2012
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204469
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Enantioselective Titanium(III)‐Catalyzed Reductive Cyclization of Ketonitriles

Abstract: Reduction, please! The title reaction affords α-hydroxyketones, a common structural motif in biologically active natural products, in good yields and high enantioselectivities at room temperature. The commercially available ansa-titanocene 1 was found to be an efficient catalyst for this process, which presumably proceeds by addition of a ketyl radical to a nitrile.

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“…Thet itanocenes used so far in enantioselective redox chemistry are C 2 -symmetrical (Kagans complex for epoxide opening [13] and Brintzingers complex for ketyl radical additions to nitriles). [14] Our results show that this is not an essential condition.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 56%
“…Thet itanocenes used so far in enantioselective redox chemistry are C 2 -symmetrical (Kagans complex for epoxide opening [13] and Brintzingers complex for ketyl radical additions to nitriles). [14] Our results show that this is not an essential condition.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 56%
“…Neither did a slight modification of this combination (Table , entry 2). The potential titanocene‐regenerating system summarized in Table entry 3, was not capable of providing more than 30 % yield of the desired homopropargylic alcohol 2 . After assaying the combination reported in Table entry 4, only the starting material ( 1 ) was obtained, suggesting that it decomposes the CpTiCl 2 catalyst.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The enantioselective Ti‐catalyzed reductive cyclization of ketonitrile 47 was reported by Streuff's group (Scheme ) . Employing a combination of chiral titanocene catalyst ent ‐ 45 (10 mol %) and Zn (2 equiv), the product 48 was obtained in 88 % yield and 91 % ee .…”
Section: Chiral Metallic Reagent‐mediated Reactionsmentioning
confidence: 99%