ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(16), P. 9864 - 9871
Published: July 29, 2022
The
catalytic
asymmetric
synthesis
of
silicon-stereogenic
organosilicon
compounds
has
been
a
long-standing
challenging
task
and
was
recently
accomplished
through
handful
transition-metal-catalyzed
approaches.
Herein
we
report
an
organocatalytic
desymmetrization
strategy
for
constructing
optically
active
silacycles.
In
the
presence
chiral
N-heterocyclic
carbene
(NHC)
catalyst,
two
identical
formyl
groups
on
tetrasubstituted
silanes
are
successfully
discriminated
to
undergo
stereoselective
intramolecular
benzoin
reactions,
affording
enantioenriched
dibenzo[b,f]silepin-10-ones
featuring
carbon-
centers
at
1,4-positions,
respectively.
This
process
can
be
readily
expanded
gram
scale,
products
further
converted
other
valuable
molecules.
DFT
calculations
were
also
conducted
unveil
reaction
mechanism
origins
stereoselectivities.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(16), P. 10079 - 10134
Published: Aug. 1, 2023
This
review
summarizes
the
advancements
in
rhodium-catalyzed
asymmetric
C–H
functionalization
reactions
during
last
two
decades.
Parallel
to
rapidly
developed
palladium
catalysis,
rhodium
catalysis
has
attracted
extensive
attention
because
of
its
unique
reactivity
and
selectivity
reactions.
In
recent
years,
Rh-catalyzed
have
been
significantly
many
respects,
including
catalyst
design,
reaction
development,
mechanistic
investigation,
application
synthesis
complex
functional
molecules.
presents
an
explicit
outline
catalysts
ligands,
mechanism,
scope
coupling
reagents,
applications.
Synthesis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
54(08), P. 1939 - 1950
Published: Jan. 3, 2022
Abstract
In
recent
years,
transition-metal-catalyzed
enantioselective
C–H
bond
functionalization
has
emerged
as
a
powerful
and
attractive
synthetic
approach
to
access
silicon-stereogenic
centers,
which
provides
impetus
for
the
innovation
of
chiral
organosilicon
chemistry.
This
short
review
summarizes
advances
in
construction
silanes
via
functionalization.
We
endeavor
highlight
great
potential
this
methodology
hope
that
will
shed
light
on
new
perspectives
inspire
further
research
emerging
area.
1
Introduction
2
Enantioselective
Functionalization
Induced
by
Oxidative
Addition
an
Aryl-OTf
Bond
3
Silacyclobutane
4
Directing-Group-Assisted
5
Dehydrogenative
C–H/Si–H
Coupling
5.1
C(sp2)–H
Silylation
5.2
C(sp3)–H
6
Summary
Outlook
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(21)
Published: March 8, 2022
Intermolecular
C-H
silylation
for
the
synthesis
of
acyclic
silanes
bearing
a
silicon-stereogenic
center
in
one
enantiomeric
form
remains
unknown
to
date.
Herein,
we
report
first
enantioselective
intermolecular
heteroarenes
heteroarylsilanes.
This
process
undergoes
rhodium-catalyzed
direct
dehydrogenative
Si-H/C-H
cross-coupling,
giving
access
variety
heteroarylated
monohydrosilanes,
including
bis-Si-stereogenic
silanes,
decent
yields
with
excellent
chemo-,
regio-,
and
stereo-control,
which
significantly
enlarge
chemical
space
optically
active
monohydrosilanes.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(36)
Published: May 20, 2022
Abstract
Optically
active
organosilanes
have
been
demonstrated
to
be
versatile
chiral
reagents
in
synthetic
chemistry
since
the
early
seminal
contributions
by
Sommer
and
Corriu.
Among
these
silicon‐containing
architectures,
monohydrosilanes,
which
bear
a
Si−H
bond,
hold
unique
position
because
of
their
facile
transformations
through
stereospecific
Si–carbon
or
Si–heteroatom
bond‐formation
reactions.
In
addition,
those
compounds
also
leveraged
as
for
alcohol
resolution,
auxiliaries,
mechanistic
probes,
well
potential
optoelectronic
materials.
This
Minireview
comprehensively
summarizes
synthesis
applications
silicon‐stereogenic
particularly
advances
transition‐metal‐catalyzed
asymmetric
this
class
functional
molecules.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(31)
Published: May 26, 2022
Despite
growing
progress
in
the
construction
of
chiral
organosilicon
compounds,
catalytic
asymmetric
synthesis
silicon-stereogenic
silanols
is
less
explored
and
remains
a
considerable
challenge.
Herein,
we
report
first
enantioselective
by
hydrolytic
oxidation
dihydrosilanes.
This
practical
procedure
features
ambient
reaction
conditions,
high
atom
economy,
good
functional-group
compatibility,
H2
as
only
by-product,
produces
wide
range
valuable
bis-silanols
decent
yields
with
excellent
chemo-
stereoselectivity.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(14), P. 8476 - 8483
Published: July 1, 2022
Despite
the
growing
demand
for
enantioenriched
silicon-stereogenic
silanols
in
materials
science,
medicinal
chemistry,
and
modern
synthetic
catalytic
asymmetric
synthesis
of
which
remains
a
considerable
challenge
compared
with
their
carbinol
analogues.
Herein,
copper-catalyzed
desymmetrization
silanediols
various
functionalized
chiral
is
demonstrated.
The
reaction
features
high
atom
economy,
decent
yield
excellent
stereoselectivity,
H2
as
sole
byproduct.
Key
to
success
discrimination
gem-diol
groups
silanediol
relies
on
an
enantioselective
σ-bond
metathesis
process.
Further
straightforward
elaboration
delivers
several
interesting
silane
scaffolds
without
loss
enantiopurities.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(51)
Published: Nov. 4, 2022
Abstract
Strategies
on
the
construction
of
enantiomerically
pure
silicon‐stereogenic
silanes
generally
relies
desymmetrization
prochiral
and
symmetric
substrates.
However,
dynamic
kinetic
asymmetric
transformations
organosilicon
compounds
have
remained
underdeveloped
unforeseen
owing
to
a
lack
an
effective
method
for
deracemization
static
silicon
stereocenters.
Here
we
report
first
Rh‐catalyzed
intramolecular
hydrosilylation
(DyKAH)
with
“silicon‐centered”
racemic
hydrosilanes
that
enables
facile
preparation
benzosiloles
in
good
yields
excellent
enantioselectivities.
The
special
rhodium
catalyst
controlled
by
non‐diastereopure‐type
mixed
phosphine‐phosphoramidite
ligand
axial
chirality
multiple
stereocenters
can
induce
enantioselectivity
efficiently
this
novel
DyKAH
reaction.
Density
functional
theory
(DFT)
calculations
suggest
amide
moiety
chiral
plays
important
role
facilitating
S
N
2
substitution
chloride
ion
realize
inversion
center.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(9)
Published: Jan. 10, 2023
We
report
the
first
highly
enantioselective
construction
of
silicon-stereocenters
by
asymmetric
enamine
catalysis.
An
unprecedented
desymmetric
intramolecular
aldolization
prochiral
siladials
was
thus
developed
for
facile
access
multifunctional
silicon-stereogenic
silacycles
in
high
to
excellent
enantioselectivity.
With
an
enal
moiety,
these
adducts
could
be
readily
elaborated
diverse
synthesis
compounds,
and
late-stage
modification.