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 tran...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.展开更多
Metal-organic framework(MOF) is a class of inorganic-organic hybrid material assembled periodically with metal ions and organic ligands. MOFs have always been the focuses in a variety of frontier fields owing to the a...Metal-organic framework(MOF) is a class of inorganic-organic hybrid material assembled periodically with metal ions and organic ligands. MOFs have always been the focuses in a variety of frontier fields owing to the advantageous properties, such as large BET surface areas, tunable porosity and easyfunctionalized surface structure. Among the various application areas, catalysis is one of the earliest application fields of MOFs-based materials and is one of the fastest-growing topics. In this review, the main roles of MOFs in heterogeneous organocatalysis have been systematically summarized, including used as support materials(or hosts), independent catalysts, and sacrificial templates. Moreover, the application prospects of MOFs in photocatalysis and electrocatalysis frontiers were also mentioned.Finally, the key issues that should be conquered in future were briefly sketched in the final parts of each item. We hope our perspectives could be beneficial for the readers to better understand these topics and issues, and could also provide a direction for the future exploration of some novel types of MOFs-based nanocatalysts with stable structures and functions for heterogeneous catalysis.展开更多
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 reactivit...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.展开更多
Enantioselective synthesis of functionalized fluorinated dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles has been achieved via a diaminocyclohexane-thiourea catalyzed cascade Michael addition and Thorpe-Ziegler type cyclization in high...Enantioselective synthesis of functionalized fluorinated dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles has been achieved via a diaminocyclohexane-thiourea catalyzed cascade Michael addition and Thorpe-Ziegler type cyclization in high yields （up to 98%） with moderate to good enantioselectivity （up to 90% ee）.展开更多
This review summarizes the very recent advances in asymmetric reactions catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids（CPAs）, a family of versatile catalysts that catalyze a broad range of reactions to afford diverse chiral m...This review summarizes the very recent advances in asymmetric reactions catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids（CPAs）, a family of versatile catalysts that catalyze a broad range of reactions to afford diverse chiral molecules. In the past years, different kinds of chiral phosphoric acids have been designed and developed into a privileged class of catalysts in asymmetric synthesis. A number of remarkable achievements have been made by many groups around the world. Due to length limitation, this review only summarizes those works published from January 2016 to November 2017. Meanwhile, catalytic systems which combine metal catalysts and chiral phosphoric acids will not be discussed in this review.展开更多
An asymmetric fluorinative dearomatization reaction of tryptophol derivatives was developed via chiral anion phase-transfer catalysis. Vari- ous fluorinated furoindolines were obtained in moderate to excellent yields ...An asymmetric fluorinative dearomatization reaction of tryptophol derivatives was developed via chiral anion phase-transfer catalysis. Vari- ous fluorinated furoindolines were obtained in moderate to excellent yields and enantioselectivity in the presence of Selectfluor. The preliminary mecha- nistic studies suggested the existence of an in situ formed tryptophol boronic ester plays a critical role in determining the enantioselectivity. This method features the facile introduction of a fluorine atom in a highly enantioselective manner and construction of two contiguous quaternary stereogenic cen- ters.展开更多
A series of dihydropyrano[c]chromene was obtained via condensation of aldehyde, malononitrile and 4-hydroxycoumarin in water catalyzed by morpholine, as a one-pot reaction. The significance of our findings relates to ...A series of dihydropyrano[c]chromene was obtained via condensation of aldehyde, malononitrile and 4-hydroxycoumarin in water catalyzed by morpholine, as a one-pot reaction. The significance of our findings relates to reducing the use of organic solvents, potentially toxic and hazardous materials, as well as its simplicity, good yields, mild conditions, and lower costs.展开更多
N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective kinetic resolutions,dynamic kinetic resolutions,and desymmetrization reactions are systematically reviewed.The content is organized according to the activation modes i...N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective kinetic resolutions,dynamic kinetic resolutions,and desymmetrization reactions are systematically reviewed.The content is organized according to the activation modes involved in these transformations.Future advances within this highly active research field are discussed from our perspectives on the topic.展开更多
Chiral spirocyclic phosphoric acids(SPAs)are introduced in 2010 and have been versatile catalysts capable of promoting a wide range of asymmetric organocatalytic reactions,such as multi-component reactions,Friedel–Cr...Chiral spirocyclic phosphoric acids(SPAs)are introduced in 2010 and have been versatile catalysts capable of promoting a wide range of asymmetric organocatalytic reactions,such as multi-component reactions,Friedel–Crafts reactions,Pictet–Spengler reactions,Fischer indolizations,cycloaddition reactions,desymmetrization reactions,dearomatization reactions,conjugate addition reactions and rearrangement reactions,etc.Moreover,a diverse range of applications in metal-organic cooperative catalysis,organic photoredox catalysis,total synthesis,materials science and molecular recognition are beautifully illustrated.This account summarizes the past decade's advances in this field and highlights the selected but not comprehensive significant achievements.展开更多
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 ...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.展开更多
文摘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.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21706217)Scientific Research Fund of Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province(CSPC2015-1-2)+6 种基金Scientific Research Fund of China West normal University(15E009)Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department(17AZ0382,17TD0036)the Meritocracy Research Funds of China West normal University(17YC029)the Fundamental Research Funds of China West normal University(17C035)Scientific Research Fund of Science&Technology of Sichuan Province(2017JY0015)Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(2015316)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2015AA021107)
文摘Metal-organic framework(MOF) is a class of inorganic-organic hybrid material assembled periodically with metal ions and organic ligands. MOFs have always been the focuses in a variety of frontier fields owing to the advantageous properties, such as large BET surface areas, tunable porosity and easyfunctionalized surface structure. Among the various application areas, catalysis is one of the earliest application fields of MOFs-based materials and is one of the fastest-growing topics. In this review, the main roles of MOFs in heterogeneous organocatalysis have been systematically summarized, including used as support materials(or hosts), independent catalysts, and sacrificial templates. Moreover, the application prospects of MOFs in photocatalysis and electrocatalysis frontiers were also mentioned.Finally, the key issues that should be conquered in future were briefly sketched in the final parts of each item. We hope our perspectives could be beneficial for the readers to better understand these topics and issues, and could also provide a direction for the future exploration of some novel types of MOFs-based nanocatalysts with stable structures and functions for heterogeneous catalysis.
基金supported by NSFC(22125104,21831007 and 22101103)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20201018)the Natural Science Foundation of Xuzhou City(KC21021).
文摘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.
基金supported by National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,No.2010CB833200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21032006,203900502,20532040,21290180)Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.11XD1406400)
文摘Enantioselective synthesis of functionalized fluorinated dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles has been achieved via a diaminocyclohexane-thiourea catalyzed cascade Michael addition and Thorpe-Ziegler type cyclization in high yields （up to 98%） with moderate to good enantioselectivity （up to 90% ee）.
基金Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21772046)the Recruitment Program of Global Experts(1000 Talents Plan)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(No. 2016J01064)Program of Innovative Research Team of Huaqiao University (No. Z14X0047)are gratefully acknowledged
文摘This review summarizes the very recent advances in asymmetric reactions catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids（CPAs）, a family of versatile catalysts that catalyze a broad range of reactions to afford diverse chiral molecules. In the past years, different kinds of chiral phosphoric acids have been designed and developed into a privileged class of catalysts in asymmetric synthesis. A number of remarkable achievements have been made by many groups around the world. Due to length limitation, this review only summarizes those works published from January 2016 to November 2017. Meanwhile, catalytic systems which combine metal catalysts and chiral phosphoric acids will not be discussed in this review.
文摘An asymmetric fluorinative dearomatization reaction of tryptophol derivatives was developed via chiral anion phase-transfer catalysis. Vari- ous fluorinated furoindolines were obtained in moderate to excellent yields and enantioselectivity in the presence of Selectfluor. The preliminary mecha- nistic studies suggested the existence of an in situ formed tryptophol boronic ester plays a critical role in determining the enantioselectivity. This method features the facile introduction of a fluorine atom in a highly enantioselective manner and construction of two contiguous quaternary stereogenic cen- ters.
文摘A series of dihydropyrano[c]chromene was obtained via condensation of aldehyde, malononitrile and 4-hydroxycoumarin in water catalyzed by morpholine, as a one-pot reaction. The significance of our findings relates to reducing the use of organic solvents, potentially toxic and hazardous materials, as well as its simplicity, good yields, mild conditions, and lower costs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21961006,32172459,22371057)Science and Technology Department of Guizhou Province (Qiankehejichu-ZK[2021]Key033)+1 种基金Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities of China (111 Program,D20023) at Guizhou UniversityFrontiers Science Center for Asymmetric Synthesis and Medicinal Molecules,Department of Education,Guizhou Province (Qianjiaohe KY (2020)004),Guizhou University (China)。
文摘N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective kinetic resolutions,dynamic kinetic resolutions,and desymmetrization reactions are systematically reviewed.The content is organized according to the activation modes involved in these transformations.Future advances within this highly active research field are discussed from our perspectives on the topic.
基金Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22071213,21572200,21272202 and 20702047)is gratefully acknowledged.
文摘Chiral spirocyclic phosphoric acids(SPAs)are introduced in 2010 and have been versatile catalysts capable of promoting a wide range of asymmetric organocatalytic reactions,such as multi-component reactions,Friedel–Crafts reactions,Pictet–Spengler reactions,Fischer indolizations,cycloaddition reactions,desymmetrization reactions,dearomatization reactions,conjugate addition reactions and rearrangement reactions,etc.Moreover,a diverse range of applications in metal-organic cooperative catalysis,organic photoredox catalysis,total synthesis,materials science and molecular recognition are beautifully illustrated.This account summarizes the past decade's advances in this field and highlights the selected but not comprehensive significant achievements.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22125104 and 21831007)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20210916)High Education Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (21KJB150009).
文摘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.
