Metal Complexes as Lewis-Acid Catalysts in Organic Synthesis

ChemInform ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kobayashi ◽  
Y. Mori ◽  
Y. Yamashita
Keyword(s):  
Metal Complexes ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Acid Catalysts ◽  
Lewis Acid Catalysts

Bidentate Lewis acid catalysts in asymmetric synthesis

2002 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiji Maruoka
Keyword(s):  
Asymmetric Synthesis ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Lewis Acids ◽  
Asymmetric Induction ◽  
Acid Catalysts ◽  
Lewis Acid Catalysts ◽  
High Chemical ◽  
Bidentate Lewis Acids

The chemistry of bidentate Lewis acids belongs to an unexplored field of science, and so far has been only poorly studied. This paper illustrates the design of several bidentate Al and Ti Lewis acids, and their successful application to selective organic synthesis, particularly to asymmetric synthesis. For example, a new, chiral bidentate Ti(IV) complex is successfully designed by adding commercially available Ti(OPri)4 and (S)-binaphthol sequentially to 2,2'-bis(tritylamino)-4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone in CH2Cl2, and can be utilized for simultaneous coordination to aldehyde carbonyls, thereby allowing the precise enantioface discrimination of such carbonyls for a new catalytic, practical enantioselective allylation of aldehydes with allyltributyltin. This chiral bidentate Ti(IV) catalyst exhibits uniformly high asymmetric induction as well as high chemical yields for various aldehydes. The present enantioselective allylation is highly chemoselective in the presence of other carbonyl moieties.

scholarly journals Boron-Based Lewis Acid Catalysis: Challenges and Perspectives

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Valeria Nori ◽  
Fabio Pesciaioli ◽  
Arianna Sinibaldi ◽  
Giuliana Giorgianni ◽  
Armando Carlone
Keyword(s):  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Lewis Acids ◽  
Acid Catalysis ◽  
Acid Catalysts ◽  
Chemical Transformations ◽  
Lewis Acid Catalysis ◽  
Lewis Acid Catalysts ◽  
Better Than

In the last two decades, boron-based catalysis has been gaining increasing traction in the field of organic synthesis. The use of halogenated triarylboranes as main group Lewis acid catalysts is an attractive strategy. It has been applied in a growing number of transformations over the years, where they may perform comparably or even better than the gold standard catalysts. This review discusses methods of borane synthesis and cutting-edge boron-based Lewis acid catalysis, focusing especially on tris(pentafluorophenyl)-borane [B(C6F5)3], and other halogenated triarylboranes, highlighting how boron Lewis acids employed as catalysts can unlock a plethora of unprecedented chemical transformations or improve the efficiency of existing reactions.

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