A chiral bis(oxazoline) ligand embedded into polysiloxane gel: application to a reusable copper catalyst for asymmetric cyclopropanation.
A chiral bis(oxazoline) ligand embedded into polysiloxane gel: application to a reusable copper catalyst for asymmetric cyclopropanation.
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10.1002/asia.201000527
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2011-01
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Yukihiro Motoyama;T. Nishikata;H. Nagashima
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Yukihiro Motoyama;T. Nishikata;H. Nagashima
Metal-catalyzed asymmetric reactions are one of the most efficient tools for the production of optically active molecules.[1] Rational design of chiral ligands and proper choice of transition metals enable one to produce desired molecules in high yields with high enantioselectivity. However, the separation, recovery, and reuse of chiral ligands are problems to be solved in considering the cost of the catalyst, while those of metallic species from products are important from an environmental point of view. Immobilization of chiral transition-metal complexes to polymer supports or on a solid surface is one of the solutions to these problems.[2] Among them, cross-linked polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) are known to behave as efficient carrier materials for physically entrapped transition-metal complexes owing to their advantages on thermal stability, rapid transportation of organic molecules through the siloxane matrix, and effective stabilization of catalitically active species.[3] However, molecular catalysts supported on the PDMS resin have not been fully investigated in organic synthesis. A major problem is leaching of the occluded metal species to organic solvents; reactions are usually carried out in aqueous or alcoholic media to avoid the metal leaching. We have recently established a convenient and effective method to synthesize polysiloxane gels containing transition-metal species,[M]@ Si, by metal-catalyzed cross-linking of polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS).[4, 5] Our new method has several advantages over the conventional way to prepare metal-occluding PDMS. First, cross-linking of PMHS is achieved with ease by transition-metal-catalyzed hydrosilylation of a, w-dienes or dehydrogenative silylation of a, w-diols; the cross-linking is accompanied by effective entrapment of the catalyst species (M1). The [M1]@ Si, where M1= Pt and Ru, is useful for the reusable catalysts for promoting isomerization of alkenes [5a] and for hydrogenation of nitroarenes [5b] without metal leaching in common organic solvents. Second, various a, w-dienes and a, w-diols can be used as a cross-linker; this makes it possible to introduce functional groups which potentially act as a ligand for the second transition metal (M2) as a component of the gel. We have recently synthesized a gel including a 2, 2’-bipyridine unit in the crosslinker,[bipy][Pt]@ Si, which is followed by treatment with CuCl to form [CuClACHTUNGTRENNUNG (bipy)][Pt]@ Si.[5c] The copper (I) species in the gel catalyzed the atom-transfer radical cyclization of N-allyltrichloroacetamides without leaching of both Cu and Pt, and the catalyst,[CuClACHTUNGTRENNUNG (bipy)][Pt]@ Si, was reusable. Success of using [CuClACHTUNGTRENNUNG (bipy)][Pt]@ Si prompted us to examine introduction of chiral amines to the cross-linker and its application to asymmetric synthesis. Herein, we wish to report the first results along this line, in which a 2, 2’-methylenebis-ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (oxazoline) unit [6](Box; Scheme1) is introduced to the cross-linker to form [Box][Pt]@ Si. The resulting gel,[Box][Pt]@ Si, is treated with CuACHTUNGTRENNUNG (OTf) 2 to give [CuACHTUNGTRENNUNG (OTf) 2ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (Box)][Pt]@ Si. Utility of [CuACHTUNGTRENNUNG (OTf) 2ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (Box)][Pt]@ Si is demonstrated by Cu-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of alkenes with l-menthyl diazoacetate.[7]The reaction of (S, S)-tBu2-Box, methylenebis (oxazoline) bearing tert-butyl groups at the 4, 4’-positions, with allyl bromide in the presence of sodium hydride afforded a (S, S)-tBu2-Box ligand with diallyl groups on the bridge carbon (1:(S, S)-tBu2-DABox).[7d, 8] Preparation of a gel to give [(S, S)-tBu2-DABox][Pt …