A priori theoretical prediction of selectivity in asymmetric catalysis: design of chiral catalysts by using quantum molecular interaction fields.
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Manoranjan Panda
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Quantum mechanical models correlating structure with selectivity: predicting the enantioselectivity of beta-amino alcohol catalysts in aldehyde alkylation.
Quantitative structure selectivity relationship (QSSR) models are described that provide consistently reliable predictions for the asymmetric addition of Et2Zn to PhCHO catalyzed by beta-amino alcohols. Statistically valid two-variable linear regression models that correlate the structures of the chiral catalysts with their enantioselectivities are obtained from three-dimensional physical property grids. The strength of the present method is that statistical models obtained from a small set of experimentally determined selectivities and relatively simple theoretical calculations yield selectivity predictions that are as accurate as those derived from higher-level calculations of transition-structure energies. Only minutes of computing time are required. Simple models are obtained which permit straightforward physical interpretation and generate realistic predictions.
Aldehydes↗
Computer-aided design of chiral ligands. Part 2. Functionality mapping as a method to identify stereocontrol elements for asymmetric reactions.
A computational method to determine the energetically favorable positions of functional groups with respect to the transition states of stereoselective reactions based on force field energy minimization is presented. The parameters of this functionality mapping, the characteristics of the target transition states, and the features of the probe structures are outlined. Our method was found to reproduce the positions of the stereodiscriminating fragments for some known chiral ligands including the Masamune dimethylborolane, dimenthylborane, the Corey stien reagent, the Roush allylboronate tartrates, and the secondary amine Diels-Alder catalysts described by MacMillan. Functionality mapping can be used to better understand the specific interactions in the transition states leading to the products by providing a quantitative measure of the stabilization/destabilization afforded by the different ligand components via nonbonded interactions. The method can determine if a chiral ligand imparts the observed selectivity by stabilizing one reaction pathway, by destabilizing a reaction pathway, or by a combination of both. Orientational as well as positional information about potential functional groups is readily obtained. In addition to its utility as an analytical tool, functionality mapping can be used to explore starting points for the design of new chiral ligands.
Boranes↗
Theoretical and experimental studies of asymmetric organozinc additions to benzaldehyde catalyzed by flexible and constrained gamma-amino alcohols.
The cis-decalin based gamma-amino alcohols, 1-5, were synthesized, resolved, and employed as catalysts in the addition of organozincs to benzaldehyde. Despite large facial differentiation in the RZn adducts of the ligands, the enantioselectivities were found to be moderate. Transition structure calculations were done using several quantum chemical methods to examine the underlying causes of the selectivity for three gamma-amino alcohols, 1, 2, and 3. The tricyclic mu-oxo (6/4/4), rather than the bicyclic six-membered (6/6), transition structures were found to explain the observed enantioselectivity for 2 and 3. MP2 calculations gave the best correlation to the experimental results compared to B3LYP and HF calculations. The conformational flexibility of the chiral ligands was found to be an important factor in the selectivity.
Amino Alcohols↗
Utility of calculated 13C NMR chemical shifts in differentiating conformational isomers: a study of metal-complexed and uncomplexed bispidines.
Calculated 13C NMR chemical shifts were key to assigning the structures of the conformational forms of complexed and uncomplexed bispidine derivatives.
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic↗
Computer-aided design of chiral ligands. Part I. Database search methods to identify chiral ligand types for asymmetric reactions.
The utility of database searching to identify chiral ligand motifs is outlined. The key elements of three known chiral ligands have been described as bond vectors. The CAVEAT program was then used to screen the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), portions of the Chemical Abstracts Services three-dimensional database (CAS-3D), and the TRIAD tricyclic structure database for scaffolds containing these elements. Scaffolds corresponding to the known starting points were identified indicating that this method can be used to identify chiral ligand structural motifs. In addition, alternate structural motifs were found that suggested alternative possible ligands.
Boranes↗