at N16 with pnictide family analytes [X = substituted phosphine (PX), i.e., F, Br, Cl, CF3, CN, HO, NO2, and CH3, and pnictide family analytes, i.e., PBr3, BiI3, SbI3, and AsI3] were predicted with intermolecular interaction energies, charge transfer (QMulliken and QNBO), and band gap energies of HOMO-LUMO (Eg) at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of density functional theory. It was found that the dominant site of pnicogen bonding in epi-CD is the quinoline ring (N16 atom) rather than the hydroxyl group (O36 atom). In addition, the UV-Vis spectra of the complex were calculated by time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level and compared with experimental measurements. Through these calculations, two intermolecular interactions (H-bond vs. pnicogen bond) of epi-CD were compared.
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- Zakir Ullah
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea.,Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of BioNano Technology, Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea
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- Department of BioNano Technology, Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea
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Non-Covalent Interactions in Enantioselective Organocatalysis: Theoretical and Mechanistic Studies of Reactions Mediated by Dual H-Bond Donors, Bifunctional Squaramides, Thioureas and Related Catalysts. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11050569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Chiral bifunctional dual H-bond donor catalysts have become one of the pillars of organocatalysis. They include squaramide, thiosquaramide, thiourea, urea, and even selenourea-based catalysts combined with chiral amines, cinchona alkaloids, sulfides, phosphines and more. They can promote several types of reactions affording products in very high yields and excellent stereoselectivities in many cases: conjugate additions, cycloadditions, the aldol and Henry reactions, the Morita–Baylis–Hilman reaction, even cascade reactions, among others. The desire to understand mechanisms and the quest for the origins of stereoselectivity, in attempts to find guidelines for developing more efficient catalysts for new transformations, has promoted many mechanistic and theoretical studies. In this review, we survey the literature published in this area since 2015.
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Falcone BN, Grayson MN. Understanding the mechanism of the chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed aza-Cope rearrangement. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:3656-3664. [PMID: 33908433 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob02458a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first catalytic enantioselective aza-Cope rearrangement was reported in 2008 by Rueping et al. The reaction is catalyzed by a 1,1'-bi-2-naphthol-derived (BINOL-derived) phosphoric acid and achieved high yields and enantioselectivities (up to 97 : 3 er with 75% yield). This work utilizes Density Functional Theory to understand the mechanism of the reaction and explain the origins of the enantioselectivity. An extensive conformational search was carried out to explore the different activation modes by the catalyst and, the Transition State (TS) leading to the major product was found to be 1.3 kcal mol-1 lower in energy than the TS leading to the minor product. The origin of this stabilization was rationalized with NBO and NCI analysis: it was found that the major TS has a greater number of non-bonding interactions between the substrate and the catalyst, and shows stronger H-bond interactions between H atoms in the substrate and the O atoms in the phosphate group of the catalyst.
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- Bruno N Falcone
- SSPC, the SFI Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, School of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, T12 K8AF, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
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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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Salehi Marzijarani N, Lam YH, Wang X, Klapars A, Qi J, Song Z, Sherry BD, Liu Z, Ji Y. New Mechanism for Cinchona Alkaloid-Catalysis Allows for an Efficient Thiophosphorylation Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:20021-20029. [PMID: 33180475 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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An efficient synthesis of nucleoside 5'-monothiophosphates under mild reaction conditions using commercially available thiophosphoryl chloride was achieved with a cinchona alkaloid catalyst. A detailed mechanistic study of the reaction was undertaken, employing a combination of reaction kinetics, NMR spectroscopy, and computational modeling, to better understand the observed reactivity. Taken collectively, the results support an unprecedented mechanism for this class of organocatalyst.
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- Department of Computational and Structural Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.,Department of Process Research and Development, MSD R&D (China) Co., Ltd., Building 21 Rongda Road, Wangjing R&D Base, Zhongguancun Electronic Zone West Zone, Beijing 100012, China
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry, Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd., 6 Taihe Road BDA, Beijing 100176, China
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- Department of Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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Asymmetric Preparation of α-Quaternary Fluorinated β-keto Esters. Review. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 25:molecules25143264. [PMID: 32708946 PMCID: PMC7397287 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25143264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In this review, recent advances over the past decade in the preparation of fluorinated stereogenic quaternary centers on β-keto esters compounds are analyzed. Since the incorporation of fluorine and fluorinated groups is of special interest in pharmaceutical chemistry, a range of metal-catalyzed and organocatalyzed methods have been developed. Herein, we review the enantioselective fluorination, trifluoromethylation and trifluoromethylthiolation of 3-oxo esters. The scope, the induction of enantioselectivity and mechanistic investigations are presented.
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Sonsona IG, Alegre-Requena JV, Marqués-López E, Gimeno MC, Herrera RP. Asymmetric Organocatalyzed Aza-Henry Reaction of Hydrazones: Experimental and Computational Studies. Chemistry 2020; 26:5469-5478. [PMID: 32012361 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The first asymmetric catalyzed aza-Henry reaction of hydrazones is presented. In this process, quinine was used as the catalyst to synthesize different alkyl substituted β-nitrohydrazides with ee up to 77 %. This ee was improved up to 94 % by a further recrystallization and the opposite enantiomer can be obtained by using quinidine as the catalyst, opening exciting possibilities in fields in which the control of chirality is vital, such as the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, experimental and ab initio studies were performed to understand the reaction mechanism. The experimental results revealed an unexpected secondary kinetic isotope effect (KIE) that is explained by the calculated reaction pathway, which shows that the protonation of the initial hydrazone and the C-C bond forming reaction occur during a concerted process. This concerted mechanism makes the catalysis conceptually different to traditional base-promoted Henry and aza-Henry reactions.
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- Isaac G Sonsona
- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica, Departamento de, Química Orgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química y, Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna, No. 12., 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica, Departamento de, Química Orgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química y, Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna, No. 12., 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica, Departamento de, Química Orgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química y, Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna, No. 12., 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Instituto de, Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de, Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna, No. 12., 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Organocatálisis Asimétrica, Departamento de, Química Orgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química y, Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna, No. 12., 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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Wititsuwannakul T, Mukherjee T, Hall MB, Gladysz JA. Computational Investigations of Enantioselection in Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reactions of Ruthenium Guanidinobenzimidazole Second Coordination Sphere Hydrogen Bond Donor Catalysts. Organometallics 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Taveechai Wititsuwannakul
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77843-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77843-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77843-3012, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77843-3012, United States
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Ding PG, Zhou F, Wang X, Zhao QH, Yu JS, Zhou J. H-bond donor-directed switching of diastereoselectivity in the Michael addition of α-azido ketones to nitroolefins. Chem Sci 2020; 11:3852-3861. [PMID: 34122853 PMCID: PMC8152593 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc00475h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The development of catalyst-controlled stereodivergent asymmetric catalysis is important for providing facile access to all stereoisomers of chiral products with multiple stereocenters from the same starting materials. Despite progress, new design strategies for diastereodivergent asymmetric catalysis are still highly desirable. Here we report the potency of H-bond donors as the governing factor to tune diastereoselectivity in a highly diastereoselective switchable enantioselective Michael addition of α-azido ketones to nitroolefins. While a newly developed bifunctional tertiary amine, phosphoramide, preferentially afforded syn-adducts, an analogous squaramide catalyst selectively gave anti-adducts. The resulting multifunctional tertiary azides can be converted to spiro-pyrrolidines with four continuous stereocenters in a one-pot operation. Mechanistic studies cast light on the control of diastereoselectivity by H-bond donors. While the squaramide-catalyzed reaction proceeded with a transition state with both squaramide N–H bonds binding to an enolate intermediate, an unprecedented model was proposed for the phosphoramide-mediated reaction wherein an amide N–H bond and an alkylammonium ion formed in situ interact with nitroolefins, with the enolate stabilized by nonclassical C–H⋯O hydrogen-bonding interactions. We report the successful reversal of the diastereoselectivity in an unprecedented Michael addition of α-azido ketones to nitroolefins catalyzed by bifunctional tertiary amines, simply by varying the H-bond donor from phosphoramide to squaramide.![]()
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- Pei-Gang Ding
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University 3663N Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University 3663N Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan 610064 China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University 3663N Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University 3663N Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China.,Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University Haikou 571158 China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University 3663N Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China.,State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200032 China
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Wu Y, Jhong Y, Lin H, Swain SP, Tsai HG, Hou D. Organocatalyzed Enantioselective Michael Addition of 2‐Hydroxypyridines and α,β‐Unsaturated 1,4‐Dicarbonyl Compounds. Adv Synth Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Yu‐Chun Wu
- Department of ChemistryNational Central University 300 Jhong-Da Rd., Jhong-Li Taoyuan Taiwan 32001
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- Department of ChemistryNational Central University 300 Jhong-Da Rd., Jhong-Li Taoyuan Taiwan 32001
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- Department of ChemistryNational Central University 300 Jhong-Da Rd., Jhong-Li Taoyuan Taiwan 32001
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- Department of ChemistryNational Central University 300 Jhong-Da Rd., Jhong-Li Taoyuan Taiwan 32001
- Assistant Professor-Selection Grade, School of Health SciencesUniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies Bidholi, Dehradun- 248007 India
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- Department of ChemistryNational Central University 300 Jhong-Da Rd., Jhong-Li Taoyuan Taiwan 32001
- Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Module InstitutionNational Central University 300 Jhong-Da Rd., Jhong-Li Taoyuan Taiwan 32001
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- Department of ChemistryNational Central University 300 Jhong-Da Rd., Jhong-Li Taoyuan Taiwan 32001
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Dyguda M, Przydacz A, Krzemińska A, Albrecht Ł. On the origins of stereoselectivity in the aminocatalytic remote alkylation of 5-alkylfurfurals. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:6025-6031. [PMID: 31161185 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00914k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the manuscript, computational studies on the remote alkylation of 5-alkylfurfurals proceeding via formation of the corresponding trienamine intermediate are presented. By the means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and the symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) method, interesting insights into the mechanism of the reaction have been provided explaining the influence and contribution of different molecular interactions on the observed reactivity as well as on the enantio- and diastereoselectivity of the process. The studies have been extended to the thiophene analogue of the starting furfural derivative and the results obtained verified experimentally.
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- Mateusz Dyguda
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź, Poland.
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Li H, Fan W, Hong X. Understanding the axial chirality control of quinidine-derived ammonium cation-directed O-alkylation: a computational study. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:1916-1923. [PMID: 30280168 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob02173b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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As a privileged chiral scaffold, cinchona alkaloid and its derivatives have reached remarkable success in catalytic asymmetric organic synthesis. In addition to the wide applications of point chirality control, Smith and co-workers recently discovered a quinidine-derived ammonium cation-catalyzed O-alkylation of tetralones, providing an effective approach for the synthesis of axially chiral biaryls. Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we studied the reaction mechanism and origins of enantioselectivity of this novel transformation. A stepwise strategy is adopted to ensure efficient and thorough exploration of the massive conformational space of transition state. Our computations suggested that enolate oxygen forms two hydrogen bonds with the chiral ammonium catalyst, and the non-covalent interactions between the cationic benzylic fragment and the methoxy group of enolate plays a critical role in determining the enantioselectivity.
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- Han Li
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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Zheng D, Raeisolsadati Oskouei M, Sanders HJ, Qian J, Williams RM, Brouwer AM. Photophysics of perylene monoimide-labelled organocatalysts. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:524-533. [DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00462e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A fluorophore-tagged organocatalyst undergoes electron transfer in polar solvents allowing to sense the presence of its free quinuclidine catalytic site.
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- Dongdong Zheng
- van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
- University of Amsterdam
- 1090 GD Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
- University of Amsterdam
- 1090 GD Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
- University of Amsterdam
- 1090 GD Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
- University of Amsterdam
- 1090 GD Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
- University of Amsterdam
- 1090 GD Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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Li H, Hong X. Computational studies of cinchona alkaloid-catalyzed asymmetric Michael additions. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Heshmat M. Unraveling the Origin of Solvent Induced Enantioselectivity in the Henry Reaction with Cinchona Thiourea as Catalyst. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:7974-7982. [PMID: 30230831 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b04589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this work, we report an energy decomposition and electronic structure analysis using DFT calculations for the C-C coupling step in the Henry reaction with cinchona thiourea as catalyst and DMF solvent to unravel the origin of enantioselectivity. We found that the conformation of flexible thiourea moiety is affected by the solvent, and in the preferred conformation of thiourea in strong Lewis basic DMF solvent, the N-H sites are in the opposite direction, i.e., in trans conformation. Hence, the thiourea moiety acts via single hydrogen bonding with substrates. The conformation of the substrates with respect to the forming C-C bond plays critical role to increase orbital interaction between two substrates and enhances hydrogen bond strength between substrates and catalyst, which in turn stabilizes the positive charge developing on the catalyst at the transition state for one of the enantiomers ( S). Thus, the enantioselectivity has electronic structure origin. The stronger H-bond formation in the S enantiomer has been confirmed by the calculated IR spectra and is in agreement with thus far experimental and computational results.
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- Mojgan Heshmat
- Department of Organic Chemistry , Stockholm University , Stockholm , 10691 , Sweden.,Theoretical Chemistry , Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , De Boelelaan 1083 , 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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Sengupta A, Liu Y, Flood AH, Raghavachari K. Anion‐Binding Macrocycles Operate Beyond the Electrostatic Regime: Interaction Distances Matter. Chemistry 2018; 24:14409-14417. [PMID: 30036449 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Arkajyoti Sengupta
- Department of Chemistry Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington Indiana 47405 USA
- Current Address: Department of Chemistry Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan 48824 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington Indiana 47405 USA
- Current Address: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington Indiana 47405 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington Indiana 47405 USA
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Formica M, Sorin G, Farley AJM, Díaz J, Paton RS, Dixon DJ. Bifunctional iminophosphorane catalysed enantioselective sulfa-Michael addition of alkyl thiols to alkenyl benzimidazoles. Chem Sci 2018; 9:6969-6974. [PMID: 30210771 PMCID: PMC6124915 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc01804a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The first enantioselective sulfa-Michael addition of alkyl thiols to alkenyl benzimidazoles, enabled by a bifunctional iminophosphorane (BIMP) organocatalyst, is described. The iminophosphorane moiety of the catalyst provides the required basicity to deprotonate the thiol nucleophile while the chiral scaffold and H-bond donor control facial selectivity. The reaction is broad in scope with respect to the thiol and benzimidazole reaction partners with the reaction proceeding in up to 98% yield and 96 : 4 er.
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- Michele Formica
- Department of Chemistry , Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , Mansfield Road , Oxford OX1 3TA , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , Mansfield Road , Oxford OX1 3TA , UK .
- Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques , Unité CNRS UMR 8638 COMETE , Paris Descartes University , Sorbonne Paris Cité , 4 Avenue de l'Observatoire , 75270 Paris Cedex 06 , France
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , Mansfield Road , Oxford OX1 3TA , UK .
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica , Universidad de Extremadura , Avda. Universidad , s/n, 10003 Cáceres , Spain
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- Department of Chemistry , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , Colorado 80523 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , Mansfield Road , Oxford OX1 3TA , UK .
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Wang Y, Lin JB, Xie JK, Lu H, Hu XQ, Xu PF. Dearomative Dienolate-Mediated Catalysis: A Remote Activation Strategy for Asymmetric Functionalization of Benzylic C–H Bonds of Heteroaryl Aldehydes. Org Lett 2018; 20:5835-5839. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Yang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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Maddox SM, Dawson GA, Rochester NC, Ayonon AB, Moore CE, Rheingold AL, Gustafson JL. Enantioselective Synthesis of Biaryl Atropisomers via the Addition of Thiophenols into Aryl-Naphthoquinones. ACS Catal 2018; 8:5443-5447. [PMID: 30455999 PMCID: PMC6238969 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We report a cinchona alkaloid catalyzed addition of thiophenol into rapidly interconverting aryl-naphthoquinones, resulting in stable biaryl atropisomers upon reductive methylation. An array of thiophenols and naphthoquinone substrates were evaluated, and we observed selectivities up to 98.5:1.5 e.r. Control of the quinone redox properties allowed us to study the stereochemical stabilities of each oxidation state of the substrates. The resulting enantioenriched products can also be moved on via an SNAr-like reaction sequence to arrive at stable derivatives with excellent enantioretention.
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- Sean M. Maddox
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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Heshmat M, Privalov T. Surprisingly Flexible Oxonium/Borohydride Ion Pair Configurations. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:3713-3727. [PMID: 29589923 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We investigate the geometry of oxonium/borohydride ion pairs [ether-H(+)-ether][LA-H(-)] with dioxane, THF, and Et2O as ethers and B(C6F5)3 as the Lewis acid (LA). The question is about possible location of the disolvated proton, [ether-H(+)-ether], with respect to the hydride of the structurally complex [LA-H(-)] anion. Using Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics and a comparison of the potential and free energies of the optimized configurations, we show that herein considered ion pairs are much more flexible geometrically than previously thought. Conformers with different locations of cations with respect to anions are governed by a flat energy-landscape. We found a novel configuration in which oxonium is below [LA-H(-)], with respect to the direction of borane → hydride vector, and the proton-hydride distance is ca. 6 Å. With calculations of the vibrational spectra of [ether-H(+)-ether][(C6F5)3B-H(-)] for dioxane, THF, and Et2O as ethers, we investigate the manifestation of SSLB-type (short, strong, low-barrier) hydrogen bonding in the OHO motif of an oxonium cation.
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- Mojgan Heshmat
- Department of Organic Chemistry , Stockholm University , Stockholm , 10691 , Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry , Stockholm University , Stockholm , 10691 , Sweden
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Przydacz A, Kowalczyk R, Albrecht Ł. Brønsted-base-catalyzed remote cascade reactivity of 2,4-dienones - asymmetric synthesis of tetrahydrothiophenes. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 15:9566-9569. [PMID: 29022635 DOI: 10.1039/c7ob02397a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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This study demonstrates that the remote cascade functionalization of 2,4-dienones can be realized by employing Brønsted base catalysis. The developed cascade involving 1,6-addition followed by the intramolecular aldol reaction provides a straightforward access to polysubstituted tetrahydrothiophene derivatives of biological and synthetic importance. Target products, bearing three contiguous stereocenters including one quaternary, have been obtained with excellent yields (up to 98%) and with good to high stereocontrol (>20 : 1 dr, up to 97 : 3 er) with the reaction cascade being promoted by a simple and readily available cinchona alkaloid cinchonine.
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- Artur Przydacz
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź, Poland.
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Kumpulainen T, Qian J, Brouwer AM. Spectroscopic Study of a Cinchona Alkaloid-Catalyzed Henry Reaction. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:1871-1880. [PMID: 29503974 PMCID: PMC5830691 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A spectroscopic study of an organocatalytic Henry reaction between nitroalkanes and aldehydes catalyzed by a quinidine-derived Cinchona alkaloid is described. The binding modes of the reaction substrates are investigated using electronic absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy and further corroborated by nuclear magnetic resonance measurements. Aldehydes are shown to associate with both the 6'-OH group and the basic quinuclidine nitrogen of the catalyst, whereas nitroalkanes do not exhibit a clear binding mode. Reaction progress kinetic analysis reveals that the reaction is first-order in both of the substrates and the catalyst. Second, the reaction proceeds approximately five times faster in the excess of the nitroalkanes than in the excess of the aldehydes, suggesting that binding of the aldehydes results in the inhibition of the catalyst. Aldehydes deactivate the basic quinuclidine site, thus suppressing the deprotonation of the nitroalkanes which is the proposed initial step in the reaction cycle.
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Xue Y, Wang Y, Cao Z, Zhou J, Chen ZX. Computational insight into the cooperative role of non-covalent interactions in the aza-Henry reaction catalyzed by quinine derivatives: mechanism and enantioselectivity. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:9588-9597. [PMID: 27714327 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01611a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to elucidate the mechanism and the origin of the high enantioselectivity of the aza-Henry reaction of isatin-derived N-Boc ketimine catalyzed by a quinine-derived catalyst (QN). The C-C bond formation step is found to be both the rate-determining and the stereo-controlled step. The results revealed the important role of the phenolic OH group in pre-organizing the complex of nitromethane and QN and stabilizing the in situ-generated nitronate and protonated QN. Three possible activation modes for C-C bond formation involving different coordination patterns of catalyst and substrates were studied, and it was found that both the ion pair-hydrogen bonding mode and the Brønsted acid-hydrogen bonding mode are viable, with the latter slightly preferred for the real catalytic system. The calculated enantiomeric excess (ee) favouring the S enantiomer is in good agreement with the experimental result. The high reactivity and enantioselectivity can be ascribed to the cooperative role of the multiple non-covalent interactions, including classical and non-classical H bonding as well as anionπ interactions. These results also highlight the importance of the inclusion of dispersion correction for achieving a reasonable agreement between theory and experiment for the current reaction.
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- Yunsheng Xue
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China. and School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, No. 209, Tongshan Road, Xuzhou, 221004, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China.
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Cholewiak A, Adamczyk K, Kopyt M, Kasztelan A, Kwiatkowski P. High pressure-assisted low-loading asymmetric organocatalytic conjugate addition of nitroalkanes to chalcones. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:4365-4371. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob00561c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A highly enantioselective and relatively fast (1–5 h) Michael reaction with substantial reduction of organocatalyst loading (0.2–1 mol%) was developed under high-pressure conditions (up to 9 kbar) and at room temperature.
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Warsaw
- 02-093 Warsaw
- Poland
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Roucan M, Kielmann M, Connon SJ, Bernhard SSR, Senge MO. Conformational control of nonplanar free base porphyrins: towards bifunctional catalysts of tunable basicity. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:26-29. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08099a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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No metal needed: nonplanar free base porphyrins act as bifunctional organocatalysts revealing a new mode of action for porphyrins.
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- M. Roucan
- School of Chemistry
- SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory
- Trinity College Dublin
- The University of Dublin
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
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- School of Chemistry
- SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory
- Trinity College Dublin
- The University of Dublin
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
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- School of Chemistry
- Trinity College Dublin
- The University of Dublin
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
- Dublin 2
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- School of Chemistry
- SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory
- Trinity College Dublin
- The University of Dublin
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
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- School of Chemistry
- SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory
- Trinity College Dublin
- The University of Dublin
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
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Meninno S, Naddeo S, Varricchio L, Capobianco A, Lattanzi A. Stereoselective organocatalytic sulfa-Michael reactions of aryl substituted α,β-unsaturated N-acyl pyrazoles. Org Chem Front 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8qo00357b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A variety of functionalised sulfides has been obtained in good to high stereoselectivity via sulfa-Michael reaction of α,β-unsaturated N-acyl pyrazoles with thiols or thioacetic acid using readily available organocatalysts and working under mild conditions.
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- Sara Meninno
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”
- Universita’ di Salerno
- Fisciano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”
- Universita’ di Salerno
- Fisciano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”
- Universita’ di Salerno
- Fisciano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”
- Universita’ di Salerno
- Fisciano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”
- Universita’ di Salerno
- Fisciano
- Italy
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Simón L. Enantioselectivity in CPA-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reaction of indole and N-tosylimines: a challenge for guiding models. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:2225-2238. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob02875j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Reaction models derived from theoretical investigations for predicting the enantioselectivity of organocatalytic reactions are very useful, but difficult to formulate for the Friedel–Crafts reaction of indole and N-tosylimines.
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- Luis Simón
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad de Salamanca
- Salamanca E37004
- Spain
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Li M, Xue XS, Cheng JP. Mechanism and Origins of Stereoinduction in Natural Cinchona Alkaloid Catalyzed Asymmetric Electrophilic Trifluoromethylthiolation of β-Keto Esters with N-Trifluoromethylthiophthalimide as Electrophilic SCF3 Source. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Man Li
- State
Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry,
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
- Center
of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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He CQ, Simon A, Lam YH, Brunskill APJ, Yasuda N, Tan J, Hyde AM, Sherer EC, Houk KN. Model for the Enantioselectivity of Asymmetric Intramolecular Alkylations by Bis-Quaternized Cinchona Alkaloid-Derived Catalysts. J Org Chem 2017; 82:8645-8650. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Cyndi Qixin He
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department
of Process Chemistry, Merck and Co., Inc., P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New
Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department
of Process Chemistry, Merck and Co., Inc., P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New
Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department
of Process Chemistry, Merck and Co., Inc., P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New
Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department
of Process Chemistry, Merck and Co., Inc., P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New
Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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Xie JK, Wang Y, Lin JB, Ren XR, Xu PF. Direct Noncovalent Activation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes for the Stereodivergent Synthesis of Substituted Cyclohexenes. Chemistry 2017; 23:6752-6756. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Ji-Kang Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Lanzhou University; Lanzhou 730000 P. R. China
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Neuvonen AJ, Földes T, Madarász Á, Pápai I, Pihko PM. Organocatalysts Fold To Generate an Active Site Pocket for the Mannich Reaction. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Antti J. Neuvonen
- Department
of Chemistry and NanoScience Center, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylän yliopisto, Finland
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- Research
Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok
körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Research
Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok
körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Research
Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok
körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Chemistry and NanoScience Center, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylän yliopisto, Finland
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Grayson MN. Mechanism and Origins of Stereoselectivity in the Cinchona Thiourea- and Squaramide-Catalyzed Asymmetric Michael Addition of Nitroalkanes to Enones. J Org Chem 2017; 82:4396-4401. [PMID: 28319377 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We report density functional theory calculations that examine the mechanism and origins of stereoselectivity of Soós' landmark discovery from 2005 that cinchona thioureas catalyze the asymmetric Michael addition of nitroalkanes to enones. We show that the electrophile is activated by the catalyst's protonated amine and that the nucleophile binds to the thiourea moiety by hydrogen bonding. These results lead to the correction of published mechanistic work which did not consider this activation mode. We have also investigated the corresponding cinchona squaramide-catalyzed reaction and found that it proceeds by the same mechanism despite the differences in the geometry of the two catalysts' hydrogen-bond-donating groups, which demonstrates the generality of this mechanistic model.
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- Matthew N Grayson
- Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Guo J, Wong MW. Cinchona Alkaloid-Squaramide Catalyzed Sulfa-Michael Addition Reaction: Mode of Bifunctional Activation and Origin of Stereoinduction. J Org Chem 2017; 82:4362-4368. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Jinlong Guo
- NUS
Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS), National University of Singapore, 28 Medical Drive, Singapore 117456
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- NUS
Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS), National University of Singapore, 28 Medical Drive, Singapore 117456
- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543
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Rees M, Simpkins NS, Male L. An Asymmetric Organocatalysis Approach to the Prenylated Alkaloid Family. Org Lett 2017; 19:1338-1341. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Matthew Rees
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K
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Wang B, Xu T, Zhu L, Lan Y, Wang J, Lu N, Wei Z, Lin Y, Duan H. Highly enantioselective nitro-Mannich reaction of ketimines under phase-transfer catalysis. Org Chem Front 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7qo00124j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A novel bifunctional phase-transfer catalyst 1i was found to be highly efficient for the nitro-Mannich reaction of unactivated ketone-derived imines with the introduction of the protecting group 6-methyl-2-pyridylsulfonyl to the ketimines. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are also performed to give the possible transition-state model.
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- Bin Wang
- Department of Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- P. R. China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing 400030
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chongqing University
- Chongqing 400030
- P. R. China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- P. R. China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- P. R. China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- P. R. China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- P. R. China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- P. R. China
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