Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(37)
Published: June 24, 2023
Catalytic
asymmetric
construction
of
chiral
indole-fused
rings
has
become
an
important
issue
in
the
chemical
community
because
significance
such
scaffolds.
In
this
work,
we
have
accomplished
first
catalytic
(4+2)
and
(4+3)
cycloadditions
2,3-indolyldimethanols
by
using
indoles
2-naphthols
as
suitable
reaction
partners
under
catalysis
phosphoric
acids,
constructing
enantioenriched
six-membered
seven-membered
high
yields
with
excellent
enantioselectivities.
addition,
approach
is
used
to
realize
enantioselective
challenging
tetrahydroindolocarbazole
scaffolds,
which
are
found
show
promising
anticancer
activity.
More
importantly,
theoretical
calculations
pathways
activation
mode
offer
in-depth
understanding
class
indolylmethanols.
This
work
not
only
settles
challenges
realizing
indolyldimethanols
but
also
provides
a
powerful
strategy
for
rings.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
121(8), P. 4805 - 4902
Published: March 27, 2021
Atropisomerism
is
a
stereochemical
behavior
portrayed
by
three-dimensional
molecules
that
bear
rotationally
restricted
σ
bond.
Akin
to
the
well-represented
point-chiral
molecules,
atropisomerically
chiral
compounds
are
finding
increasing
utilities
in
many
disciplines
where
molecular
asymmetry
influential.
This
provides
steady
demand
on
atroposelective
synthesis,
numerous
synthetic
pursuits
have
been
rewarded
with
conceptually
novel
and
streamlined
methods
while
expanding
structural
diversity
of
atropisomers.
review
summarizes
key
achievements
stereoselective
preparation
biaryl,
heterobiaryl,
nonbiaryl
atropisomers
documented
between
2015
2020.
Emphasis
placed
strategies
for
each
class,
examples
cited
illustrate
potential
applications
accessed
atropochiral
targets.
Accounts of Chemical Research,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
53(2), P. 425 - 446
Published: Dec. 10, 2019
Indole-based
chiral
heterocycles
constitute
a
class
of
important
heterocyclic
compounds
that
are
found
in
numerous
pharmaceuticals,
functional
materials,
and
catalysts
or
ligands.
Catalytic
asymmetric
synthesis,
for
which
the
2001
Nobel
Prize
Chemistry
was
awarded,
has
been
demonstrated
to
be
most
efficient
method
accessing
compounds.
Therefore,
catalytic
synthesis
indole-based
attracted
great
interest
from
scientific
community.
However,
strategies
toward
this
goal
rather
limited,
challenges
remain
field,
such
as
metal
contamination
products,
limited
number
platform
molecules
with
versatile
reactivity,
reactions
offer
high
step
economy,
atom
excellent
enantiocontrol.
novel
urgently
needed.
To
achieve
goal,
our
group
developed
series
unique
strategies,
designing
developing
their
corresponding
organocatalytic
access
heterocycles.
In
Account,
we
describe
efforts
address
remaining
research
field.
Namely,
have
designed
vinylindoles,
indolylmethanols,
arylindoles
indole
derivatives
construction
scaffolds
structural
diversity
complexity.
Based
on
reactivities
these
molecules,
accomplished
cycloaddition,
cyclization,
addition
dearomatization
economy
Using
wide
range
heterocycles,
including
five-membered
seven-membered
axially
tetrasubstituted
synthesized
efficiency
enantioselectivity.
addition,
investigated
properties
some
bioactivities
activities,
showed
potent
anticancer
activities
promising
catalysis.
These
results
help
elucidate
potential
applications
drug
development
catalysts.
The
undoubtedly
become
will
continue
hot
topic
field
catalysis
synthesis.
Our
efforts,
summarized
not
only
open
window
future
innovative
but
also
inspire
chemists
worldwide
confront
prompt
further
advances.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
143(35), P. 14025 - 14040
Published: Aug. 25, 2021
Transition-metal-catalyzed
enantioselective
C-H
functionalization
has
become
a
powerful
strategy
for
the
formation
of
C-C
or
C-X
bonds,
enabling
highly
asymmetric
synthesis
wide
range
enantioenriched
compounds.
Atropisomers
are
widely
found
in
natural
products
and
pharmaceutically
relevant
molecules,
have
also
applications
as
privileged
frameworks
chiral
ligands
catalysts.
Thus,
research
into
routes
atropisomers
garnered
great
interest
recent
years.
In
this
regard,
transition-metal-catalyzed
emerged
an
atom-economic
efficient
toward
their
synthesis.
Perspective,
approaches
by
reactions
summarized.
The
main
focus
here
is
on
catalysis
via
Pd,
Rh,
Ir
complexes,
which
been
most
frequently
utilized
catalysts
among
reported
reactions.
Finally,
we
discuss
limitations
available
protocols
give
outlook
possible
future
avenues
research.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
121(22), P. 13869 - 13914
Published: Sept. 14, 2021
Peptide-based
supramolecular
systems
chemistry
seeks
to
mimic
the
ability
of
life
forms
use
conserved
sets
building
blocks
and
chemical
reactions
achieve
a
bewildering
array
functions.
Building
on
design
principles
for
short
peptide-based
nanomaterials
with
properties,
such
as
self-assembly,
recognition,
catalysis,
actuation,
are
increasingly
available.
is
starting
address
far
greater
challenge
systems-level
access
complex
functions
that
emerge
when
multiple
interactions
coordinated
integrated.
We
discuss
key
features
relevant
design,
including
regulating
order
disorder,
development
active
adaptive
by
considering
kinetic
thermodynamic
aspects
combinatorial
dynamic
covalent
noncovalent
interactions.
Finally,
we
how
structural
concepts,
preorganization
induced
fit,
critical
develop
materials
tunable
photonic,
electronic,
catalytic
properties.
highlight
examples
where
combined,
resulting
in
display
properties
cannot
be
achieved
without
this
level
integration.
Accounts of Chemical Research,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
55(18), P. 2562 - 2580
Published: Sept. 2, 2022
Catalytic
atroposelective
syntheses
of
axially
chiral
compounds
have
stimulated
extensive
interest
in
multiple
communities,
such
as
synthetic
chemistry,
biochemistry,
and
materials
science,
because
the
intriguing
characteristics
atropisomerism.
In
particular,
atropisomeric
indole
derivatives,
which
contain
a
kind
five-membered
heterocyclic
framework,
are
widely
distributed
number
natural
alkaloids,
biologically
relevant
compounds,
ligands,
organocatalysts.
Hence,
catalytic
synthesis
derivatives
bearing
axial
chirality
is
considerable
importance
has
become
an
emerging
focus
research.
However,
there
substantial
challenges
associated
with
including
remote
ortho-substituents
around
axis,
lower
barrier
for
rotation,
weaker
configurational
stability
than
that
six-membered
biaryls.
Therefore,
development
effective
strategies
toward
urgent
task.In
order
to
tackle
these
accomplish
task,
our
group
devised
unique
strategy
designing
indole-derived
platform
molecules
developing
organocatalytic
enantioselective
transformations
synthesize
derivatives;
asymmetric
organocatalysis
tremendous
advantages
was
research
area
recognized
by
Nobel
Prize
Chemistry
2021.
This
Account
summarizes
endeavors
chirality.
brief,
we
developed
series
molecules,
indolylmethanols,
(hetero)aryl
indoles,
oxindole-based
styrenes,
N-aminoindoles,
indole-based
homophthalic
anhydrides,
introducing
different
functional
groups
onto
ring
achieve
new
reactivity
modulate
reactive
site
ring.
As
result,
possess
versatile
capable
undergoing
variety
preparing
structurally
diversified
chirality.We
used
plenty
chirality,
alkene-indoles,
N-pyrrolylindoles,
isochromenone-indoles.
addition,
gave
thorough
detailed
understanding
designed
reaction
investigating
pathway
activation
mode.
More
importantly,
studied
biological
activity
some
products
performed
catalyst
design
on
basis
moieties,
helpful
disclosing
more
applications
chirality.In
future,
will
indubitably
remain
frontier
topic
catalysis
chemistry
despite
challenging
issues,
instance,
novel
unconventional
into
powerful
catalysts
or
discovery
potent
drug
candidates.
We
hope
efforts
summarized
this
encourage
chemists
worldwide
devise
innovative
solving
issues
field,
thus
promoting
its
higher
level.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
120(11), P. 4707 - 4765
Published: Feb. 26, 2020
The
fundamental
roles
that
peptides
and
proteins
play
in
today's
biology
makes
it
almost
indisputable
were
key
players
the
origin
of
life.
Insofar
as
is
appropriate
to
extrapolate
back
from
extant
prebiotic
world,
one
must
acknowledge
critical
importance
interconnected
molecular
networks,
likely
with
components,
would
have
played
life's
origin.
In
this
review,
we
summarize
chemical
processes
involving
could
contributed
early
evolution,
an
emphasis
on
interactions
between
other
classes
organic
molecules.
We
first
mechanisms
by
which
amino
acids
similar
building
blocks
been
produced
elaborated
into
proto-peptides.
Next,
non-covalent
well
nucleic
acids,
lipids,
carbohydrates,
metal
ions,
aromatic
molecules
are
discussed
relation
possible
such
evolution
structure
function.
Finally,
describe
research
structural
alternatives
covalent
adducts
acids/peptides
propose
ample
future
breakthroughs
origin-of-life
chemistry
will
stem
investigations
systems
synergistic
different
emerge.
Science,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
367(6483), P. 1246 - 1251
Published: March 12, 2020
Chiral
cations
have
been
used
extensively
as
organocatalysts,
but
their
application
to
rendering
transition
metal-catalyzed
processes
enantioselective
remains
rare.
This
is
despite
the
success
of
analogous
charge-inverted
strategy
in
which
cationic
metal
complexes
are
paired
with
chiral
anions.
We
report
here
a
render
common
bipyridine
ligand
anionic
and
pair
its
iridium
cation
derived
from
quinine.
applied
these
ion-paired
long-range
asymmetric
induction
desymmetrization
geminal
diaryl
motif,
located
on
carbon
or
phosphorus
center,
by
C-H
borylation.
In
principle,
numerous
classes
could
likewise
be
amenable
this
approach.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
141(37), P. 14938 - 14945
Published: Aug. 28, 2019
Axially
chiral
biaryl
scaffolds
are
essential
structural
units
in
chemistry.
The
asymmetric
Pd-catalyzed
Suzuki–Miyaura
cross-coupling
reaction
has
been
widely
recognized
as
one
of
the
most
practical
methods
for
constructing
atropisomers
biaryls.
However,
longstanding
challenges
remain
this
field.
For
example,
substrate
scope
is
often
narrow
and
specialized,
functional
groups
heterocycles
can
lead
to
reduced
reactivity
selectivity,
bulky
ortho-substituents
usually
needed,
reported
generally
inapplicable
tetra-ortho-substituted
We
have
developed
an
unprecedented
highly
enantioselective
N-heterocyclic
carbene
(NHC)-Pd
catalyzed
synthesis
atropisomeric
These
reactions
enable
efficient
coupling
aryl
halides
(Br,
Cl)
or
triflates
with
various
types
boron
compounds
(B(OH)2,
Bpin,
Bneo,
BF3K),
tolerate
a
remarkably
broad
(>41
examples),
employ
low
loading
catalyst
(0.2–2
mol
%),
proceed
under
mild
conditions.
protocol
provided
general
access
biaryls
heterobiaryls
excellent
enantioselectivities
(up
99%
ee)
no
need
using
ortho-substituted
substrates
was
effective
tetra-ortho-substituent
Moreover,
method
successfully
applied
diastereo-
ternaphthalenes.
Critical
success
development
application
extremely
C2-symmetric
NHC,
(R,R,R,R)-DTB-SIPE,
ligand
palladium.
To
best
our
knowledge,
first
(>90%
example
NHC-metal-catalyzed
C(sp2)–C(sp2)
reaction.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: July 29, 2020
Beyond
esoteric
interest,
organocatalysis
has
now
become
one
major
pillar
of
asymmetric
catalysis.
Here,
we
discuss
how
new
activation
modes
are
conquering
challenging
stereoselective
transformations
and
the
recent
integration
with
emerging
photo-
electrocatalysis,
as
well
artificial
intelligence.
Organocatalysis
a
(asymmetric)
authors
trends
in
organocatalytic
for
other
fields,
such
photoredox
catalysis
electrosynthesis.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
7(23), P. 3967 - 3998
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
This
review
summarizes
the
progresses
in
organocatalytic
asymmetric
dearomatization
reactions
of
indole
derivatives
and
their
applications
total
synthesis
natural
products,
gives
some
insights
into
challenging
issues
this
research
field.