title: Carbohydrates as building blocks of privileged ligands for multiphasic asymmetric catalysis.
abstract: To combine the high chemical performance of asymmetric catalysis with the increasing need for sustainability, a strategy is presented that involves the straightforward preparation of "Trost"-like ligands suitable for application in multiphasic homogeneous catalysis. Ligands with coordinating functions (phosphinoamide-phoshinoester groups) as well as phase tags introduced on a D-glucose scaffold were prepared and then examined in the Pd-catalysed asymmetric desymmetrization of meso-2-cyclopenten-1,4-diol biscarbamate. In line with our assumption, the performance of the catalyst system under traditional conditions is as high as that of the original Trost ligand, derived from trans-cyclohexanediamine, giving enantioselectivities of 98 % ee. Moreover, promising results were observed under multiphasic homogeneous conditions.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Paolo Corradini, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benessere
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Roma
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruffo
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D008024:Ligands