Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Nov. 15, 2024
Carbon-silicon-switch
strategy,
replacing
one
specific
carbon
atom
in
organic
molecules
with
a
silicon,
has
garnered
significant
interest
for
developing
new
functional
molecules.
However,
the
influence
of
reaction
regarding
its
selectivity
and
reactivity
by
carbon-silicon-switch
strategy
far
less
been
investigated.
Here
we
discover
an
unusual
effect
enantioselective
construction
silicon-stereogenic
center.
It
is
found
that
there
change
desymmetrization
silacyclohexadienones
using
asymmetric
conjugate
addition
or
oxidative
Heck
aryl/alkyl
nucleophiles
when
compared
their
analogues
cyclohexadienones.
Specifically,
leads
to
reversal
enantioselectivity
arylzinc
as
nucleophile
same
chiral
catalyst,
results
totally
different
arylboronic
acid
nucleophile.
Control
experiments
density
theory
(DFT)
calculations
have
shown
comes
from
unique
stereoelectronic
feature
silicon.
Silicon
incorporated
into
place
under
principle
that,
given
they
belong
periodic
group,
could
be
similar.
Here,
authors
perform
desymmetrizations
on
silacyclohexenone
analogue,
two
substrates
yielding
opposite
enantiomers,
showing
our
understanding
similarities
atoms
incomplete.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
Achieving
catalytic
asymmetric
functionalization
of
methylenecyclopropanes
(MCPs)
by
selective
C–C
bond
cleavage
is
a
notable
challenge
due
to
the
intricate
reaction
partners
involved.
In
this
work,
we
report
that
chiral
aldehyde/palladium
combined
catalysis
enables
MCPs
with
NH2-unprotected
amino
acid
esters.
This
proceeds
through
regiospecific
branched
ring-opening
mechanism,
resulting
in
optically
active
α,α-disubstituted
α-amino
esters
bearing
nonconjugated
terminal
alkene
units.
Mechanism
studies
indicate
pathways
are
irreversible
and
ultimate
regioselectivity
governed
palladium
catalysis.
The
products
can
be
utilized
construction
dihydropyrazoles,
α-methyl
aspartic
derivatives,
analogues
VPC01091
BMS-986104.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(47), P. 32283 - 32291
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
Compounds
bearing
both
boryl
and
amino
groups
at
distal
positions
are
invaluable
synthons
for
synthesizing
pharmaceuticals,
drug
candidates,
natural
products,
but
their
catalytic
enantioselective
synthesis
remains
rarely
explored.
We
report
the
first
1,4-borylamination
reaction
through
a
copper-catalyzed
cascade
hydroborylation
hydroamination
of
arylidenecyclopropanes.
This
combines
four
readily
available
components
in
highly
chemo-,
site-,
fashion
(>20:1
r.r.
up
to
99%
ee),
yielding
diverse
array
synthetically
valuable
enantioenriched
4-amino
alkylboronates.
The
versatile
utility
these
products
is
highlighted
by
transformations
wide
applications
pharmaceutical
discovery.
Preliminary
mechanistic
studies
were
conducted
elucidate
operative
pathway,
intermediates,
origins
its
high
chemo-
site-selectivity.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 28, 2025
The
enantioselective
ring-opening
reactions
of
methylenecyclopropanes
(MCPs)
involving
C–C
bond
activation
via
oxidative
addition
transition
metals
have
been
rarely
reported.
Here,
we
disclose
a
Pd/Cu-catalyzed
enantio-
and
regioselective
coupling
between
cyclic
imino
esters
MCPs
to
produce
α-allylated
2H-pyrrole
derivatives.
In
this
reaction,
azomethine
ylide
formed
by
chiral
copper
catalyst
with
ketimine
ester
would
serve
as
nucleophile
react
activated
palladium
catalysis.
This
bimetallic
system
exhibited
broad
substrate
scope
high
regio-
enantioselectivities.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 25, 2025
Arylidenecyclobutanes
are
readily
accessible
and
versatile
reagents
in
synthetic
chemistry
due
to
the
multifaceted
reactivity
exhibited
by
their
alkene
strained
cyclobutane
moieties.
However,
metal-catalyzed
enantioselective
functionalization
of
arylidenecyclobutanes,
particularly
controllable
ring-retaining
ring-opening
reactions,
is
rarely
explored.
Considering
utility
enantioenriched
organoboronate
compounds,
herein
we
report
ligand-controlled
copper-catalyzed
hydroboration
dihydroboration
reactions
arylidenecyclobutanes
that
afford
chiral
α-cyclobutyl
benzylboronate
1,5-diboronate
compounds
with
high
enantioselectivity
when
(S)-DTBM-Segphos
(S,S)-Ph-BPE
employed,
respectively.
Mechanistic
studies
reveal
process
via
β-C
elimination
significantly
slower
than
arylidenecyclopropanes
presence
CuOAc
(S,S)-Ph-BPE.
The
these
two
protocols
further
demonstrated
through
conducting
various
stereospecific
site-selective
transformations
organoboron
products,
including
concise
synthesis
bioactive
molecules.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 7, 2025
Herein,
we
report
a
catalytic
reductive
[4+1]
sila-cycloaddition
between
functionalized
1,3-dienes
and
chemical
feedstock
di-,
tri-,
tetrachlorosilane(s),
enabled
by
cost-effective
pyridine-diimine-nickel
complex,
providing
practical
method
to
prepare
diverse
silacyclopent-3-enes
in
up
92%
yield,
including
bridged
spiro
silacarbocycles.
This
reaction
demonstrates
broad
substrate
compatibility,
with
different
substitution
patterns
more
accessible
E/Z
isomeric
mixture.
Notably,
trichlorosilanes
undergo
tandem
sila-cycloadditions/nucleophilic
substitutions,
while
tetrachlorosilane
successfully
performs
double
sila-cycloadditions
2
equiv
of
directly
construct
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 25, 2025
An
efficient
and
straightforward
cobalt-catalyzed
regioselective
intramolecular
hydrosilylation
of
olefins
has
been
developed.
Regioselectivity
is
controlled
by
the
choice
ligands
substrates,
which
operate
through
two
distinct
mechanisms.
This
method
successfully
applied
to
both
terminal
internal
alkenes
phenyl
alkyl
tethers
between
silane
alkene,
demonstrating
its
versatility
across
a
broad
range
substrates.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(44), P. 9431 - 9435
Published: Oct. 30, 2024
Transition-metal-catalyzed
hydrofunctionalization
of
methylenecyclopropanes
presents
a
useful
but
challenging
transformation
due
to
the
complex
selectivity
and
multiple
reaction
pathways.
We
describe
herein
an
unprecedented
highly
efficient
selective
palladium-catalyzed
hydrocyanation
give
various
2-substituted
allylic
nitriles.
Mechanistic
studies
demonstrated
that
may
undergo
Markovnikov-type
hydrometalation
β-carbon
elimination.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
60(93), P. 13734 - 13737
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
An
efficient
catalytic
asymmetric
hydrosilylation
of
aldehydes,
ketones,
and
α,β-unsaturated
ketones
toward
Si-stereogenic
alkoxysilanes
silyl
enol
ethers
is
developed.