Synthesis 2017; 49(01): 181-187
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588880
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Hydroxytetraphenylenes as Chiral Ligands: Application to Asymmetric Darzens Reaction of Diazoacetamide with Aldehydes

Guo-Li Chai
a   Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Road, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. of China
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Jian-Wei Han
a   Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Road, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. of China
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Henry N. C. Wong*
a   Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Road, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. of China
b   Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. of China   Email: hncwong@cuhk.edu.hk
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Publication History

Received: 10 August 2016

Accepted after revision: 22 August 2016

Publication Date:
15 September 2016 (online)


Dedicated to Professor Dr. Dieter Enders on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

Abstract

Hydroxytetraphenylenes with rigid conformations are potential candidates for employment as chiral ligands in asymmetric synthesis. Highly diastereo- and enantioselective Darzens reactions between aldehydes and diazo-N,N-dimethylacetamide were found to be catalyzed by a chiral titanium complex formed in situ from Ti(O i Pr)4 and chiral 1,16-dihydroxytetraphenylene, leading to the formation of cis-glycidic amides in moderate to high yields with excellent enantiomeric purities (40–99% yield, up to 99% ee).

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