Thiazolidine Derivatives as Chiral Catalysts in the Enantioselective Addition of Diethylzinc to Benzaldehyde

Four types of chiral thiazolidine derivatives were synthesized conveniently from natural L-cysteine and showed good enantioselectivity in up to 90% ee in the addition of diethylzine to benzaldehyde. Their enantioselectivity was affected by the bulkiness of R and the thiazolidine ring systems in their molecules.

DESIGN OF POLYMER-SUPPORTEDCHIRAL CATALYSTS

Some structural factors to the design of polymer-supported Chiral Catalysts arediscussed, and some new approaches for designing of polymer-supported catalysts arereviewed in this paper

POLYMERIZATION MECHANISM OF N-VINYLCARBAZOLE WITH CHIRALLY ORGANIC SALT AS CATALYST

The polymerization mechanism is described by the conductance change with the time during the polymerization. The mechanism can be explained by the equilibrium feature (i.e. main ion-pairs) between the free ions and the ion-pairs dissociated by the organic salt (-) Sp*(+)(+) CSA*(-) (An asterisk represents the chirality) and the scheme of the polymerization process is described mainly by the charge transfer complexes having chiral induction power.

DiastereoselectiveandEnantioselectiveSynthesisof(1S,2S)-2-Ethyl-1-aminocyclopropaneCarboxylicAcid

Pd(0) Complex prepared from Pd(dba)(2) and chiral quinolinyl-oxazoline ligand can catalyze alkylation and cyclization reaction of 1, 4-dichlorobut-2-ene 1 with anion of N-(diphenylmethylene)amino acetonitrile 2 to provide (E)-2-ethenyl-1-N-(diphenylmethylene) amino cyclopropane carbonitrile 3 with 100% de and 20% cc. Reduction of (E)-3 by diimide followed by acidic hydrolysis afforded (1S, 2S)-2-ethyl-1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid 9, a natural product coronamic acid.

Chiral Guanidine Catalyzed Annulation to the Core Structure of (-)-Huperzine A

A bridged bicydic compound (7), the key intermediate for the synthesis of ( - )-huperzine A (1), was prepared by diastereos-elective Michael-aldol annulation of β-keto ester (4) catalyzed by chiral guanidine (2). A variety of chiral catalysts, substrates and reaction conditions were tested.

Chiral guanidine catalyzed Michael addition reaction and Diels-Alder reaction of anthrone and N-methylmaleimide

Two chiral guanidines were evaluated as catalysts for the reaction of anthrone (1) with N-methylmaleimide (2). When guanidine 5 was used, the Michael adduct 4 was isolated as a major product. The best enantioselectivity (70% ee) was obtained when the reaction was carried out in THF at -20°C.

Synthesis of Novel Thiazoline Catalysts and Their Application in Michael Addition Reaction

Several novel chiral thiazoline catalysts containing thiazoline, thiourea and proline were efficiently synthesized from commercially available L-cysteine. These ligands were subsequently applied to the asymmetric Michael reaction between cyclohexanone and various β-nitrostyrene. The result shows that the optimal catalyst for this reaction is ligand 18d, the organocatalyst with thiazoline, thiourea and chiral proline motif, which efficiently promotes the enantioselective conjugate addition of cyclohexanone to various nitroalkenes to yield the corresponding addition products in high to excellent yields with enantiomeric excess（e.e.） up to 95% and diastereoselectivity ratio（dr.） up to 99：1.

Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of prochiral ketone catalyzed over Fe-CS/SBA-15 catalyst

A heterogeneous chiral catalyst Fe(III)-CS(chitosan)complex/mesoporous molecular sieve SBA-15(Santa Barbara Amorphous)was prepared.The asymmetric transfer hydrogenations of prochiral acetophenone and 4-methyl-2-pentanone to corresponding chiral alcohols were carried out on Fe-CS/SBA-15 at atmosphere pressure using 2-propanol as hydrogen donor.Effects of Fe content in cata-lyst,reaction temperature,reaction time and promoter KOH concentration on the conversion of substrates and enantio-selectivity were investigated.Fe-CS/SBA-15 with 2.2%mass fraction Fe exhibits considerable enantioselectivity and cata-lytic activity for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenations of aromatic ketone and aliphatic ketone.Under optimal reaction conditions:KOH concentration 0.03 mol/L,reaction tem-perature 70℃ and reaction time 4 h,enantiomer excess(ee)of(R)-1-phenylethanol and conversion of acetophenone can reach 87.4%and 27.7%,respectively.Under the above KOH concentration and reaction temperature and reaction time of 8 h,the ee of(R)-4-methyl-2-pentanol and conversion 4-methyl-2-pentanone amounted to 50.2%and 25.5%,respectively.

Recoverable Mn~Ⅲ (salen) supported on diamine modified zirconium poly(styrene-isopropenyl phosphonate)-phosphate as an efficient catalyst for epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins

Chiral Mn Ⅲ (salen) (Jacobsen's catalyst) was axially immobilized onto a new type of organic polymer-inorganic hybrid materialzirconium poly(styrene-isopropenyl phosphonate)-phosphate(ZPS-IPPA) with different linkage lengths and evaluated as catalysts for the epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins. The results demonstrated that the prepared catalysts exhibited moderate to good activity and enantioselectivity in the asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins. Furthermore, the immobilized catalysts were relatively stable and could be conveniently separated from the reaction system by simple precipitation in hexane. Moreover, higher enantioselectivity was obtained with catalyst 2c than that of homogeneous counterpart catalyzed even after eight times. The excellent recycling of the catalyst was attributed to its structure feature of ZPS-IPPA which is different from either pure polystyrene or pure zirconium phosphates.

Baylis-Hillman Reactions of Sulfonyl Aldimines or Aryl Aldehydes with 3-Methylpenta-3,4-dien-2-one or 3-Benzylpenta-3,4-dien-2-one

The attempted Baylis-Hillman reactions of sulfonyl aldimines or aryl aldehydes with 3-methylpenta-3,4-dien-2-one or 3-benzylpenta-3,4-dien-2-one gave the corresponding Baylis-Hillman adducts in moderate yields in DMSO under the catalysis of DBU or PMe3, respectively. Moderate diastereoselectivities were observed in the reaction of 3-benzylpenta-3,4-dien-2-one with N-arylmethylidene-1-naphthalenesulfonamides catalyzed by chiral catalyst cinchona alkaloid derivative TQO {4-（3-ethyl-4-oxa-1-azatricyclo[4.4.0.0^3,8]dec-5-yl）quinolin-6-ol}.