Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Polycylic Compounds by Asymmetric Heck Reaction.

The asymmetric intramolecular Heck reaction in natural product total synthesis.

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis

Course objectives: At the end of this course you should be able to: • Recognise the types of functional groups which can be prepared by catalytic asymmetric methods discussed in the course; • Use this knowledge in planning the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched compounds from given prochiral starting materials; • Outline the scope and limitations of any methods you propose, with respect to ...

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis

Three researchers share this years’ Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Dr William S. Knowles, who has been working at Monsanto Company, St Louis, USA; Professor Ryoji Noyori, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan and Professor K. Barry Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences rewards the three chemists for: ”their development of cata...

Desymmetrization of cyclic olefins via asymmetric Heck reaction and hydroarylation.

An asymmetric Heck reaction allows desymmetrization of substituted cyclic olefins in high dr and ee. A bisphosphine oxide is uniquely stereoselective for this purpose. Desymmetrization of bicyclic olefins via hydroarylation can also be realized in high ee.

Highly active catalysts of bisphosphine oxides for asymmetric Heck reaction.

Bisphosphine oxides formed highly active asymmetric Heck catalysts, which were applied in asymmetric synthesis of pharmacologically active azacycles. Olefin insertion proceeded via cis pathways, different from P,N-ligands.