Chinese Journal of Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
41(24), P. 3573 - 3578
Published: Sept. 4, 2023
Comprehensive
Summary
Chiral
ruthenium‐catalyzed
enantioselective
hydrogenation
of
tetrapyridine‐type
N
‐heteroarenes
was
firstly
developed.
The
partial
reduction
adjacent
tetraheteroaromatic
substrates
proceeded
smoothly
in
the
presence
phosphine‐free
chiral
cationic
ruthenium
diamine
complexes,
affording
unprecedented
high
reactivity,
enantioselecitivity
and
diastereoselectivity
(up
to
93%
yield,
>99%
ee
92
:
8
dr).
potential
application
tetradentate
pyridine‐amine
products
as
ligands
has
been
demonstrated
Cu‐catalyzed
asymmetric
Friedel–Crafts
alkylation
reaction
between
indoles
nitroalkenes.
Angewandte Chemie,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
128(41), P. 13083 - 13086
Published: Sept. 16, 2016
Abstract
An
asymmetric
hydrogenation
of
2,2′‐bisquinoline
and
bisquinoxaline
derivatives,
catalyzed
by
chiral
cationic
ruthenium
diamine
complexes,
was
developed.
A
broad
range
endocyclic
vicinal
diamines
were
obtained
in
high
yields
with
excellent
diastereo‐
enantioselectivity
(up
to
93:7
dl
/
meso
>99
%
ee
).
These
could
be
easily
transformed
into
a
new
class
N‐heterocyclic
carbenes
(NHCs),
which
are
important
but
difficult
access.
Angewandte Chemie,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
128(39), P. 12038 - 12041
Published: Aug. 25, 2016
Abstract
High
enantioselectivity
was
achieved
for
the
hydrogenation
of
azaindoles
by
using
chiral
catalyst,
which
prepared
from
[Ru(η
3
‐methallyl)
2
(cod)]
and
a
trans
‐chelating
bis(phosphine)
ligand
(PhTRAP).
The
dearomative
reaction
exclusively
occurred
on
five‐membered
ring,
thus
giving
corresponding
azaindolines
with
up
to
97:3
enantiomer
ratio.
Chinese Journal of Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
41(24), P. 3573 - 3578
Published: Sept. 4, 2023
Comprehensive
Summary
Chiral
ruthenium‐catalyzed
enantioselective
hydrogenation
of
tetrapyridine‐type
N
‐heteroarenes
was
firstly
developed.
The
partial
reduction
adjacent
tetraheteroaromatic
substrates
proceeded
smoothly
in
the
presence
phosphine‐free
chiral
cationic
ruthenium
diamine
complexes,
affording
unprecedented
high
reactivity,
enantioselecitivity
and
diastereoselectivity
(up
to
93%
yield,
>99%
ee
92
:
8
dr).
potential
application
tetradentate
pyridine‐amine
products
as
ligands
has
been
demonstrated
Cu‐catalyzed
asymmetric
Friedel–Crafts
alkylation
reaction
between
indoles
nitroalkenes.