The
synthesis
of
1,1′-bi-2-naphthol
(BINOL)
can
be
traced
back
to
about
100
years
ago,
whereas
the
utilization
BINOL
as
a
chiral
ligand
was
reported
by
Noyori
et
al.
in
1979.
One
year
later
1980,
development
and
application
2,2′-bis(di-phenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl
(BINAP)
reported.
This
milestone
brings
axially
binaphthyl
structures
stage
asymmetric
catalysis
inspires
large
variety
ligands
organocatalysts
possessing
axial
chirality.
chapter
traces
source
chirality,
focuses
on
structural
diversity
catalysts
timeline
for
their
development,
introduces
150
representative
derived
from
structures,
especially
BINOL,
2,2′-diamino-1,1′-binaphthalene
(BINAM),
2-amino-2′-hydroxy-1,1′-binaphthyl
(NOBIN).
With
rapid
syntheses
diversified
molecules,
it
is
expected
that
more
novel
powerful
will
developed,
tremendous
transformations
realized
future.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
53(17), P. 8546 - 8562
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Silicon-stereogenic
chiral
organosilanes
have
found
increasing
applications
in
synthetic
chemistry,
medicinal
and
materials
science.
In
this
context,
various
asymmetric
catalytic
methods
been
established
for
the
diverse
synthesis
of
silicon-stereogenic
silanes.
particular,
organocatalysis
is
emerging
as
an
important
complementary
tool
enantioselective
construction
silicon-stereocenters,
along
with
rapid
development
chiral-metal
catalyzed
protocols.
Its
advent
provides
a
powerful
platform
to
achieve
functionalized
structural
diversity,
should
lead
great
organosilicon
chemistry.
Tutorial
Review,
we
highlight
these
latest
achievements
from
two
aspects:
desymmetrizations
prochiral
tetraorganosilanes
dynamic
kinetic
transformations
racemic
by
employing
five
organocatalytic
activation
modes.
The
advantages,
limitations
value
each
protocol,
well
opportunities
still
open
further
exploration,
are
also
discussed.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(7)
Published: Jan. 5, 2024
Abstract
A
Cu‐catalyzed
asymmetric
synthesis
of
silicon‐stereogenic
benzoxasiloles
has
been
realized
via
intramolecular
Si−O
coupling
[2‐(hydroxymethyl)phenyl]silanes.
Cu(I)/difluorphos
is
found
to
be
an
efficient
catalytic
system
for
enantioselective
Si−C
bond
cleavage
and
formation.
In
addition,
kinetic
resolution
racemic
substituted
[2‐(hydroxymethyl)phenyl]silanes
using
Cu(I)/
PyrOx
(pyridine‐oxazoline
ligands)
as
the
developed
afford
carbon‐
benzoxasiloles.
Ring‐opening
reactions
chiral
with
organolithiums
Grignard
reagents
yield
various
enantioenriched
functionalized
tetraorganosilanes.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
53(9), P. 4648 - 4673
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
review
summarizes
the
developments
of
X-type
silyl
ligands
for
transition-metal
catalysis,
elucidating
unique
features
σ-donating
ability
and
trans
-influence
silyl–metal
catalysts.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(37), P. 20646 - 20654
Published: Sept. 11, 2023
Chiral
organosilanes
are
valuable
chemical
entities
in
the
development
of
functional
organic
materials,
asymmetric
catalysis,
and
medicinal
chemistry.
As
an
important
strategy
for
constructing
chiral
organosilanes,
functionalization
Si-CAryl
bond
typically
relies
on
transition-metal
catalysis.
Herein,
we
present
efficient
method
atroposelective
synthesis
biaryl
siloxane
atropisomers
via
organocatalytic
Si-C
dinaphthosiloles
with
silanol
nucleophiles.
The
reaction
proceeds
through
protonation
simultaneous
cleavage/silanolysis
sequence
presence
a
newly
developed
Brønsted
acid
catalyst.
versatile
nature
streamlines
derivatization
axially
products
into
other
atropisomers,
thereby
expanding
applicability
this
method.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(49), P. 26747 - 26755
Published: Nov. 29, 2023
Herein,
we
report
a
cobalt-catalyzed
atroposelective
reductive
cross-coupling
of
racemic
heterobiaryl
tosylates
with
C(sp2)–X
type
electrophile.
Both
aryl
and
alkenyl
halides
are
competent
precursors
for
this
reaction,
providing
variety
heterobiaryls
as
the
products
in
highly
enantioselective
manner
high
functionality
tolerance.
The
related
asymmetric
arylation
alkenylation
discovered
to
proceed
divergent
mechanisms.
reaction
pathway
changes
from
kinetic
resolution
(KR)
when
bromides
iodides
bearing
strong
electron-withdrawing
substitution
on
para-position
employed
starting
materials
an
enantioconvergent
transformation
via
dynamic
KR
configurationally
labile
cobaltacycles
relatively
electron-rich
used.
change
mechanisms
turns
out
arise
relative
rates
two
competing
elementary
steps,
which
epimerization
cyclic
Co(I)
intermediates
their
trapping
by
coupling
electrophiles
C(sp2)-type
oxidative
addition.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(36)
Published: June 15, 2024
Axially
chiral
biaryl
δ-amino
acids
possess
significantly
different
conformational
properties
and
environment
from
centrally
amino
acids,
therefore,
have
drawn
considerable
attention
in
the
fields
of
synthetic
medicinal
chemistry.
Herein,
a
novel
phenanthroline-potassium
catalyst
has
been
developed
by
constructing
well-organized
axially
ligand
composed
one
1,10-phenanthroline
unit
two
1,1'-bi-2-naphthol
(BINOL)
units.
In
presence
this
catalyst,
good
to
excellent
yields
enantioselectivities
(up
99
%
yield,
98
:
2
er)
achieved
ring-opening
alcoholytic
dynamic
kinetic
resolution
variety
lactams,
thereby
providing
an
efficient
protocol
for
catalytic
asymmetric
synthesis
unnatural
acid
derivatives.
Organometallics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
43(3), P. 402 - 413
Published: Jan. 23, 2024
Rh(III)
complexes
[Rh(H)(X)(κ2-NSitBu2OPy)(L)]
(X
=
Cl,
L
PCy3,
2a;
PHtBu2,
2b;
X
OTf,
3a;
3b)
(NSitBu2OPy
4-methylpyridin-2-yloxy-ditertbutylsilyl)
have
been
prepared
and
characterized
by
means
of
elemental
analysis
nuclear
magnetic
resonance
(NMR)
spectroscopy.
The
solid-state
structures
2a,
2b,
3a
determined
X-ray
diffraction
studies.
Computational
analyses
the
bonding
situation
these
species
evidence
electron-sharing
nature
Rh–Si
bond
significant
role
electrostatic
component
in
interaction
between
transition
metal
fragment
[Rh(H)(PR3)(X)]•
[NSitBu2OPy]•
ligand.
In
addition,
a
comparative
study
activity
3a,
3b,
related
iridium
as
catalysts
for
hydrogenation
olefins
has
performed.
best
catalytic
results
obtained
when
using
with
triflate
PCy3
ligands,
catalyst.
density
functional
theory
studies
show
that
formation
alkane
is
thermodynamically
favored
rate-limiting
step
corresponds
to
hydrogen
activation,
which
takes
place
via
σ-complex-assisted
metathesis
mechanism.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(36)
Published: July 30, 2024
Functionalization
of
Si-bound
methyl
group
provides
an
efficient
access
to
diverse
organosilanes.
However,
the
asymmetric
construction
silicon-stereogenic
architectures
by
functionalization
has
not
yet
been
described
despite
recent
significant
progress
in
producing
chiral
silicon.
Herein,
we
disclosed
enantioselective
silylmethyl
involving
aryl
alkyl
1,5-palladium
migration
naphthalenes
possessing
enantioenriched
stereogenic
silicon
center,
which
are
inaccessible
before.
It
is
worthy
note
that
realization
induction
at
step
metal
itself
remains
challenging.
Our
study
constitutes
first
reaction.
The
key
success
discovery
and
fine-tuning
different
substituents
α,α,α,α-tetraaryl-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanol
(TADDOL)-based
phosphoramidites,
ensure
enantioselectivity
desired
reactivity.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Aug. 23, 2024
Atropisomeric
biaryls
bearing
carbonyl
groups
have
attracted
increasing
attention
due
to
their
prevalence
in
diverse
bioactive
molecules
and
crucial
role
as
efficient
organo-catalysts
or
ligands
asymmetric
transformations.
However,
preparation
often
involves
tedious
multiple
steps,
the
direct
synthesis
via
carbonylation
has
scarcely
been
investigated.
Herein,
we
report
an
palladium-catalyzed
enantioconvergent
aminocarbonylation
of
racemic
heterobiaryl
triflates
with
amines
dynamic
kinetic
transformation
(DyKAT).
This
protocol
features
a
broad
substrate
scope
excellent
compatibility
for
rapid
construction
axially
chiral
amides
good
high
yields
enantioselectivities.
Detailed
mechanistic
investigations
discover
that
base
can
impede
intramolecular
hydrogen
bond-assisted
axis
rotation
products,
thus
allowing
success
achieve
enantioselectivity.
Moreover,
achieved
be
directly
utilized
N,N,N-pincer
copper-catalyzed
enantioselective
formation
C(sp3)-N
C(sp3)-P
bonds.
Axially
containing
not
only
exist
various
drug
candidates
but
also
serve
authors
transformation.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Jan. 18, 2025
The
diverse
utility
of
acyclic
vinylsilanes
has
driven
the
interest
in
synthesis
enantioenriched
bearing
a
Si-stereogenic
center.
However,
predominant
approaches
for
catalytic
asymmetric
generation
have
mainly
relied
on
transition
metal-catalyzed
reactions
alkynes
with
different
silicon
sources.
Here
we
successfully
realize
enantioselective
linear
silicon-stereogenic
good
yields
and
enantiomeric
ratios
from
simple
alkenes
under
rhodium
catalysis.
significance
this
transformation
lies
its
ability
to
achieve
regioconvergent
enantioconvergent
conversion,
efficiently
transforming
petroleum-derived
isomeric
mixtures
olefin
feedstocks
into
single
regio-
stereoisomer
product.
practicality
method
is
further
exemplified
by
downstream
transformations
these
leveraging
functionality
leaving
group
nature
aryl
substituent
as
well
development
chiral
π-conjugated
double
bond
systems.