{"title":"Nucleophilic substitution at phosphorus: stereochemistry and mechanisms","authors":"Oleg I. Kolodiazhnyi, Anastasy Kolodiazhna","doi":"10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>This review is devoted to the stereochemistry of </span>nucleophilic substitution reactions<span><span> at phosphorus. The study of the reactions of phosphoryl group transfer is important for biological and molecular </span>chemistry. The stereochemistry and mechanisms of S</span></span><sub>N</sub>1(P) monomolecular and S<sub>N</sub><span>2(P) bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reactions of organophosphorus compounds are discussed. It has been shown that hydrolysis of many natural phosphates proceeds according to the monomolecular S</span><sub>N</sub>1(P) mechanism via the formation of metaphosphate intermediate (PO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>). S<sub>N</sub><span>2(P) nucleophilic substitution at chiral trivalent or pentavalent phosphorus compounds proceeds via the formation of penta-coordinated transition state or pentacoordinate intermediate.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"28 12","pages":"Pages 1651-1674"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72435298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nermin Meriç , Cezmi Kayan , Nevin Gürbüz , Mehmet Karakaplan , Nil Ertekin Binbay , Murat Aydemir
{"title":"New functional chiral P-based ligands and application in ruthenium-catalyzed enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of ketones","authors":"Nermin Meriç , Cezmi Kayan , Nevin Gürbüz , Mehmet Karakaplan , Nil Ertekin Binbay , Murat Aydemir","doi":"10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Metal-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation is a powerful and practical method for the reduction of ketones to produce the corresponding secondary alcohols, which are valuable building blocks in the pharmaceutical, perfume, and </span>agrochemical industries. Hence, a series of novel chiral </span><em>β</em>-amino alcohols were synthesized by chiral amines with regioselective ring opening of (<em>S</em>)-propylene oxide or reaction with (<em>S</em>)-(+)-2-hydroxypropyl <em>p</em><span>-toluenesulfonate by a straightforward method. The chiral ruthenium catalytic systems generated from [Ru(arene)(μ-Cl)Cl]</span><sub>2</sub> complexes and chiral phosphinite ligands based on amino alcohol derivatives were employed in asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones to give the corresponding optically active alcohols; (2<em>S</em>)-1-{[(2<em>S</em>)-2-[(diphenylphosphanyl)oxy]propyl][(1<em>R</em>)-1-phenylethyl]amino}propan-2-yldiphenylphosphinitobis[dichol-oro(η<sup>6</sup>-benzene)ruthenium(II)] acts an excellent catalyst in the reduction of <em>α</em><span>-naphthyl methyl ketone<span>, giving the corresponding alcohol with up to 99% ee. The substituents on the backbone of the ligands were found to have a remarkable effect on both the conversion and enantioselectivity of the catalysts. Furthermore, this transfer hydrogenation is characterized by low reversibility under these conditions.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"28 12","pages":"Pages 1739-1749"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91631055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Piotr Szcześniak , Olga Staszewska-Krajewska , Bartłomiej Furman , Jacek Mlynarski
{"title":"Solid supported Hayashi–Jørgensen catalyst as an efficient and recyclable organocatalyst for asymmetric Michael addition reactions","authors":"Piotr Szcześniak , Olga Staszewska-Krajewska , Bartłomiej Furman , Jacek Mlynarski","doi":"10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A comparison of three different catalytic systems for the efficient, asymmetric synthesis of <em>N</em>-({(3<em>R</em>,4<em>R</em>)-4-[(benzyloxy)methyl]pyrrolidin-3-yl}methyl)-<em>N</em>-(2-methylpropyl)benzenesulfonamide <strong>1</strong> (BZN) is described. The presented strategy is based on the organocatalytic Michael addition of aldehyde <strong>2</strong> to <em>trans</em>-nitroalkene <strong>3</strong>, and subsequent reductive cyclization. High yields, enantio-, and diastereoselectivities were achieved in the Michael addition by application of a POSS- or Wang resin-supported Hayashi–Jørgensen catalyst.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"28 12","pages":"Pages 1765-1773"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91631056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiří Žurek , Eva Svobodová , Jiří Šturala , Hana Dvořáková , Jiří Svoboda , Radek Cibulka
{"title":"Chiral ethylene-bridged flavinium salts: the stereoselectivity of flavin-10a-hydroperoxide formation and the effect of substitution on the photochemical properties","authors":"Jiří Žurek , Eva Svobodová , Jiří Šturala , Hana Dvořáková , Jiří Svoboda , Radek Cibulka","doi":"10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.029","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A series of chiral non-racemic <em>N</em><sup>1</sup>,<em>N</em><sup>10</sup>-ethylene bridged flavinium salts <strong>4</strong><span><span><span> was prepared using enantiomerically pure 2-substituted 2-aminoethanols (R = isopropyl, phenyl, benzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, 4-benzyloxybenzyl) derived from </span>amino acids<span> as the sole source of chirality. The flavinium salts were shown to form 10a-hydroperoxy- and 10a-methoxy-adducts with moderate to high </span></span>diastereoselectivity depending on the ethylene bridge substituent originating from the starting amino acid. High diastereoselectivities (</span><em>dr</em><span> values from 80:20 to >95:5) were observed for flavinium salts bearing benzyl substituents attached to the ethylene bridge. The benzyl group preferred the face-to-face (</span><em>syn</em><span>) orientation relative to the flavinium unit; thereby effectively preventing nucleophilic attack from one side. This conformation was found to be the most stable according to the DFT calculations. Consequently, the presence of benzyl groups causes intermolecular fluorescence quenching<span> resulting in a significant decrease in the fluorescence quantum yield from 11% for </span></span><strong>4a</strong> bearing an isopropyl substituent to 0.3% for <strong>4c</strong> containing a benzyl group and to a value lower than 0.1% for the benzyloxybenzyl derivative <strong>4e</strong>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"28 12","pages":"Pages 1780-1791"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91631063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. V. Ccana-Ccapatinta, B. Sampaio, F. Santos, J. Batista, F. B. Costa
{"title":"Absolute configuration assignment of caffeic acid ester derivatives from Tithonia diversifolia by vibrational circular dichroism: the pitfalls of deuteration","authors":"G. V. Ccana-Ccapatinta, B. Sampaio, F. Santos, J. Batista, F. B. Costa","doi":"10.1016/J.TETASY.2017.10.025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TETASY.2017.10.025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"36 1","pages":"1823-1828"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78440639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chiral enantiopure organosilane precursors for the synthesis of periodic mesoporous organosilicas","authors":"Orit Cohen, R. Abu-Reziq, D. Gelman","doi":"10.1016/J.TETASY.2017.10.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TETASY.2017.10.032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"25 1","pages":"1675-1685"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85378700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jie Tang, Peng-fei Yao, Fuping Huang, Meiyi Luo, Yi Wei, Hedong Bian
{"title":"Stereoselective sulfoxidation catalyzed by achiral Schiff base complexes in the presence of serum albumin in aqueous media","authors":"Jie Tang, Peng-fei Yao, Fuping Huang, Meiyi Luo, Yi Wei, Hedong Bian","doi":"10.1016/J.TETASY.2017.10.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TETASY.2017.10.021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"11 1","pages":"1700-1707"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82424041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ihor Kleban, A. Tymtsunik, Y. Rassukana, O. Grygorenko
{"title":"O -(α-Phenylethyl)hydroxylamine as a ‘chiral ammonia equivalent’: synthesis and resolution of 5-oxopyrrolidine- and 6-oxopiperidine-3-carboxylic acids","authors":"Ihor Kleban, A. Tymtsunik, Y. Rassukana, O. Grygorenko","doi":"10.1016/J.TETASY.2017.10.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TETASY.2017.10.027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"9 1","pages":"1817-1822"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91381101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gari V. Ccana-Ccapatinta , Bruno L. Sampaio , Fernando M. dos Santos Jr. , João M. Batista Jr. , Fernando B. Da Costa
{"title":"Absolute configuration assignment of caffeic acid ester derivatives from Tithonia diversifolia by vibrational circular dichroism: the pitfalls of deuteration","authors":"Gari V. Ccana-Ccapatinta , Bruno L. Sampaio , Fernando M. dos Santos Jr. , João M. Batista Jr. , Fernando B. Da Costa","doi":"10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Recently, it was observed that infrared (IR) and vibrational circular dichroism<span><span> (VCD) calculations including deuterated hydroxyl groups in phenolic and </span>saccharide moieties improved significantly the agreement with experimental data obtained in methanol-</span></span><em>d</em><sub>4</sub><span><span>. In the present study, the relative and absolute configurations of three methanol-soluble </span>caffeic acid<span> ester derivatives </span></span><strong>1</strong>–<strong>3</strong>, isolated from <em>Tithonia diversifolia</em>, were established by a combined use of experimental and calculated <sup>13</sup><span><span>C NMR chemical shifts, as well as electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and </span>VCD spectroscopies. Interestingly, the attempt to reproduce the deuteration pattern arising from possible isotopic exchange in methanol-</span><em>d</em><sub>4</sub> solution led to nearly mirror image calculated VCD spectra for <strong>1</strong> when compared to the non-deuterated molecule with the same absolute configuration. This latter fact can potentially lead to absolute configuration misassignments. A closer inspection of the vibrational chiroptical properties of <strong>1</strong><span><span> revealed that the deuteration status of the tertiary hydroxyl group at C-2 is critical for the correct reproduction of experimental VCD data in protic solvents. Therefore, in the case of stereochemical analysis of polar chiral </span>natural product molecules, a combination of VCD and ECD is recommended.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":22237,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron, asymmetry","volume":"28 12","pages":"Pages 1823-1828"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.tetasy.2017.10.025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91631060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}