Zhejiang University

Chunling Fu

Shengming Ma

Bo Lv

Xin Huang

Bo Lü

The present invention relates to a process for efficiently synthesizing highly optically active 1,3-disubstituted allenes, i.e., a one-step process for preparing highly optically active 1,3-disubstituted allenes by using a functionalized terminal alkyne, an aldehyde and a chiral &#x3b1;,&#x3b1;-diphenyl prolinol as reactants under the catalysis of a divalent copper salt. The operation of the process is simple, and the raw materials and reagents are readily available. The process has a broad-spectrum of substrates and a good compatibility for a wide variety of functional groups such as glycosidic units, primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, tertiary alcohols, amides, malonates, etc., and does not require the protection for the functional groups. The obtained axially chiral allene has a moderate to high yield and a good diastereoselectivity or enantioselectivity.

Process for synthesizing highly optically active 1,3-disubstituted allenes

The present invention relates to the compound of dialkyl(2-alkoxy-6-aminophenyl)phosphine and the preparation method thereof and the application in the palladium catalyzed coupling reactions of aryl chloride and ketone. The dialkyl(2-alkoxy-6-aminophenyl)phosphine of the present invention could coordinate with the palladium catalyst to highly selectively activate the inert carbon-chlorine bond, and to catalyze direct arylation reaction in the &#x3b1;-position of ketones to produce corresponding coupling compounds. The preparation method of the present invention is a simple one-step method which produces the air-stable dialkyl(2-alkoxy-6-aminophenyl)phosphine. Compared with the synthetic routes of ligands to be used in the activation of carbon-chlorine bonds in the prior arts, the preparation method of the present invention has the advantages of short route and easy operation.

Dialkyl(2-alkoxy-6-aminophenyl)phosphine, the preparation method and use thereof

The current invention relates to the structure, synthesis of dialkyl(2,4,6- or 2,6-alkoxyphenyl)phosphine or its tetrafluoroborate, as well as its applications in the palladium catalyzed carbon-chlorine bond activation for Suzuki coupling reactions and carbon-nitrogen bond formation reactions. The dialkyl(2,4,6- or 2,6-alkoxyphenyl)phosphine or its tetrafluoroborate could coordinate with the palladium catalyst to activate the inert carbon-chlorine bond highly selectively and catalyze Suzuki coupling reaction with arylboronic acid or carbon-nitrogen bond formation reaction with organic amines. The current invention uses only one step to synthesize dialkyl(2,4,6- or 2,6-alkoxyphenyl)phosphine and its tetrafluoroborate is stable in the air. Compared with known synthetic routes of ligands used in activating carbon-chlorine bonds, the method of current invention is short, easy to operate. Moreover, with this type of ligands, the Suzuki coupling products of optically active chlorolactones and arylboronic acids would maintain their configuration and optical purity.

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