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General Procedure for the Cyano-Phosphorylation Reaction.
To 3a (164.6 mg, 0.3 mmol) in a test tube were added the (S)-YLB·H2O solution (5.00 mL, 0.3 mmol, 0.06 M, THF)
[2]
and BuLi (0.3 mmol) in hexane at r.t. After dissolving 3a completely, the mixture was cooled to -78 °C, and 5a (3.0 mmol) in THF (4.50 mL) was added to the catalyst mixture. After stirring for 10 min at -78 °C, 4 (0.55 mL, 3.6 mmol) in THF (0.50 mL) was slowly added to the reaction mixture over 1 h, and the reaction mixture was stirred at -78 °C for additional 1 h. Then, HOAc in THF cooled to -78 °C was added to the solution, and the mixture was diluted with H2O. The organic component was extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with sat. aq NaHCO3, H2O, brine, and dried over Na2SO4. After evaporating solvent, the residue was purified by silica gel flash column chromatography (hexane-EtOAc = 7:1) to give 6a (97% yield, 92% ee, R); colorless oil. IR (neat): ν = 1269, 1024 cm-1. 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ = 1.16 (dt, J
(
H,P) = 0.6 Hz, J = 7.0 Hz, 3 H), 1.32 (dt, J
(
H,P) = 0.6 Hz, J = 7.0 Hz, 3 H), 3.92-3.99 (m, 2 H), 4.12-4.17 (m, 2 H), 6.02 (d, J
(
H,P) = 8.6 Hz, 1 H), 7.39-7.40 (m, 3 H), 7.49-7.50 (m, 2 H). 13C NMR (CDCl3): δ = 15.8 (d, J
(
C,P) = 7.3 Hz), 16.0 (d, J
(
C,P) = 7.1 Hz), 64.6 (d, J
(
C,P) = 6.3 Hz), 64.8 (d, J
(
C,P) = 6.1 Hz), 66.5 (d, J
(
C,P) = 4.1 Hz), 116.1 (d, J
(
C,P) = 6.3 Hz), 127.5, 129.2, 130.6, 132.4 (d, J
(
C,P) = 4.1 Hz). 31P NMR (CDCl3): δ =
-1.93. LRMS (ESI, MeOH): m/z = 292 [M + Na+]. HRMS (FAB): m/z [N + H+] calcd for C12H17NO4P: 270.0890; found: 270.0894. [α]D
21.7 +18.9 (c 1.2, CHCl3; 92% ee, R); HPLC (DAICEL CHIRALPAK®) AD-H, hexane-2-PrOH = 9:1, flow rate = 1.0 mL/min, retention time 14.5 min (S)/17.1 min (R). The absolute configuration of 6a was determined comparing retention time in HPLC analysis with that of the authentic product synthesized from commercially available (R)-mandelonitrile (Aldrich Co. Ltd.) with 4.
12 Detailed mechanistic studies of asymmetric cyanation reaction using YLB(1) and the cyanide source 2 and 4 will be reported elsewhere in due course.