ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
10(21), P. 6900 - 6918
Published: May 16, 2022
Gold
catalysis
has
emerged
as
an
efficient
tool
in
the
field
of
synthetic
organic
chemistry.
Despite
significant
progress,
need
for
high
catalyst
loadings
mainly
hampered
its
applicability
large-scale
synthesis.
Recent
research
showcased
importance
ligand
engineering
to
realize
gold-catalyzed
transformations
at
low
loadings,
milder
reactions
conditions,
and
greener
solvents.
In
this
perspective,
we
summarized
reports
that
clearly
emphasize
crucial
role
ligands
achieving
highly
catalysts
(≤0.1
mol
%)
with
turnover
numbers
frequencies.
This
perspective
also
briefly
discusses
challenges
future
potential
development
ppm-level
gold
catalysis.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
365(5), P. 620 - 681
Published: Jan. 17, 2023
Abstract
This
review
updates
the
field
of
enantioselective
domino
reactions
promoted
by
chiral
catalysts
derived
from
noble
metals,
including
palladium,
silver,
rhodium,
ruthenium,
iridium
and
gold,
published
since
beginning
2019.
It
illustrates
how
much
a
diversity
these
allow
unprecedented
asymmetric
many
types
to
be
achieved
with
excellent
enantioselectivity,
giving
direct
access
wide
variety
complex
molecules.
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Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(30), P. 16796 - 16811
Published: July 20, 2023
Synthetic
application
of
asymmetric
catalysis
relies
on
strategic
alignment
bond
construction
to
creation
chirality
a
target
molecule.
Remote
desymmetrization
offers
distinctive
advantages
spatial
decoupling
catalytic
transformation
and
generation
stereogenic
element.
However,
such
separation
presents
substantial
difficulties
for
the
chiral
catalyst
discriminate
distant
enantiotopic
sites
through
reaction
three
or
more
bonds
away
from
prochirality
center.
Here,
we
report
strategy
that
establishes
acyclic
quaternary
carbon
stereocenters
cross-coupling
reactions
at
distal
positions
aryl
substituents.
The
new
class
amino
acid-derived
ionic
catalysts
enables
desymmetrizing
(enantiotopic-group-selective)
Suzuki-Miyaura
reaction,
Sonogashira
Buchwald-Hartwig
amination
between
diverse
diarylmethane
scaffolds
aryl,
alkynyl,
coupling
partners,
providing
rapid
access
enantioenriched
molecules
project
substituents
widely
spaced
in
three-dimensional
space.
Experimental
computational
investigations
reveal
electrostatic
steering
substrates
by
C-terminus
ligands
interactions.
Cooperative
ion-dipole
interactions
catalyst's
amide
group
potassium
cation
aid
preorganization
transmits
asymmetry
product.
This
study
demonstrates
it
is
practical
achieve
precise
long-range
stereocontrol
engineering
arrangements
catalysts'
substrate-recognizing
groups
metal
centers.