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The reaction has been applied to alkenes of virtually every substitution, often high enantioselectivities are realized, with the chiral outcome controlled by the choice of dihydroquinidine (DHQD) vs dihydroquinine (DHQ) as the ligand. Asymmetric dihydroxylation reactions are also highly site selective, providing products derived from reaction ...
The periselectivity of a particular reaction depends on the structure of both the ketene and the substrate. Although the reaction is predominantly used to form four-membered rings, a limited number of substrates undergo [3+2] or [4+2] reactions with ketenes. Examples of all three modes of cycloaddition are discussed in this section.
The oxidation of alkenes has attracted much attention. Asymmetric epoxidation is often feasible. [4] One named reaction is the Jacobsen epoxidation, which uses manganese-salen complex as a chiral catalyst and NaOCl as the oxidant. The Sharpless epoxidation using chiral N-heterocyclic ligands and osmium tetroxide. Instead of asymmetric ...
Enantioselective synthesis, also called asymmetric synthesis, [1] is a form of chemical synthesis.It is defined by IUPAC as "a chemical reaction (or reaction sequence) in which one or more new elements of chirality are formed in a substrate molecule and which produces the stereoisomeric (enantiomeric or diastereomeric) products in unequal amounts."
AD-mix-α contains the chiral auxiliary (DHQ) 2 PHAL, which positions OsO 4 on the alpha-face of the olefin; AD-mix-β contains (DHQD) 2 PHAL and delivers hydroxyl groups to the beta-face. [ 1 ] [ 10 ] The Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation has a large scope for substrate selectivity by changing the chiral auxiliary class.
Chiral auxiliaries, [26] chiral boron enolates, [27] and asymmetric phase transfer catalysis [28] have been used successfully to effect asymmetric induction in the Darzens reaction. (12) Diastereoselective epoxidations of chiral, non-racemic alkenes suffer from the limitation that removal of the auxiliary without disturbing the epoxide is often ...
The zirconium-catalyzed asymmetric carbo-alumination reaction (or ZACA reaction) was developed by Nobel laureate Ei-ichi Negishi. [1] It facilitates the chiral functionalization of alkenes using organoaluminium compounds under the influence of chiral bis-indenylzirconium catalysts (e.g. bearing chiral terpene residues, [2] as in (+)- or (−)-bis[(1-neomenthyl)indenyl]zirconium dichloride [3 ...
The two letters AD, stand for asymmetric dihydroxylation. The mix is available in two variations, "AD-mix α" and "AD-mix β" following ingredient lists published by Barry Sharpless. [1] The mixes contain: Potassium osmate K 2 OsO 2 (OH) 4 as the source of Osmium tetroxide; Potassium ferricyanide K 3 Fe(CN) 6, which is the re-oxidant in the ...