Heterogeneous Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Ethyl Pyruvate Catalyzed by Cinchona-Modified Pt Catalysts: Effect of Modifier Structure

Autor: M. Studer, and W. Lottenbach, H. P. Jalett, H. U. Blaser
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122:12675-12682
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/ja003259q
Popis: The effect of the structure of chiral modifiers derived from natural cinchona alkaloids on the enantioselectivity and rate of the Pt/Al2O3-catalyzed hydrogenation of ethyl pyruvate was investigated. The influence of the following structural elements was studied: the cinchonidine versus the cinchonine backbone; effect of the nature and the size of substituents attached to C9; effect of partial hydrogenation of the quinoline ring; effects of changes of the substituent at the quinuclidine moiety. The strongest effects on ee and somewhat less on rate were observed for changes in the O−C9−C8−N part of the cinchona alkaloid and for partial or total hydrogenation of the quinoline rings. The nature of the substituents in the quinuclidine part had a comparably minor influence. The solvent was found to have a significant effect on enantioselectivity and rate. In acetic acid, the best results were obtained with O-methyl-10,11-diydrocinchonidine (ee's up to 93%), whereas dihydrocinchonidine was the most effective mo...
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