C_3-Symmetric Molecules with Axial Chirality and Handed Arrangement of Dipole Fields

Introduction Chirality is defined as the absence of inversion symmetry,however,it is actually a pseudo-scalar of objects or figures,and does not depend for its definition on any connection to the physical world[1-5]. Logically,chiral molecules may possess other inherent physical quantity that guarantees the connection to the physical world[6,7].

Catalytic Enantioselective Simultaneous Control of Axial Chirality and Central Chirality in Allenes

Chiral molecules, which may contain one or more different type（s） of stereocentres, such as central, axial, planar, and helical chiralities, etc., are indispensable in chemistry, pharmaceutical industry, and life science. Despite many advances for the preparation of chiral molecules usually with a single type of chirality have been realized, simultaneous construction of different types of chiralities is still a significant challenge. Here, we wish to report a protocol for preparation of chiral allenes with both central and axial chiralities via a catalytic asymmetric allenylation of different biologically or syn- thetically useful fluorinated or non-fluorinated nucleophiles with readily available racemic allenes by using a single chiral ligand. An echoing between the central chirality and axial chirality for the enantioselectivity was observed. This strategy provides a general and practical approach to functionalized optically active allenes bearing both central and axial chiralities with an excellent enantioselectivity under mild conditions.

Synthesis of C—N Axial Chirality N-Arylindoles via Pd(II)-Catalyzed Free Amine-Directed Atroposelective C—H Olefination

Axially chiral N-arylindoles bearing a stereogenic C—N axis are unique important scaffolds in natural products,advance materials,pharmaceuticals and privileged chiral ligands or catalysts.Herein,we report the direct synthesis of C—N axially chiral N-arylindoles through a Pd-catalyzed free amine-directed atroposelective C—H olefination enabled by a spiro phosphoric acid(SPA)ligand.A wide range of enantioenriched N-aromatic amine indoles were obtained in high yields with good enantioselectivities(35 examples,up to 91%yield and up to 96%ee).The chiral products with free amine group offer an effective functional handle for down-stream diversity-oriented synthesis.

Catalytic asymmetric Catellani-type reaction: A powerful tool for axial chirality construction

This highlight summarizes a recent development of a catalytic enantioselective Catellani-type reaction for the synthesis of axially chiral biaryls.The chirality induction is solely governed by chiral norbornene ligand in the Pd mediated ortho C–H functionalization and ipso cross-coupling transformation.The preparative power of the methodology is demonstrated as a powerful manifold for the divergent synthesis of structurally diverse axially chiral biaryls and chiral fluorenols.

Rare π_5~6…Pb Interactions in a Two-dimensional Metal-organic Coordination Polymer with Two Distinct Kinds of Axially Chiral Units

A new metal-organic coordination polymer [Pb（mfpdc）（CH3OH）]n （1, mfpdc = 2,6-dimethyl-4-（2-furanyl） pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate） was synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray analyses. The crystal is orthorhombic, space group Pbca, a = 15.6297（18）, b = 9.4803（11）, c = 18.598（2） A, V= 2755.8（6） A3, Z = 8, Mr= 498.44, Dc= 2.403 Mg/m3, F（000） = 1872, the final R = 0.0275 and wR = 0.0726 （1 〉 2σ（I））. There are interesting polynuclear zigzag （PbOs）n chains in the structure of 1, and there have interesting axially chiral S- and R-unit Pb4L units constructed from prochiral organic ligands through C-H...O bonding. The （R/S）-Pb4L units by sharing Pb centers generate a 2-D coordination network, in which there exist rare n65Pb （3.2610 A） interactions. The solid-state photoluminescent emission of compound 1 appears at 487 nm.

Catalytic Asymmetric Diastereodivergent Synthesis of 2-Alkenylindoles Bearing both Axial and Central Chirality

The catalytic asymmetric diastereodivergent synthesis of axially chiral 2-alkenylindoles was established via chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed addition reactions of C3-unsubstituted 2-alkenylindoles with o-hydroxybenzyl alcohols under different reaction conditions.Using this strategy,two series of 2-alkenylindoles bearing both axial and central chirality were synthesized in a diastereodivergent fashion with moderate to high yields and good stereoselectivities(up to 99%yield,95:5 er,>95:5 dr).Moreover,theoretical calculations were performed on the key transition states leading to different stereoisomers,which provided an in-depth understanding of the origin of the observed stereoselectivity and diastereodivergence of the products under different reaction conditions.More importantly,these 2-alkenylindoles were utilized in asymmetric catalysis as chiral organocatalysts and in medicinal chemistry for evaluation of their cytotoxicity,which demonstrated their potential applications.This study has not only established the catalytic atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral 2-alkenylindoles,but also provided an efficient strategy for catalytic asymmetric diastereodivergent construction of indole-based scaffolds bearing both axial and central chirality.

An unprecedented synthesis of axially chiral biaryls by rearrangement and aromatization of carbocations with central-to-axial conversion of chirality

The central-to-axial chirality conversion represents a fascinating class of chemical processes consisting of the destruction of stereogenic centers and the simultaneous installation of axial chiral elements,which provides efficient methods for the preparation of axially chiral compounds.However,developing catalytic asymmetric approaches for constructing these central chirality precursors and the efficient central-to-axial chirality conversion remains a challenge due to the requirement of aromatization or elimination process.In this work,we have developed an unprecedented enantioselective intramolecular FriedelCrafts alkylation with unactivated-ketone carbonyls from which a chiral tertiary alcohol was generated with high efficiency and excellent enantioselectivity.In addition,the central-to-axial chirality conversion strategy has been successfully applied to the synthesis of enantioenriched biaryls via a less-explored carbocation-initiated rearrangement and aromatization under the promotion of Lewis acid.This methodology provided a straightforward and sustainable access to a broad range of biaryl-2-carboxylic acid and in excellent yields(up to 92%)and excellent central-to-axial chirality conversion(up to 99%conversion percentage).This work could be a great model for developing new methods for synthesizing axially chiral biaryls and a general protocol for the rearrangement and aromatization of carbocations for further functionalization.

Axial enantiomers with donor-regulated TADF feature for multicolor circularly polarized electroluminescence

This study optimized the TADF feature of axial chiral enantiomers through precise donor engineering,and multicolor CP-TADFwas achieved in the axial chiral framework.Three pairs of axial enantiomers with donor-regulated TADF feature,namely(R/S)-TPCBD,(R/S)-DPCBD,and(R/S)-DPACBD,were synthesized by introducing carbazole donors with different substituents onto biphenyl cyanide acceptors.As the electron-donating ability of donors increases,the emission of these axial enantiomers ranges from 455,476 to 552 nm,their singlet-triplet energy gaps(ΔE_(ST))gradually decrease from 0.30,0.22 to 0.02 e V,accompanied by an increasement in the transition rate(k_(RISC))of RISC process,and the k_(RISC)of DPACBD could reach up to 7.16×10^(5)s^(-1).These axial enantiomers also exhibit mirror-image CD and circularly polarized luminescence(CPL)properties.Moreover,OLEDs based on TPCBD,DPCBD,and DPACBD as emitter were then fabricated,which displayed blue,green,and orange electroluminescence with EQE_(max)of 13.0%,16.4%,and 25.0%,respectively.The results also exhibited a phenomenon of device efficiency increasing with the enhancement of donor abilities.Notably,the CP-OLEDs using(R/S)-TPCBD,(R/S)-DPCBD and(R/S)-DPACBD as emitters displayed intense CPEL signals with g_(EL)values of 3.4×10^(-3)/-4.1×10^(-3),3.2×10^(-3)/-3.1×10^(-3)and2.3×10^(-3)/-2.1×10^(-3),respectively.By convenient molecular engineering of donor regulation in the same molecular skeleton,CP-TADF materials with multicolor CPEL and improved device performance could be conveniently achieved.

Multicolor circularly polarized phosphorescence of axially chiral binuclear platinum(Ⅱ) complexes

D-A charge transfer, including through-bond charge transfer and through-space charge transfer between two different electron donors(D) and electron acceptors(A), is a fundamental and powerful tool to tune the optical properties of organic dyes. Herein,we demonstrate a unique strategy to tune phosphorescence and circularly polarized luminescence properties of axially chiral binuclear Pt(Ⅱ) complexes through long-range charge transfer, even though these molecules have two totally identical segments on either side of the chiral core. The presence of axial chirality would break not only the symmetry of molecular structure and π-conjugation system but also the symmetry of charge distribution for long-range charge transfer. These binaphthyl-based Pt(Ⅱ)complexes bearing coordinated atoms far away from chiral axis exhibit no Pt-Pt interactions but colorful concentrationdependent phosphorescence with quantum yield up to 86.4% and could be applied as emitters in highly efficient solutionprocessed organic light-emitting diodes to achieve luminance, luminance efficiency, power efficiency, external quantum efficiency, and asymmetry factor up to 8.94 × 10^(3)cd m^(-2), 41.9 cd A-1, 18.8 lm W^(-1), 12.6% and 2.98 × 10^(-3), respectively. Therefore,the present work affords a new and simple way to utilize the inherently asymmetric advantage of chirality for the design of D-Abased organic dyes.

Carbene-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring-Opening Reaction of Biaryl Lactams to Access Axially Chiral Biaryls

Axially chiral biaryls represent the most important class of atropisomers,and they widely exist in natural products and biologically active molecules.They also constitute a unique scaffold for chiral ligands and catalysts in organic synthesis.The development of synthetic methods to obtain such chiral compounds has received widespread attention,among which catalytically atroposelective ring-opening of configurationally labile compounds represents one of the most attractive strategies.Various substrates with strained cyclic structures,such as the renowned Bringmann's lactones,can undergo asymmetric transformation into stable atropisomers.Known advancement primarily relies on metal catalyst combined with well-designed chiral ligands,the approaches utilizing organocatalysis as a critical resolution strategy are notably scarce.In this study,we disclosed a N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening reaction of biaryl lactams via direct atroposelective nucleophilic activation.The optimized bulky carbene catalyst ensures that the reaction can proceed under mild conditions,affording the desired product with good to excellent yields and atroposelectivity.

A kinetic resolution accompanied chirality transformation process for asymmetric synthesis of chiral phenol,oxaziridine,andα-hydroxyl cyclic ketone

Chirality transformation is a basic,attractive,and important strategy for obtaining enantioenriched products with desired chiral elements.The reported chirality conversion reaction often involves the process from one type of chirality to another one.To better utilize the chirality transformation strategy for obtaining two or more products with different chiral elements in a single reaction,a new method of kinetic resolution accompanied by a chirality transformation protocol is proposed and successfully realized in this study.This process is used for the asymmetric oxidation of phenol compounds along with the kinetic resolution of oxaziridines.A wide scope of products,including axially chiral phenols,oxaziridines,andα-hydroxyl cyclic ketones were smoothly obtained in high levels of yields and enantioselectivities in the developed method.These products can be readily used for the synthesis of various types of chiral ligands,which are potential choices for other catalytic asymmetric reactions.

Pd-catalyzed asymmetric carbonyl alkynylation:Synthesis of axial chiral ynones

Ynones are important skeletons in bioactive molecules and valuable building blocks for organic synthesis,thus great efforts have been devoted to their preparation.While,introducing prochiral substrates to construct ynones bearing a chiral framework is unrealized to date.Herein,we reported the first example of Pd/SOP-catalyzed asymmetric carbonylative alkynylation via a non-classical carbonylative Sonogashiratype approach(acyl-Pd(Ⅱ)species generated from nucleophiles).By using cyclic diaryliodonium salts as prochiral substrates,various axial chiral ynones with good functional group tolerance(39 examples),satisfied yields(71%-96%)and excellent enantioselectivities(generally 94%-99%ee)were produced.Synthesis of bioactive compounds,scale-up experiment and useful transformations were also conducted to demonstrate the utility of this process.

Synthesis and crystal structure of axial chiral-chiral oxazoliline ligands

Seven 2,2'-bipyridine-based oxazole derivatives have been synthesized through multi-step reactions using 2,2'-bipyridine-3,3'-dicarboxylic acid as raw material.The structures of compounds 1-6 were characterized by using 1H NMR,13C NMR,MS,and X-ray single crystal diffraction techniques.The results indicate that only axially chiral enantiomers were observed in the single crystal structures of products 1 and 3 synthesized from achiral amino alcohols;Using racemic amino alcohol((±)-2-aminopropanol)as the raw material,only axial chiral isomers were observed in the single crystal structure of product 2,and no racemic isomer was found.The crystal structure of product 4 based on chiral amino alcohol((S)-valinol)contains non axial chiral isomers and S-type isomers.However,the other two optically pure amino alcohols((S)-phenylpropanol,(R)-phenylpropanol)can only obtain optically pure axially chiral and chiral products 5 and 6,respectively,maintaining the configuration of the raw amino alcohol and no non axial chiral isomer is observed.The product using(±)-2-aminobutanol as the raw material cannot be determined for its absolute configuration as a single crystal of the product has not been obtained.

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral 3,3'-Bisindoles by Direct Coupling of Indole Rings

Comprehensive Summary A new strategy for the enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral 3,3'-bisindoles was devised by the direct coupling of two indole rings.This strategy makes use of the C3-umpolung reactivity of 2-indolylmethanols,which enables the catalytic asymmetric addition reaction of 2-indolylmethanols with rationally designed 2-substituted indoles,thus constructing axially chiral 3,3'-bisindole scaffolds in overall excellent yields(up to 98%)with high enantioselectivities(up to 96:4 er).This approach not only has overcome the challenges in constructing axially chiral five-five-membered heterobiaryls,but also represents a new application of the C3-umpolung reactivity of 2-indolylmethanols in asymmetric catalysis.More importantly,this class of axially chiral 3,3'-bisindoles can undergo a variety of post-functionalizations to give axially chiral 3,3'-bisindole-based organocatalysts,which have found their preliminary applications in asymmetric catalysis.

Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Compounds

The well-defined conformational properties of axially chiral compounds bring extraordinary values to an assortment of bioactive molecules,advanced materials,organocatalysts as well as chiral ligands in asymmetric transformations.The demonstrated usefulness and untapped potential of axially chiral structural motifs stimulate increasing efforts to develop novel and efficient approaches for their preparation.In this regard,the chiral phosphoric acids broadly used in asymmetric Brønsted acid catalysis have shown high relevance for atroposelective synthesis as well.Our strong interest in reaction chemistry of atropisomers has established a rewarding research programme in our group.The course of studies will be recounted in this account,with discussion focused on the use of chiral phosphoric acids to catalyze construction of several key axially chiral structures such as BINAM,BINOL,NOBIN,arylquinones,SPINOL,arylpyrrole analogues and axially chiral alkenes.

Atroposelective Construction of Axially Chiral Alkene-lndole Scaffolds via Catalytic Enantioselective Addition Reaction of 3-Alkynyl-2-indolylinethanols

Atroposelective construction of axially chiral alkene-heteroaryl scaffolds is highly desired but challenging.In this work,we established an atroposelective construction of axially chiral alkene-indole scaffolds via the strategy of catalytic enantioselective addition reaction of 3-alkynyl-2-indolylmethanols with bulky nucleophiles.

Design and catalytic atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral isochromenone-indoles

The catalytic atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral isochromenone-indoles has been established by the strategy of designing homophthalic anhydride-based indole derivatives as a new type of indole-based platform molecules for dynamic kinetic resolution.By this strategy,a wide range of axially chiral isochromenone-indoles were synthesized in high yields with excellent enantioselectivities(up to 98% yield,97% ee) via the catalytic asymmetric sulfonylation reaction of homophthalic anhydridebased indole derivatives with aryl sulfonyl chlorides under the catalysis of chiral quaternary ammonium salt as a phase-transfer catalyst.

Design and synthesis of axially chiral aryl-pyrroloindoles via the strategy of organocatalytic asymmetric(2+3)cyclization

The catalytic asymmetric construction of axially chiral indole-based frameworks is an important area of research due to the unique characteristics of such frameworks.Nevertheless,research in this area is still in its infancy and has some challenges,such as designing and constructing new classes of axially chiral indole-based scaffolds and developing their applications in chiral catalysts,ligands,etc.To overcome these challenges,we present herein the design and atroposelective synthesis of aryl-pyrroloindoles as a new class of axially chiral indole-based scaffolds via the strategy of organocatalytic asymmetric(2+3)cyclization between 3-arylindoles and propargylic alcohols.More importantly,this new class of axially chiral scaffolds was derived into phosphines,which served as efficient chiral ligands in palladium-catalyzed asymmetric reactions.Moreover,theoretical calculations provided an in-depth understanding of the reaction mechanism.This work offers a new strategy for constructing axially chiral indole-based scaffolds,which are promising for finding more applications in asymmetric catalysis.

Recent advances in the construction of axially chiral arylpyrroles

Catalytic enantioselective preparation of axially chiral molecules has gained considerable interest over the past decades, due to their numerous applications in bioactive molecules, natural products, pharmaceuticals, materials, ligands, and catalysts. Compared with the well-established synthetic approaches for six-membered axially chiral skeletons, methodologies directed towards five-membered axially chiral compounds are relatively rare. Among these, axially chiral arylpyrroles are especially important structural motifs with wide utility, and the atroposelective synthesis of them is highly desirable. In recent years, novel strategies have been developed based on transition-metal catalysis and organocatalysis. This review summarizes the recent achievements in atroposelective preparation of arylpyrroles, by emphasizing the synthetic methods for each axially chiral framework, reaction mechanisms, and applications.

Axially Chiral Dodecanuclear Lanthanide Clusters Constructed by“Bottom-Up” Self-assembly for Enantioselective Sensing

Via the bottom-up synthetic strategy,we synthesized a pair of dodecanuclear metal clusters of Eu_(12)(C_(2)O_(4))_(9)(R/S-BNP)_(18)(EtOH)_(6)-(H_(2)0)_(6)·8EtOH-7H_(2)0(complex 2),which represent the largest axial chiral lanthanide metal clusters.In the structure,rare four-pointed star coordination mode of oxalic acid is reported by this work.In addition,as a fluorescence sensor,the complex 2 exhibits high enantioselectivity for R-/S-BINOL-TF_(2)(EF=2.87)and other chiral binaphthyl derivatives.