• Enantioselective synthesis, also called asymmetric synthesis, is a form of chemical synthesis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Enantioselective synthesis is a key process in modern chemistry and is particularly important in the field of pharmaceuticals, as the different enantiomers or diastereomers of a molecule often have different biological activity. (wikipedia.org)
  • As such enantioselective synthesis is of great importance but it can also be difficult to achieve. (wikipedia.org)
  • Enantioselective synthesis can be achieved by using a chiral feature that favors the formation of one enantiomer over another through interactions at the transition state. (wikipedia.org)
  • Catalysis is effective for a broader range of transformations than any other method of enantioselective synthesis. (wikipedia.org)
  • A versatile example of enantioselective synthesis is asymmetric hydrogenation, which is used to reduce a wide variety of functional groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • Swindell CS, Tao M (1993) Chiral Auxiliary-Mediated Asymmetric Induction in a Thermal Inverse Electron Demand Hetero - Diels-Alder Reaction - Enantioselective Synthesis of the Taxol A-Ring Side Chain . (chempedia.info)
  • Malhotra, SV & Brown, HC 2014, ' C 2 -symmetric N,N′-bis(terpenyl)ethylenediamines - Synthesis and application in the enantioselective nitroaldol reaction ', RSC Advances , vol. 4, no. 27, pp. 14264-14269. (elsevierpure.com)
  • An unprecedented organocatalytic enantioselective vinylogous Michael addition/Henry cyclization cascade is presented for the synthesis of highly substituted tetrahydrofluoren-9-ones 3 employing novel 1,3-indandione-derived pronucleophiles 1a-g and nitroalkenes 2. (ntnu.edu.tw)
  • A copper hydride-catalyzed, enantioselective, intramolecular hydroalkylation of halide-tethered styrenes enables the synthesis of enantioenriched cyclobutanes, cyclopentanes, indanes, and six-membered N - and O -heterocycles. (organic-chemistry.org)
  • For the synthesis of monoareno pentalenes, a carbopalladation cascade reaction between alkynes and gem-dibromoolefins was applied. (researchgate.net)
  • Saltigo's fluorine team provides custom research services based on experience in conducting fluorination reactions, developing fluorinating reagents, and producing fluorinated building blocks for further synthesis. (acs.org)
  • The regio- and enantioselective synthesis of cyclobutane derivatives can be challenging. (chemistryviews.org)
  • Asymmetric synthesis of α-chiral hydroxyalkylphosphines via a catalytic, enantioselective reduction of acylphosphines. (lookchem.com)
  • Other applications include the enantioselective synthesis of α-hydroxy acids, α-amino acids, C2 symmetrical ferrocenyl diols, and propargyl alcohols. (lookchem.com)
  • Moreover, because organo-electro synthesis involves more parameters than classical organic synthesis, it appears to provide numerous reaction-condition patterns, necessitating a time-consuming reaction optimization process. (frontiersin.org)
  • This thesis presented novel methodologies for enantioselective synthesis of highly functionalized lactam and sugar derivatives. (miun.se)
  • In Chapter II, a unique strategy for enantioselective synthesis of bicyclic lactam N,S-acetals scaffolds was developed. (miun.se)
  • Chapter III focuses on a stereodivergent synthesis of fluorinated lactams bearing two vicinal stereogenic centers by multicomponent reaction. (miun.se)
  • The discovery of new three- and five-carbon synthons are highly desirable and would lead to the development of a series of novel cycloaddition reactions for the synthesis of functionalized seven-membered rings. (degruyter.com)
  • Enantioselective catalysis (known traditionally as "asymmetric catalysis") is performed using chiral catalysts, which are typically chiral coordination complexes. (wikipedia.org)
  • A chiral auxiliary is an organic compound which couples to the starting material to form a new compound which can then undergo diastereoselective reactions via intramolecular asymmetric induction. (wikipedia.org)
  • Among these approaches, the dipole/HOMO-controlled reactions of electron-deficient alkenes are especially promising because a variety of combinations between chiral Lewis acids and electron-deficient alkenes have been well investigated in the study of catalyzed enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions. (chempedia.info)
  • As for the aza- Diels-Alder reaction , enantioselective reactions between imino dienophiles 60 and diene 61, using a chiral binaphtholzirco-nium catalyst 23, are known (Eq. 26) [27]. (chempedia.info)
  • Chiral substituents in dienophiles can be used to make Diels-Alder reactions enantioselective. (chempedia.info)
  • Fjermestad, T, Pericàs, MA & Maseras, F 2011, ' A computational study on the role of chiral N-oxides in enantioselective Pauson-Khand reactions ', Chemistry - A European Journal , vol. 17, no. 36, pp. 10050-10057. (uab.cat)
  • In particular, an impressive number of highly efficient asymmetric versions of the Negishi reaction involving a range of activated and non-activated secondary halides have been successfully developed under catalysis with various chiral nickel complexes, providing excellent enantioselectivities in almost all cases, which has considerably expanded the scope of these C-C bond-formation methodologies. (rsc.org)
  • Diastereo- and enantioselective carbonyl-ene reaction of glyoxylate (2) with trisubstituted olefins (3) catalyzed by chiral titanium complexes (1a), derived from 6,6′-dibromo-1,1′-bi-2-naphthol and diisopropoxytitanium dihalides, is found to provide syn-diastereomers exclusively along with a high level of enantioselectivity. (elsevierpure.com)
  • note = "Funding Information: In summary, we have disclosed herein the designed binaphthyl-derived chiral titanium complex (la) as a new type of efficient catalyst for syn-diastereoselective and enantioselective glyoxylate-ene reactions. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Optically pure C 2 -symmetric chiral diamines, have been synthesized by the reaction of terpenylamines with diethyloxalate, followed by the reduction of diamide with BH 3 -BF 3 . (elsevierpure.com)
  • These chiral diamines are found to be to be highly effective in inducing chirality in the nitroaldol reaction. (elsevierpure.com)
  • New directing-group-free enantioselective [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions that give chiral cyclobutanes would be useful. (chemistryviews.org)
  • In ideal scenario of developing asymmetric C-H activation reactions, the reaction should only proceed when chiral ligands are present. (nyu.edu)
  • Further development of chiral ligands has enabled the enantioselective C-H activation reactions of methylene C-H bonds for the first time. (nyu.edu)
  • This work provides a solution for SERS enantioselective analysis and noninvasive screening chiral biomolecules for disease diagnosis . (bvsalud.org)
  • It was demonstrated that Lewis-acid catalysis of this reaction can lead to impressive accelerations, particularly in aqueous media . (chempedia.info)
  • Finally, and perhaps most interestingly, studies aimed at enantioselective catalysis are presented, resulting in the first example of enantioselective Lewis-acid catalysis of an organic transformation in water. (chempedia.info)
  • In this regard, enantioselective catalysis has proven to be a powerful tool and continuous efforts have been devoted to design novel asymmetric transformations and apply them for practical usage. (thieme.de)
  • Asymmetric organocatalysis, cooperative dual catalysis and one-pot multicomponent reaction strategies were applied for the construction of continuous and quaternary stereogenic center. (miun.se)
  • Chapter IV illustrates a new enantioselective allylic alkylation of acetonide protected trioses and furanosides by merging enamine catalysis with transition metal catalysis. (miun.se)
  • After prosperous domino reactions towards benzopyrans, the products were used as the starting material in Lewis acid catalyzed and organocatalytic Diels-Alder reactions to build up a tricyclic system. (beilstein-journals.org)
  • Enantioselective organocatalytic aldehyde-aldehyde cross-aldol couplings. (organic-chemistry.org)
  • Most enantioselective catalysts are effective at low substrate/catalyst ratios. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most catalysts are effective for only one type of asymmetric reaction. (wikipedia.org)
  • Carbohydrate-based macrocycles can be enantioselective catalysts in certain reactions. (researchgate.net)
  • According to our experiments so far, the most effective enantioselective catalysts were the d-glucose- and t. (researchgate.net)
  • Nevertheless, despite significant advances, it remains very difficult to predict the outcome of a metal-catalysed asymmetric reaction and, as a consequence, the number of efficient catalysts used for industrial applications remains low. (europa.eu)
  • In search of such catalysts, scientists supported in part by the EU-funded enzC-Hem project have engineered an enzyme that can speed up an organic reaction well known for its extremely slow reaction rate. (europa.eu)
  • However, it requires high catalyst loadings and has long reaction times with existing catalysts (normally small-molecule catalysts such as DABCO and DMAP) , taking several days to produce a useful amount of product. (europa.eu)
  • Results showed that low concentrations of BH32.14 added to the MBH reaction can achieve much larger yields than high loadings of current small-molecule catalysts. (europa.eu)
  • Present initiatives include enantioselective and recoverable catalysts, and organometallic building blocks for molecular wires and gyroscopes. (tamu.edu)
  • A double-crossed reaction: The use of proline as an organocatalyst enables a one-pot, direct, cross-Mannich reaction to be performed between two different aldehydes and 4-methoxyaniline in a highly syn-diastereo- and enantioselective manner (see scheme). (elsevierpure.com)
  • In summary, the thesis defines novel rhodium- and iridium-catalyzed protocols for the regioselective coupling of unstabilized nucleophiles with allylic alcohol derivatives in either a diastereo- or enantioselective manner. (queensu.ca)
  • In the presence of a catalytic amount of [4j](2)Al(III)Cl complex (0.05 equiv), reaction between alpha-isocyanoacetamides (2) and aldehydes (3) afforded the corresponding 5-aminooxazoles (1) in good yields and enantioselectivities. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The first highly enantioselective catalytic hetero Diels-Alder reaction of ketones. (dtu.dk)
  • The products were further functionalized and were employed in a dual-catalytic cross-coupling reaction. (acs.org)
  • Ligand effects on the kinetics of the Diels-Alder reaction can be separated into influences on the equilibrium constant for binding of the dienoplule to the catalyst (K ) as well as influences on the rate constant for reaction of the complex with cyclopentadiene (kc-ad (Scheme 3.5). (chempedia.info)
  • The third chapter of the book includes the advances achieved in enantioselective nickel-catalysed cross-coupling reactions since 2004, well demonstrating that nickel is emerging as an extraordinarily versatile catalyst for asymmetric cross-coupling reactions of a wide range of coupling partners. (rsc.org)
  • Scientists in China have described the Kumada-Tamao-Corriu reaction of phenolic salts with various aryl Grignard reagents using a nickel catalyst. (chemistryviews.org)
  • Convenient catalyst for the enantioselective borane reduction of ketones at ambient temperatures. (lookchem.com)
  • The Diels-Alder reaction is one of the most important processes for carbon-carbon-bond formation in organic chemistry [1,2] . (beilstein-journals.org)
  • An assortment of natural products synthesized by Diels-Alder reactions. (beilstein-journals.org)
  • As for the oxo- Diels-Alder reaction , not much has been reported other Lewis acids are usually superior [26]. (chempedia.info)
  • Kresze and co-workers have looked at the possibility of effecting nitroso Diels-Alder reactions enantioselectively. (chempedia.info)
  • What is the influence of ligands on the Lewis acid on the rate and selectivity of the Diels-Alder reaction If enantioselectivity can be induced in water, how does it compare to other solvents Chapter 3 deals with these topics. (chempedia.info)
  • In Chapter 2 the Diels-Alder reaction between substituted 3-phenyl-l-(2-pyridyl)-2-propene-l-ones (3.8a-g) and cyclopentadiene (3.9) was described. (chempedia.info)
  • Increase of this ratio up to 1.75 1 resulted in a slight improvement of the enantioselectivity of the copper(L-tryptophan)- catalysed Diels-Alder reaction . (chempedia.info)
  • Finally the influence of the temperature and addition of ethanol on the enantioselectivity of the Diels-Alder reaction was studied. (chempedia.info)
  • Tyrrell, E , Tesfa, KH , Mann, A and Singh, K (2007) Enantioselective alkynylation reactions to substituted benzaldehyde and salicylaldehyde derivatives: The effect of substituents upon the efficiency and enantioselectivity. (kingston.ac.uk)
  • In the past three decades, metal-catalysed enantioselective transformations have attained a significant level of expertise and refinement as it was recognised that these are among the most efficient ways to produce enantioenriched materials. (europa.eu)
  • Prior to our study, however, there was only one type of transition-metal-catalyzed [5 + 2] cycloaddition: the reaction between vinylcyclopropanes and alkenes, alkynes, or allenes. (degruyter.com)
  • Ligand Control in Co-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Hydroboration: Homoallyl Secondary Boronates via Uncommon 4,3-Hydroboration of 1,3-Dienes. (acs.org)
  • The reaction proceeded with excellent diastereocontrol despite the simultaneous generation of four stereogenic centers. (ntnu.edu.tw)
  • Novel bifunctional ureas and thioureas inmovilized on sulfonylpystyrene have been prepared as recoverable and reusable organocatalysts and used in the stereoselective aza-Henry reaction under solvent-free conditions. (uva.es)
  • As previously demonstrated, the outcome of the reaction depends strongly on the applied alkali metal, solvent, reaction conditions, and substituent pattern. (researchgate.net)
  • Use of cleaner solvents (solvents in supercritical conditions, water chemistry, reactions without solvent, etc. (upv.es)
  • The reaction solvent used in the lactamizarion step gives switchable diastereoselectivity to the fluorinated quaternary stereocenter. (miun.se)
  • Because electrosynthesis takes advantage of electricity as an oxidant and/or reductant in the place of hazardous chemical reagents, it produces less waste than other conventional chemical reactions. (frontiersin.org)
  • Chapter 3 illustrates the development of an enantioselective iridium-catalyzed allylic substitution with Reformatsky reagents. (queensu.ca)
  • This chapter begins with a brief introduction and mechanistic details about the iridium-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions followed by our approach towards utilizing Reformatsky reagents for the construction of enantioenriched homoallylic ester motifs. (queensu.ca)
  • Finally, in Chapter 4 our initial progress towards the enantioselective allylic benzylation protocol using unstabilized benzylzinc reagents is discussed along with future directions to improve the methodology. (queensu.ca)
  • In addition, the first enantioselective versions of the Kumada, Hiyama, and Suzuki reactions were recently achieved with excellent enantioselectivities. (rsc.org)
  • Iron(II) complexes containing ligands with a R2P-P-PR2 unit were synthesized by metathesis reactions. (researchgate.net)
  • Terada, M , Motoyama, Y & Mikami, K 1994, ' Diastereoselective and enantioselective glyoxylate-ene reaction catalyzed by new class of binaphthol-derived titanium complex ', Tetrahedron Letters , vol. 35, no. 36, pp. 6693-6696. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The MBH reaction creates products that are useful building blocks for further syntheses. (europa.eu)
  • For the achiral reaction, the diphosphine 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (dppbz) was used as the ligand. (acs.org)
  • Although the palladium-catalyzed reactions are more widely studied, other transition metals such as rhodium and iridium-catalyzed variants, have emerged as versatile tools for the construction of carbon-carbon bonds in a stereospecific and enantioselective manner, respectively. (queensu.ca)
  • Because of the lower temperature required and the greater stereoselectivity observed in Lewis acid catalyzed reactions , the best enantioselectivity is often observed in the catalyzed reactions . (chempedia.info)
  • Density functional calculations were carried out to ascertain the origin of enantioselectivity in the brucine N-oxide (BNO)-assisted enantioselective Pauson-Khand reaction (PKR) of norbornene with 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol. (uab.cat)
  • The reaction proceeds via enantioselective Michael addition /imine formation/lactamization cascade process. (miun.se)
  • Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Enantioselective Detection of Gastric Cancer-Related d-Amino Acids in Saliva Based on Enzyme-Mediated Cascade Reaction. (bvsalud.org)
  • Enzyme -mediated cascade reaction-based SERS chips are further utilized for saliva sample analysis , and the total levels of d-Pro and d-Ala in salivary samples from gastric cancer patients are much higher than those of healthy persons . (bvsalud.org)
  • From days to just hours: Researchers have created the first efficient and selective biocatalyst for a powerful, but usually slow organic reaction. (europa.eu)
  • Because the reactions in PEM reactors are performed under electro-organic and flow-synthetic conditions, a higher number of reaction parameters exist compared to ordinary reactions. (frontiersin.org)
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  • The reaction proceeds between β,β-disubstituted enals and aromatic thiols involving enantioselective protonation of enal β-carbon. (stanford.edu)
  • Preliminary studies were conducted to understand the reaction mechanism. (chemistryviews.org)
  • When the enolate of an aldehyde or a ketone reacts at the α-carbon with the carbonyl of another molecule under basic or acidic conditions to obtain β-hydroxy aldehyde or ketone, this reaction is called Aldol Reaction. (organic-chemistry.org)
  • The reaction in question is called the Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) reaction, a powerful process used to form a carbon-carbon bond between an alkene and an electrophilic compound such as aldehyde. (europa.eu)
  • The rapid assembly of complex scaffolds in a single step from simple precursors identifies as an ideal reaction in terms of efficiency and sustainability. (nature.com)
  • Two different [4 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions were applied to set up each of the two six-membered rings of the target molecule [9,10] . (beilstein-journals.org)
  • Three independent research groups (Schreiber, Myers and Danishefsky) successfully applied [4 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions in elegant and divergent strategies to reach the target molecule [12-14] . (beilstein-journals.org)
  • however, the development of similar reactions for the formation of seven-membered rings lagged far behind [1]. (degruyter.com)
  • This thesis is focused on the development of transition metal-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions with unstabilized nucleophiles, which is divided into four chapters: a comprehensive review followed by two research chapters and a chapter with future directions. (queensu.ca)
  • In addition to synthetic utilities, our control of reaction outcomes via in situ substrate modulation and release can likely inspire future reaction development. (stanford.edu)
  • Another factor is an in situ release of enal substrate from the Thiol-click Intermediate for the desired reaction to proceed effectively. (stanford.edu)
  • We have recently discovered a number of ligand scaffolds that can enable C-H activation reactions of weakly coordinating substrates that are otherwise unreactive. (nyu.edu)
  • As reported in the news article, while Dr Baker - who is a co-author in the current study - and his team succeeded in designing enzymes for the MBH reaction, these enzymes acted weakly. (europa.eu)
  • Inspired by how enzymes use directing effect to achieve remote selective C-H activation, we have developed a number of site-selective remote C-H activation reactions which are fundamentally distinct from the classic directed C-H activation via cyclometalation processes. (nyu.edu)
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  • It is defined by IUPAC as "a chemical reaction (or reaction sequence) in which one or more new elements of chirality are formed in a substrate molecule and which produces the stereoisomeric (enantiomeric or diastereomeric) products in unequal amounts. (wikipedia.org)
  • This reaction converts almost all enal substrate to a Thiol-click Intermediate, significantly reducing aromatic thiol substrates concentration and suppressing the homo-coupling reaction of enals. (stanford.edu)
  • It had to do with the application of molecular orbital theory to the understanding of the transition states for various reactions in three dimensional (i.e. stereochemical) detail. (nobelprize.org)
  • Chapter 1 commences with an introduction about the transition metal-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions that includes mechanistic aspects of the process and a comprehensive review on using unstabilized nucleophiles. (queensu.ca)
  • Following a brief introduction and mechanistic features of rhodium-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions, our work with unstabilized benzyl nucleophiles for the construction of ternary benzyl motifs will be discussed. (queensu.ca)
  • Lutz Ackermann describes new cobalt-catalyzed aryl C-H activation reactions. (thieme.de)
  • According to Professor Lutz Ackermann (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany) "transitionmetal-catalyzed C-H activation reactions remained at the forefront, owing to their sustainable nature and broad utility prospects. (thieme.de)
  • Jin-Quan Yu, from the Scripps Research Institute, will deliver a seminar entitled, ' Enantioselective and Remote C-H Activation Reactions . (nyu.edu)
  • The vast majority of directed C-H activation reactions proceed via cyclometallation, in which a strongly coordinating functional group binds to the metal and facilitates cleavage of a proximate C-H bond. (nyu.edu)
  • The use of weak coordination from substrates to direct metal insertion opens up possibility of designing ligand to significantly accelerate C-H activation reactions. (nyu.edu)
  • At the end of the reaction the auxiliary is removed, under conditions that will not cause racemization of the product. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aiming to create the first efficient and selective biocatalyst for the MBH reaction, the research team used an enzyme - BH32 - developed a few years earlier by Dr David Baker and his team at the University of Washington in the United States. (europa.eu)
  • After 14 rounds of evolution, the research team succeeded in engineering an enzyme called BH32.14 that is significantly faster and is also enantioselective . (europa.eu)