Hydrogen‐bond‐enabled dynamic kinetic resolution of axially chiral amides mediated by a chiral counterion

Non‐biaryl atropisomers are valuable in medicine, materials, and catalysis, but their enantioselective synthesis remains a challenge. Herein, a counterion‐mediated O‐alkylation method for the generation of atropisomeric amides with an er up to 99:1 is outlined. This dynamic kinetic resolution is ena...

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Main Authors: Fugard, A, Lahdenperä, A, Tan, J, Mekareeya, A, Paton, R, Smith, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. 2019
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author Fugard, A
Lahdenperä, A
Tan, J
Mekareeya, A
Paton, R
Smith, M
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Lahdenperä, A
Tan, J
Mekareeya, A
Paton, R
Smith, M
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description Non‐biaryl atropisomers are valuable in medicine, materials, and catalysis, but their enantioselective synthesis remains a challenge. Herein, a counterion‐mediated O‐alkylation method for the generation of atropisomeric amides with an er up to 99:1 is outlined. This dynamic kinetic resolution is enabled by the observation that the rate of racemization of atropisomeric naphthamides is significantly increased by the presence of an intramolecular O−H⋅⋅⋅NCO hydrogen bond. Upon O‐alkylation of the H‐bond donor, the barrier to rotation is significantly increased. Quantum calculations demonstrate that the intramolecular H‐bond reduces the rotational barrier about the aryl–amide bond, stabilizing the planar transition state for racemization by approximately 40 kJ mol−1, thereby facilitating the observed dynamic kinetic resolution.
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spelling oxford-uuid:8f409272-989c-4202-af37-35a346a30af52022-03-26T23:03:05ZHydrogen‐bond‐enabled dynamic kinetic resolution of axially chiral amides mediated by a chiral counterionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8f409272-989c-4202-af37-35a346a30af5EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordJohn Wiley and Sons, Ltd.2019Fugard, ALahdenperä, ATan, JMekareeya, APaton, RSmith, MNon‐biaryl atropisomers are valuable in medicine, materials, and catalysis, but their enantioselective synthesis remains a challenge. Herein, a counterion‐mediated O‐alkylation method for the generation of atropisomeric amides with an er up to 99:1 is outlined. This dynamic kinetic resolution is enabled by the observation that the rate of racemization of atropisomeric naphthamides is significantly increased by the presence of an intramolecular O−H⋅⋅⋅NCO hydrogen bond. Upon O‐alkylation of the H‐bond donor, the barrier to rotation is significantly increased. Quantum calculations demonstrate that the intramolecular H‐bond reduces the rotational barrier about the aryl–amide bond, stabilizing the planar transition state for racemization by approximately 40 kJ mol−1, thereby facilitating the observed dynamic kinetic resolution.
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Lahdenperä, A
Tan, J
Mekareeya, A
Paton, R
Smith, M
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title Hydrogen‐bond‐enabled dynamic kinetic resolution of axially chiral amides mediated by a chiral counterion
title_full Hydrogen‐bond‐enabled dynamic kinetic resolution of axially chiral amides mediated by a chiral counterion
title_fullStr Hydrogen‐bond‐enabled dynamic kinetic resolution of axially chiral amides mediated by a chiral counterion
title_full_unstemmed Hydrogen‐bond‐enabled dynamic kinetic resolution of axially chiral amides mediated by a chiral counterion
title_short Hydrogen‐bond‐enabled dynamic kinetic resolution of axially chiral amides mediated by a chiral counterion
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