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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Synlett 2021; 32(19): 1953-1956
DOI: 10.1055/a-1670-5829
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The Silicon–Hydrogen Exchange Reaction: Catalytic Kinetic Resolution of 2-Substituted Cyclic Ketones

Authors

  • Hui Zhou

    a   Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
  • Pinglu Zhang

    a   Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
    b   College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology, Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang, P. R. China
  • Benjamin List

    a   Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Generous support from the Max Planck Society, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), Leibniz Award to B.L. and under Germany’s Excellence Strategy−EXC 2033−390677874−RESOLV, and the European Research Council (ERC, European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program ‘C−H Acids for Organic Synthesis, CHAOS’ Advanced Grant Agreement No.694228) is gratefully acknowledged.


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Abstract

We have recently reported the strong and confined, chiral acid-catalyzed asymmetric ‘silicon−hydrogen exchange reaction’. One aspect of this transformation is that it enables access to enantiopure enol silanes in a tautomerizing σ-bond metathesis, via deprotosilylation of ketones with allyl silanes as the silicon source. However, until today, this reaction has not been applied to racemic, 2-substituted, cyclic ketones. We show here that these important substrates readily undergo a highly enantioselective kinetic resolution furnishing the corresponding kinetically preferred enol silanes. Mechanistic studies suggest the fascinating possibility of advancing the process to a dynamic kinetic resolution.

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Publication History

Received: 17 September 2021

Accepted after revision: 14 October 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
15 October 2021

Article published online:
29 October 2021

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