title: Key role of the Lewis base position in asymmetric bifunctional catalysis: design and evaluation of a new ligand for chiral polymetallic catalysts.
abstract: New chiral ligands for asymmetric polymetallic catalysts were designed on the basis of the assumption that the higher-order assembly structure is stabilized by modifying the modular unit. The designed ligands 6 and 7 contained a scaffolding cyclohexane ring with a Lewis base phosphine oxide directly attached to the scaffold. A module in the polymetallic complex contains two metals per ligand, and a stable 6-, 5-, 5-membered fused chelation ring system should be generated. Synthesis of these ligands is simple and high yielding, using a catalytic dynamic kinetic resolution promoted by the Trost catalyst as a key step. Ligand function was assessed in a catalytic asymmetric ring-opening reaction of meso-aziridines with TMSCN, a useful reaction for the synthesis of optically active beta-amino acids. The Gd complex generated from Gd(OiPr)3 and the ligand was a highly active and enantioselective catalyst in this reaction. Enantioselectivity was reversed compared to the previously reported d-glucose-derived catalyst containing the same chirality of the individual module. ESI-MS analysis and X-ray crystallographic studies indicate that the assembly state of the modules in the polymetallic catalysts differs depending on the chiral ligand. The difference in the higher-order structure stems from a subtle change (one carbon) in the position of the Lewis base relative to the Gd metal. The change in the higher-order structure of the polymetallic complex led to a dramatic reversal of the enantioselectivity and increased catalyst activity.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mita
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: Motoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiro
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Sanae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furusho
authors.forename: Motomu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanai
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibasaki
mesh_terms: D001388:Aziridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008024:Ligands; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010720:Phosphines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001388:Aziridines; D008024:Ligands; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D010720:Phosphines