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Dočekal V, Koucký F, Císařová I, Veselý J. Organocatalytic desymmetrization provides access to planar chiral [2.2]paracyclophanes. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3090. [PMID: 38600078 PMCID: PMC11006895 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47407-0] [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: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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Planar chiral [2.2]paracyclophanes consist of two functionalized benzene rings connected by two ethylene bridges. These organic compounds have a wide range of applications in asymmetric synthesis, as both ligands and catalysts, and in materials science, as polymers, energy materials and dyes. However, these molecules can only be accessed by enantiomer separation via (a) time-consuming chiral separations and (b) kinetic resolution approaches, often with a limited substrate scope, yielding both enantiomers. Here, we report a simple, efficient, metal-free protocol for organocatalytic desymmetrization of prochiral diformyl[2.2]paracyclophanes. Our detailed experimental mechanistic study highlights differences in the origin of enantiocontrol of pseudo-para and pseudo-gem diformyl derivatives in NHC catalyzed desymmetrizations based on whether a key Breslow intermediate is irreversibly or reversibly formed in this process. This gram-scale reaction enables a wide range of follow-up derivatizations of carbonyl groups, producing various enantiomerically pure planar chiral [2.2]paracyclophane derivatives, thereby underscoring the potential of this method.
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- Vojtěch Dočekal
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030/8, 128 43, Prague, 2, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030/8, 128 43, Prague, 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030/8, 128 43, Prague, 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030/8, 128 43, Prague, 2, Czech Republic.
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Tewari S, Mungalpara MN, Patel S, Rowlands GJ. The concise synthesis and resolution of planar chiral [2.2]paracyclophane oxazolines by C-H activation. RSC Adv 2022; 12:8588-8591. [PMID: 35424822 PMCID: PMC8984818 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01075e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Planar chiral [2.2]paracyclophanes are resolved through the direct C–H arylation of enantiopure oxazolines, providing a convenient route to ligands and chiral materials. Preliminary results show that hydrolysis followed by decarboxylative phosphorylation leads to enantiopure [2.2]paracyclophane derivatives that are otherwise challenging to prepare. Racemic bromo[2.2]paracyclophanes are directly transformed into enantiomerically pure planar chiral oxazolines in one step with simultaneous resolution of planar chirality.![]()
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- Shashank Tewari
- School of Natural Sciences, Massey University Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North 4442 New Zealand
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- School of Natural Sciences, Massey University Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North 4442 New Zealand
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- School of Natural Sciences, Massey University Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North 4442 New Zealand
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- School of Natural Sciences, Massey University Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North 4442 New Zealand
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Hassan Z, Bräse S. Metal-to-Metal Distance Modulation by Ligand Design: A Case Study of Structure-Property Correlation in Planar Chiral Cyclophanyl Metal Complexes. Chemistry 2021; 27:15020-15026. [PMID: 34449116 PMCID: PMC8597128 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Multinuclear metal complexes have seen tremendous progress in synthetic advances, their versatile structural features, and emerging applications. Here, we conceptualize Metal-to-Metal distance modulation in cyclophanyl metal complexes by bridging ligand design employing the co-facially stacked cyclophanyl-derived pseudo-geminal, -ortho, -meta, and -para constitutional isomers grafted with N-, O-, and P- containing chelates that allow the installation of diverse (hetero)metallic moieties in a distance-defined and spatially-oriented relation to one another. Metal-to-Metal distance modulation and innate transannular "through-space" π-π electronic interactions via the co-facially stacked benzene rings in cyclophanyl-derived complexes as well as their specific stereochemical structural features (element of planar chirality) are crucial factors that contribute to the tuning of structure-property relationships, which stand at the very center from the perspective of cooperative effects in catalysis as well as emerging material applications.
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- Zahid Hassan
- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Fritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Fritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
- Institute of Biological and Chemical SystemsFunctional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 176344Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany
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Stereoselective synthesis of homochiral paracyclophanylindenofuranylimidazo[3.3.3]propellanes. MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00706-021-02853-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Hu S, Wu J, Lu Z, Wang J, Tao Y, Jiang M, Chen F. TfOH-Catalyzed N-H Insertion of α-Substituted-α-Diazoesters with Anilines Provides Access to Unnatural α-Amino Esters. J Org Chem 2021; 86:3223-3231. [PMID: 33378204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A time-economical TfOH-catalyzed N-H insertion between anilines and α-alkyl and α-aryl-α-diazoacetates provides a straightforward approach to access unnatural α-amino esters, which readily undergo various transformations and can thus be used for the synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant molecules. The α-amino esters were obtained in moderate to excellent yields.
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- Sha Hu
- Engineering Center of Catalysis and Synthesis for Chiral Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Engineering Center of Industrial Catalysis for Chiral Drugs, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Engineering Center of Catalysis and Synthesis for Chiral Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Engineering Center of Industrial Catalysis for Chiral Drugs, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, 18 Chao Wang Road, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Engineering Center of Catalysis and Synthesis for Chiral Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Engineering Center of Industrial Catalysis for Chiral Drugs, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Engineering Center of Catalysis and Synthesis for Chiral Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Engineering Center of Industrial Catalysis for Chiral Drugs, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Engineering Center of Catalysis and Synthesis for Chiral Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Engineering Center of Industrial Catalysis for Chiral Drugs, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Engineering Center of Catalysis and Synthesis for Chiral Molecules, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Engineering Center of Industrial Catalysis for Chiral Drugs, Shanghai 200433, China.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, 18 Chao Wang Road, Hangzhou 310014, China
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Zippel C, Hassan Z, Nieger M, Bräse S. Design and Synthesis of a [2.2]Paracyclophane‐based Planar Chiral Dirhodium Catalyst and its Applications in Cyclopropanation Reaction of Vinylarenes with
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‐Diazo Esters. Adv Synth Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202000512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Christoph Zippel
- Institute of Organic ChemistryKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Fritz-Haber-Weg 6 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Fritz-Haber-Weg 6 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
- 3D Matter Made To Order – Cluster of Excellence (EXC-2082/1 – 390761711)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Helsinki P. O. Box 55 00014 University of Helsinki Finland
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Fritz-Haber-Weg 6 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
- 3D Matter Made To Order – Cluster of Excellence (EXC-2082/1 – 390761711)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
- Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems – FMSKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
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