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Abiotic reduction of ketones with silanes catalysed by carbonic anhydrase through an enzymatic zinc hydride
Ji, Pengfei,Park, Jeeyoung,Gu, Yang,Clark, Douglas S.,Hartwig, John F.
, p. 312 - 318 (2021/02/26)
Enzymatic reactions through mononuclear metal hydrides are unknown in nature, despite the prevalence of such intermediates in the reactions of synthetic transition-metal catalysts. If metalloenzymes could react through abiotic intermediates like these, then the scope of enzyme-catalysed reactions would expand. Here we show that zinc-containing carbonic anhydrase enzymes catalyse hydride transfers from silanes to ketones with high enantioselectivity. We report mechanistic data providing strong evidence that the process involves a mononuclear zinc hydride. This work shows that abiotic silanes can act as reducing equivalents in an enzyme-catalysed process and that monomeric hydrides of electropositive metals, which are typically unstable in protic environments, can be catalytic intermediates in enzymatic processes. Overall, this work bridges a gap between the types of transformation in molecular catalysis and biocatalysis. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Chiral P,N-ligands for the highly enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes
Wang, Qiang,Li, Shuang,Hou, Chuan-Jin,Chu, Ting-Ting,Hu, Xiang-Ping
, (2019/08/16)
A new sterically hindered chiral P,N-ligand was synthesized and successfully applied to copper catalyzed asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes. Various aromatic aldehydes can react smoothly to give the corresponding addition products with good to excellent enantioselectivities, which provides a readily accessible method for the preparation of chiral secondary alcohols.
Development of Axially Chiral Cyclo-Biaryldiol Ligands with Adjustable Dihedral Angles
Zhang, Pengxiang,Yu, Jipan,Peng, Fei,Wu, Xudong,Jie, Jiyang,Liu, Can,Tian, Hua,Yang, Haijun,Fu, Hua
supporting information, p. 17477 - 17484 (2016/11/23)
A new type of axially chiral cyclo-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2,2′-diol (CYCNOL) ligands with adjustable dihedral angles have been developed by varying the bridge chain length. Eight-, nine- and ten-membered cyclo-ligands were prepared and evaluated by using two representative examples: enantioselective additions of diethylzinc to aldehydes and organometallic reagents to enones. The results revealed that the fine regulation of dihedral angles through variation of the bridge chain length was effective in the asymmetric synthesis.