Loughborough University
Browse

File(s) under permanent embargo

Reason: This item is currently closed access.

Lewis bases as catalysts in the reduction of imines and ketones with silanes (n → σ*)

chapter
posted on 2016-09-20, 12:26 authored by Pavel Kocovsky, Andrei MalkovAndrei Malkov
Silanes are widely recognized as efficient reagent for reduction of the carbonyl and imine functionality. In the case of alkyl- and aryl-silanes, the reaction requires catalysis by transition metal complexes or Lewis acids, which activate the electrophilic substrate. However, the enantioselectivity dropped dramatically in the case of the pyridyl derivative, presumably owing to the coordination of the pyridine nitrogen of the achiral substrate to Cl3SH, which thus competes with the chiral catalyst. Significantly, 105 proved to perform equally well in the reduction of both aromatic ketimines 1 and ketones 2, which place this catalyst among the rare systems that are applicable to both imines and ketones. The ready formation of esters of p-amino acids by reduction of the corresponding imines/enam-ines, which in turn can be prepared from the readily available p-keto esters, allowed an expedient synthesis of SCH48461, a potent, orally active inhibitor of cholesterol absorption.

History

School

  • Science

Department

  • Chemistry

Published in

Lewis Base Catalysis in Organic Synthesis

Pages

1077 - 1112 (35)

Citation

KOCOVSKY, P. and MALKOV, A.V., 2016. Lewis bases as catalysts in the reduction of imines and ketones with silanes (n → σ*). IN: Vedejs, E. and Denmark, S.E. (eds.) Lewis Base Catalysis in Organic Synthesis, Weinheim, Germany: Wiley, pp. 1077-1112.

Publisher

Wiley

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2016

Notes

This book chapter is in closed access.

ISBN

9783527675142

Language

  • en

Usage metrics

    Loughborough Publications

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC