SYNLETT 2006, No. 13, pp 2119–212317.08.2006 Advanced online publication: 09.08.2006 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-948201; Art ID: G12406ST © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Abstract: The desymmetrization reaction is a common strategy to synthesize complex chiral molecules. The selective cleavage of carbon–carbon or carbon–heteroatom bonds is well known, whereas the enantioselective cleavage of ...

The asymmetric C-H functionalization of norbornene and norbornadiene with five-, six-, and seven-membered cyclic enones mediated by the reactive intermediate [{η(5)-((t)BuMe(2)Si)C(5)H(4)}Co(NO)(2)] is reported. A novel base mixture derived from enantiopure ammonium salts and NaHMDS was used as a source of chirality, and this enantioselective desymmetrization of C(s) alkenes has been applied to...

A review of currently used methods for the synthesis and resolution of enantiomers of drugs and their precursors is presented. For the synthesis part the methods of diastereoselective as well as enantioselective synthesis are discussed, with particular consideration given to enantioselective catalysis with either metal complexes or biocatalysts. Desymmetrization processes are also included as m...

Herboxidiene is a potent inhibitor of spliceosomes. It exhibits excellent anticancer activity against multiple human cancer cell lines. Herein, we describe an enantioselective synthesis of a desmethyl derivative and the corresponding carba-derivatives of herboxidiene. The synthesis involved Suzuki coupling of a vinyl iodide with boronate as the key reaction. For the synthesis of carba-derivativ...

The synthesis of an octa-alkoxy substituted isotopically labeled naphthalene derivative, shown to have excellent properties in singlet NMR experiments, is described. This highly substituted naphthalene system, which incorporates an adjacent (13)C spin pair, is readily accessed from a commercially available (13)C2-labeled building block via sequential thermal alkynyl- and arylcyclobutenone rearr...

Up to four stereocenters with a well-defined configuration are generated in a single synthetic step by the cyclocondensation of (R)-phenylglycinol or (1S,2R)-1-amino-2-indanol with stereoisomeric mixtures (racemates, meso forms, diastereoisomers) of cyclohexanone-based δ-keto-acid and δ-keto-diacid derivatives in enantio- and diastereoconvergent processes that involve dynamic kinetic resolution...

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...

ABSTRACT This study investigates the substrate profile of cycloalkanone monooxygenase and 2-oxo-Δ3-4,5,5-trimethylcyclopentenylacetyl-coenzyme A monooxygenase, two recently discovered enzymes of the Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase family, used as whole-cell biocatalysts. Biooxidations of a diverse set of ketones were performed on analytical scale: desymmetrization of substituted prochiral cyclobu...