Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(39)
Published: June 20, 2023
The
development
of
catalytic
asymmetric
reaction
with
water
as
the
reactant
is
challenging
due
to
reactivity-
and
stereoselectivity-control
issues
resulted
from
low
nucleophilicity
small
size
water.
We
disclose
herein
a
chiral
phosphoric
acid
(CPA)
catalyzed
atroposelective
ring-opening
biaryl
oxazepines
A
series
undergo
CPA
hydrolysis
in
highly
enantioselective
manner.
key
for
success
this
use
new
SPINOL-derived
catalyst
high
reactivity
oxazepine
substrates
towards
under
acidic
conditions.
Density
functional
theory
calculations
suggest
that
proceeds
via
dynamic
kinetic
resolution
pathway
addition
imine
group
both
enantio-
rate-determining.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(12), P. 6944 - 6952
Published: March 15, 2023
Enantioselective
metallaphotoredox
catalysis,
which
combines
photoredox
catalysis
and
asymmetric
transition-metal
has
become
an
effective
approach
to
achieve
stereoconvergence
under
mild
conditions.
Although
many
impressive
synthetic
approaches
have
been
developed
access
central
chirality,
the
construction
of
axial
chirality
by
still
remains
underexplored.
Herein,
we
report
two
visible
light-induced
cobalt-catalyzed
reductive
couplings
biaryl
dialdehydes
synthesize
axially
chiral
aldehydes
(60
examples,
up
98%
yield,
>19:1
dr,
>99%
ee).
This
protocol
shows
good
functional
group
tolerance,
broad
substrate
scope,
excellent
diastereo-
enantioselectivity.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(14), P. 7983 - 7991
Published: March 28, 2023
Conjugate
addition
is
among
the
most
important
synthetic
protocols
for
constructing
carbon
skeletons
and
widely
used
to
synthesize
natural
products
drugs.
However,
asymmetric
catalysis
studies
have
mainly
focused
on
stereogenic
centers
arising
from
conjugate
alkenes.
Here,
we
report
first
photoinduced
cobalt-catalyzed
dynamic
kinetic
reductive
reaction
that
enables
formation
of
heterobiaryls
with
axial
chirality
(45
examples,
up
91%
yield
97%
ee).
This
method
features
mild
conditions,
good
functional-group
tolerance,
excellent
enantiomeric
control.
Significantly,
large
amounts
metal
waste
precious
catalysts
can
be
avoided
under
these
conditions.
Migration
chiral
arylcobalt
species
into
alkene
might
rate-determining
step
based
studies.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(17), P. 10641 - 10727
Published: Aug. 28, 2023
Enantiomers,
where
chirality
arises
from
restricted
rotation
around
a
single
bond,
are
atropisomers.
Due
to
the
unique
nature
of
origins
their
chirality,
synthetic
strategies
access
these
compounds
in
an
enantioselective
manner
differ
those
used
prepare
enantioenriched
containing
point
arising
unsymmetrically
substituted
carbon
center.
In
particular
stereodynamic
transformations,
such
as
dynamic
kinetic
resolutions,
thermodynamic
and
deracemizations,
which
rely
on
ability
racemize
or
interconvert
enantiomers,
promising
set
transformations
optically
pure
late
stage
sequence.
Translation
approaches
with
atropisomers
requires
expanded
toolbox
for
epimerization/racemization
provides
opportunity
develop
new
conceptual
framework
synthesis
compounds.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(7)
Published: Jan. 2, 2024
Chromium-catalyzed
enantioselective
Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi
(NHK)
reaction
represents
one
of
the
most
powerful
approaches
for
formation
chiral
carbon-heteroatom
bond.
However,
construction
sterically
encumbered
tetrasubstituted
stereocenter
through
NHK
still
posts
a
significant
challenge.
Herein,
we
disclose
cobalt-catalyzed
aza-NHK
ketimine
with
alkenyl
halide
to
provide
convenient
synthetic
approach
manufacture
enantioenriched
α-vinylic
amino
acid.
This
protocol
exhibits
excellent
functional
group
tolerance
99
%
ee
in
cases.
Additionally,
this
asymmetric
reductive
method
is
also
applicable
aldimine
access
trisubstituted
stereogenic
centers.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(28), P. 18892 - 18898
Published: July 5, 2024
Herein,
we
designed
a
reaction
for
the
desymmetrization-addition
of
cyclopropenes
to
imines
by
leveraging
synergy
between
photoredox
and
asymmetric
cobalt
catalysis.
This
protocol
facilitated
synthesis
series
chiral
functionalized
cyclopropanes
with
high
yield,
enantioselectivity,
diastereoselectivity
(44
examples,
up
93%
yield
>99%
ee).
A
possible
mechanism
involving
cyclopropene
desymmetrization
Co-H
species
imine
addition
Co-alkyl
was
proposed.
study
provides
novel
route
important
extends
frontier
metallaphotoredox
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1147 - 1157
Published: Jan. 3, 2025
This
study
describes
a
photoredox/cobalt
dual-catalyzed
asymmetric
Grignard-type
addition
reaction,
enabling
the
synthesis
of
axially
chiral
hexatomic
(six–six)
N-heterobiaryls
bearing
extra
secondary
alcohol
unit
via
an
efficient
dynamic
kinetic
transformation
racemic
N-heterobiaryl
triflate
substrates.
The
conversion
facilitated
both
photoredox
and
classical
reductive
reaction
conditions
exhibits
good
functional
group
tolerance,
broad
substrate
scope,
satisfactory
stereoselectivity.
Furthermore,
control
experiments
density
theory
calculations
provide
preliminary
mechanistic
insights.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(40)
Published: Aug. 16, 2023
Highly
efficient
synthesis
of
axially
chiral
biaryl
amines
through
cobalt-catalyzed
atroposelective
C-H
arylation
using
easily
accessible
cobalt(II)
salt
and
salicyloxazoline
ligand
has
been
reported.
This
methodology
provides
a
straightforward
sustainable
access
to
broad
range
enantioenriched
biaryl-2-amines
in
good
yields
(up
99
%)
with
excellent
enantioselectivities
%
ee).
The
synthetic
utility
the
unprecedented
method
is
highlighted
by
its
scalability
diverse
transformations.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: July 24, 2023
Abstract
Catalytic
dynamic
kinetic
asymmetric
transformation
(DyKAT)
provides
a
powerful
tool
to
access
chiral
stereoisomers
from
racemic
substrates.
Such
has
been
widely
employed
on
the
construction
of
central
chirality,
however,
application
in
axial
chirality
remains
underexplored
because
its
equilibrium
substrate
enantiomers
is
limited
five-membered
metalacyclic
intermediate.
Here
we
report
tetracoordinate
boron-directed
cross-coupling
racemic,
configurationally
stable
3-bromo-2,1-azaborines
with
boronic
acid
derivatives.
A
series
challenging
C-B
axially
compounds
were
prepared
generally
good
excellent
enantioselectivities.
Moreover,
this
can
also
be
extended
prepare
atropisomers
bearing
adjacent
and
C-C
diaxes
diastereo-
enantio-control.
The
key
success
relies
rational
design
reversible
boron
intermediate,
which
supported
by
theoretical
calculations
that
dramatically
reduces
rotational
barrier
original
axis
achieves
goal
DyKAT.