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Kótai B, Laczkó G, Hamza A, Pápai I. Stereocontrol via Propeller Chirality in FLP-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400241. [PMID: 38294415 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Utilization of chiral frustrated Lewis pairs as catalysts in enantioselective hydrogenation of unsaturated molecules represents a promising approach in asymmetric synthesis. In our effort to improve our current understanding of the factors governing the stereoselectivity in these catalytic processes, herein we examined the mechanism of direct hydrogenation of aromatic enamines catalyzed by a binaphthyl-based chiral amino-borane. Our computational analysis reveals that only one particular conformer of the key borohydride reaction intermediate can be regarded as a reactive form of this species. This borohydride conformer has a well-defined chiral propeller shape, which induces facial selectivity in the hydride transfer to pro-chiral iminium intermediates. The propeller chirality of the reactive borohydride conformer is generated by the axially chiral binaphthyl scaffold of the amino-borane catalyst through stabilizing π-π stacking interactions. This new computational insight can be readily used to interpret the high degree of stereoinduction observed for these reactions. We expect that the concept of chirality relay could be further exploited in catalyst design endeavors.
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- B Kótai
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, H-1117, Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2
- Hevesy György Ph.D. School of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, P.O. Box 32, H-1518, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, H-1117, Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2
- Hevesy György Ph.D. School of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, P.O. Box 32, H-1518, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, H-1117, Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, H-1117, Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2
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The application of mechanistic generalizations is at the core of chemical reaction development and application. These strategies are rooted in physical organic chemistry where mechanistic understandings can be derived from one reaction and applied to explain another. Over time these techniques have evolved from rationalizing observed outcomes to leading experimental design through reaction prediction. In parallel, significant progression in asymmetric organocatalysis has expanded the reach of chiral transfer to new reactions with increased efficiency. However, the complex and diverse catalyst structures applied in this arena have rendered the generalization of asymmetric catalytic processes to be exceptionally challenging. Recognizing this, a portion of our research has been focused on understanding the transferability of chemical observations between similar reactions and exploiting this phenomenon as a platform for prediction. Through these experiences, we have relied on a working knowledge of reaction mechanism to guide the development and application of our models which have been advanced from simple qualitative rules to large statistical models for quantitative predictions. In this feature article, we describe the models acquired to generalize organocatalytic reaction mechanisms and demonstrate their use as a powerful approach for accelerating enantioselective synthesis.
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- Jolene P Reid
- 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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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Liles JP, Rouget-Virbel C, Wahlman JLH, Rahimoff R, Crawford JM, Medlin A, O’Connor V, Li J, Roytman VA, Toste FD, Sigman MS. Data Science Enables the Development of a New Class of Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalysts. Chem 2023; 9:1518-1537. [PMID: 37519827 PMCID: PMC10373836 DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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The widespread success of BINOL-chiral phosphoric acids (CPAs) has led to the development of several high molecular weight, sterically encumbered variants. Herein, we disclose an alternative, minimalistic chiral phosphoric acid backbone incorporating only a single instance of point chirality. Data science techniques were used to select a diverse training set of catalysts, which were benchmarked against the transfer hydrogenation of an 8-aminoquinoline. Using a univariate classification algorithm and multivariate linear regression, key catalyst features necessary for high levels of selectivity were deconvoluted, revealing a simple catalyst model capable of predicting selectivity for out-of-set catalysts. This workflow enabled extrapolation to a catalyst providing higher selectivity than both reported peptide-type and BINOL-type catalysts (up to 95:5 er). These techniques were then successfully applied towards two additional transforms. Taken together, these examples illustrate the power of combining rational design with data science (ab initio) to efficiently explore reactivity during catalyst development.
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- Jordan P. Liles
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
- Lead contact
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Nakanishi T, Terada M. Computational molecular refinement to enhance enantioselectivity by reinforcing hydrogen bonding interactions in major reaction pathway. Chem Sci 2023; 14:5712-5721. [PMID: 37265716 PMCID: PMC10231322 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01637d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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Computational analyses have revealed that the distortion of a catalyst and the substrates and their interactions are key to determining the stability of the transition state. Hence, two strategies "distortion strategy" and "interaction strategy" can be proposed for improving enantiomeric excess in enantioselective reactions. The "distortion strategy" is used as a conventional approach that destabilizes the TS (transition state) of the minor pathway. On the other hand, the "interaction strategy" focuses on the stabilization of the TS of the major pathway in which an enhancement of the reaction rate is expected. To realize this strategy, we envisioned the TS stabilization of the major reaction pathway by reinforcing hydrogen bonding and adopted the chiral phosphoric acid-catalysed enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction of 2-vinylquinolines with dienylcarbamates. The intended "interaction strategy" led to remarkable improvements in the enantioselectivity and reaction rate.
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- Taishi Nakanishi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University 6-3 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku Sendai Miyagi 980-8578 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University 6-3 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku Sendai Miyagi 980-8578 Japan
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Gramüller J, Dullinger P, Horinek D, Gschwind RM. Bidentate substrate binding in Brønsted acid catalysis: structural space, hydrogen bonding and dimerization. Chem Sci 2022; 13:14366-14372. [PMID: 36545144 PMCID: PMC9749107 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc05076e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BINOL derived chiral phosphoric acids (CPAs) are a prominent class of catalysts in the field of asymmetric organocatalysis, capable of transforming a wide selection of substrates with high stereoselectivities. Exploiting the Brønsted acidic and basic dual functionality of CPAs, substrates with both a hydrogen bond acceptor and donor functionality are frequently used as the resulting bidentate binding via two hydrogen bonds is expected to strongly confine the possible structural space and thus yield high stereoselectivities. Despite the huge success of CPAs and the popularity of a bidentate binding motif, experimental insights into their organization and origin of stereoinduction are scarce. Therefore, in this work the structural space and hydrogen bonding of CPAs and N-(ortho-hydroxyaryl) imines (19 CPA/imine combinations) was elucidated by low temperature NMR studies and corroborated by computations. The postulated bidentate binding of catalyst and substrate by two hydrogen bonds was experimentally validated by detection of trans-hydrogen bond scalar couplings. Counterintuitively, the resulting CPA/imine complexes showed a broad potential structural space and a strong preference towards the formation of [CPA/imine]2 dimers. Molecular dynamics simulations showed that in these dimers, the imines form each one hydrogen bond to two CPA molecules, effectively bridging them. By finetuning steric repulsion and noncovalent interactions, rigid and well-defined CPA/imine monomers could be obtained. NOESY studies corroborated by theoretical calculations revealed the structure of that complex, in which the imine is located in between the 3,3'-substituents of the catalyst and one site of the substrate is shielded by the catalyst, pinpointing the origin or stereoselectivity for downstream transformations.
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- Johannes Gramüller
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität RegensburgD-93053 RegensburgGermany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of RegensburgD-93053Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of RegensburgD-93053Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität RegensburgD-93053 RegensburgGermany
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Li X, Fan T, Wang Q, Shi T. A Mechanistic Study of Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines on a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Derived Indium Metal-Organic Framework. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27238244. [PMID: 36500337 PMCID: PMC9738091 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A density functional theory (DFT) study is reported to examine the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) of imines catalyzed by an indium metal-organic framework (In-MOF) derived from a chiral phosphoric acid (CPA). It is revealed that the imine and reducing agent (i.e., thiazoline) are simultaneously adsorbed on the CPA through H-bonding to form an intermediate, subsequently, a proton is transferred from thiazoline to imine. The transition state TS-R and TS-S are stabilized on the CPA via H-bonding. Compared to the TS-S, the TS-R has shorter H-bonding distances and longer C-H···π distances, it is more stable and experiences less steric hindrance. Consequently, the TS-R exhibits a lower activation barrier affording to the (R)-enantiomer within 68.1% ee in toluene. Imines with substituted groups such as -NO2, -F, and -OCH3 are used to investigate the substitution effects on the ATH. In the presence of an electron-withdrawing group like -NO2, the electrophilicity of imine is enhanced and the activation barrier is decreased. The non-covalent interactions and activation-strain model (ASM) analysis reveal that the structural distortions and the differential noncovalent interactions of TSs in a rigid In-MOF provide the inherent driving force for enantioselectivity. For -OCH3 substituted imine, the TS-S has the strongest steric hindrance, leading to the highest enantioselectivity. When the solvent is changed from toluene to dichloromethane, acetonitrile, and dimethylsulfoxide with increasing polarity, the activation energies of transition state increase whereas their difference decreases. This implies the reaction is slowed down and the enantioselectivity becomes lower in a solvent of smaller polarity. Among the four solvents, toluene turns out to be the best for the ATH. The calculated results in this study are in fairly good agreement with experimental observations. This study provides a mechanistic understanding of the reaction mechanism, as well as substitution and solvent effects on the activity and enantioselectivity of the ATH. The microscopic insights are useful for the development of new chiral MOFs toward important asymmetric reactions.
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- Xu Li
- School of Light Chemical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Correspondence: (X.L.); (Q.W.); (T.S.)
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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- College of Information and Communication Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- Correspondence: (X.L.); (Q.W.); (T.S.)
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- School of Light Chemical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Correspondence: (X.L.); (Q.W.); (T.S.)
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Gramüller J, Franta M, Gschwind RM. Tilting the Balance: London Dispersion Systematically Enhances Enantioselectivities in Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:19861-19871. [PMID: 36260790 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c07563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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London dispersion (LD) is attracting more and more attention in catalysis since LD is ubiquitously present and cumulative. Since dispersion is hard to grasp, recent research has concentrated mainly on the effect of LD in individual catalytic complexes or on the impact of dispersion energy donors (DEDs) on balance systems. The systematic transfer of LD effects onto confined and more complex systems in catalysis is still in its infancy, and no general approach for using DED residues in catalysis has emerged so far. Thus, on the example of asymmetric Brønsted acid catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of imines, we translated the findings of previously isolated balance systems onto confined catalytic intermediates, resulting in a systematic enhancement of stereoselectivity when employing DED-substituted substrates. As the imine substrate is present as Z- and E-isomers, which can, respectively, be converted to R- and S-product enantiomers, implementing tert-butyl groups as DED residues led to an additional stabilization of the Z-imine by up to 4.5 kJ/mol. NMR studies revealed that this effect is transferred onto catalyst/imine and catalyst/imine/nucleophile intermediates and that the underlying reaction mechanism is not affected. A clear correlation between ee and LD stabilization was demonstrated for 3 substrates and 10 catalysts, allowing to convert moderate-good to good-excellent enantioselectivities. Our findings conceptualize a general approach on how to beneficially employ DED residues in catalysis: they clearly showcase that bulky alkyl residues such as tert-butyl groups must be considered regarding not only their repulsive steric bulk but also their attractive properties even in catalytic complexes.
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- Johannes Gramüller
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Antinucci G, Dereli B, Vittoria A, Budzelaar PHM, Cipullo R, Goryunov GP, Kulyabin PS, Uborsky DV, Cavallo L, Ehm C, Voskoboynikov AZ, Busico V. Selection of Low-Dimensional 3-D Geometric Descriptors for Accurate Enantioselectivity Prediction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Giuseppe Antinucci
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Catalysis Research Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/3 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/3 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/3 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Catalysis Research Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/3 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
- DPI, P.O.
Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Abstract
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A new strategy for
enantioselective transition-metal catalysis
is presented, wherein a H-bond donor placed on the ligand of a cationic
complex allows precise positioning of the chiral counteranion responsible
for asymmetric induction. The successful implementation of this paradigm
is demonstrated in 5-exo-dig and 6-endo-dig cyclizations of 1,6-enynes, combining an achiral phosphinourea
Au(I) chloride complex with a BINOL-derived phosphoramidate Ag(I)
salt and thus allowing the first general use of chiral anions in Au(I)-catalyzed
reactions of challenging alkyne substrates. Experiments with modified
complexes and anions, 1H NMR titrations, kinetic data,
and studies of solvent and nonlinear effects substantiate the key
H-bonding interaction at the heart of the catalytic system. This conceptually
novel approach, which lies at the intersection of metal catalysis,
H-bond organocatalysis, and asymmetric counterion-directed catalysis,
provides a blueprint for the development of supramolecularly assembled
chiral ligands for metal complexes.
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- Allegra Franchino
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,Departament de Química Orgànica i Analítica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Marcel·lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,Departament de Química Orgànica i Analítica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Marcel·lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Kim A, Moon J, Lee C, Song J, Kim J, Kwon Y. Organocatalytic Atroposelective Synthesis of Isoquinolines via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. Org Lett 2022; 24:1077-1082. [PMID: 35076251 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Herein, a highly enantioselective Pictet-Spengler reaction for the synthesis of axially chiral tetrahydroisoquinolines via dynamic kinetic resolution is described. Chiral phosphoric acids catalyze cyclization to yield single regioisomeric isoquinolines with excellent enantioselectivities around the C-C bond up to 99% ee. The current protocol is effective for a wide range of substrates, and the observed enantiodivergence depends on the substituents on the catalysts.
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- Ahreum Kim
- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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Duan M, Díaz‐Oviedo CD, Zhou Y, Chen X, Yu P, List B, Houk KN, Lan Y. Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Conversion of Epoxides into Thiiranes: Mechanism, Stereochemical Model, and New Catalyst Design. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202113204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Meng Duan
- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
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- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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Morimoto H. Development of Greener Catalytic Synthetic Methods of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds Using <i>N</i>-Unprotected Ketimines. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2022. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.80.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Champagne PA. Identifying the true origins of selectivity in chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed N-acyl-azetidine desymmetrizations. Chem Sci 2021; 12:15662-15672. [PMID: 35003597 PMCID: PMC8654023 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04969k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The first catalytic intermolecular desymmetrization of azetidines was reported by Sun and coworkers in 2015 using a BINOL-derived phosphoric acid catalyst (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5895-5898). To uncover the mechanism of the reaction and the origins of the high enantioselectivity, Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations were performed at the B97D3/6-311+G(2d,2p)/SMD(toluene)//B97D3/6-31G(d,p)/CPCM(toluene) level of theory. Comparison of four possible activation modes confirms that this reaction proceeds through the bifunctional activation of the azetidine nitrogen and the thione tautomer of the 2-mercaptobenzothiazole nucleophile. Upon thorough conformational sampling of the enantiodetermining transition structures (TSs), a free energy difference of 2.0 kcal mol-1 is obtained, accurately reproducing the experimentally measured 88% e.e. at 80 °C. This energy difference is due to both decreased distortion and increased non-covalent interactions in the pro-(S) TS. To uncover the true origins of selectivity, the TSs optimized with the full catalyst were compared to those optimized with a model catalyst through steric maps. It is found that the arrangements displayed by the substrates are controlled by strict primary orbital interaction requirements at the transition complex, and their ability to fit into the catalyst pocket drives the selectivity. A general model of selectivity for phosphoric acid-catalyzed azetidine desymmetrizations is proposed, which is based on the preference of the nucleophile and benzoyl group to occupy empty quadrants of the chiral catalyst pocket.
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- Pier Alexandre Champagne
- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark NJ USA
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Houk KN, Duan M, Díaz-Oviedo CD, Zhou Y, Chen X, Yu P, List B, Lan Y. Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Conversion of Epoxides into Thiiranes: Mechanism, Stereochemical Model, and New Catalyst Design. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202113204. [PMID: 34889494 PMCID: PMC9305870 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202113204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Computations and experiments leading to new chiral phosphoric acids (CPAs) for epoxide thionations are reported. Density functional theory calculations reveal the mechanism and origin of the enantioselectivity of such CPA‐catalyzed epoxide thionations. The calculated mechanistic information was used to design new efficient CPAs that were tested experimentally and found to be highly effective. Bulky ortho‐substituents on the 3,3′‐aryl groups of the CPA are important to restrict the position of the epoxide in the key transition states for the enantioselectivity‐determining step. Larger para‐substituents significantly improve the enantioselectivity of the reaction.
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- Kendall N Houk
- University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 607 Charles E Young Drive East, 90095, Los Angeles, UNITED STATES
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- Zhengzhou University, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, CHINA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung: Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung, Homogeneous Catalysis, GERMANY
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- Southern University of Science and Technology, Chemistry, CHINA
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- University of California Los Angeles, Chemistry and Biochemistry, UNITED STATES
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- Southern University of Science and Technology, Chemistry, CHINA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung: Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung, Homogeneous Catalysis, GERMANY
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- Zhengzhou University, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, CHINA
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Žabka M, Gschwind RM. Ternary complexes of chiral disulfonimides in transfer-hydrogenation of imines: the relevance of late intermediates in ion pair catalysis. Chem Sci 2021; 12:15263-15272. [PMID: 34976346 PMCID: PMC8635212 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03724b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In ion pairing catalysis, the structures of late intermediates and transition states are key to understanding and further development of the field. Typically, a plethora of transition states is explored computationally. However, especially for ion pairs the access to energetics via computational chemistry is difficult and experimental data is rare. Here, we present for the first time extensive NMR spectroscopic insights about the ternary complex of a catalyst, substrate, and reagent in ion pair catalysis exemplified by chiral Brønsted acid-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation. Quantum chemistry calculations were validated by a large amount of NMR data for the structural and energetic assessment of binary and ternary complexes. In the ternary complexes, the expected catalyst/imine H-bond switches to an unexpected O-H-N structure, not yet observed in the multiple hydrogen-bond donor-acceptor situation such as disulfonimides (DSIs). This arrangement facilitates the hydride transfer from the Hantzsch ester in the transition states. In these reactions with very high isomerization barriers preventing fast pre-equilibration, the reaction barriers from the ternary complex to the transition states determine the enantioselectivity, which deviates from the relative transition state energies. Overall, the weak hydrogen bonding, the hydrogen bond switching and the special geometrical adaptation of substrates in disulfonimide catalyst complexes explain the robustness towards more challenging substrates and show that DSIs have the potential to combine high flexibility and high stereoselectivity.
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- Matej Žabka
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg D-93053 Regensburg Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg D-93053 Regensburg Germany
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N-Triflylphosphoramides (NTPA), have become increasingly popular catalysts in the development of enantioselective transformations as they are stronger Brønsted acids than the corresponding phosphoric acids (PA). Their highly acidic, asymmetric active site can activate difficult, unreactive substrates. In this review, we present an account of asymmetric transformations using this type of catalyst that have been reported in the past ten years and we classify these reactions using the enantio-determining step as the key criterion. This compendium of NTPA-catalysed reactions is organised into the following categories: (1) cycloadditions, (2) electrocyclisations, polyene and related cyclisations, (3) addition reactions to imines, (4) electrophilic aromatic substitutions, (5) addition reactions to carbocations, (6) aldol and related reactions, (7) addition reactions to double bonds, and (8) rearrangements and desymmetrisations. We highlight the use of NTPA in total synthesis and suggest mnemonics which account for their enantioselectivity.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK.
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Riehl PS, Richardson AD, Sakamoto T, Reid JP, Schindler CS. Origin of enantioselectivity reversal in Lewis acid-catalysed Michael additions relying on the same chiral source. Chem Sci 2021; 12:14133-14142. [PMID: 34760198 PMCID: PMC8565382 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03741b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Enantiodivergence is an important concept in asymmetric catalysis that enables access to both enantiomers of a product relying on the same chiral source as reagent. This strategy is particularly appealing as an alternate approach when only one enantiomer of the required chiral ligand is readily accessible but both enantiomers of the product are desired. Despite the potential significance, general catalytic methods to effectively reverse enantioselectivity by changing an achiral reaction parameter remain underdeveloped. Herein we report our studies focused on elucidating the origin of metal-controlled enantioselectivity reversal in Lewis acid-catalysed Michael additions. Rigorous experimental and computational investigations reveal that specific Lewis and Brønsted acid interactions between the substrate and ligand change depending on the ionic radius of the metal catalyst, and are key factors responsible for the observed enantiodivergence. This holds potential to further our understanding of and facilitate the design of future enantiodivergent transformations. Enantiodivergence is an important concept in asymmetric catalysis that enables access to both enantiomers of a product relying on the same chiral source as reagent.![]()
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- Paul S Riehl
- Willard Henry Dow Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan 930 North University Avenue Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 USA
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- Willard Henry Dow Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan 930 North University Avenue Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 USA
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- Willard Henry Dow Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan 930 North University Avenue Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia 2036 Main Mall Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z1 Canada
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- Willard Henry Dow Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan 930 North University Avenue Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 USA
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Chin YP, Krenske EH. Nazarov Cyclizations Catalyzed by BINOL Phosphoric Acid Derivatives: Quantum Chemistry Struggles To Predict the Enantioselectivity. J Org Chem 2021; 87:1710-1722. [PMID: 34634910 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Quantum chemical calculations have successfully predicted the stereoselectivities of many BINOL phosphoric acid catalyzed reactions over the past 10-15 years. Herein we report a contrasting example: a reaction for which standard quantum chemistry techniques have proven unexpectedly ineffective at explaining the stereoselectivity. The Nazarov cyclizations of a divinyl ketone catalyzed by a BINOL phosphoric acid or H8-BINOL dithiophosphoric acid were studied with a conventional contemporary quantum chemical approach, consisting of transition state optimizations with B3LYP-D3(BJ) and single-point calculations with several functionals in implicit solvent. Unexpectedly, different functionals gave widely different predictions of the level of enantioselectivity and were unable even to agree on which enantiomer of the product would predominate. Molecular dynamics simulations with the OPLS-AA force field provided evidence that the transition state geometries optimized with DFT in the gas phase or in implicit solvent are not good representations of the true transition states of these reactions in solution. One possible reason for this, which may also explain the failure of quantum chemical techniques to reliably predict the enantioselectivity, is the fact that the transition states contain ion pairs which are not highly organized and do not contain any strongly directional noncovalent interactions between the substrate and the catalyst.
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- Yuk Ping Chin
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Ali Shoja
- 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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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Shoja A, Reid JP. Computational Insights into Privileged Stereocontrolling Interactions Involving Chiral Phosphates and Iminium Intermediates. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:7209-7215. [PMID: 33914528 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c03829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The precise design of a catalyst for a given reaction is extremely difficult, often requiring a significant empirical screening campaign to afford products in high yields and enantiomeric excess. Design becomes even more challenging if one requires a catalyst that performs well for a diverse range of substrates. Such "privileged" catalysts exist, but little is known why they operate so generally. We report the results of computations which show that when substrate and catalyst features are conserved between significantly different mechanistic regimes, similar modes of activation can be invoked. As a validating case study, we explored a Hantzsch ester hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated iminiums involving BINOL-derived chiral phosphates and find they impart asymmetric induction in an analogous fashion to their acid counterpart. Specifically, DFT calculations at the IEFPCM(1,4-dioxane)-B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-31G(d) level predicted enantioselectivity to be close to the experimental value (82% ee calculated, 96% ee experimental) and showed that the reaction proceeds via a transition state involving two hydrogen-bonding interactions from the iminium intermediate and nucleophile to the catalyst. These interactions lower the energy of the transition structure and provide extra rigidity to the system. This new model invokes "privileged" noncovalent interactions and leads to a new explanation for the enantioselectivity outcome, ultimately providing the basis for the development of general catalyst design principles and the translation of mechanistically disparate reaction profiles for the prediction of enantioselectivity outcomes using statistical models.
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- Ali Shoja
- 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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Maity B, Cao Z, Kumawat J, Gupta V, Cavallo L. A Multivariate Linear Regression Approach to Predict Ethene/1-Olefin Copolymerization Statistics Promoted by Group 4 Catalysts. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Bholanath Maity
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Reliance Research & Development Centre, Reliance Corporate Park, Reliance Industries Limited, Navi Mumbai 400 701, India
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- Reliance Research & Development Centre, Reliance Corporate Park, Reliance Industries Limited, Navi Mumbai 400 701, India
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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Malakar T, Zimmerman PM. Brønsted-Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Carbonyl-Olefin Reactions: Interrupted Metathesis vs Carbonyl-Ene Reaction. J Org Chem 2021; 86:3008-3016. [PMID: 33475347 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c03021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Lewis acid catalysts have been shown to promote carbonyl-olefin metathesis through a critical four-membered-ring oxetane intermediate. Recently, Brønsted-acid catalysis of related substrates was similarly proposed to result in a transient oxetane, which fragments within a single elementary step via a postulated oxygen-atom transfer mechanism. Herein, careful quantum chemical investigations show that Brønsted acid (triflic acid, TfOH) instead invokes a mechanistic switch to a carbonyl-ene reaction, and oxygen-atom transfer is uncompetitive. TfOH's conjugate base is also found to rearrange H atoms and allow isomerization of the carbocations that appear after the carbonyl-ene reaction. The mechanism explains available experimental information, including the skipped diene species that appear transiently before product formation. The present study clarifies the mechanism for activation of intramolecular carbonyl-olefin substrates by Brønsted acids and provides important insights that will help develop this exciting class of catalysts.
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- Tanmay Malakar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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Gerosa GG, Marcarino MO, Spanevello RA, Suárez AG, Sarotti AM. Re-Engineering Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles through Computational Studies. J Org Chem 2020; 85:9969-9978. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Gabriela G. Gerosa
- Instituto de Quı́mica Rosario (CONICET-UNR), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquı́micas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario 2000, Argentina
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- Instituto de Quı́mica Rosario (CONICET-UNR), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquı́micas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario 2000, Argentina
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- Instituto de Quı́mica Rosario (CONICET-UNR), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquı́micas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario 2000, Argentina
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- Instituto de Quı́mica Rosario (CONICET-UNR), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquı́micas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario 2000, Argentina
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- Instituto de Quı́mica Rosario (CONICET-UNR), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquı́micas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario 2000, Argentina
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Wang MX, Liu J, Liu Z, Wang Y, Yang QQ, Shan W, Deng YH, Shao Z. Enantioselective synthesis of chiral α-alkynylated thiazolidones by tandem S-addition/acetalization of alkynyl imines. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:3117-3124. [PMID: 32253417 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00365d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A SPINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed asymmetric formal [2 + 3]-annulation of in situ generated alkynyl imines and 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol has been developed to afford enantiopure α-alkynylated thiazolidones with up to 72% yield and 98.5 : 1.5 er. This tandem annulation involved a tandem S-addition of alkynyl imines/intramolecular acetalization, followed by PDC-mediated oxidation. The α-alkynylated thiazolidones could facilely afford the corresponding chiral α-alkynylated or α-alkenylated cyclic sulfoxides via further elaboration.
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- Mei-Xin Wang
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China. and Yunnan Baiyao Group CO., Ltd, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
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Orlandi M. Basic principles of substrate activation through non-covalent bond interactions. Physical Sciences Reviews 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/psr-2018-0090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In the last twenty years, chiral Brønsted acid and chiral counteranion catalysis have emerged as a fundamental area of organocatalysis. The development of chiral acidic catalysts has allowed extending many known Brønsted catalyzed reactions to the stereoselective domain. Moreover, the controlled conditions under which these catalysts can be used, allowed accessing reactivity of increasing complexity with extraordinary selectivity levels. However, compared to the explosion of this branch of organocatalysis in an applicative direction, only little has been done to understand and rationalize the observed reaction outcomes. This is due, in part, to the complex nature of the weak interactions (H-bonds, electrostatic, and dispersion interactions) governing this class of reactions. Here we review relevant mechanistic analyses from both chiral Brønsted acid and chiral counteranion directed catalysis. Both experimental and computational work is included that aimed at unveiling the nature of the interactions governing the a number of reactions. These include the: enantioselective reduction of ketoimines with Hantzsch esters; ring opening reactions of epoxides, oxetanes, aziridinium, and sulfonium ions; stereoselective fluorination of allylic alcohols; oxidative aminations of benzylic thioethers (enantioselective Pummerer reaction). These case studies are analyzed and discussed in order to highlight key features and similarities across the different catalytic systems.
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- Manuel Orlandi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche , Università degli Studi di Padova , via Marzolo 1 , Padova 35131 , Italy
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Miró J, Gensch T, Ellwart M, Han SJ, Lin HH, Sigman MS, Toste FD. Enantioselective Allenoate-Claisen Rearrangement Using Chiral Phosphate Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:6390-6399. [PMID: 32182422 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Herein we report the first highly enantioselective allenoate-Claisen rearrangement using doubly axially chiral phosphate sodium salts as catalysts. This synthetic method provides access to β-amino acid derivatives with vicinal stereocenters in up to 95% ee. We also investigated the mechanism of enantioinduction by transition state (TS) computations with DFT as well as statistical modeling of the relationship between selectivity and the molecular features of both the catalyst and substrate. The mutual interactions of charge-separated regions in both the zwitterionic intermediate generated by reaction of an amine to the allenoate and the Na+-salt of the chiral phosphate leads to an orientation of the TS in the catalytic pocket that maximizes favorable noncovalent interactions. Crucial arene-arene interactions at the periphery of the catalyst lead to a differentiation of the TS diastereomers. These interactions were interrogated using DFT calculations and validated through statistical modeling of parameters describing noncovalent interactions.
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- Javier Miró
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Kinomics Research Center and Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Reid J, Proctor RSJ, Sigman MS, Phipps RJ. Predictive Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis Guides Successful Catalytic Enantioselective Minisci Reactions of Diazines. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19178-19185. [PMID: 31710210 PMCID: PMC6900758 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Minisci reaction is one of the most direct and versatile methods for forging new carbon-carbon bonds onto basic heteroarenes: a broad subset of compounds ubiquitous in medicinal chemistry. While many Minisci-type reactions result in new stereocenters, control of the absolute stereochemistry has proved challenging. An asymmetric variant was recently realized using chiral phosphoric acid catalysis, although in that study the substrates were limited to quinolines and pyridines. Mechanistic uncertainties and nonobvious enantioselectivity trends made the task of extending the reaction to important new substrate classes challenging and time-intensive. Herein, we describe an approach to address this problem through rigorous analysis of the reaction landscape guided by a carefully designed reaction data set and facilitated through multivariate linear regression (MLR) analysis. These techniques permitted the development of mechanistically informative correlations providing the basis to transfer enantioselectivity outcomes to new reaction components, ultimately predicting pyrimidines to be particularly amenable to the protocol. The predictions of enantioselectivity outcomes for these valuable, pharmaceutically relevant motifs were remarkably accurate in most cases and resulted in a comprehensive exploration of scope, significantly expanding the utility and versatility of this methodology. This successful outcome is a powerful demonstration of the benefits of utilizing MLR analysis as a predictive platform for effective and efficient reaction scope exploration across substrate classes.
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- Jolene
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United
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Rothermel K, Žabka M, Hioe J, Gschwind RM. Disulfonimides versus Phosphoric Acids in Brønsted Acid Catalysis: The Effect of Weak Hydrogen Bonds and Multiple Acceptors on Complex Structures and Reactivity. J Org Chem 2019; 84:13221-13231. [PMID: 31550152 PMCID: PMC6863592 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In Brønsted acid catalysis, hydrogen bonds play a crucial role for reactivity and selectivity. However, the contribution of weak hydrogen bonds or multiple acceptors has been unclear so far since it is extremely difficult to collect experimental evidence for weak hydrogen bonds. Here, our hydrogen bond and structural access to Brønsted acid/imine complexes was used to analyze BINOL-derived chiral disulfonimide (DSI)/imine complexes. 1H and 15N chemical shifts as well as 1JNH coupling constants revealed for DSI/imine complexes ion pairs with very weak hydrogen bonds. The high acidity of the DSIs leads to a significant weakening of the hydrogen bond as structural anchor. In addition, the five hydrogen bond acceptors of DSI allow an enormous mobility of the imine in the binary DSI complexes. Theoretical calculations predict the hydrogen bonds to oxygen to be energetically less favored; however, their considerable population is corroborated experimentally by NOE and exchange data. Furthermore, an N-alkylimine, which shows excellent reactivity and selectivity in reactions with DSI, reveals an enlarged structural space in complexes with the chiral phosphoric acid TRIP as potential explanation of its reduced reactivity and selectivity. Thus, considering factors such as flexibility and possible hydrogen bond sites is essential for catalyst development in Brønsted acid catalysis.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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The site-selective acylation of a steroidal natural product 19-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone catalyzed by 1,1'-Bi(2-napthol)-derived (BINOL) chiral phosphoric acids (CPA's) is described. Systematic variation and multivariate linear regression analysis reveal that the same steric parameters typically needed for high enantioselectivity with this class of CPAs are also required for site-selectivity in this case. Density functional theory calculations identify additional weak CH-π interactions as contributors to site discrimination. We further report a rare example of site-selective acylation of phenols through the evaluation of naringenin, a flavonoid natural product, using CPA catalysis. These results suggest that BINOL-derived CPA's may have broader applications in site-selective catalysis.
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- Junqi Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Lokesh N, Hioe J, Gramüller J, Gschwind RM. Relaxation Dispersion NMR to Reveal Fast Dynamics in Brønsted Acid Catalysis: Influence of Sterics and H-Bond Strength on Conformations and Substrate Hopping. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:16398-16407. [PMID: 31545037 PMCID: PMC6863621 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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NMR provides both structural and dynamic information, which is key to connecting intermediates and to understanding reaction pathways. However, fast exchanging catalytic intermediates are often inaccessible by conventional NMR due its limited time resolution. Here, we show the combined application of the 1H off-resonance R1ρ NMR method and low temperature (185-175 K) to resolve intermediates exchanging on a μs time scale (ns at room temperature). The potential of the approach is demonstrated on chiral phosphoric acid (CPA) catalysts in their complexes with imines. The otherwise inaccessible exchange kinetics of the E-I ⇌ E-II imine conformations and thermodynamic E-I:E-II imine ratios inside the catalyst pocket are experimentally determined and corroborated by calculations. The E-I ⇌ E-II exchange rate constants (kex185 K) for different catalyst-substrate binary complexes varied between 2500 and 19 000 s-1 (τex = 500-50 μs). Theoretical analysis of these exchange rate constants revealed the involvement of an intermediary tilted conformation E-III, which structurally resembles the hydride transfer transition state. The main E-I and E-II exchange pathway is a hydrogen bond strength dependent tilting-switching-tilting mechanism via a bifurcated hydrogen bond as a transition state. The reduction in the sterics of the catalyst showed an accelerated switching process by at least an order of magnitude and enabled an additional rotational pathway. Hence, the exchange process is mainly a function of the intrinsic properties of the 3,3'-substituents of the catalyst. Overall, we believe that the present study opens a new dimension in catalysis via experimental access to structures, populations, and kinetics of catalyst-substrate complexes on the μs time scale by the 1H off-resonance R1ρ method.
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- N. Lokesh
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Rothermel K, Melikian M, Hioe J, Greindl J, Gramüller J, Žabka M, Sorgenfrei N, Hausler T, Morana F, Gschwind RM. Internal acidity scale and reactivity evaluation of chiral phosphoric acids with different 3,3'-substituents in Brønsted acid catalysis. Chem Sci 2019; 10:10025-10034. [PMID: 32015815 PMCID: PMC6977555 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02342a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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NMR H-bond analysis reveals an offset of internal and external acidities of catalysts and allows for a detailed reactivity analysis.
The concept of hydrogen bonding for enhancing substrate binding and controlling selectivity and reactivity is central in catalysis. However, the properties of these key hydrogen bonds and their catalyst-dependent variations are extremely difficult to determine directly by experiments. Here, for the first time the hydrogen bond properties of a whole series of BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acid (CPA) catalysts in their substrate complexes with various imines were investigated to derive the influence of different 3,3′-substituents on the acidity and reactivity. NMR 1H and 15N chemical shifts and 1JNH coupling constants of these hydrogen bonds were used to establish an internal acidity scale corroborated by calculations. Deviations from calculated external acidities reveal the importance of intermolecular interactions for this key feature of CPAs. For CPAs with similarly sized binding pockets, a correlation of reactivity and hydrogen bond strengths of the catalyst was found. A catalyst with a very small binding pocket showed significantly reduced reactivities. Therefore, NMR isomerization kinetics, population and chemical shift analyses of binary and ternary complexes as well as reaction kinetics were performed to address the steps of the transfer hydrogenation influencing the overall reaction rate. The results of CPAs with different 3,3′-substituents show a delicate balance between the isomerization and the ternary complex formation to be rate-determining. For CPAs with an identical acidic motif and similar sterics, reactivity and internal acidity correlated inversely. In cases where higher sterical demand within the binary complex hinders the binding of the second substrate, the correlation between acidity and reactivity breaks down.
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- Kerstin Rothermel
- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , Universitätsstraße 31 , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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A series of electrostatically enhanced phosphoric acid catalysts were synthesized and studied. These compounds possess two positively charged N-octylpyridinium or triarylphosphonium ion centers at the 3,3'-positions of the (R)-BINOL backbone to enhance reactivity and provide needed steric bulk for enantioselective transformations. Catalytic activities for Friedel-Crafts alkylations of indoles with trans-β-nitrostyrenes were studied. Both types of catalysts accelerate reaction conversions relative to noncharged analogues, and good enantioselectivities up to 90% ee are observed with the phosphonium-ion-tagged phosphoric acids. This transformation also can be scaled up to synthetically useful amounts, affording >250 mg of product without losing any reactivity or selectivity.
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- Jie Ma
- Department of Chemistry , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street, SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street, SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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When faced with unfamiliar reaction space, synthetic chemists typically apply reported conditions (reagents, catalyst, solvent, additives) from closely-related reactions to new substrate types. Unfortunately, this approach often fails due to subtle, albeit important, differences in reaction requirements. Consequently, a significant goal in synthetic chemistry is the ability to transfer chemical observations from one reaction to another, quantitatively. Here, we present such a platform by developing a holistic, data-driven workflow for deriving statistical models for one set of reactions that can be applied to predict out-of-sample examples. As a validating case study, published enantioselectivity data sets that employ BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acids for a range of nucleophilic addition reactions to imines were combined and statistical models developed. These models reveal the general interactions imparting asymmetric induction and allow the quantitative transfer of this information to new reaction components. The disclosed techniques create opportunities for translating comprehensive reaction analysis to diverse chemical space, streamlining both catalyst and reaction development. After the database of the reactions is constructed, the experimental output, enantiomeric ratios, were mathematically modelled through linear regression techniques to reveal which of the proposed parameters allow for the prediction of new outcomes. The detailed acquisition of parameters can be found in the Supplementary Information and the descriptor tables attached as an accompanying spreadsheet. The models produced were evaluated for their goodness of fit, R2, and their robustness is demonstrated by external validations’ goodness of fit, predR2. The nearer the R2 and slope values are to one (indicating a tight, one-to-one correlation between predicted and measured outcomes) and the nearer the intercept is to zero (indicating minimal systematic error), the more robust the model. Potential models were refined through number of parameters, because this allows for a mechanistically informative interrogation and cross-validation scores. Leave one reaction out (LORO) analysis was performed to probe general mechanistic principles, which provides the basis for mechanistic transfer of experimental observations and tested further by predicting out-of-sample.
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- Jolene P Reid
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Melikian M, Gramüller J, Hioe J, Greindl J, Gschwind RM. Brønsted acid catalysis - the effect of 3,3'-substituents on the structural space and the stabilization of imine/phosphoric acid complexes. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5226-5234. [PMID: 31191877 PMCID: PMC6540909 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc01044k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BINOL derived chiral phosphoric acids (CPAs) are widely known for their high selectivity. Numerous 3,3'-substituents are used for a variety of stereoselective reactions and theoretical models of their effects are provided. However, experimental data about the structural space of CPA complexes in solution is extremely rare and so far restricted to NMR investigations of binary TRIP/imine complexes featuring two E- and two Z-imine conformations. Therefore, in this paper the structural space of 16 CPA/imine binary complexes is screened and 8 of them are investigated in detail by NMR. For the first time dimers of CPA/imine complexes in solution were experimentally identified, which show an imine position similar to the transition state in transfer hydrogenations. Furthermore, our experimental and computational data revealed an astonishing invariance of the four core structures regardless of the different steric and electronic properties of the 3,3'-substituent. However, a significant variation of E/Z-ratios is observed, demonstrating a strong influence of the 3,3'-substituents on the stabilization of the imine in the complexes. These experimental E/Z-ratios cannot be reproduced by calculations commonly applied for mechanistic studies, despite extensive conformational scans and treatment of the electronic structure at a high level of theory with various implicit solvent corrections. Thus, these first detailed experimental data about the structural space and influence of the 3,3'-substituent on the energetics of CPA/imine complexes can serve as basis to validate and improve theoretical predictive models.
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- Maxime Melikian
- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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- Institut für Organische Chemie , Universität Regensburg , D-93053 Regensburg , Germany .
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Kikuchi J, Aramaki H, Okamoto H, Terada M. F 10BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective carbonyl-ene reaction: theoretical elucidation of stereochemical outcomes. Chem Sci 2019; 10:1426-1433. [PMID: 30809359 PMCID: PMC6354837 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03587c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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An enantioselective carbonyl-ene reaction of 1,1-disubstituted olefins with ethyl glyoxylate was accomplished using an F10BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acid of which the perfluoro-binaphthyl skeleton is beneficial not only for adopting high catalytic activity but also for creating an effective chiral environment.
An F10BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acid was shown to be an effective catalyst for an enantioselective carbonyl-ene reaction of 1,1-disubstituted olefins with ethyl glyoxylate as the common enophile. The perfluoro-binaphthyl skeleton is beneficial not only for adopting high catalytic activity but also for creating an effective chiral environment for enantioselective transformations. Indeed, the reaction afforded enantio-enriched homoallylic alcohols in high yields with high enantioselectivities. Theoretical studies identified that the multi-point C–H···O hydrogen bonds and the π interactions between the substrates and the 6-methoxy-2-naphthyl substituents at the 3,3′-positions of the F10BINOL skeleton play a crucial role in determining the stereochemical outcomes. The significance of the perfluoro-binaphthyl skeleton in achieving the high enantioselectivity was also evaluated through a structural analysis of the catalysts.
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- Jun Kikuchi
- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science , Tohoku University , Aoba-ku , Sendai 980-8578 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-22-795-6602
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- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science , Tohoku University , Aoba-ku , Sendai 980-8578 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-22-795-6602
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- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science , Tohoku University , Aoba-ku , Sendai 980-8578 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-22-795-6602
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- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science , Tohoku University , Aoba-ku , Sendai 980-8578 , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-22-795-6602
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- Alexandre V. Brethomé
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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A catalyst selection program, BINOPtimal, has been developed.
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- Jolene P. Reid
- Centre for Molecular Informatics
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW
- UK
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- Centre for Molecular Informatics
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW
- UK
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- Centre for Molecular Informatics
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW
- UK
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Singh S, Sunoj RB. Computational asymmetric catalysis: On the origin of stereoselectivity in catalytic reactions. Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.apoc.2019.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zhu L, Mohamed H, Yuan H, Zhang J. The control effects of different scaffolds in chiral phosphoric acids: a case study of enantioselective asymmetric arylation. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy01420a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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DFT calculations disclosed that the sign of enantioselectivity in chiral-phosphoric-acid catalyzed reactions can be tuned by BINOL- or SPINOL-derived backbones.
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- Lihan 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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- Faculty of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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Two chiral zirconium metal–organic frameworks are designed with high enantioselectivity for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of imines.
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- Xu Li
- Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore
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Reddi Y, Tsai CC, Avila CM, Toste FD, Sunoj RB. Harnessing Noncovalent Interactions in Dual-Catalytic Enantioselective Heck-Matsuda Arylation. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 141:998-1009. [PMID: 30562010 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The use of more than one catalyst in one-pot reaction conditions has become a rapidly evolving protocol in the development of asymmetric catalysis. The lack of molecular insights on the mechanism and enantioselectivity in dual-catalytic reactions motivated the present study focusing on an important catalytic asymmetric Heck-Matsuda cross-coupling. A comprehensive density functional theory (M06 and B3LYP-D3) investigation of the coupling between a spirocyclic cyclopentene and 4-fluorophenyl diazonium species under a dual-catalytic condition involving Pd2(dba)3 (dba = trans, trans-dibenzylideneacetone) and chiral 2,2'-binaphthyl diamine (BINAM)-derived phosphoric acids (BDPA, 2,2'-binaphthyl diamine-derived phosphoric acids) is presented. Among various mechanistic possibilities examined, the pathway with explicit inclusion of the base (in situ generated sodium bicarbonate/sodium biphosphate) is found to be energetically more preferred over the analogous base-free routes. The chiral phosphate generated by the action of sodium carbonate on BDPA is found to remain associated with the reaction site as a counterion. The initial oxidative addition of Pd(0) to the aryl diazonium bond gives rise to a Pd-aryl intermediate, which then goes through the enantiocontrolling migratory insertion to the cyclic alkene, leading to an arylated cycloalkene intermediate. Insights on how a series of noncovalent interactions, such as C-H···O, C-H···N, C-H···F, C-H···π, lp···π, O-H···π, and C-F···π, in the enantiocontrolling transition state (TS) render the migration of the Pd-aryl to the si prochiral face of the cyclic alkene more preferred over that to the re face are utilized for modulating the enantioselectivity. Aided by molecular insights on the enantiocontrolling transition states, we predicted improved enantioselectivity from 37% to 89% by changes in the N-aryl substituents of the catalyst. Subsequent experiments in our laboratory offered very good agreement with the predicted enantioselectivities.
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- Yernaidu Reddi
- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Powai, Mumbai 400076 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Powai, Mumbai 400076 , India
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Zhang J, Yu P, Li SY, Sun H, Xiang SH, Wang JJ, Houk KN, Tan B. Asymmetric phosphoric acid-catalyzed four-component Ugi reaction. Science 2018; 361:361/6407/eaas8707. [PMID: 30213886 DOI: 10.1126/science.aas8707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The Ugi reaction constructs α-acylaminoamide compounds by combining an aldehyde or ketone, an amine, a carboxylic acid, and an isocyanide in a single flask. Its appealing features include inherent atom and step economy together with the potential to generate products of broad structural diversity. However, control of the stereochemistry in this reaction has proven to be a formidable challenge. We describe an efficient enantioselective four-component Ugi reaction catalyzed by a chiral phosphoric acid derivative that delivers more than 80 α-acylaminoamides in good to excellent enantiomeric excess. Experimental and computational studies establish the reaction mechanism and origins of stereoselectivity.
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- Jian Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Yonesaki R, Kondo Y, Akkad W, Sawa M, Morisaki K, Morimoto H, Ohshima T. 3-Mono-Substituted BINOL Phosphoric Acids as Effective Organocatalysts in Direct Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts-Type Alkylation of N-Unprotected α-Ketiminoester. Chemistry 2018; 24:15211-15214. [PMID: 30098059 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Although BINOL-derived phosphoric acids are among the most widely used chiral Brønsted acid organocatalysts, their structures are mostly limited to 3,3'-disubstituted ones and simple 3-mono-substituted ones without any polar functionalities on the 3-substituent have not been used in highly enantioselective reactions. This work reports such 3-mono-substituted analogues as effective organocatalysts in direct highly enantioselective Friedel-Crafts-type alkylation of N-unprotected α-ketiminoester. The origin of the observed high enantioselectivity with the 3-mono-substituted catalyst is also discussed.
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- Ryohei Yonesaki
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- Mu-Wang Chen
- Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
- Jiangxi’s Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
- Jiangxi’s Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
- Jiangxi’s Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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Mori K, Isogai R, Kamei Y, Yamanaka M, Akiyama T. Chiral Magnesium Bisphosphate-Catalyzed Asymmetric Double C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization Based on Sequential Hydride Shift/Cyclization Process. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:6203-6207. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b02761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Keiji Mori
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University, Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University, Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8588, Japan
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Simón L, Paton RS. The True Catalyst Revealed: The Intervention of Chiral Ca and Mg Phosphates in Brønsted Acid Promoted Asymmetric Mannich Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:5412-5420. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b13678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Luis Simón
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de los Caídos 1-5, Salamanca 37008, Spain
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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Pastor J, Rezabal E, Voituriez A, Betzer JF, Marinetti A, Frison G. Revised Theoretical Model on Enantiocontrol in Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed H-Transfer Hydrogenation of Quinoline. J Org Chem 2018; 83:2779-2787. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b03248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Julien Pastor
- LCM,
CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- LCM,
CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
- Kimika
Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea UPV/EHU, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi Spain
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- Institut
de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut
de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut
de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LCM,
CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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