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Zhang H, He X, Yuan XA, Yu S. Kinetic Resolution of 2-Cinnamylpyrrolines Enabled by Photoexcited Chiral Copper Complex-Mediated Alkene E → Z Isomerization. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Hao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Peňaška T, Modrocká V, Stankovianska K, Mečiarová M, Rakovský E, Šebesta R. Organocatalytic Diastereodivergent Enantioselective Formal oxa-Diels-Alder Reaction of Unsaturated Ketones with Enoates Under Liquid-Assisted Grinding Conditions. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202200028. [PMID: 35146952 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chiral heterocycles occur in many compounds of interest, but their efficient synthesis is challenging. This study concerns the enantioselective and diastereoselective synthesis of densely substituted chiral pyran derivatives. Diastereodivergence of the oxa-Diels-Alder reaction is achieved by using either a bifunctional amino-thiourea or a monofunctional quinine organocatalyst under ball-milling conditions. Liquid-assisted grinding proves a highly efficient means of affording pyrans in high yield, with high enantiomeric purities and short reaction times.
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- Tibor Peňaška
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Corpas J, Mauleón P, Gómez Arrayás R, Carretero JC. E/Z
Photoisomerization of Olefins as an Emergent Strategy for the Control of Stereodivergence in Catalysis. Adv Synth Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202200199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Javier Corpas
- Department of Organic Chemistry Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem) Center for Innovation in Advanced Chemistry (ORFEO-CINQA). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem) Center for Innovation in Advanced Chemistry (ORFEO-CINQA). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem) Center for Innovation in Advanced Chemistry (ORFEO-CINQA). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem) Center for Innovation in Advanced Chemistry (ORFEO-CINQA). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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Zhang K, Sheng X, Deiana L, Svensson Grape E, Inge K, Himo F, Cordova A. Solvent Dependency in Stereoselective δ‐Lactam Formation of Chiral α‐Fluoromalonate Derivatives: Stereodivergent Synthesis of Heterocycles with Fluorine Containing Quaternary Stereocenters Adjacent to Tertiary Stereocenters. Adv Synth Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202101404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kaiheng Zhang
- Mittuniversitetet Fakulteten for naturvetenskap teknik och medier SWEDEN
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences CHINA
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- Stockholms Universitet Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten SWEDEN
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- Stockholm University Faculty of Natural Sciences SWEDEN
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- Mittuniversitetet Fakulteten for naturvetenskap teknik och medier SWEDEN
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Ezawa T, Sohtome Y, Hashizume D, Adachi M, Akakabe M, Koshino H, Sodeoka M. Dynamics in Catalytic Asymmetric Diastereoconvergent (3 + 2) Cycloadditions with Isomerizable Nitrones and α-Keto Ester Enolates. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:9094-9104. [PMID: 34107685 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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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Reaction design in asymmetric catalysis has traditionally been predicated on a structurally robust scaffold in both substrates and catalysts, to reduce the number of possible diastereomeric transition states. Herein, we present the stereochemical dynamics in the Ni(II)-catalyzed diastereoconvergent (3 + 2) cycloadditions of isomerizable nitrile-conjugated nitrones with α-keto ester enolates. Even in the presence of multiple equilibrating species, the catalytic protocol displays a wide substrate scope to access a range of CN-containing building blocks bearing adjacent stereocenters with high enantio- and diastereoselectivities. Our computational investigations suggest that the enantioselectivity is governed in the deprotonation process to form (Z)-Ni-enolates, while the unique syn addition is mainly controlled by weak noncovalent bonding interactions between the nitrone and ligand.
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- Tetsuya Ezawa
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Orihara T, Kawaguchi M, Hosoya K, Tsutsumi R, Yamanaka M, Odagi M, Nagasawa K. Enantioselective Epoxidation of 2,3-Disubstituted Naphthoquinones by a Side Chain Truncated Guanidine-Urea Bifunctional Organocatalyst. J Org Chem 2020; 85:15232-15240. [PMID: 33147945 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An organocatalytic enantioselective epoxidation of 2,3-disubstituted naphthoquinones with tert-butyl hydroperoxide as an oxidant was developed using a guanidine-urea bifunctional catalyst lacking C2 symmetry, which was designed based upon the insights obtained from the DFT calculation model for our previous C2 symmetric catalyst. The present organocatalytic reaction provides access to a variety of optically active naphthoquinone epoxides bearing aryl and methyl substituents at C2 and C3 in high yields with high enantioselectivities (up to 97:3 er).
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- Tatsuya Orihara
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei city, 184-8588 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei city, 184-8588 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei city, 184-8588 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, 171-8501 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, 171-8501 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei city, 184-8588 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei city, 184-8588 Tokyo, Japan
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Sugawara M, Ohnishi R, Ezawa T, Akakabe M, Sawamura M, Hojo D, Hashizume D, Sohtome Y, Sodeoka M. Regiodivergent Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Catechols with Persistent tert-Carbon Radicals. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Masumi Sugawara
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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Chen P, Li Y, Chen ZC, Du W, Chen YC. Pseudo-Stereodivergent Synthesis of Enantioenriched Tetrasubstituted Alkenes by Cascade 1,3-Oxo-Allylation/Cope Rearrangement. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:7083-7088. [PMID: 32073203 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The catalytic diastereodivergent construction of stereoisomers having two or more stereogenic centers has been extensively studied. In contrast, the switchable introduction of another stereogenic element, that is, Z/E configuration involving a polysubstituted alkene group, into the optically active stereoisomers, has not been recognized yet. Disclosed here is the pseudo-stereodivergent synthesis of highly enantioenriched tetrasubstituted alkene architectures from isatin-based Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates and allylic derivatives, under the cooperative catalysis of a tertiary amine and a chiral iridium complex. The success of the switchable construction of the tetrasubstituted alkene motif relies on the diastereodivergent 1,3-oxo-allylation reaction between N-allylic ylides and chiral π-allyliridium complex intermediates by ligand and substrate control, followed by the stereoselective concerted 3,3-Cope rearrangement process.
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- Peng Chen
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.,College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
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Chen P, Li Y, Chen Z, Du W, Chen Y. Pseudo‐Stereodivergent Synthesis of Enantioenriched Tetrasubstituted Alkenes by Cascade 1,3‐Oxo‐Allylation/Cope Rearrangement. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202000044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Peng Chen
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Ministry of Education and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University Chengdu 610041 China
- College of Pharmacy Third Military Medical University Chongqing 400038 China
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Kawaguchi M, Nakano K, Hosoya K, Orihara T, Yamanaka M, Odagi M, Nagasawa K. Asymmetric Epoxidation of 1,4-Naphthoquinones Catalyzed by Guanidine-Urea Bifunctional Organocatalyst. Org Lett 2018; 20:2811-2815. [PMID: 29717876 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
An enantioselective nucleophilic epoxidation of 2-substituted 1,4-naphthoquinones in the presence of a newly developed guanidine-bisurea bifunctional organocatalyst with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidant is presented. 1,4-Naphthoquinones bearing substituents at C6, C7, and C2 were available for the reaction, and the corresponding epoxides were obtained with 88:12-95:5 er in 71-98% yields. DFT calculations indicated that substituents at C2 and C6 in the terminal Ar group of the catalyst 9k play a key role in controlling the stereochemical outcome.
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- Masaki Kawaguchi
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16, Naka-cho , Koganei city , 184-8588 , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Faculty of Science , Rikkyo University , 3-34-1, Nishi-Ikebukuro , Toshima-ku , 171-8501 , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16, Naka-cho , Koganei city , 184-8588 , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16, Naka-cho , Koganei city , 184-8588 , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Faculty of Science , Rikkyo University , 3-34-1, Nishi-Ikebukuro , Toshima-ku , 171-8501 , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16, Naka-cho , Koganei city , 184-8588 , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16, Naka-cho , Koganei city , 184-8588 , Tokyo , Japan
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This review covers diastereo- and enantiodivergent catalyzed reactions in acyclic and cyclic systems using metal complexes or organocatalysts. Among them, nucleophilic addition to carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen double bonds, α-functionalization of carbonyl compounds, allylic substitutions, and ring opening of oxiranes and aziridines are considered. The diastereodivergent synthesis of alkenes from alkynes is also included. Finally, stereodivergent intramolecular and intermolecular cycloadditions and other cyclizations are also reported.
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- Irina P Beletskaya
- Chemistry Department , M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , Leninskie Gory 1 , 119992 Moscow , Russia
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA) , Universidad de Alicante , Apdo. 99 , E-03080 Alicante , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA) , Universidad de Alicante , Apdo. 99 , E-03080 Alicante , Spain
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Illa O, Porcar-Tost O, Robledillo C, Elvira C, Nolis P, Reiser O, Branchadell V, Ortuño RM. Stereoselectivity of Proline/Cyclobutane Amino Acid-Containing Peptide Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Aldol Additions: A Rationale. J Org Chem 2017; 83:350-363. [PMID: 29186658 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Several α,β,α- or α,γ,α-tripeptides, consisting of a central cyclobutane β- or γ-amino acid being flanked by two d- or l-proline residues, have been synthesized and tested as organocatalysts in asymmetric aldol additions. High yields and enantioselectivities have been achieved with α,γ,α-tripeptides, being superior to peptides containing a cyclobutane β-amino acid residue. This is probably due to their high rigidity, which hinders some of the peptide catalysts to adopt the proper active conformation. This reasoning correlates with the major conformation of the peptides in the ground state, as suggested by 1H NMR and computational calculations. The configuration of the aldol products is controlled by the proline chirality, and consequently, the R/S configuration of aldol products can be tuned by the use of either commercially available d- or l-proline. The enantioselectivity in the aldol reactions is reversed if the reactions are carried out in the presence of water or other protic solvents such as methanol. Spectroscopic and theoretical investigations revealed that this effect is not the consequence of conformational changes in the catalyst but rather caused by the participation of a water molecule in the rate determining transition state, in such a way that the preferential nucleophilic attack is oriented to the opposite enantiotopic aldehyde face.
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- Ona Illa
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstr. 31, 95053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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Yang J, Qiu G, Jiang J, Hu Y, Chen S, Zhang S, Zhang Y. Asymmetric Organocatalytic Synthesis of Benzopyran- and Benzofuran-Fused Polycyclic Acetals. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201601335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Jiyang Yang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 People's Republic of China
- Haiyan People's Hospital; 901 South Yanhu Road, Wuyuan Street Haiyan, Zhejiang 314300 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Soochow University; Suzhou 215123 People's Republic of China
- College of Pharmacy; University of Kentucky; 789 South Limestone Street Lexington, Kentucky 40536 USA
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Lin L, Feng X. Catalytic Strategies for Diastereodivergent Synthesis. Chemistry 2017; 23:6464-6482. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Lili Lin
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology; Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology; Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064 P. R. China
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Giomi D, Alfini R, Ceccarelli J, Salvini A, Brandi A. Phenyl (2-quinolyl) methanol: A Valuable Reagent for Metal-Free Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds and Imines. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201601165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Donatella Giomi
- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘Ugo Schiff'; Università di Firenze, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico; Via della Lastruccia 3-13 I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘Ugo Schiff'; Università di Firenze, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico; Via della Lastruccia 3-13 I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘Ugo Schiff'; Università di Firenze, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico; Via della Lastruccia 3-13 I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘Ugo Schiff'; Università di Firenze, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico; Via della Lastruccia 3-13 I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica ‘Ugo Schiff'; Università di Firenze, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico; Via della Lastruccia 3-13 I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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Gurka AA, Szőri K, Bartók M, London G. Dual stereocontrol in aldol reactions catalysed by hydroxyproline derivatives in the presence of a large amount of water. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2016.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Allingham MT, Bennett EL, Davies DH, Harper PM, Howard-Jones A, Mehdar YT, Murphy PJ, Thomas DA, Caulkett PW, Potter D, Lam CM, O'Donoghue AC. Synthesis, applications and mechanistic investigations of C2 symmetric guanidinium salts. Tetrahedron 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.11.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bayat S, Salleh AB, Malek EA, Yousefi S, Rahman MBA. Design of a Simple Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Direct Aldol Reactions in Aqueous Medium. Catal Letters 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-015-1583-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wang J, Qian P, Hu Y, Yang J, Jiang J, Chen S, Zhang Y, Zhang S. Organocatalytic aldol addition reaction of cyclic hemiacetals to aldehydes. Tetrahedron Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Flores-Ferrándiz J, Fiser B, Gómez-Bengoa E, Chinchilla R. Solvent-Induced Reversal of Enantioselectivity in the Synthesis of Succinimides by the Addition of Aldehydes to Maleimides Catalysed by Carbamate-Monoprotected 1,2-Diamines. European J Org Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201403415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Sohtome Y. Exploring Conformationally Flexible Organocatalysts and Their Applications to Dynamic Asymmetric Catalysis. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2015. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.73.798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Martínez JI, Villar L, Uria U, Carrillo L, Reyes E, Vicario JL. Bifunctional Squaramide Catalysts with the Same Absolute Chirality for the Diastereodivergent Access to Densely Functionalised Cyclohexanes through Enantioselective Domino Reactions. Synthesis and Mechanistic Studies. Adv Synth Catal 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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