Redox Tuning of a Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reaction

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN: 1521-3773|54|17|5210-5213

ISSN: 1433-7851

Source: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, Vol.54, Iss.17, 2015-04, pp. : 5210-5213

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Abstract

AbstractPresented herein is a redox tuning strategy for asymmetric aminocatalysis with a designed chiral ferrocenophane. Under redox control, the ferrocenophane catalyst efficiently catalyzes the asymmetric aldol reaction at room temperature with excellent yield and good stereoselectivity. Moreover, the redox‐active ferrocene moiety also served as phase‐tag to facilitate catalyst recovery and reuse. The catalyst can be reused for five cycles without much loss of activity. Ferrocenium of the oxidized ferrocenophane was proposed to serve as Lewis acidic site, thus accounting for the stereo control.