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Rigid and concave, 2,4-cis-substituted azetidine derivatives: A platform for asymmetric catalysis.

Yoshizawa, A, Feula, A, Male, L, Leach, AG and Fossey, JS (2018) Rigid and concave, 2,4-cis-substituted azetidine derivatives: A platform for asymmetric catalysis. Scientific Reports, 8 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

A series of single enantiomer, 2,4-cis-disubstituted amino azetidines were synthesised and used as ligands for copper-catalysed Henry reactions of aldehydes with nitromethane. Optimisation of ligand substituents and the reaction conditions was conducted. The enantiomeric excess of the formed products was highest when alkyl aldehydes were employed in the reaction (>99% e.e.). The absolute stereochemistry of one representative azetidine derivative salt was determined by analysis of the Flack parameter of an XRD single crystal structure. The origin of selectivity in catalysis was investigated computationally, revealing the importance of the amino-substituent in determining the stereochemical outcome. A racemic platinum complex of a cis-disubstituted azetidine is examined by XRD single crystal structure analysis with reference to its steric parameters, and analogies to the computationally determined copper complex catalyst are drawn. A preliminary example of the use of a cis-disubstituted azetidine scaffold in thiourea H-bonding catalyst is noted in the supporting information.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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Date Deposited: 02 May 2018 11:21
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2021 02:43
DOI or ID number: 10.1038/s41598-018-24784-3
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8612
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