HIGHLY Z-SELECTIVE AND ENANTIOSELECTIVE RING OPENING/CROSS METATHESIS CATALYZED BY A RESOLVED STEREOGENIC-AT-RU COMPLEX

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  • Patent Application
  • 20160101414
  • Publication Number
    20160101414
  • Date Filed
    May 15, 2014
    10 years ago
  • Date Published
    April 14, 2016
    8 years ago
Abstract
This invention relates generally to enantiomerically enriched C—H activated ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst compounds which are stereogenic at ruthenium, to the preparation of such compounds, and the use of such catalysts in the metathesis of olefins and olefin compounds, more particularly, in the use of such catalysts in enantio- and Z-selective olefin metathesis reactions. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and industrial and fine chemicals chemistry.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates generally to enantiomerically enriched C—H activated ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst compounds which are stereogenic at ruthenium, to the preparation of such compounds, and the use of such catalysts in the metathesis of olefins and olefin compounds, more particularly, in the use of such catalysts in enantio- and Z-selective olefin metathesis reactions. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and industrial and fine chemicals chemistry.


BACKGROUND

Since its discovery in the 1950s, olefin metathesis has emerged as a valuable synthetic method for the formation of carbon-carbon double bonds. In particular, its recent advances in applications to organic syntheses and polymer syntheses mostly rely on developments of well-defined catalysts (see (a) Cossy, J.; Arseniyadis, S.; Meyer, C., Metathesis in Natural Product Synthesis: Strategies, Substrates, and Catalysts. 1st ed.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 2010; (b) Nicolaou, K. C.; Bulger, P. G.; Sarlah, D., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4490-4527; (c) Mutlu, H.; de Espinosa, L. M.; Meier, M. A. R., Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1404-1445; (d) Leitgeb, A.; Wappel, J.; Slugovc, C., Polymer 2010, 51, 2927-2946; (e) Buchmeiser, M. R., Macromol. Symp. 2010, 298, 17-24; (f) Sutthasupa, S.; Shiotsuki, M.; Sanda, F., Polymer J. 2010, 42, 905-915; (g) Binder, J. B.; Raines, R. T., Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2008, 12, 767-773). Among attempts to improve catalyst efficiency over the past decade, one of the most attractive frontiers has been selective synthesis of stereo-controlled olefin product. However, most catalysts give higher proportion of thermodynamically favored E isomer of olefin in products. This fundamental nature of olefin metathesis limits its applications to some reactions including natural product synthesis. Furthermore, asymmetric olefin metathesis methodologies are desirable for the synthesis of enantiopure natural products and other biologically-relevant molecules (see Hoveyda, A. H.; Malcolmson, S. J.; Meek, S. J.; Zhugralin, A. R., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 34-44). Thus, an enantioselective catalyst which also gives high Z-isomer of olefin product is expected to open a new convenient route to value-added products. Consequently, the development of chiral catalysts for methods such as asymmetric ring opening/cross metathesis (AROCM) is a field of ongoing interest (see Kress, S.; Blechert, S., Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 4389-4408).


The earliest examples of such catalysts contained Molybdenum, and while capable of generating AROCM products in high ee (80-90%), suffered from limited substrate scope and functional group compatibility (see (a) Fujimura, O.; Grubbs, R. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 2499-2500; (b) Fujimura, O.; Grubbs, R. H., J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 824-832; (c) La, D. S.; Ford, J. G.; Sattely, E. S.; Bonitatebus, P. J.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 11603-11604; (d) La, D. S.; Sattely, E. S.; Ford, J. G.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7767-7778; (e) Tsang, W. C. P.; Jernelius, J. A.; Cortez, G. A.; Weatherhead, G. S.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 2591-2596). Ruthenium-based catalysts have been developed wherein the chirality is built into the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand (see (a) Seiders, T. J.; Ward, D. W.; Grubbs, R. H., Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 3225-3228; (b) Berlin, J. M.; Goldberg, S. D.; Grubbs, R. H., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7591-7595; (c) Funk, T. W.; Berlin, J. M.; Grubbs, R. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1840-1846; (d) Savoie, J.; Stenne, B.; Collins, S. K., Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 1826-1832; (e) Stenne, B.; Timperio, J.; Savoie, J.; Dudding, T.; Collins, S. K., Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2032-2035; (f) Tiede, S.; Berger, A.; Schlesiger, D.; Rost, D.; Luehl, A.; Blechert, S., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3972-3975; (g) Kannenberg, A.; Rost, D.; Eibauer, S.; Tiede, S.; Blechert, S., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3299-3302; (h) Van Veldhuizen, J. J.; Garber, S. B.; Kingsbury, J. S.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 4954-4955; (i) Van Veldhuizen, J. J.; Gillingham, D. G.; Garber, S. B.; Kataoka, O.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 12502-12508; (j) Van Veldhuizen, J. J.; Campbell, J. E.; Giudici, R. E.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6877-6882). Most of these molybdenum and ruthenium catalyst are capable of performing AROCM with high levels of E-selectivity (up to >98% E) (For an early example of Z-selective ROCM see (a) Randall, M. L.; Tallarico, J. A.; Snapper, M. L., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 9610-9611; (b) Tallarico, J. A.; Randall, M. L.; Snapper, M. L., Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 16511-16520). More recently, Z-selective AROCM of oxabicycles has been achieved with molybdenum catalysts (see (a) Ibrahem, I.; Yu, M.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3844-3845; (b) Yu, M.; Ibrahem, I.; Hasegawa, M.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2788-2799). While Z-selective AROCM has been accomplished with ruthenium catalysts, thus far it has been limited to reactions involving heteroatom-substituted α-olefin cross partners (see (a) Khan, R. K. M.; O'Brien, R. V.; Torker, S.; Li, B.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12774-12779; (b) Khan, R. K. M.; Zhugralin, A. R.; Torker, S.; O'Brien, R. V.; Lombardi, P. J.; Hoveyda, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12438-12441).


The formation of multiple stereocenters in a single catalytic transformation is a powerful approach to the synthesis of stereochemically complex targets. While the development of such a transformation must overcome the challenge of simultaneously controlling diastereo- and enantioselectivity, the end result can reduce the step count of a synthesis and improve its atom economy. One commonly encountered motif is the vicinal diol, which is pervasive throughout natural products and ligands for asymmetric transformations. While the problem of introducing vicinal diols in high enantiopurity has largely been solved by the Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD), the formation of 1,2-anti diols remains challenging due to the low enantioselectivity observed in the AD of cis-1,2 disubstituted alkenes (see H. C. Kolb, M. S. Vannieuwenhze, K. B. Sharpless, Chem. Rev. 1994, 94, 2483-2547). Accordingly, a number of methods have been developed for the enantioselective formation of 1,2-anti diols, including asymmetric epoxidation/hydrolysis (see (a) S. M. Lim, N. Hill, A. G. Myers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5763-5765; (b) L. Albrecht, H. Jiang, G. Dickmeiss, B. Gschwend, S. G. Hansen, K. A. Jorgensen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9188-9196), glycolate aldol (see (a) T. Mukaiyama, N. Iwasawa, Chem. Lett. 1984, 753-756; (b) D. A. Evans, J. R. Gage, J. L. Leighton, A. S. Kim, J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 1961-1963; (c) W. Notz, B. List, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 7386-7387; (d) M. T. Crimmins, P. J. McDougall, Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 591-594; (e) A. B. Northrup, D. W. C. MacMillan, Science 2004, 305, 1752-1755; (f) A. B. Northrup, I. K. Mangion, F. Hettche, D. W. C. MacMillan, Angew. Chem. 2004, 116, 2204-2206; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 2152-2154; (g) S. E. Denmark, W.-J. Chung, Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 1916-1918; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 1890-1892), iterative cross metathesis/allylic substitution (see (a) J. K. Park, D. T. McQuade, Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 2771-2775; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2717-2721; (b) D. Kim, J. S. Lee, S. B. Kong, H. Han, Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 4297-4300; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4203-4206), nucleophilic addition to aldehydes (see (a) E. El-Sayed, N. K. Anand, E. M. Carreira, Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 3017-3020; (b) T. Luanphaisarnnont, C. O. Ndubaku, T. F. Jamison, Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2937-2940; (c) S. B. Han, H. Han, M. J. Krische, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1760-1761), desymmetrizing monofunctionalization (see Y. Zhao, J. Rodrigo, A. H. Hoveyda, M. L. Snapper, Nature 2006, 443, 67-70), and allene hydroboration/aldehyde allylation (see H. C. Brown, G. Narla, J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 4686-4687). In contrast to many of these methods, an asymmetric ring opening/cross metathesis (AROCM) approach (Scheme 4) would consolidate the transformation into a single step and generate a differentiated 1,5-diene fragment in a convergent manner.


Asymmetric olefin metathesis is a powerful C—C bond forming reaction and has enabled the synthesis of stereochemically complex bioactive compounds (see A. H. Hoveyda, S. J. Malcolmson, S. J. Meek, A. R. Zhugralin, Angew. Chem. 2010, 122, 38-49; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 34-44). Advances in stereoselective olefin metathesis have resulted in the development of catalysts capable of forming products with high diastereo- and enantioselectivity (For a recent review, see A. Fürstner, Science 2013, 341, 1229713. For leading references, see (a) K. Endo, R. H. Grubbs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8525-8527; (b) B. K. Keitz, K. Endo, P. R. Patel, M. B. Herbert, R. H. Grubbs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 693-699; (c) L. E. Rosebrugh, M. B. Herbert, V. M. Marx, B. K. Keitz, R. H. Grubbs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1276-1279; (d) M. M. Flook, A. J. Jiang, R. R. Schrock, P. Mueller, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 7962-7963; (e) S. J. Meek, R. V. O'Brien, J. Llaveria, R. R. Schrock, A. H. Hoveyda, Nature 2011, 471, 461-466; (f) R. K. M. Khan, S. Torker, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10258; For a recent review, see (a) S. Kress, S. Blechert, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 4389-4408; for leading references, see (b) J. M. Berlin, S. D. Goldberg, R. H. Grubbs, Angew. Chem. 2006, 118, 7753-7757; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7591-7595; (c) T. W. Funk, J. M. Berlin, R. H. Grubbs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1840-1846; (d) J. Savoie, B. Stenne, S. K. Collins, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 1826-1832; (e) B. Stenne, J. Timperio, J. Savoie, T. Dudding, S. K. Collins, Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2032-2035; (f) S. Tiede, A. Berger, D. Schlesiger, D. Rost, A. Luhl, S. Blechert, Angew. Chem. 2010, 122, 4064-4067; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3972-3975; (g) A. Kannenberg, D. Rost, S. Eibauer, S. Tiede, S. Blechert, Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 3357-3360; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3299-3302; (h) R. K. M. Khan, R. V. O'Brien, S. Torker, B. Li, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12774-12779; (i) M. Yu, I. Ibrahem, M. Hasegawa, R. R. Schrock, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2788-2799). Although the ROCM of cyclobutenes to form racemic products has been demonstrated (see (a) M. L. Randall, J. A. Tallarico, M. L. Snapper, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 9610-9611; (b) M. L. Snapper, J. A. Tallarico, M. L. Randall, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 1478-1479; (c) J. A. Tallarico, M. L. Randall, M. L. Snapper, Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 16511-16520; (d) T. O. Schrader, M. L. Snapper, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 10998-11000; (e) B. H. White, M. L. Snapper, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14901-14904), previous studies of their AROCM reactions have afforded products with low enantioenrichment (see M. Yu, I. Ibrahem, M. Hasegawa, R. R. Schrock, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2788-2799).


Despite the advances achieved in the art, a continuing need therefore exists for further improvements in the areas of Z-selective AROCM (see (a) Endo, K.; Grubbs, R. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8525-8527; (b) Keitz, B. K.; Endo, K.; Herbert, M. B.; Grubbs, R. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 9686-9688; (c) Keitz, B. K.; Endo, K.; Patel, P. R.; Herbert, M. B.; Grubbs, R. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 693-699; (d) Rosebrugh, L. E.; Herbert, M. B.; Marx, V. M.; Keitz, B. K.; Grubbs, R. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1276-1279). The present invention is directed to addressing one or more of those concerns.


SUMMARY

The invention is directed to addressing one or more of the aforementioned concerns, and, in one embodiment, provides an enantioenriched C—H activated catalyst compound composed of a Group 8 transition metal complex and a chelating ligand structure formed from the metal center M, a neutral electron donor ligand L1, and a 2-electron anionic donor bridging moiety, Q*. A general structure of catalyst compounds according to the invention is shown below.




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wherein, M is a Group 8 transition metal (e.g., Ru or Os); X1 is an anionic ligand; L1 is a neutral two electron ligand, where L1 may connect with R2; R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, and functional groups, and wherein R1 may connect with R2 and/or L1; Q*is a 2-electron anionic donor bridging moiety (e.g., alkyl, aryl, carboxylate, alkoxy, aryloxy, or sulfonate, etc.).


We have discovered that enantiopure versions of these catalysts exhibit both high Z-selectivity and enantioselectivity in AROCM due to the rigidity imparted by the heterocyclic carbene-metal chelate.


In summary, we have developed an enantioenriched ruthenium metathesis catalyst capable of highly Z-selective and enantioselective ROCM. An NHC ligand that chelates through a Ru—C bond is key to the design of the catalyst, which features a stereogenic Ru atom. The reaction is amenable to modification of both the α-olefin and norbornene component, which significantly broadens the scope of this methodology.


Furthermore, the highly enantioselective synthesis of 1,2-anti diols was accomplished by the application of catalyst 4 to the AROCM of cis-dioxygenated cyclobutenes. The reaction is robust, tolerating modifications in reaction conditions and substitution on the reactants. Enantioenrichment of the major Z isomers was exceptionally high, ranging from 89-99% ee. The rapid synthesis of insect pheromone (+)-endo brevicomin was accomplished, affording the natural product in 95% ee. A 1,5-diene generated by the AROCM reaction was chemoselectively functionalized to afford ribose derivative 21, demonstrating the utility of the building blocks afforded by the title reaction.





BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS


FIG. 1 is a graph demonstrating the E/Z ratio versus conversion for the reaction leading to product 9e as described in the Examples.



FIG. 2 depicts the X-ray crystal structure (ORTEP drawing) of complex 3 as described in the Examples.



FIG. 3. X-ray crystal structure (ORTEP drawing) of compound ent-S3 as described in the Examples.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Terminology and Definitions

Unless otherwise indicated, the invention is not limited to specific reactants, substituents, catalysts, reaction conditions, or the like, as such may vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not to be interpreted as being limiting.


As used in the specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “an α-olefin” includes a single α-olefin as well as a combination or mixture of two or more α-olefins, reference to “a substituent” encompasses a single substituent as well as two or more substituents, and the like.


As used in the specification and the appended claims, the terms “for example,” “for instance,” “such as,” or “including” are meant to introduce examples that further clarify more general subject matter. Unless otherwise specified, these examples are provided only as an aid for understanding the invention, and are not meant to be limiting in any fashion.


In this specification and in the claims that follow, reference will be made to a number of terms, which shall be defined to have the following meanings:


The term “alkyl” as used herein refers to a linear, branched, or cyclic saturated hydrocarbon group typically although not necessarily containing 1 to about 24 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, octyl, decyl, and the like, as well as cycloalkyl groups such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and the like. Generally, although again not necessarily, alkyl groups herein contain 1 to about 12 carbon atoms. The term “lower alkyl” intends an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the specific term “cycloalkyl” intends a cyclic alkyl group, typically having 4 to 8, preferably 5 to 7, carbon atoms. The term “substituted alkyl” refers to alkyl substituted with one or more substituent groups, and the terms “heteroatom-containing alkyl” and “heteroalkyl” refer to alkyl in which at least one carbon atom is replaced with a heteroatom. If not otherwise indicated, the terms “alkyl” and “lower alkyl” include linear, branched, cyclic, unsubstituted, substituted, and/or heteroatom-containing alkyl and lower alkyl, respectively.


The term “alkylene” as used herein refers to a difunctional linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group, where “alkyl” is as defined above.


The term “alkenyl” as used herein refers to a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group of 2 to about 24 carbon atoms containing at least one double bond, such as ethenyl, n-propenyl, isopropenyl, n-butenyl, isobutenyl, octenyl, decenyl, tetradecenyl, hexadecenyl, eicosenyl, tetracosenyl, and the like. Preferred alkenyl groups herein contain 2 to about 12 carbon atoms. The term “lower alkenyl” intends an alkenyl group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and the specific term “cycloalkenyl” intends a cyclic alkenyl group, preferably having 5 to 8 carbon atoms. The term “substituted alkenyl” refers to alkenyl substituted with one or more substituent groups, and the terms “heteroatom-containing alkenyl” and “heteroalkenyl” refer to alkenyl in which at least one carbon atom is replaced with a heteroatom. If not otherwise indicated, the terms “alkenyl” and “lower alkenyl” include linear, branched, cyclic, unsubstituted, substituted, and/or heteroatom-containing alkenyl and lower alkenyl, respectively.


The term “alkenylene” as used herein refers to a difunctional linear, branched, or cyclic alkenyl group, where “alkenyl” is as defined above.


The term “alkynyl” as used herein refers to a linear or branched hydrocarbon group of 2 to about 24 carbon atoms containing at least one triple bond, such as ethynyl, n-propynyl, and the like. Preferred alkynyl groups herein contain 2 to about 12 carbon atoms. The term “lower alkynyl” intends an alkynyl group of 2 to 6 carbon atoms. The term “substituted alkynyl” refers to alkynyl substituted with one or more substituent groups, and the terms “heteroatom-containing alkynyl” and “heteroalkynyl” refer to alkynyl in which at least one carbon atom is replaced with a heteroatom. If not otherwise indicated, the terms “alkynyl” and “lower alkynyl” include linear, branched, unsubstituted, substituted, and/or heteroatom-containing alkynyl and lower alkynyl, respectively.


The term “alkoxy” as used herein intends an alkyl group bound through a single, terminal ether linkage; that is, an “alkoxy” group may be represented as —O-alkyl where alkyl is as defined above. A “lower alkoxy” group intends an alkoxy group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Analogously, “alkenyloxy” and “lower alkenyloxy” respectively refer to an alkenyl and lower alkenyl group bound through a single, terminal ether linkage, and “alkynyloxy” and “lower alkynyloxy” respectively refer to an alkynyl and lower alkynyl group bound through a single, terminal ether linkage.


The term “aryl” as used herein, and unless otherwise specified, refers to an aromatic substituent containing a single aromatic ring or multiple aromatic rings that are fused together, directly linked, or indirectly linked (such that the different aromatic rings are bound to a common group such as a methylene or ethylene moiety). Preferred aryl groups contain 5 to 24 carbon atoms, and particularly preferred aryl groups contain 5 to 14 carbon atoms. Exemplary aryl groups contain one aromatic ring or two fused or linked aromatic rings, e.g., phenyl, naphthyl, biphenyl, diphenylether, diphenylamine, benzophenone, and the like. “Substituted aryl” refers to an aryl moiety substituted with one or more substituent groups, and the terms “heteroatom-containing aryl” and “heteroaryl” refer to aryl substituents in which at least one carbon atom is replaced with a heteroatom, as will be described in further detail infra.


The term “aryloxy” as used herein refers to an aryl group bound through a single, terminal ether linkage, wherein “aryl” is as defined above. An “aryloxy” group may be represented as —O-aryl where aryl is as defined above. Preferred aryloxy groups contain 5 to 24 carbon atoms, and particularly preferred aryloxy groups contain 5 to 14 carbon atoms. Examples of aryloxy groups include, without limitation, phenoxy, o-halo-phenoxy, m-halo-phenoxy, p-halo-phenoxy, o-methoxy-phenoxy, m-methoxy-phenoxy, p-methoxy-phenoxy, 2,4-dimethoxy-phenoxy, 3,4,5-trimethoxy-phenoxy, and the like.


The term “alkaryl” refers to an aryl group with an alkyl substituent, and the term “aralkyl” refers to an alkyl group with an aryl substituent, wherein “aryl” and “alkyl” are as defined above. Preferred alkaryl and aralkyl groups contain 6 to 24 carbon atoms, and particularly preferred alkaryl and aralkyl groups contain 6 to 16 carbon atoms. Alkaryl groups include, for example, p-methylphenyl, 2,4-dimethylphenyl, p-cyclohexylphenyl, 2,7-dimethylnaphthyl, 7-cyclooctylnaphthyl, 3-ethyl-cyclopenta-1,4-diene, and the like. Examples of aralkyl groups include, without limitation, benzyl, 2-phenyl-ethyl, 3-phenyl-propyl, 4-phenyl-butyl, 5-phenyl-pentyl, 4-phenylcyclohexyl, 4-benzylcyclohexyl, 4-phenylcyclohexylmethyl, 4-benzylcyclohexylmethyl, and the like. The terms “alkaryloxy” and “aralkyloxy” refer to substituents of the formula —OR wherein R is alkaryl or aralkyl, respectively, as just defined.


The term “acyl” refers to substituents having the formula —(CO)-alkyl, —(CO)-aryl, or —(CO)-aralkyl, and the term “acyloxy” refers to substituents having the formula —O(CO)-alkyl, —O(CO)-aryl, or —O(CO)-aralkyl, wherein “alkyl,” “aryl, and “aralkyl” are as defined above.


The terms “cyclic” and “ring” refer to alicyclic or aromatic groups that may or may not be substituted and/or heteroatom containing, and that may be monocyclic, bicyclic, or polycyclic. The term “alicyclic” is used in the conventional sense to refer to an aliphatic cyclic moiety, as opposed to an aromatic cyclic moiety, and may be monocyclic, bicyclic, or polycyclic.


The terms “halo” and “halogen” are used in the conventional sense to refer to a chloro, bromo, fluoro, or iodo substituent.


“Hydrocarbyl” refers to univalent hydrocarbyl radicals containing 1 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to about 24 carbon atoms, most preferably 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, including linear, branched, cyclic, saturated, and unsaturated species, such as alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, aryl groups, and the like. The term “lower hydrocarbyl” intends a hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the term “hydrocarbylene” intends a divalent hydrocarbyl moiety containing 1 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to about 24 carbon atoms, most preferably 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, including linear, branched, cyclic, saturated and unsaturated species. The term “lower hydrocarbylene” intends a hydrocarbylene group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms. “Substituted hydrocarbyl” refers to hydrocarbyl substituted with one or more substituent groups, and the terms “heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl” and “heterohydrocarbyl” refer to hydrocarbyl in which at least one carbon atom is replaced with a heteroatom. Similarly, “substituted hydrocarbylene” refers to hydrocarbylene substituted with one or more substituent groups, and the terms “heteroatom-containing hydrocarbylene” and heterohydrocarbylene” refer to hydrocarbylene in which at least one carbon atom is replaced with a heteroatom. Unless otherwise indicated, the term “hydrocarbyl” and “hydrocarbylene” are to be interpreted as including substituted and/or heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl and hydrocarbylene moieties, respectively.


The term “heteroatom-containing” as in a “heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl group” refers to a hydrocarbon molecule or a hydrocarbyl molecular fragment in which one or more carbon atoms is replaced with an atom other than carbon, e.g., nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus or silicon, typically nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur. Similarly, the term “heteroalkyl” refers to an alkyl substituent that is heteroatom-containing, the term “heterocyclic” refers to a cyclic substituent that is heteroatom-containing, the terms “heteroaryl” and heteroaromatic” respectively refer to “aryl” and “aromatic” substituents that are heteroatom-containing, and the like. It should be noted that a “heterocyclic” group or compound may or may not be aromatic, and further that “heterocycles” may be monocyclic, bicyclic, or polycyclic as described above with respect to the term “aryl.” Examples of heteroalkyl groups include alkoxyaryl, alkylsulfanyl-substituted alkyl, N-alkylated amino alkyl, and the like. Examples of heteroaryl substituents include pyrrolyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyridinyl, quinolinyl, indolyl, pyrimidinyl, imidazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, tetrazolyl, etc., and examples of heteroatom-containing alicyclic groups are pyrrolidino, morpholino, piperazino, piperidino, etc.


By “substituted” as in “substituted hydrocarbyl,” “substituted alkyl,” “substituted aryl,” and the like, as alluded to in some of the aforementioned definitions, is meant that in the hydrocarbyl, alkyl, aryl, or other moiety, at least one hydrogen atom bound to a carbon (or other) atom is replaced with one or more non-hydrogen substituents. Examples of such substituents include, without limitation: functional groups referred to herein as “Fn,” such as halo, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl, C1-C24 alkoxy, C2-C24 alkenyloxy, C2-C24 alkynyloxy, C5-C24 aryloxy, C6-C24 aralkyloxy, C6-C24 alkaryloxy, acyl (including C2-C24 alkylcarbonyl (—CO-alkyl) and C6-C24 arylcarbonyl (—CO-aryl)), acyloxy (—O-acyl, including C2-C24 alkylcarbonyloxy (—O—CO-alkyl) and C6-C24 arylcarbonyloxy (—O—CO-aryl)), C2-C24 alkoxycarbonyl (—(CO)—O-alkyl), C6-C24 aryloxycarbonyl (—(CO)—O-aryl), halocarbonyl (—CO)—X where X is halo), C2-C24 alkylcarbonato (—O—(CO)—O-alkyl), C6-C24 arylcarbonato (—O—(CO)—O-aryl), carboxy (—COOH), carboxylato (—COO, carbamoyl (—(CO)—NH2), mono-(C1-C24 alkyl)-substituted carbamoyl (—(CO)—NH(C1-C24 alkyl)), di-(C1-C24 alkyl)-substituted carbamoyl (—(CO)—N(C1-C24 alkyl)2), mono-(C1-C24 haloalkyl)-substituted carbamoyl (—(CO)—NH(C1-C24 alkyl)), di-(C1-C24 haloalkyl)-substituted carbamoyl (—(CO)—N(C1-C24 alkyl)2), mono-(C5-C24 aryl)-substituted carbamoyl (—(CO)—NH-aryl), di-(C5-C24 aryl)-substituted carbamoyl (—(CO)—N(C5-C24 aryl)2), di-N—(C1-C24 alkyl), N—(C5-C24 aryl)-substituted carbamoyl, thiocarbamoyl (—(CS)—NH2), mono-(C1-C24 alkyl)-substituted thiocarbamoyl (—(CO)—NH(C1-C24 alkyl)), di-(C1-C24 alkyl)-substituted thiocarbamoyl (—(CO)—N(C1-C24 alkyl)2), mono-(C5-C24 aryl)-substituted thiocarbamoyl (—(CO)—NH-aryl), di-(C5-C24 aryl)-substituted thiocarbamoyl (—(CO)—N(C5-C24 aryl)2), di-N—(C1-C24 alkyl), N—(C5-C24 aryl)-substituted thiocarbamoyl, carbamido (—NH—(CO)—NH2), cyano(—C═N), cyanato (—O—C═N), thiocyanato (—S—C═N), formyl (—(CO)—H), thioformyl (—(CS)—H), amino (—NH2), mono-(C1-C24 alkyl)-substituted amino, di-(C1-C24 alkyl)-substituted amino, mono-(C5-C24 aryl)-substituted amino, di-(C5-C24 aryl)-substituted amino, C2-C24 alkylamido (—NH—(CO)-alkyl), C6-C24 arylamido (—NH—(CO)-aryl), imino (—CR═NH where R=hydrogen, C1-C24 alkyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), C2-C20 alkylimino (—CR═N(alkyl), where R=hydrogen, C1-C24 alkyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), arylimino (—CR═N(aryl), where R=hydrogen, C1-C20 alkyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), nitro (—NO2), nitroso (—NO), sulfo (—SO2—OH), sulfonato (—SO2—O), C1-C24 alkylsulfanyl (—S-alkyl; also termed “alkylthio”), C5-C24 arylsulfanyl (—S-aryl; also termed “arylthio”), C1-C24 alkylsulfinyl (—(SO)-alkyl), C5-C24 arylsulfinyl (—(SO)-aryl), C1-C24 alkylsulfonyl (—SO2-alkyl), C1-C24 monoalkylaminosulfonyl —SO2—N(H) alkyl), C1-C24 dialkylaminosulfonyl —SO2—N(alkyl)2, C5-C24 arylsulfonyl (—SO2-aryl), boryl (—BH2), borono (—B(OH)2), boronato (—B(OR)2 where R is alkyl or other hydrocarbyl), phosphono (—P(O)(OH)2), phosphonato (—P(O)(O)2), phosphinato (—P(O)(O)), phospho (—PO2), and phosphino (—PH2); and the hydrocarbyl moieties C1-C24 alkyl (preferably C1-C12 alkyl, more preferably C1-C6 alkyl), C2-C24 alkenyl (preferably C2-C12 alkenyl, more preferably C2-C6 alkenyl), C2-C24 alkynyl (preferably C2-C12 alkynyl, more preferably C2-C6 alkynyl), C5-C24 aryl (preferably C5-C14 aryl), C6-C24 alkaryl (preferably C6-C16 alkaryl), and C6-C24 aralkyl (preferably C6-C16 aralkyl).


By “functionalized” as in “functionalized hydrocarbyl,” “functionalized alkyl,” “functionalized olefin,” “functionalized cyclic olefin,” and the like, is meant that in the hydrocarbyl, alkyl, olefin, cyclic olefin, or other moiety, at least one hydrogen atom bound to a carbon (or other) atom is replaced with one or more functional groups such as those described hereinabove. The term “functional group” is meant to include any functional species that is suitable for the uses described herein. In particular, as used herein, a functional group would necessarily possess the ability to react with or bond to corresponding functional groups on a substrate surface.


In addition, the aforementioned functional groups may, if a particular group permits, be further substituted with one or more additional functional groups or with one or more hydrocarbyl moieties such as those specifically enumerated above. Analogously, the above-mentioned hydrocarbyl moieties may be further substituted with one or more functional groups or additional hydrocarbyl moieties such as those specifically enumerated.


“Optional” or “optionally” means that the subsequently described circumstance may or may not occur, so that the description includes instances where the circumstance occurs and instances where it does not. For example, the phrase “optionally substituted” means that a non-hydrogen substituent may or may not be present on a given atom, and, thus, the description includes structures wherein a non-hydrogen substituent is present and structures wherein a non-hydrogen substituent is not present.


The term enantioenriched C—H activated catalyst refers to mirror images when one chiral center is present and diastereomers with 2 or more chiral centers are present.


Catalyst Complexes

In general, the catalyst complexes of the invention comprise a Group 8 metal (M), an alkylidene moiety (═CR1R2), or more generally (═(C)mCR1R2), an anionic ligand (X1), a neutral ligand (L1) and a heterocyclic carbene ligand that is linked to the metal via a 2-electron anionic donor bridging moiety (Q*). The olefin metathesis catalyst complex is preferably a Group 8 transition metal complex having the structure of formula (II)




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in which:


L1 is a neutral electron donor ligand;


Q* is a 2-electron anionic donor bridging moiety linking R3 and Ru; and may be hydrocarbylene (including substituted hydrocarbylene, heteroatom-containing hydrocarbylene, and substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbylene, such as substituted and/or heteroatom-containing alkylene) or —(CO)—;


Q is a linker, typically a hydrocarbylene linker, including substituted hydrocarbylene, heteroatom-containing hydrocarbylene, and substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbylene linkers, wherein two or more substituents on adjacent atoms within Q may also be linked to form an additional cyclic structure, which may be similarly substituted to provide a fused polycyclic structure of two to about five cyclic groups. Q is often, although again not necessarily, a two-atom linkage or a three-atom linkage;


X is an atom selected from C, N, O, S, and P. Since O and S are divalent, n is necessarily zero when X is O or S. Similarly, when X is N or P, then n is 1, and when X is C, then n is 2;


R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydrocarbyl (e.g., C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), substituted hydrocarbyl (e.g., substituted C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl (e.g., heteroatom-containing C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), and substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl (e.g., substituted heteroatom-containing C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), and functional groups. R1 and R2 may also be linked to form a cyclic group, which may be aliphatic or aromatic, and may contain substituents and/or heteroatoms. Generally, such a cyclic group will contain 4 to 12, preferably 5, 6, 7, or 8 ring atoms.


R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, and substituted heteroatom-containing, hydrocarbyl (e.g., C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), substituted hydrocarbyl (e.g., substituted C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl (e.g., heteroatom-containing C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), and substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl (e.g., substituted heteroatom-containing C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, C5-C24 aryl, C6-C24 alkaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, etc.), and functional groups.


X1 is a bidentate anionic ligand. Typically, X1 is nitrate, C1-C20 alkylcarboxylate, C6-C24 arylcarboxylate, C2-C24 acyloxy, C1-C20 alkylsulfonato, C5-C24 arylsulfonato, C1-C20 alkylsulfanyl, C5-C24 arylsulfanyl, C1-C20 alkylsulfinyl, or C5-C24 arylsulfinyl. In some embodiments, X1 is benzoate, pivalate, or nitrate. More specifically, X1 may be is CF3CO2, CH3CO2, CH3CH2CO2, CFH2CO2, (CH3)3CO2, (CH3)2CHCO2, (CF3)2(CH3)CO2, (CF3)(CH3)2CO2, benzoate, naphthylate, tosylate, mesylate, or trifluoromethane-sulfonate. In one more preferred embodiment, X1 is nitrate (NO3).


In certain catalysts, R1 is hydrogen and R2 is selected from C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, and C5-C24 aryl, more preferably C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, and C5-C14 aryl. Still more preferably, R2 is phenyl, vinyl, methyl, isopropyl, or t-butyl, optionally substituted with one or more moieties selected from C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, and phenyl. Most preferably, R2 is phenyl or vinyl substituted with one or more moieties selected from methyl, ethyl, chloro, bromo, iodo, fluoro, nitro, dimethylamino, methyl, methoxy, and phenyl. More specifically, R2 may be phenyl or —C═C(CH3)2.


Any two or more (typically two, three, or four) of X1, L1, R1, and R2 can be taken together to form a cyclic group, including bidentate or multidentate ligands, as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,312,940 to Grubbs et al. When any of X1, L1, R1, and R2 are linked to form cyclic groups, those cyclic groups may contain 4 to 12, preferably 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 atoms, or may comprise two or three of such rings, which may be either fused or linked.


In particular embodiments, Q is a two-atom linkage having the structure —CR11R12—CR13R14— or —CR11═CR13—, preferably —CR11R12—CR13R14—, wherein R11, R12, R13, and R14 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, and functional groups. Examples of suitable functional groups include carboxyl, C1-C20 alkoxy, C5-C24 aryloxy, C2-C20 alkoxycarbonyl, C5-C24 alkoxycarbonyl, C2-C24 acyloxy, C1-C20 alkylthio, C5-C24 arylthio, C1-C20 alkylsulfonyl, and C1-C20 alkylsulfinyl, optionally substituted with one or more moieties selected from C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 alkoxy, C5-C14 aryl, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl, formyl, and halide. R11, R12, R13, and R14 are preferably independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C12 alkyl, substituted C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 heteroalkyl, substituted C1-C12 heteroalkyl, phenyl, and substituted phenyl. Alternatively, any two of R11, R12, R13, and R14 may be linked together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated ring structure, e.g., a C4-C12 alicyclic group or a C5 or C6 aryl group, which may itself be substituted, e.g., with linked or fused alicyclic or aromatic groups, or with other substituents. In one further aspect, any one or more of R11, R12, R13, and R14 comprises one or more of the linkers.


In more particular aspects, R3 and R4 maybe alkyl or aryl, and may be independently selected from alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and halo or halogen-containing groups. More specifically, R3 and R4 may be independently selected from C1-C20 alkyl, C5-C14 cycloalkyl, C1-C20 heteroalkyl, or halide. Suitable alkyl groups include, without limitation, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, octyl, decyl, and the like; suitable cycloalkyl groups include cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, adamantyl, pinenyl, terpenes and terpenoid derivatives and the like; suitable alkenyl groups include ethenyl, n-propenyl, isopropenyl, n-butenyl, isobutenyl, octenyl, decenyl, tetradecenyl, hexadecenyl, eicosenyl, tetracosenyl, and the like; suitable alkynyl groups include ethynyl, n-propynyl, and the like.


When R3 or R4 are aromatic, each can be independently composed of one or two aromatic rings, which may or may not be substituted, e.g., R3 and R4 may be phenyl, substituted phenyl, biphenyl, substituted biphenyl, or the like. In a particular embodiment, R3 and R4 are independently an unsubstituted phenyl or phenyl substituted with up to three substituents selected from C1-C20 alkyl, C1-C20 alkylcarboxylate, substituted C1-C20 alkyl, C1-C20 heteroalkyl, substituted C1-C20 heteroalkyl, C5-C24 aryl, substituted C5-C24 aryl, C5-C24 heteroaryl, C6-C24 aralkyl, C6-C24 alkaryl, or halide. Preferably, any substituents present are hydrogen C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 alkoxy, C5-C14 aryl, substituted, C5-C14 aryl, or halide. More particularly, R3 and R4 may be independently substituted with hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkylcarboxylate, C1-C4 alkoxy, C5-C14 aryl, substituted C5-C14 aryl, or halide. As an example, R3 and R4 are selected from cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, adamantyl, norbonenyl, pinenyl, terpenes and terpenoid derivatives, mesityl, diisopropylphenyl or, more generally, cycloalkyl substituted with one, two or three C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 alkoxy groups, or a combination thereof.


Particular complexes wherein R2 and L1 are linked to form a chelating carbene ligand are examples of another group of catalysts, and are commonly called “Grubbs-Hoveyda” catalysts. Grubbs-Hoveyda metathesis-active metal carbene complexes of the invention may be described by the formula VIII.




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wherein,


X1, Q, Q*, R3 and R4 are as previously defined herein;


Y is a heteroatom selected from N, O, S, and P; preferably Y is O or N;


R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroalkyl, heteroatom containing alkenyl, heteroalkenyl, heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, aryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carbonyl, alkylamino, alkylthio, aminosulfonyl, monoalkylaminosulfonyl, dialkylaminosulfonyl, alkylsulfonyl, nitrile, nitro, alkylsulfinyl, trihaloalkyl, perfluoroalkyl, carboxylic acid, ketone, aldehyde, nitrate, cyano, isocyanate, hydroxyl, ester, ether, amine, imine, amide, halogen-substituted amide, trifluoroamide, sulfide, disulfide, sulfonate, carbamate, silane, siloxane, phosphine, phosphate, or borate, wherein any combination of R5, R6, R7, and R8 can be linked to form one or more cyclic groups;

    • n is 1 or 2, such that n is 1 for the divalent heteroatoms O or S, and n is 2 for the trivalent heteroatoms N or P; and


Z is a group selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, functionalized alkyl, functionalized aryl where the functional group(s) may independently be one or more or the following: alkoxy, aryloxy, halogen, carboxylic acid, ketone, aldehyde, nitrate, cyano, isocyanate, hydroxyl, ester, ether, amine, imine, amide, trifluoroamide, sulfide, disulfide, carbamate, silane, siloxane, phosphine, phosphate, or borate; methyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl, t-butyl, neopentyl, benzyl, phenyl and trimethylsilyl; and wherein any combination or combinations of X1, Q*, Y, Z, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are linked to a support.


Strained Olefin Reactant

The AROCM reaction catalyzed by the complexes described above involve a strained olefin reactant and a second α-olefin reactant, wherein the two reactants are brought into contact in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of the complex, under conditions and for a time period effective to allow the AROCM reaction to occur. In general, the strained olefin reactant may be represented by the structure of formula (XIII):




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wherein J and R13 are as follows:


R13 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl (e.g., C1-C20 alkyl, C5-C20 aryl, C5-C30 aralkyl, or C5-C30 alkaryl), substituted hydrocarbyl (e.g., substituted C1-C20 alkyl, C5-C20 aryl, C5-C30 aralkyl, or C5-C30 alkaryl), heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl (e.g., C1-C20 heteroalkyl, C5-C20 heteroaryl, heteroatom-containing C5-C30 aralkyl, or heteroatom-containing C5-C30 alkaryl), and substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl (e.g., substituted C1-C20 heteroalkyl, C5-C20 heteroaryl, heteroatom-containing C5-C30 aralkyl, or heteroatom-containing C5-C30 alkaryl) and, if substituted hydrocarbyl or substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, wherein the substituents may be functional groups (“Fn”) such as phosphonato, phosphoryl, phosphanyl, phosphino, sulfonato, C1-C20 alkylsulfanyl, C5-C20 arylsulfanyl, C1-C20 alkylsulfonyl, C5-C20 arylsulfonyl, C1-C20 alkylsulfinyl, C5-C20 arylsulfinyl, sulfonamido, amino, amido, imino, nitro, nitroso, hydroxyl, C1-C20 alkoxy, C5-C20 aryloxy, C2-C20 alkoxycarbonyl, C5-C20 aryloxycarbonyl, carboxyl, carboxylato, mercapto, formyl, C1-C20 thioester, cyano, cyanato, carbamoyl, epoxy, styrenyl, silyl, silyloxy, silanyl, siloxazanyl, boronato, boryl, or halogen, or a metal-containing or metalloid-containing group (wherein the metal may be, for example, Sn or Ge). R13 may itself be one of the aforementioned groups, such that the Fn moiety is directly bound to the olefinic carbon atom indicated in the structure. In the latter case, however, the functional group will generally not be directly bound to the olefinic carbon through a heteroatom containing one or more lone pairs of electrons, e.g., an oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen or phosphorus atom, or through an electron-rich metal or metalloid such as Ge, Sn, As, Sb, Se, Te, etc. With such functional groups, there will normally be an intervening linkage Z, such that R13 then has the structure —(Z)n-Fn wherein n is 1, Fn is the functional group, and Z is a hydrocarbylene linking group such as an alkylene, substituted alkylene, heteroalkylene, substituted heteroalkene, arylene, substituted arylene, heteroarylene, or substituted heteroarylene linkage.


J is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbylene, substituted hydrocarbylene, heteroatom-containing hydrocarbylene, or substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbylene linkage, wherein when J is substituted hydrocarbylene or substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbylene, the substituents may include one or more —(Z)n—Fn groups, wherein n is zero or 1, and Fn and Z are as defined previously. Additionally, two or more substituents attached to ring carbon (or other) atoms within J may be linked to form a bicyclic or polycyclic olefin. J will generally contain in the range of approximately 4 to 14 ring atoms, typically 4 to 8 ring atoms, for a monocyclic olefin, and, for bicyclic and polycyclic olefins, each ring will generally contain 4 to 8, typically 5 to 7, ring atoms.


Mono-unsaturated cyclic olefin reactants encompassed by structure (XII) may be represented by the structure (XIV):




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wherein b is an integer generally although not necessarily in the range of 0 to 10, typically 0 to 5, R13 is as defined above, and R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, and R19 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl and —(Z)n-Fn where n, Z and Fn are as defined previously, and wherein if any of the R14 through R19 moieties is substituted hydrocarbyl or substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, the substituents may include one or more —(Z)n-Fn groups. Accordingly, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, and R19 may be, for example, hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C20 alkyl, C5-C20 aryl, C1-C20 alkoxy, C5-C20 aryloxy, C2-C20 alkoxycarbonyl, C5-C20 aryloxycarbonyl, amino, amido, nitro, etc. Furthermore, any of the R14 through R19 moieties can be linked to any other of the R14 through R19 moieties to provide a bicyclic or polycyclic olefin, and the linkage may include heteroatoms or functional groups, e.g., the linkage may include an ether, ester, thioether, amino, alkylamino, imino, or anhydride moiety.


Examples of monounsaturated, monocyclic olefins encompassed by structure (XIV) include, without limitation, cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cycloheptene, cyclooctene, cyclononene, cyclodecene, cycloundecene, cyclododecene, tricyclodecene, tetracyclodecene, octacyclodecene, and cycloeicosene, and substituted versions thereof such as 1-methylcyclopentene, 1-ethylcyclopentene, 1-isopropylcyclohexene, 1-chloropentene, 1-fluorocyclopentene, 1-methylcyclopentene, 4-methoxy-cyclopentene, 4-ethoxy-cyclopentene, cyclopent-3-ene-thiol, cyclopent-3-ene, 4-methylsulfanyl-cyclopentene, 3-methylcyclohexene, 1-methylcyclooctene, 1,5-dimethylcyclooctene, etc.


Monocyclic diene reactants encompassed by structure (XIII) may be generally represented by the structure (XV):




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wherein c and d are independently integers in the range of 1 to about 8, typically 2 to 4, preferably 2 (such that the reactant is a cyclooctadiene), R13 is as defined above, and R20, R21, R22, R23, R24 and R25 are defined as for R14 through R19. In this case, it is preferred that R24 and R25 be nonhydrogen substituents, in which case the second olefinic moiety is tetrasubstituted, so that the ROCM reaction proceeds selectively at only one of the two olefin functionalities. Examples of monocyclic diene reactants include, without limitation, 1,3-cyclopentadiene, 1,3-cyclohexadiene, 1,3-cyclohexadiene, 5-ethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene, 1,3-cycloheptadiene, cyclohexadiene, 1,5-cyclooctadiene, 1,3-cyclooctadiene, and substituted analogs thereof. Triene reactants are analogous to the diene structure (XV), and will generally contain at least one methylene linkage between any two olefinic segments.


Bicyclic and polycyclic olefinic reactants encompassed by structure (XII) may be generally represented by the structure (XVI)




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wherein e is an integer in the range of 1 to 8, typically 2 to 4, f is generally 1 or 2, T is lower alkylene or lower alkenylene, generally substituted or unsubstituted methyl or ethyl, R13 is as defined above, and R27, R28, R29, and R30 are as defined for R14 through R19. Preferred olefinic reactants within this group are in the norbornene family, having the structure (XVII)




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wherein R13, and R27 through R30 are as defined previously, and R28A and R29A are defined as for R28 and R29.


Examples of bicyclic and polycyclic olefinic reactants thus include, without limitation, dicyclopentadiene, tricyclopentadiene, dicyclohexadiene, norbornene, 5-methyl-2-norbornene, 5-ethyl-2-norbornene, 5-isobutyl-2-norbornene, 5,6-dimethyl-2-norbornene, 5-phenylnorbornene, 5-benzylnorbornene, 5-acetylnorbornene, 5-methoxycarbonylnorbornene, 5-ethoxycarbonylnorbornene, 5-methyl-5-methoxy-carbonylnorbornene, 5-cyanonorbornene, 5,5,6-trimethyl-2-norbornene, cyclo-hexenylnorbornene, endo, exo-5,6-dimethoxynorbornene, endo, endo-5,6-dimethoxynorbornene, endo,exo-5,6-dimethoxycarbonyl-norbornene, endo, endo-5,6-dimethoxycarbonylnorbornene, 2,3-dimethoxynorbornene, norbornadiene, tricycloundecene, tetracyclododecene, 8-methyltetracyclododecene, 8-ethyl-tetracyclododecene, 8-methoxycarbonyltetracyclododecene, 8-methyl-8-tetracyclo-dodecene, 8-cyanotetracyclododecene, pentacyclopentadecene, pentacyclohexadecene, 1,9-octadecadiene, and the like.


α-Olefin Reactant

In general, the α-olefin reactant may be represented by the structure of formula (XVIII):




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wherein Yα is selected from the group comprising nil, CH2, O, or S and Rα is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl (e.g., C1-C20 alkyl, C5-C20 aryl, C5-C30 aralkyl, or C5-C30 alkaryl), substituted hydrocarbyl (e.g., substituted C1-C20 alkyl, C5-C20 aryl, C5-C30 aralkyl, or C5-C30 alkaryl), heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl (e.g., C1-C20 heteroalkyl, C5-C20 heteroaryl, heteroatom-containing C5-C30 aralkyl, or heteroatom-containing C5-C30 alkaryl), and substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl (e.g., substituted C1-C20 heteroalkyl, C5-C20 heteroaryl, heteroatom-containing C5-C30 aralkyl, or heteroatom-containing C5-C30 alkaryl) and, if substituted hydrocarbyl or substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, wherein the substituents may be functional groups (“Fn”) such as phosphonato, phosphoryl, phosphanyl, phosphino, sulfonato, C1-C20 alkylsulfanyl, C5-C20 arylsulfanyl, C1-C20 alkylsulfonyl, C5-C20 arylsulfonyl, C1-C20 alkylsulfinyl, C5-C20 arylsulfinyl, sulfonamido, amino, amido, imino, nitro, nitroso, hydroxyl, C1-C20 alkoxy, C5-C20 aryloxy, C2-C20 alkoxycarbonyl, C5-C20 aryloxycarbonyl, carboxyl, carboxylato, mercapto, formyl, C1-C20 thioester, cyano, cyanato, carbamoyl, epoxy, styrenyl, silyl, silyloxy, silanyl, siloxazanyl, boronato, boryl, or halogen, or a metal-containing or metalloid-containing group (wherein the metal may be, for example, Sn or Ge).


Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring Opening/Cross Metathesis of Bicyclic Olefins and α-Olefins

We anticipated that enantiopure versions of the newly developed catalysts would exhibit high Z-selectivity and enantioselectivity in AROCM due to the rigidity imparted by the Ru—C chelate. Herein we report a new homochiral stereogenic-at-ruthenium complex that exhibits high enantioselectivity in the AROCM of norbornene derivatives.


Enantioenriched 4 was synthesized by resolution as shown in Scheme 1. Treatment of racemic iodide 1 (see Keitz, B. K.; Endo, K.; Patel, P. R.; Herbert, M. B.; Grubbs, R. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 693-699) with silver carboxylate 2 cleanly formed a 1:1 mixture of diastereomers in 97% yield. Chromatographic separation of the mixture afforded a 45% yield (90% of theoretical maximum) of 3 (>95:5 dr). The absolute stereochemistry of complex 3 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography (FIG. 2). Sequential treatment of carboxylate 3 with para-toluenesulfonic acid and sodium nitrate produced the enantioenriched nitrate complex 4 in 43% yield.




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While complex 3 exhibited low enantioselectivity in AROCM, 1 mol % of complex 4 catalyzed the reaction of norbornene 5 with an excess of allyl acetate (6) to produce a 64% yield of diene (1S,2R,3S,4R)-7 with 95% Z-selectivity and 93% ee (Scheme 2) (Absolute configurations were assigned by analogy to that of 9c, which was determined by X-ray crystallography). The highly selective reaction produces four contiguous stereocenters on a tetra-substituted cyclopentane ring. Optimization of the process revealed that 7 equiv. of α-olefin, 1 mol % catalyst loading at 23° C. and 0.5 M concentration in THF afforded the highest yield and selectivity. Ethereal solvents were optimal, with catalyst solubility improved in THF over diethyl ether.




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In order to demonstrate the scope of Z-selective catalyst 4, a variety of α-olefins bearing diverse functionality were employed in order to determine their effect on the efficiency and enantioselectivity of the reaction. As illustrated in Table 1, replacing allyl acetate with N-Boc-allylamine provided amine-containing product 8a in equally high enantioselectivity (94% ee). Utilizing an olefin bearing a remote ester did not impact the Z-selectivity and afforded 8b in 91% ee.









TABLE 1





AROCM with Different α-Olefin Partnersa




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aYields correspond to isolated product; Z/E ratios determined by 500 MHz 1H NMR of the crude reaction mixture; ee of pure products measured with chiral SFC.







Bulkier allylic substituents such as para-methoxy phenyl and pinacol boronic ester gave products 8c and 8d with moderate enantioselectivity (81% and 75% ee, respectively). A simple α-olefin such as 1-hexene also gave good yield, Z-selectivity, and enantioselectivity (8e, 89% ee), demonstrating that allylic functionality is not required to confer a selective reaction. The examples in Table 1 suggest that catalyst 4 is capable of producing a range of AROCM products (Attempts to employ heteroatom-substituted olefins (butyl vinyl ether) resulted in no ROCM product, presumably due to catalyst deactivation).


The norbornene component was then altered to understand its impact on Z-selectivity and enantioselectivity. As a basis for comparison, the substrates were treated with 7 equivalents of allyl acetate under the optimized catalytic conditions. Norbornenes bearing coordinating functionality such as acetate (to form 9a) and N-phenyl succinimide (to form 9b) resulted in reduced yield and slower reaction, respectively. The dimethyl substituted anhydride afforded a 65% yield of 9d, which contains two vicinal all-carbon quaternary stereocenters, demonstrating the power of AROCM to afford otherwise synthetically challenging products in high ee (95%). Aryl ether 9e was produced in 95% ee, although interestingly as a 7:3 Z/E mixture. The results in Table 2 support the observation that substrates bearing 2,3-endo substitution react with high Z-selectivity; substrates lacking this substitution pattern show reduced diastereoselectivity.









TABLE 2





Influence of Strained Olefin Reactanta




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aYields correspond to isolated product; Z/E ratios determined by GC; ee of pure products measured with chiral SFC.




b Conducted at 3 mol % catalyst loading for 5 h.







The fact that Z-9e and E-9e are formed in identical enantioenrichment has important mechanistic implications and offers indirect evidence of the active catalytic species. The result suggests that the enantiodetermining step most likely precedes the olefin geometry-determining step (This assumes that secondary metathesis processes proceed at a negligible rate compared to the productive (ROCM) reaction. Measurements of the formation of 9e (see Experimental) show that the Z/E ratio is constant during the course of the reaction and for several hours after complete conversion). This conclusion requires the initial enantiodetermining ring-opening event to occur with a ruthenium methylidene (Scheme 3). Subsequent cross metathesis of the ring-opened product bearing a ruthenium alkylidene with an equivalent of α-olefin would then produce the observed product.




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On the basis of this indirect mechanistic evidence and the absolute configuration of the isolated product, we propose that the methylidene shown in Scheme 3 initially reacts with the norbornene component in an enantioselective ring-opening event. It is hypothesized that the enantioselectivity is governed by approach of the methylidene to the less-hindered exo face while the mesityl “cap” forces the bulk of the norbornene component to orient away from the NHC ligand (see Liu, P.; Xu, X.; Dong, X.; Keitz, B. K.; Herbert, M. B.; Grubbs, R. H.; Houk, K. N., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 1464-1467). The proposed methylidene is most likely produced by initial cross metathesis of 4 with a molecule of α-olefin, resulting in epimerization at the ruthenium center.


Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring Opening/Cross Metathesis of Monocyclic Olefins and α-Olefins

It was envisioned that the desymmetrization of suitably substituted meso cyclobutenes in AROCM would afford the 1,2-anti diol motif in perfect anti diastereoselectivity and potentially high enantioselectivity upon application of a newly developed cyclometalated metathesis catalyst 4 (Scheme 4) (see J. Hartung, R. H. Grubbs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10183-10185). The resultant 1,5-diene would be a versatile synthetic intermediate due to the differential reactivity of the two alkenes, paving the way for further chemoselective transformations. Herein, we report the successful application of 4 to afford highly enantioenriched 1,2-anti diols and demonstrate the versatility of these products in the synthesis of the insect pheromone (+)-endo brevicomin and a derivative of the monosaccharide L-ribose. Pest control strategies utilizing insect pheromones have become a promising alternative to the application of broad-spectrum insecticides, underscoring the importance of rapid synthetic routes to (+)-endo brevicomin and related bioactive compounds (see (a) P. E. Howse, I. D. R. Stevens, Insect Pheromones and their Use in Pest Management, Chapman & Hall, New York, 1998; (b) Recent work from this group has demonstrated the application of racemic 4 to the synthesis of Lepidoptera female sex pheromones, see M. B. Herbert, V. M. Marx, R. L. Pederson, R. H. Grubbs, Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 328-332; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 310-314).




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Initial attempts to form 1,2-anti diols were carried out with complex 4, allyl acetate (11), and cis-3,4-dibenzyloxycyclobutene (10, Table 3), which was synthesized by substitution of commercially available cis-3,4-dichlorocyclobutene with sodium phenylmethanolate (see W. Kirmse, F. Scheidt, H. J. Vater, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1978, 100, 3945-3946). Solvent had no effect on selectivity of the AROCM reaction except for slightly diminished enantioselectivity in CH2Cl2 (entry 1, Table 3); yield was highest in THF (entry 4, Table 3). The effect of stoichiometry in AROCM has been explored for a number of catalysts (see (a) J. M. Berlin, S. D. Goldberg, R. H. Grubbs, Angew. Chem. 2006, 118, 7753-7757; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7591-7595; (b) M. Yu, I. Ibrahem, M. Hasegawa, R. R. Schrock, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2788-2799; (c) D. S. La, J. G. Ford, E. S. Sattely, P. J. Bonitatebus, R. R. Schrock, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 11603-11604). In the current study, an excess of terminal olefin was optimal (7 equiv, entry 4, Table 3); as the equivalents of terminal olefin were reduced, the yield of the reaction dropped, yet a modest yield of 29% could be obtained with 1.2 equivalents of 11. No di-cross products were observed. Reducing the concentration also resulted in lower yield, leading to the optimal conditions of 7 equiv. of terminal olefin 11 in THF at a concentration of 0.5 M in 10 with 1 mol % 4 for 1.5 h. It is worth noting that although alternative solvents or stoichiometry negatively impacted reaction efficiency, the diastereo- and enantioselectivity remained consistently high, demonstrating the robustness of the reaction.









TABLE 3







Optimization of the AROCM of Cyclobutene 10 with 11.




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Conc



ee


entry
Equiv 11
(M)
Solvent
Yield[a]
% Z[a]
(Z)[b]
















1
7
0.5
CH2Cl2
35
83
93


2
7
0.5
Benzene
49
84
95


3
7
0.5
Toluene
52
84
95


4
7
0.5
THF
79
85
95


5
5
0.5
THF
71
84
96


6
3
0.5
THF
63
85
96


7
1.2
0.5
THF
29
87
97


8
7
0.3
THF
72
85
95


9
7
0.1
THF
43
85
95






[a]Determined by GC.




[b]Determined by chiral SFC.







While the synthesis of a 1,2-anti alkoxy motif had been demonstrated, inclusion of alternative protecting groups on the diol motif strengthens the synthetic protocol. These modifications would allow a synthetic sequence to be designed taking into account the feasibility of removing the protecting groups in the presence of other functionality. Moreover, modulation of the size and electronics of the groups on the cyclobutene and terminal olefin reactants would provide a better understanding of the factors contributing to selectivity.


A complement of commonly used hydroxyl protecting groups were tolerated on the cyclobutene and terminal olefin reactants, but enantio- and diastereoselectivity were affected by the choice of substituents (Tables 4 and 5) (Attempts to use cyclic protecting groups (ex: benzylidene acetal) resulted in low conversion). The increased bulkiness of the tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether resulted in improved Z selectivity and remarkable enantioselectivity (88% Z, 99% ee, 15a, Table 4), while hydroxyls and benzoates on the cyclobutene reactant led to Z products with 91% and 96% ee, respectively. The same enantioinduction was observed in products 15a and 15b. Isopropoxy substituents on the cyclobutene resulted in abrogation of catalyst activity presumably due to the formation of a stable chelating complex (In preliminary stoichiometric experiments with 4 and 13c, we observe the formation of a kinetically stable intermediate analogous to one described in a recent report on an enantiopure ruthenium alkylidene complex, see R. K. M. Khan, A. R. Zhugralin, S. Torker, R. V. O'Brien, P. J. Lombardi, A. H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12438-12441).









TABLE 4







Scope of the AROCM Reaction with respect to Cyclobutene Substitution.[a]




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%
ee Z[d]


R1
R2
Product
Yield[b]
Z[c]
(ee E)[d]





TBS
OH


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66
88
99 (nd)





H
OBz


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67
75
91 (67)





Bz
OH


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69
75
96 (82)






iPr

OBz


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nd
nd






[a]0.1 mmol cyclobutene, 0.7 mmol terminal olefin.




[b]Combined isolated yield of E and Z products.




[c]Determined by 500 MHz 1H NMR analysis of crude reaction mixture.




[d]Determined by chiral SFC.







High enantioselectivities were obtained with a wide range of terminal olefins. Among the 0-protecting groups surveyed (Table 5, 15e-h), the tert-butyldimethylsilyl group resulted in high enantioselectivity (89% ee, 15g), but the more electron-withdrawing benzoate ester was optimal, resulting in the highest enantioselectivity (97% ee, 15f). Terminal olefins bearing alkyl substitution resulted in higher diastereoselectivity and yield with similar levels of enantioselectivity (15i, 15j). The chiral allylation reagent 15k was synthesized in 91% ee, affording a functionally useful building block. Z and E isomers were isolable from each other by flash or thin layer chromatography in all cases except 15i.









TABLE 5







Scope of the AROCM Reaction with respect to Terminal Olefin[a]




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ee Z[d]


R2
Product
Yield[b]
% Z[c]
(ee E)[d]





OH


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62
89
93 (86)





OBz


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61
88
97 (88)





OTBS


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  68[e]

87
89 (77)





OBn


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64
86
91 (nd)





4-MeOPh


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76
90
93 (79)





CH2C(O)CH3


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65
90
92 (84)





BPin


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50

  nd[f]

91 (nd)






[a]0.1 mmol cyclobutene, 0.7 mmol terminal olefin.




[b]Combined isolated yield of E and Z products.




[c]Determined by 500 MHz 1H NMR analysis of crude reaction mixture.




[d]Determined by chiral SFC.




[e]Yield determined after derivatization to 15e.




[f]Not determined due to instability of E product.







We next explored the synthetic utility of the 1,2-anti diol fragments produced in the AROCM reaction. Cyclic ketals derived from the 1,2-anti diol motif feature prominently in the structures of several natural products (see (a) R. M. Silverstein, R. G. Brownlee, T. E. Bellas, D. L. Wood, L. E. Browne, Science 1968, 159, 889-891; (b) T. Yasumoto, M. Murata, Y. Oshima, M. Sano, G. K. Matsumoto, J. Clardy, Tetrahedron 1985, 41, 1019-1025; (c) D. Uemura, T. Chou, T. Haino, A. Nagatsu, S. Fukuzawa, S. Z. Zheng, H. S. Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 1155-1156; (d) T. Chou, O. Kamo, D. Uemura, Tetrahedron Lett. 1996, 37, 4023-4026; (e) T. Chou, T. Haino, M. Kuramoto, D. Uemura, Tetrahedron Lett. 1996, 37, 4027-4030). Accordingly, we targeted this structure in the context of a synthesis of the insect pheromone (+)-endo brevicomin (19, Scheme 5) (For catalytic asymmetric syntheses, see (a) A. C. Oehlschlager, B. D. Johnston, J. Org. Chem. 1987, 52, 940-943; (b) S. D. Burke, N. Muller, C. M. Beaudry, Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 1827-1829; (c) S.-G. Kim, T.-H. Park, B. J. Kim, Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 6369-6372; (d) S. Singh, P. J. Guiry, J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 5758-5761; for syntheses relying on stoichiometric chiral reagents, see (e) R. Bernardi, C. Fuganti, P. Grasselli, Tetrahedron Lett. 1981, 22, 4021-4024; (f) K. Mori, Y. B. Seu, Tetrahedron 1985, 41, 3429-3431; (g) F. Sato, O. Takahashi, T. Kato, Y. Kobayashi, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1985, 1638-1641; (h) S. Hatakeyama, K. Sakurai, S. Takano, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1985, 1759-1761; (i) A. Yusufoglu, S. Antons, H. D. Scharf, J. Org. Chem. 1986, 51, 3485-3487; (j) J. Mulzer, A. Angermann, W. Munch, Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1986, 825-838; (k) H. Redlich, W. Bruns, W. Francke, V. Schurig, T. L. Payne, J. P. Vite, Tetrahedron 1987, 43, 2029-2034; (l) J. M. Chong, E. K. Mar, Tetrahedron 1989, 45, 7709-7716; (m) Y. Noda, M. Kikuchi, Chem. Lett. 1989, 1755-1756; (n) S. Ramaswamy, A. C. Oehlschlager, J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 255-257; (o) K. Matsumoto, N. Suzuki, H. Ohta, Tetrahedron Lett. 1990, 31, 7163-7166; (p) G. Pedrocchifantoni, S. Servi, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1 1991, 1764-1765; (q) V. Cere, C. Mazzini, C. Paolucci, S. Pollicino, A. Fava, J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 4567-4571; (r) J. A. Soderquist, A. M. Rane, Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 5031-5034; (s) A. Gypser, M. Flasche, H. D. Scharf, Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1994, 775-780; (t) M. J. Kim, G. B. Choi, J. Y. Kim, H. J. Kim, Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 6253-6256; (u) S. Vettel, C. Lutz, P. Knochel, Synlett 1996, 731-733; (v) J. K. Gallos, L. C. Kyradjoglou, T. V. Koftis, Heterocycles 2001, 55, 781-784; (w) H.-Y. Lee, Y. Jung, H. Moon, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2009, 30, 771-772).


(+)-Endo-brevicomin is a male produced component of the attractive pheromone system of Dendroctonus frontalis (southern pine beetle), a tree-killing insect found in southern North America and Central America (see R. M. Silverstein, R. G. Brownlee, T. E. Bellas, D. L. Wood, L. E. Browne, Science 1968, 159, 889-891). It was envisioned that AROCM of 10 with 4-penten-2-ol would set the relative and absolute stereochemistry in the synthesis of (+)-endo brevicomin.


An expedient three-step synthesis of (+)-endo brevicomin was accomplished featuring the AROCM of 10 with racemic 16 to afford 17 (91% Z) in 85% yield as an inconsequential mixture of diastereomers (Scheme 5). The mixture of epimeric alcohols was cleanly oxidized to the desired ketone by Dess-Martin periodinane in 88% yield. Z-18 was obtained in 95% ee, indicating high enantioselectivity in the AROCM reaction. Hydrogenation of Z-18 in acidic methanol resulted in concomitant reduction of the alkenes, hydrogenolysis of the benzyl groups and cyclization to form (+)-endo brevicomin in 67% yield in a one-pot transformation (The absolute configurations of the AROCM products in this study were assigned by analogy to 19 and 21).




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It was envisioned that the synthetic utility of the 1,5-dienes produced in the AROCM of cyclobutenes could be further underscored by chemoselective functionalization of the two alkenes. For example, the introduction of additional hydroxyl groups would enable the rapid synthesis of monosaccharides. In this fashion, a succinct and highly enantioselective synthesis of biologically relevant monosaccharides could function as a robust route to starting materials for complex polysaccharides.


The synthesis of ribose derivative 21 was carried out to demonstrate the conversion of AROCM products such as 15 into useful monosaccharides (Scheme 6). Dihydroxylation of Z-15f catalyzed by OsO4 afforded a 66% yield of differentially protected pentanol 20 in 9:1 dr (see (a) J. K. Cha, W. J. Christ, Y. Kishi, Tetrahedron Lett. 1983, 24, 3943-3946; (b) W. J. Christ, J. K. Cha, Y. Kishi, Tetrahedron Lett. 1983, 24, 3947-3950). Ozonolysis of the remaining double bond afforded the differentially protected L-ribose lactol, which was isolated as methyl glycoside 21 in 47% yield over two steps (see (a) R. R. Schmidt, A. Gohl, Chem. Ber. 1979, 112, 1689-1704; (b) P. A. Wender, F. C. Bi, N. Buschmann, F. Gosselin, C. Kan, J.-M. Kee, H. Ohmura, Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 5373-5376). It is hypothesized that a broader collection of monosaccharides will be accessible from the AROCM products by the modification of this synthetic sequence.




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Enatioenriched Catalysts

It was proposed that in addition to employing a catalyst with the large chelating adamantyl group (e.g. catalyst 4), further steric bulk could be installed by modification of the X-type ligand. In order to better understand how the X-type ligand affected the enantioselectivity, complexes 22a-h were prepared by ligand exchange from iodide 1. This reaction proceeded rapidly and afforded products of sufficient purity after concentration, re-dissolution in benzene, and filtration through a short plug of Celite (Scheme 7).




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Complexes containing achiral carboxylates (22a-c) and enantiopure carboxylates (22d-h) were obtained (Scheme 8).




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Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring Opening/Cross Metathesis of Bicyclic Olefins and α-Olefins

Two of the novel catalysts depicted in Scheme 8 were employed in ring opening cross metathesis reactions (see Schemes x and x). While the O-methyl mandelate derived catalyst 22e afforded 57% yield of highly Z product, the enantioselectivity was modest (28%) (Scheme 9). The catalyst derived from L-N-acetyl alanine (221) afforded the ring opening cross product with >95% Z-selectivity and in 84% ee (Scheme 10).




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Nitrate 4 catalyzed the AROCM of benzonorbornadiene (23) with allyl acetate (6) in 55% yield, 76% Z-selectivity, while both Z and E isomers had >98% ee (see Scheme 11). AROCM of substrate 25, bearing the 7-syn benzyloxy substituent, afforded 26 as a mixture of isomers favoring the E product (18:85 Z/E ratio) in 94% and 93% ee (Z and E isomers respectively) (see Scheme 12).




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It is to be understood that while the invention has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof, that the description above as well as the examples that follow are intended to illustrate and not limit the scope of the invention. Other aspects, advantages, and modifications within the scope of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.


EXPERIMENTAL
General Information—Materials and Methods

In the following examples, efforts have been made to ensure accuracy with respect to numbers used (e.g., amounts, temperature, etc.) but some experimental error and deviation should be accounted for. Unless indicated otherwise, temperature is in degrees C. and pressure is at or near atmospheric. The examples are to be considered as not being limiting of the invention as described herein and are instead provided as representative examples of the catalyst compounds of the invention, the methods that may be used in their preparation, and the methods of using the inventive catalysts.


All reactions were carried out in dry glassware under an Argon atmosphere using standard Schlenk line techniques or in a Vacuum Atmospheres glovebox under nitrogen atmosphere. All solvents were purified by passage through solvent purification columns and further degassed with Argon (see Pangborn, A. B.; Giardello, M. A.; Grubbs, R. H.; Rosen, R. K.; Timmers, F. J., Organometallics 1996, 15, 1518-1520). NMR solvents for air-sensitive compounds were degassed by sparging with nitrogen and passed through a solvent purification column prior to use. Commercially available reagents were used as received unless otherwise noted. Substrates in the liquid state were degassed with Argon and passed through a plug of neutral alumina prior to use. Solid substrates were used after purification by silica gel column chromatography. Silica gel used for the purification of transition metal complexes was dried at 220° C. and 100 mTorr for 24 h prior to use.


Standard NMR spectroscopy experiments were conducted on a Varian INOVA 500 (1H: 500 MHz, 13C: 125 MHz) spectrometer. Chemical shifts are referenced to the residual solvent peak (CDCl3 or C6D6) multiplicity is reported as follows: (s: singlet, d: doublet, t: triplet: q: quartet, br: broad, m: multiplet). Spectra were analyzed and processed using MestReNova.


Gas chromatography data was obtained using an Agilent 6850 FID gas chromatograph equipped with an Agilent HP-5 5% phenyl methyl siloxane capillary column (J&W Scientific). GC instrument conditions: Inlet temperature—250° C.; Detector temperature—300° C.; Hydrogen flow—30 mL/min; Air flow—400 mL/min; Makeup flow—25 mL/min. GC method: 50° C. for 1 min, then temperature ramp (35° C./min) for 7 min to 300° C. followed by an isothermal period at 300° C. for 3 min.


Chiral gas chromatography was carried out on an Agilent 6850 FID gas chromatograph equipped with an Agilent GTA column. GC instrument conditions: Inlet temperature—180° C.; Detector temperature—250° C.; Hydrogen flow—32 mL/min; Air flow—400 mL/min; Makeup flow—30 mL/min. GC method: 80° C. for 12 min, isocratic.


High-resolution mass spectra (HRMS) data was obtained on a JEOL MSRoute mass spectrometer using FAB+, EI+, or MALDI-TOF methods.


Analytical SFC data was obtained on a Mettler SFC supercritical CO2 analytical chromatography system equipped with Chiracel OD-H, OJ-H or Chirapak AD-H columns (4.6 mm×25 cm). Column temperature was maintained at 40° C. Preparative HPLC was conducted on an Agilent HPLC system equipped with Chiral Technologies Chiralpak AD-H column (21×250 mm) Optical rotations were measured on a Jasco P-2000 polarimeter using a 100 mm path-length cell at 589 nm.


EXAMPLES
Example 1
Preparation of Silver Carboxylate 2

(S)-phenylmethoxy acetic acid (0.2 g, 1.2 mmol, 2 equiv.) was added to a stirring suspension of silver oxide (0.14 g, 0.6 mmol, 1 equiv.) in 5 mL deionized water shielded from light. The reaction was vigorously stirred for 3 h, at which time a light gray precipitate had formed. The mixture was filtered and washed with water, methanol, and hexanes. The resultant solid was dried under vacuum overnight while shielded from light to provide 0.264 g (0.971 mmol, 81% yield) of silver carboxylate 2. 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.41-7.36 (m, 2H), 7.30-7.25 (m, 2H), 7.25-7.19 (m, 1H), 4.64 (s, 1H), 3.28 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 173.7, 139.8, 127.7, 127.2, 126.9, 84.9, 56.5. HRMS (MALDI-TOF) calculated for C9H9O3 [M−Ag]: 165.0552. found 165.0553.


Example 2
Preparation of Complex 3

Ruthenium iodide 1 (0.150 g, 0.215 mmol) and silver carboxylate 2 (0.117 g, 0.430 mmol, 2 equiv.) were added to a round bottom flask in a glovebox. THF (5 mL) was then added, and the suspension stirred for 1.5 h, at which time the color had changed from dark brown to purple. The mixture was concentrated and redissolved in benzene. The suspension was filtered through Celite and subsequently concentrated to afford a 1:1 mixture of carboxylates, 3 and 3′ (153 mg, 0.209 mmol, 97% yield). Pure carboxylate 3 (70.8 mg, 0.097 mmol, 90% of theoretical yield) was isolated by flash chromatography (2 cm×19 cm, 50% ether/pentane eluent) under an inert atmosphere. 1H NMR (500 MHz, C6D6) δ 14.90 (s, 1H), 7.53-7.48 (m, 2H), 7.39 (dd, J=7.5, 1.7 Hz, 1H), 7.19-7.13 (m, 1H), 7.05-6.99 (m, 2H), 6.97-6.92 (m, 1H), 6.92-6.89 (m, 1H), 6.85-6.79 (m, 2H), 6.54 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 4.51 (m, 1H), 4.23 (s, 1H), 4.12 (s, 1H), 3.49 (m, 1H), 3.41-3.35 (m, 1H), 3.34 (s, 3H), 3.30-3.24 (m, 1H), 3.19 (m, 1H), 2.45 (s, 3H), 2.43 (s, 3H), 2.42-2.39 (m, 1H), 2.26 (s, 3H), 2.18-2.08 (m, 2H), 2.03 (m, 1H), 2.00-1.93 (m, 1H), 1.83 (m, 1H), 1.64 (br, 1H), 1.59-1.52 (m, 1H), 1.49 (m, 1H), 1.45-1.38 (m, 1H), 1.24 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 3H), 1.17-1.06 (m, 2H), 0.64-0.56 (m, 1H), 0.39 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, C6D6) δ 258.6, 214.9, 177.3, 154.4, 143.7, 139.2, 138.0, 137.9, 137.0, 136.3, 129.5, 129.5, 128.5, 128.0, 127.4, 125.5, 123.0, 122.9, 113.3, 84.9, 74.4, 69.2, 62.9, 56.5, 51.5, 43.3, 41.5, 40.6, 38.2, 38.0, 37.2, 33.6, 31.1, 29.9, 21.2, 21.2, 19.5, 18.9, 18.8. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C41H49O4RuN2 [M−H]: 735.2736. found 735.2757. The crystal structure of complex 3 is shown below in FIG. 2, (details are included in Tables 6-7).









TABLE 6





Crystal data and structural analysis details of 3.

















Type of diffractometer
Bruker APEX-II CCD



Wavelength
0.71073 Å MoK



Data collection temperature
100 K



Empirical formula
C41H50N2O4Ru



Formula weight
735.90



Crystal system
monoclinic



Space group
P 1 21 1 (# 4)



Theta range for
2.76 to 42.71°



9040 reflections used




in lattice determination




Unit cell dimensions
a = 9.6582(6) Å
α = 90°



b = 14.7827(9) Å
β = 105.749(3)°



c = 12.9177(8) Å
γ = 90°


Volume
1775.08(19) Å3



Z
2



Density (calculated)
1.377 g/cm3



F(000)
772



Theta range for data
1.6 to 43.7°



collection




Completeness to
99.9%



theta = 25.000°




Index ranges
−18 ≦ h ≦ 18, −28 ≦ k ≦ 27,




−25 ≦ 1 ≦ 25



Reflections collected
171955



Independent reflections
26091 [Rint = 0.0459]



Reflections > 2σ(I)
24002



Average σ(I)/(net I)
0.0350



Absorption coefficient
0.49 mm−1



Absorption correction
Semi-empirical from




equivalents



Max. and min. transmission
1.0000 and 0.9117



Goodness-of-fit on F2
1.24



Final R indices [I > 2σ(I),
R1 = 0.0252, wR2 = 0.0534



24002 reflections]




R indices (all data)
R1 = 0.0303, wR2 = 0.0547



Primary solution method
dual



Hydrogen placement
geom



Refinement method
Full-matrix least-squares




on F2



Data/restraints/parameters
26091/1/439



Treatment of hydrogen
constr



atoms




Type of weighting scheme
calc



used




Weighting scheme used




Max shift/error
0.001



Average shift/error
0.000



Absolute structure parameter
−0.009(4)



Extinction coefficient
n/a



Largest diff. peak and hole
1.15 and −0.44 e · Å−3
















TABLE 7







Atomic coordinates (×104) and equivalent isotropic displacement


parameters (Å2 × 103) for 3. U(eq) is defined as


one third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor.












x
y
z
Ueq





Ru(1)  
8019(1)
7506(1)
8590(1)
 8(1)


O(1) 
7144(1)
6189(1)
7675(1)
12(1)


O(2) 
6468(1)
7617(1)
9731(1)
14(1)


O(3) 
8396(1)
6752(1)
10126(1) 
12(1)


O(4) 
5955(1)
7368(1)
11626(1) 
19(1)


N(1) 
8574(1)
9390(1)
8447(1)
13(1)


N(2) 
9586(1)
9005(1)
10111(1) 
15(1)


C(1) 
8834(1)
8683(1)
9138(1)
11(1)


C(2) 
9015(1)
10264(1) 
8967(1)
18(1)


C(3) 
10043(2) 
9958(1)
10029(2) 
20(1)


C(4) 
7660(1)
9241(1)
7359(1)
11(1)


C(5) 
6838(1)
8362(1)
7423(1)
10(1)


C(6) 
5957(1)
8100(1)
6286(1)
13(1)


C(7) 
6896(1)
8010(1)
5506(1)
16(1)


C(8) 
7659(1)
8911(1)
5443(1)
16(1)


C(9) 
6537(1)
9657(1)
5043(1)
16(1)


C(10)
5611(1)
9758(1)
5832(1)
15(1)


C(11)
6569(1)
10012(1) 
6956(1)
15(1)


C(12)
4835(1)
8855(1)
5873(1)
16(1)


C(13)
8594(1)
9151(1)
6567(1)
15(1)


C(14)
10092(1) 
8526(1)
11100(1) 
14(1)


C(15)
11297(1) 
7958(1)
11276(1) 
15(1)


C(16)
11805(1) 
7545(1)
12283(1) 
18(1)


C(17)
11158(2) 
7690(1)
13107(1) 
21(1)


C(18)
9965(2)
8259(1)
12906(1) 
20(1)


C(19)
9417(1)
8683(1)
11915(1) 
17(1)


C(20)
12040(1) 
7778(1)
10415(1) 
21(1)


C(21)
11727(2) 
7244(1)
14189(1) 
31(1)


C(22)
8095(2)
9269(1)
11741(1) 
25(1)


C(23)
9469(1)
7226(1)
7959(1)
12(1)


C(24)
9291(1)
6462(1)
7223(1)
12(1)


C(25)
10239(1) 
6274(1)
6600(1)
17(1)


C(26)
9944(2)
5597(1)
5824(1)
21(1)


C(27)
8694(2)
5084(1)
5676(1)
21(1)


C(28)
7745(1)
5242(1)
6296(1)
16(1)


C(29)
8034(1)
5930(1)
7054(1)
12(1)


C(30)
5784(1)
5695(1)
7524(1)
14(1)


C(31)
6063(1)
4807(1)
8131(1)
22(1)


C(32)
4742(1)
6293(1)
7899(1)
18(1)


C(33)
7310(1)
7090(1)
10359(1) 
11(1)


C(34)
7073(1)
6819(1)
11439(1) 
13(1)


C(35)
6738(1)
5820(1)
11442(1) 
13(1)


C(36)
7738(1)
5217(1)
12033(1) 
25(1)


C(37)
7458(2)
4291(1)
11982(2) 
34(1)


C(38)
6163(2)
3965(1)
11337(1) 
28(1)


C(39)
5138(2)
4566(1)
10771(1) 
27(1)


C(40)
5419(1)
5487(1)
10819(1) 
22(1)


C(41)
5945(2)
7337(1)
12722(1) 
25(1)









Example 3
Preparation of Catalyst 4

To a solution of ruthenium carboxylate 3 (56.5 mg, 0.0769 mmol) in 5 mL THF was added para-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (14.6 mg, 0.0769 mmol, 1 equiv.) to instantly afford a green/blue solution. Sodium nitrate (32.7 mg, 0.384 mmol, 5 equiv.) was added and then methanol was added dropwise until the solution turned purple. The purple solution was allowed to stir for 15 min., at which time it was concentrated. The resultant crude mixture was redissolved in THF, filtered through Celite, and concentrated. Elution through a silica gel plug afforded pure nitrate 4 (21 mg, 0.033 mmol, 43% yield), which was spectroscopically identical to the previously reported complex (see Keitz, B. K.; Endo, K.; Patel, P. R.; Herbert, M. B.; Grubbs, R. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 693).


Substrates for Catalyzed AROCM of Bicyclic Olefins and α-Olefins

Substrates for AROCM were synthesized as previously reported in the literature: 5 (see Wang, L.; RajanBabu, T. V. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 7636) and starting materials to generate 9a (see R. Alder Chem. Ber. 1955, 88, 407-416), 9b (see Takebayashi, S.; John, J. M.; Bergens, S. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12832-12834), 9d (see Tiede, S.; Berger, A.; Schlesiger, D.; Rost, D.; Lühl, A.; Blechert, S. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3972-3975), 9e (see Van Veldhuizen, J. J.; Garber, S. B.; Kingsbury, J. S.; Hoveyda, A. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 4954-4955) were synthesized according to the provided references.


General Procedure for Catalyzed AROCM of Bicyclic Olefins and α-Olefins

In a glovebox, norbornene 7 (33 mg, 0.1 mmol, 1 equiv) and allyl acetate (70 mg, 0.7 mmol, 7 equiv) were dissolved in 0.15 mL THF. To this solution was added 50 μL of a stock solution (0.02 M in THF) of catalyst 4. The reaction vial was capped and stirred for 1 h and then quenched with an excess of ethyl vinyl ether. The reaction mixture was concentrated and Z/E ratios were determined by 500 MHz 1H NMR (products 7, 8a-e) or GC (products 9a-e). The crude was subjected to flash chromatography or preparative TLC to afford the desired AROCM product (7, 27.9 mg, 64% yield, 95:5 Z/E, 93% ee). Pure products were submitted to analytical SFC to determine ee.


Example 4

Characterization data for AROCM product Benzyl ether 7, 64% yield, 95% Z. [α]D25+36.6° (c=1.39, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36-7.27 (m, 10H), 5.85 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.1, 8.3 Hz, 1H), 5.65 (t, J=10.7 Hz, 1H), 5.48 (m, 1H), 4.99 (ddd, J=17.1, 2.1, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 4.92 (ddd, J=10.2, 2.1, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 4.66 (ddd, J=12.7, 7.4, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 4.55 (ddd, J=12.6, 6.4, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 4.38 (dd, J=11.8, 2.3 Hz, 2H), 4.35 (d, J=11.8 Hz, 2H), 3.53-3.37 (m, 4H), 3.16-3.00 (m, 1H), 2.82-2.68 (m, 1H), 2.49-2.37 (m, 2H), 2.03 (s, 3H), 1.98 (dt, J=12.9, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 1.64-1.53 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 171.1, 140.5, 138.6, 138.6, 137.6, 128.4, 128.0, 127.9, 127.6, 123.2, 114.6, 73.4, 73.3, 68.8, 68.6, 60.6, 45.9, 45.8, 45.6, 38.8, 38.7, 21.2. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C21H27O3 [M−OBn]: 327.1960. found 327.1966.


Separation conditions: OD-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 93% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
23.467
BV
9.5111
1044.70398
30.53812
49.8296


2
25.004
VB
0.5167
1051.84814
28.89583
50.1704










Totals:
2096.55212
59.43396











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
23.012
BV
0.3973
451.99329
 14.12780
3.3052


2
24.210
VB
0.6641
 1.32231e4
308.47403
96.6948










Totals:
 1.36751e4
322.60183










Example 5

Characterization data for AROCM product Carbamate 8a, 41% yield, 95% Z. [α]D25+25.4° (c=0.50, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36-7.27 (m, 10H), 5.84 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.2, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 5.51 (t, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 5.45-5.33 (m, 1H), 4.98 (ddd, J=17.1, 2.1, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 4.92 (ddd, J=10.2, 2.1, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 4.71 (s, 1H), 4.44-4.32 (m, 4H), 3.83-3.64 (m, 2H), 3.52-3.37 (m, 4H), 3.07 (m, 1H), 2.78-2.66 (m, 1H), 2.51-2.33 (m, 2H), 1.97 (dt, J=12.9, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 1.54-1.48 (m, 1H), 1.43 (s, 9H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 155.9, 140.3, 138.6, 138.5, 135.9, 128.4, 128.4, 128.4, 128.0, 127.9, 127.7, 127.6, 127.6, 125.6, 114.6, 73.3, 73.2, 68.8, 68.6, 46.0, 45.8, 45.8, 38.6, 38.2, 37.6, 28.6. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C31H41O4N [M+]: 491.3036. found 491.3038.


Separation conditions: OD-H, 10% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 94% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
16.314
BB
0.4076
2501.07446
 93.63906
51.1753


2
19.228
BBA
0.4768
2386.19580
 76.72945
48.8247










Totals:
4887.27026
170.36851











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
16.842
BB
0.3219
 126.93304
 4.77848
 2.7575


2
19.674
BB
0.4971
4476.19385
141.46957
97.2425










Totals:
4603.12689
146.24805










Example 6

Characterization data for AROCM product Ester 8b, 65% yield, 95% Z, ee was determined on derivative S1. [α]D25+31.8° (c=1.53, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.35-7.26 (m, 10H), 5.86 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.1, 8.4 Hz, 1H), 5.46-5.37 (m, 1H), 5.35-5.26 (m, 1H), 4.97 (ddd, J=17.1, 2.2, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 4.90 (ddd, J=10.1, 2.2, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 4.44-4.32 (m, 4H), 4.12 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.52-3.38 (m, 4H), 3.12-2.99 (m, 1H), 2.79-2.68 (m, 1H), 2.55-2.24 (m, 6H), 1.96 (dt, J=12.8, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 1.58-1.48 (m, 1H), 1.25 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 173.3, 140.9, 138.7, 138.7, 133.5, 128.4, 128.4, 128.0, 127.9, 127.6, 127.6, 127.5, 114.3, 73.32, 73.30, 68.9, 68.8, 60.4, 45.8, 45.7, 45.6, 38.8, 38.6, 34.7, 23.1, 14.4. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C30H38O4 [M+]: 462.2770. found 462.2758.


Example 7

Characterization data for AROCM product Alcohol S1,




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Ester 8b was treated with excess DIBAL at 23° C. for 2 h to afford 76% yield of alcohol S1 after workup and silica gel chromatography.


[α]D25+31.3° (c=1.05, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.37-7.27 (m, 10H), 5.86 (ddd, J=17.9, 10.0, 8.3 Hz, 1H), 5.46-5.29 (m, 2H), 4.98 (dd, J=17.2, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 4.91 (dd, J=10.1, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 4.48-4.31 (m, 4H), 3.60 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 3.46 (m, 4H), 3.06 (m, 1H), 2.74 (m, 1H), 2.43 (m, 2H), 2.12 (q, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 1.97 (dt, J=12.7, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 1.68-1.47 (m, 3H), 1.44 (s, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 140.8, 138.7, 138.6, 132.8, 129.1, 128.4, 128.4, 128.3, 128.0, 127.9, 127.6, 114.3, 73.32, 73.31, 73.28, 69.0, 68.8, 62.6, 45.7, 45.6, 38.8, 38.5, 32.7, 23.8. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C28H37O3 [M+H]: 421.2743. found 421.2746.


Separation conditions: OD-H, 15% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 91% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime
Type
Width
Area
Height
Area


#
(min)

(min)
(mAU*s)
(mAU)
%
















1
9.363
BB
0.2835
 837.48871
44.92727
49.7025


2
10.229
BB
0.3081
 847.51575
41.18006
50.2975










Totals:
1685.00446
86.10733











Enantioenriched












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
9.451
BV
0.3229
 1.03224e4
491.82324
95.3861


2
10.493
VB
0.3077
499.30240
 21.13039
 4.6139










Totals:
 1.08217e4
512.95363










Example 8

Characterization data for AROCM product Benzyl ether 8c, 51% yield, 95% Z. [α]D25+32.9° (c=1.23, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.42-7.22 (m, 10H), 7.08 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 6.82 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 2H), 5.89 (m, 1H), 5.50 (dd, J=6.5, 2.5 Hz, 2H), 5.00 (d, J=17.5 Hz, 1H), 4.92 (d, J=10.1 Hz, 1H), 4.48-4.33 (m, 4H), 3.78 (s, 3H), 3.60-3.44 (m, 4H), 3.39 (dd, J=15.6, 5.8 Hz, 1H), 3.29 (dd, J=15.6, 5.3 Hz, 1H), 3.17 (m, 1H), 2.77 (m, 1H), 2.58-2.37 (m, 2H), 2.02 (dt, J=12.7, 8.1 Hz, 1H), 1.67-1.55 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 157.9, 140.9, 138.7, 138.69, 133.3, 132.7, 129.3, 128.6, 128.4, 128.4, 128.0, 128.0, 127.9, 127.6, 127.57, 114.3, 113.9, 73.35, 73.33, 69.0, 68.9, 55.4, 45.8, 45.76, 45.74, 45.7, 38.9, 38.7, 32.8. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C33H39O3 [M+H]: 483.2899. found 483.2878.


Separation conditions: AD-H, 20% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 81% ee


Racemate












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
5.678
BV
0.1849
4131.27295
328.10538
49.8705


2
6.289
VB
0.2028
4152.73145
297.64392
50.1295










Totals:
8284.00439
625.74930











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
5.658
VV
0.1862
 986.96069
 78.75704
 9.4299


2
6.263
VB
0.2132
9479.31836
661.58344
90.5701










Totals:
  1.04663e4
740.34048










Example 9

Characterization data for AROCM product Boronic ester 8d, 48% yield, 95% Z. [α]D25+12.8° (c=0.85, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.35-7.26 (m, 10H), 5.88 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.1, 8.5 Hz, 1H), 5.54-5.43 (m, 1H), 5.41-5.32 (m, 1H), 4.97 (ddd, J=17.1, 2.2, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 4.89 (ddd, J=10.1, 2.2, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 4.39 (dd, J=11.8, 3.9 Hz, 2H), 4.34 (dd, J=11.8, 3.8 Hz, 2H), 3.54-3.41 (m, 4H), 3.02 (m, 1H), 2.81-2.65 (m, 1H), 2.51-2.33 (m, 2H), 1.97 (dt, J=12.9, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 1.76-1.59 (m, 2H), 1.57-1.49 (m, 1H), 1.23 (s, 12H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 141.2, 138.8, 132.0, 128.4, 127.9, 127.51, 127.50, 124.3, 114.0, 83.3, 73.3, 73.26, 69.1, 69.0, 45.70, 45.68, 45.3, 38.7, 38.6, 24.92, 24.89. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C32H43O4B [M+]: 502.3254. found 502.3252.


Separation conditions: OD-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 75% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
 21.313
BB
0.4859
1988.34473
 61.38202
48.5113


2
223.201
BB
0.5323
2110.38379
 58.03347
51.4887










Totals:
4098.72852
119.41549











Enantoenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
21.095
BB
0.4365
 310.99133
 9.53655
12.3902


2
22.889
BB
0.5353
2198.98804
62.99510
87.6098










Totals:
2509.97937
72.53165










Example 10

Characterization data for AROCM product Benzyl ether 8e, 62% yield, 95% Z. [α]D25+28.7° (c=1.3, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.35-7.25 (m, 10H), 5.87 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.1, 8.4 Hz, 1H), 5.39-5.28 (m, 2H), 4.97 (ddd, J=17.2, 2.2, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 4.89 (ddd, J=10.2, 2.2, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 4.42-4.34 (m, 4H), 3.55-3.39 (m, 4H), 3.10-2.93 (m, 1H), 2.74 (m, 1H), 2.46 (m, 1H), 2.38 (m, 1H), 2.12-1.84 (m, 2H), 1.52 (m, 1H), 1.35-1.24 (m, 5H), 0.94-0.81 (m, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 141.1, 138.8, 131.9, 130.2, 128.40, 128.38, 128.0, 127.95, 127.94, 127.6, 127.5, 114.1, 73.3, 73.3, 69.1, 68.9, 45.7, 45.6, 38.9, 38.7, 32.2, 27.3, 22.5, 14.2. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C29H38O2 [M+]: 418.2872. found 418.2856.


Separation conditions: OJ-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 89% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
10.200
MM
0.4618
2528.33081
91.24889
51.9762


2
12.974
MM
0.5422
2336.07202
71.80923
48.0238










Totals:
4864.40283
163.05812











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
10.177
VV
0.3707
1.44529e4
588.22974
94.6063


2
13.210
VV
0.3531
823.99506
30.31367
5.3937










Totals:
1.52769e4
618.54341










Example 11

Characterization data for AROCM product Triacetate 9a, 45% yield, 97% Z. [α]D25+23.9° (c=0.58, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 5.80 (ddd, J=17.0, 10.3, 8.0 Hz, 1H), 5.62-5.52 (m, 2H), 5.04 (ddd, J=11.9, 1.8, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 5.02 (ddd, J=5.1, 1.8, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 4.71-4.65 (m, 1H), 4.60-4.55 (m, 1H), 4.14-3.97 (m, 4H), 3.15 (m, 1H), 2.87-2.76 (m, 1H), 2.51 (m, 2H), 2.12 (dt, J=13.4, 8.3 Hz, 1H), 2.06 (s, 3H), 2.03 (s, 3H), 2.03 (s, 3H), 1.49 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 171.1, 170.97, 170.94, 138.8, 136.0, 124.8, 115.9, 62.8, 62.7, 60.3, 45.2, 44.6, 44.3, 38.2, 37.7, 21.2, 21.1.


HRMS (EI) calculated for C18H26O6 [M+]: 338.1729. found 338.1737.


Separation conditions: OD-H, 3% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 82% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
6.037
BB
0.1736
201.35269
18.13161
45.1499


2
7.186
BB
0.1999
244.61229
19.04047
54.8501










Totals:
445.96498
37.17208











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
6.110
BB
0.1233
39.40160
4.28349
9.1737


2
7.154
BB
0.1978
390.10281
29.59711
90.8263










Totals:
429.50441
33.88060










Example 12

Characterization data for AROCM product Imide 9b. The standard conditions were modified to employ 3 mol % of 4 for 5 h. 63% yield, 94% Z. [α]D25+14.4° (c=0.28, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.48-7.43 (m, 2H), 7.40-7.35 (m, 1H), 7.26-7.23 (m, 2H), 6.06 (ddd, J=17.4, 10.0, 7.3 Hz, 1H), 5.83-5.76 (m, 1H), 5.76-5.69 (m, 1H), 5.17 (m, 1H), 5.15-5.13 (m, 1H), 4.74-4.70 (m, 1H), 4.70-4.66 (m, 1H), 3.46-3.30 (m, 3H), 3.12-3.01 (m, 1H), 2.07 (s, 3H), 2.04-1.97 (m, 1H), 1.48 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 175.6, 175.5, 141.1, 136.1, 132.7, 131.9, 129.2, 128.7, 126.5, 116.3, 60.1, 49.3, 48.9, 46.6, 40.4, 37.3, 21.2. HRMS (EI) calculated for C20H21O4N [M+]: 339.1471. found 339.1473.


Separation conditions: AD-H, 10% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 60% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
11.263
BB
0.4040
1182.51379
44.22358
50.6270


2
12.608
BB
0.4544
1153.22241
38.40098
49.3730










Totals:
2335.73621
82.62455











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
11.366
BV
0.3278
2275.38013
99.12678
79.8303


2
12.792
BB
0.3554
574.89026
22.54995
20.1697









Example 13

Characterization data for AROCM product Anhydride 9c, 58% yield, 98% Z. The ee of anhydride 9c produced by chiral catalyst 4 was measured on derivative S2. [α]D25+1.74° (c=0.73, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 5.93 (ddd, J=17.0, 10.4, 7.4 Hz, 1H), 5.76 (ddd, J=10.9, 7.1, 1H), 5.67 (ddd, J=11.1, 9.9, 1H), 5.20 (ddd, J=6.3, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 5.17 (ddd, J=12.8, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 4.68 (ddd, J=12.8, 6.9, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 4.63 (ddd, J=12.8, 7.2, 1.2 Hz, 1H), 3.55-3.46 (m, 2H), 3.42-3.33 (m, 1H), 3.11-2.97 (m, 1H), 2.06 (s, 3H), 2.06-2.00 (m, 1H), 1.41 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 171.0, 170.6, 170.5, 134.7, 131.4, 126.7, 117.6, 59.8, 49.69, 49.68, 49.51, 49.50, 47.0, 40.7, 37.6, 21.1. HRMS (EI) calculated for C14H16O5 [M+]: 264.0998. found 264.0989.


Example 14

Characterization data for AROCM product Imide S2. Anhydride 9c was treated with p-bromo aniline (xylenes, reflux, 20 h, 60% yield) to afford the imide S2.




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[α]D25+12.5° (c=0.28, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.63-7.53 (m, 2H), 7.19-7.09 (m, 2H), 6.12-5.96 (m, 1H), 5.79-5.68 (m, 2H), 5.17 (m, 1H), 5.14 (ddd, J=5.9, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 4.73-4.69 (m, 1H), 4.69 (m, 1H), 3.47-3.29 (m, 3H), 3.13-3.00 (m, 1H), 2.07 (s, 3H), 2.05-1.96 (m, 1H), 1.50-1.37 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 175.3, 175.1, 171.0, 135.9, 132.5, 132.4, 130.9, 128.0, 125.8, 122.5, 116.4, 60.1, 49.3, 48.9, 46.5, 40.4, 37.2, 21.2. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C20H21O4N81Br [M+H]: 420.0633. found 420.0624.


Separation conditions: AD-H, 10% IPA, 2.5 mL/min, 75% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
20.134
VV
0.6044
1900.42920
38.59682
48.6923


2
21.922
CB
0.5698
2002.50818
42.03310
51.3077










Totals:
3902.93738
80.62992











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
20.018
BB
0.4571
208.39857
5.43821
12.4835


2
21.777
BB
0.4991
1460.98792
36.02553
87.5165










Totals:
1669.38649
41.46374










Example 15

Characterization data for AROCM product Imide ent-S3.




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In order to determine the absolute configuration of AROCM products, imides S2 (major product) and ent-S2 (minor product) were separated by preparative chiral HPLC to afford pure samples (>99% e.e.) of each enantiomer. The acetate of imide ent-S2 was removed and the resultant alcohol was acylated with p-nitro benzoyl chloride to give imide ent-S3. [α]D25-34° (c=0.09, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.33-8.27 (m, 2H), 8.25-8.18 (m, 2H), 7.61-7.55 (m, 2H), 7.19-7.13 (m, 2H), 6.14-5.97 (m, 1H), 5.90-5.82 (m, 2H), 5.19 (m, 1H), 5.16 (m, 1H), 5.02-4.99 (m, 2H), 3.44 (m, 3H), 3.09 (m, 1H), 2.11-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.50 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 175.2, 175.1, 175.0, 135.85, 135.83, 133.5, 132.4, 130.9, 128.9, 128.8, 128.0, 125.1, 123.7, 122.6, 116.5, 61.4, 49.4, 48.9, 46.6, 40.5, 37.3. The crystal structure of ent-S3 is shown below in FIG. 3, (details are included in Tables 8-9).









TABLE 8





Crystal Data and Structure Analysis Details for ent-S3.

















Type of diffractometer
Bruker APEX-II CCD



Wavelength
0.71073 Å MoK



Data collection temperature
100 K



Empirical formula
C25H21BrN2O6



Formula weight
525.35



Crystal system
orthorhombic



Space group
P 21 21 21 (# 19)



Theta range for 7125 reflections
2.58 to 24.81°



used in lattice determination




Unit cell dimensions
a = 6.8772(3) Å
α = 90°



b = 15.7930(10) Å
β = 90°



c = 20.9413(12) Å
γ = 90°


Volume
2274.5(2) Å3



Z
4



Density (calculated)
1.534 g/cm3



F(000)
1072



Theta range for data collection
1.9 to 29.8°



Completeness to theta = 25.000°
99.9%



Index ranges
−9 ≦ h ≦ 9, −20 ≦ k ≦ 21,




−27 ≦ 1 ≦ 28



Reflections collected
34241



Independent reflections
5864 [Rint = 0.0777]



Reflections > 2σ(I)
4359



Average σ(I)/(net I)
0.0925



Absorption coefficient
1.85 mm-1



Absorption correction
Semi-empirical from




equivalents



Max. and min. transmission
1.0000 and 0.8351



Goodness-of-fit on F2
1.04



Final R indices [I > 2σ(I), 4359
R1 = 0.0434,



reflections]
wR2 = 0.0558



R indices (all data)
R1 = 0.0789,




wR2 = 0.0614



Primary solution method
dual



Hydrogen placement
geom



Refinement method
Full-matrix least-squares




on F2



Data/restraints/parameters
5864/0/307



Treatment of hydrogen atoms
constr



Type of weighting scheme used
calc



Weighting scheme used




Max shift/error
0.000



Average shift/error
0.000



Absolute structure parameter
0.003(5)



Extinction coefficient
n/a



Largest diff. peak and hole
0.67 and −0.47 e · Å-3
















TABLE 9







Atomic coordinates (×104) and equivalent isotropic


displacement parameters (Å2 × 103) for ent-S3. U(eq) is


defined as one third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor.












x
y
z
Ueq





Br(1) 
 5721(1)
4492(1)
−1710(1) 
27(1)


O(1)
 7832(3)
7442(2)
 500(1)
17(1)


O(2)
13037(3)
5688(2)
 266(1)
19(1)


O(3)
 8803(3)
8294(2)
3469(1)
25(1)


O(4)
 9757(3)
9519(2)
3918(1)
26(1)


O(5)
 8568(4)
7556(2)
6851(1)
38(1)


O(6)
 9132(5)
6354(2)
6395(1)
47(1)


N(1)
10188(3)
6447(2)
 308(1)
10(1)


N(2)
 8876(4)
7120(2)
6378(2)
25(1)


C(1)
 9451(5)
7168(2)
 596(2)
13(1)


C(2)
10992(5)
7535(2)
1028(2)
12(1)


C(3)
10491(5)
7511(2)
1751(2)
15(1)


C(4)
11203(4)
6635(2)
1955(2)
16(1)


C(5)
13191(4)
6577(2)
1631(2)
15(1)


C(6)
12773(4)
6936(2)
 953(2)
12(1)


C(7)
12122(5)
6280(2)
 478(2)
14(1)


C(8)
 9172(5)
5975(2)
−170(1)
10(1)


C(9)
 9911(4)
5922(2)
−784(2)
12(1)


 C(10)
 8912(4)
5470(2)
−1245(2) 
16(1)


 C(11)
 7170(5)
5089(2)
−1084(2) 
14(1)


 C(12)
 6416(5)
5143(2)
−474(2)
14(1)


 C(13)
 7435(4)
5587(2)
 −11(1)
11(1)


 C(14)
 8404(5)
7685(3)
1925(2)
20(1)


 C(15)
 7773(5)
8174(3)
2392(2)
24(1)


 C(16)
 8962(6)
8693(2)
2838(2)
26(1)


 C(17)
 9259(6)
8795(2)
3967(2)
18(1)


 C(18)
 9085(5)
8327(2)
4588(2)
16(1)


 C(19)
 9040(5)
8808(2)
5143(2)
17(1)


 C(20)
 8959(5)
8416(2)
5733(2)
18(1)


 C(21)
 8944(5)
7548(2)
5749(2)
17(1)


 C(22)
 8985(5)
7049(2)
5209(2)
21(1)


 C(23)
 9046(5)
7449(2)
4620(2)
18(1)


 C(24)
14163(5)
5731(2)
1661(2)
20(1)


 C(25)
15742(6)
5574(3)
1992(2)
34(1)









Example 16

Characterization data for AROCM product Anhydride 9d, 65% yield, 96% Z. [α]D25+1.96° (c=0.57, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 5.89-5.76 (m, 2H), 5.64 (t, J=10.8 Hz, 1H), 5.20 (d, J=10.2 Hz, 1H), 5.16 (d, J=16.9 Hz, 1H), 4.70 (dd, J=12.7, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 4.59 (dd, J=12.7, 6.6 Hz, 1H), 2.96-2.83 (m, 1H), 2.52 (m, 1H), 2.07 (s, 3H), 1.94 (m, 1H), 1.40 (m, 1H), 1.33 (s, 3H), 1.28 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 173.9, 173.7, 171.0, 134.6, 131.4, 127.3, 118.3, 59.8, 57.8, 57.2, 55.3, 48.2, 37.0, 21.1, 18.3, 18.3. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C16H21O5 [M+H]: 293.1389. found 293.1394.


Separation conditions: AD-H, 3% IPA, 2.5 mL/min, 95% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
4.099
BV
0.2706
727.27740
33.32114
49.5823


2
4.736
VB
0.2826
739.53021
32.60941
50.4177










Totals:
1466.80762
65.93055











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
4.135
BB
0.2324
20.50533
1.26954
2.4090


2
4.727
VB
0.2981
830.67578
38.13840
97.5910










Totals:
851.18111
39.40794










Example 17

Characterization data for AROCM product Aryl ether 9e. Isolated as a 7:3 mixture of Z/E olefin isomers, 40% yield. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.49 (m, 2H), 6.96-6.89 (m, 3H), 5.84 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.3, 7.8 Hz, 2H), 5.82-5.74 (m, 1H), 5.68-5.59 (m, 1H), 5.59-5.51 (m, 1H), 5.09 (m, 1H), 5.04 (m, 1H), 4.69 (m, 1H), 4.52-4.44 (m, 2H), 4.29 (m, 1H), 4.25 (m, 1H), 3.09 (m, 1H), 2.78 (m, 2H), 2.05 (m, 1H), 2.04 (s, 3H), 1.99 (s, 3H), 1.73-1.60 (m, 2H), 1.61-1.50 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 171.0, 170.9, 161.2, 139.5, 139.4, 136.7, 136.3, 126.8, 125.0, 116.2, 116.1, 115.7, 115.6, 89.2, 88.7, 64.9, 60.5, 49.9, 49.9, 49.0, 44.7, 30.2, 29.3, 29.2, 29.16, 21.12, 21.0. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C19H21O3F3 [M+]: 354.1443. found 354.1429.


Examples 18-19

Characterization data for AROCM product Aryl ether S4. The acetate of aryl ether 9e was removed and the resultant alcohol was acylated with p-nitro benzoyl chloride to afford S4 and S5, which were separable by pTLC.




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[α]D25-61.96° (c=0.23, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.30-8.21 (m, 2H), 8.14-8.05 (m, 2H), 7.43 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 6.91 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 2H), 5.85 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.3, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 5.78-5.66 (m, 2H), 5.10 (ddd, J=17.2, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 5.05 (dd, J=10.3, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 4.98 (dd, J=12.7, 6.4 Hz, 1H), 4.80 (dd, J=12.6, 5.4 Hz, 1H), 4.28 (t, J=5.9 Hz, 1H), 3.19 (m, 1H), 2.86-2.76 (m, 1H), 2.17-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.64 (m, 1H), 1.64-1.57 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 164.6, 139.2, 137.5, 135.6, 130.8, 126.8, 124.3, 123.6, 116.0, 115.9, 89.2, 61.8, 49.9, 44.8, 30.1, 29.1. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C24H22O5NF3 [M+]: 461.1450. found 461.1449.


Separation conditions: OJ-H, 4% IPA, 3.5 mL/min, 95% ee


Racemate:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
5.863
BV
0.1692
2310.27148
202.36076
49.8647


2
6.896
VV
0.2010
2322.81299
172.60132
50.1353










Totals:
4633.08447
374.96208











Enantioenriched:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
5.889
VV B
0.1327
118.78459
13.23087
2.4089


2
6.838
VV
0.1879
4812.26074
379.55093
97.5911










Totals:
4931.04533
392.78181










Characterization data for AROCM product Aryl ether S5.




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[α]D25+13.44° (c=0.12, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.31-8.26 (m, 2H), 8.20-8.15 (m, 2H), 7.46 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 6.93 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 5.91 (dd, J=15.4, 8.0 Hz, 1H), 5.85 (ddd, J=17.2, 10.3, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 5.75 (ddd, J=15.4, 6.4 Hz, 1H), 5.09 (dd, J=17.2, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 5.08-5.01 (m, 1H), 4.81 (br, 1H), 4.79 (br, 1H), 4.31 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 1H), 2.82 (m, 2H), 2.05 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.61 (m, 2H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 164.5, 139.4, 138.0, 130.8, 126.8, 124.4, 123.7, 116.2, 115.7, 88.6, 66.3, 49.8, 49.1, 29.2, 29.1. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C24H22O5NF3 [M+]: 461.1450. found 461.1460.


Separation conditions: OJ-H, 4% IPA, 3.5 mL/min, 95% ee


Racemate:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
6.073
FM
0.2053
2256.75928
183.23097
51.8365


2
6.550
MF
0.2055
2096.85425
170.07474
48.1635










Totals:
4353.61353
353.30571











Enantioenriched:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
6.141
VV
0.1522
131.70372
13.22259
2.6541


2
6.545
VBA
0.1761
4830.48975
414.04193
97.3459










Totals:
4962.19347
427.26452










Substrates for Catalyzed AROCM of Monocyclic Olefins and α-Olefins

Substrates for AROCM were synthesized as previously reported in the literature: substrate 10 (see W. Kirmse, F. Scheidt, H-J. Vater, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 3945), substrate 13a (see A. H. Hoveyda, P. J. Lombardi, R. V. O'Brien, A. R. Zhugralin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 8378), substrate 13b (see (a) T. Mukaiyama, N. Iwasawa, Chem. Lett. 1984, 753-756; (b) D. A. Evans, J. R. Gage, J. L. Leighton, A. S. Kim, J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 1961-1963; (c) W. Notz, B. List, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 7386-7387; (d) M. T. Crimmins, P. J. McDougall, Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 591-594; (e) A. B. Northrup, D. W. C. MacMillan, Science 2004, 305, 1752-1755; (f) A. B. Northrup, I. K. Mangion, F. Hettche, D. W. C. MacMillan, Angew. Chem. 2004, 116, 2204-2206; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 2152-2154; (g) S. E. Denmark, W.-J. Chung, Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 1916-1918; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 1890-1892), substrate 13c (see R. Gandolfi, M. Ratti, L. Toma, C. De Micheli, Heterocycles 1979, 12, 897), substrate 13d (see A. H. Hoveyda, R. Khan, M. Kashif, P. J. Lombardi, R. V. O'Brien, S. Torker, A. R. Zhugralin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12438) were synthesized according to the provided references. Catalyst 4 was synthesized as previously reported (see J. Hartung, R. H. Grubbs, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10183).


Representative Procedure for Catalyzed AROCM of Monocyclic Olefins and α-Olefins

In a glovebox, cyclobutene 10 (26.6 mg, 0.1 mmol, 1 equiv) and allyl benzoate (14b, 113 mg, 0.7 mmol, 7 equiv) were dissolved in 0.15 mL THF. To this solution was added 50 μL of a stock solution (0.02 M in THF) of catalyst 4. The reaction vial was capped and stirred for 1.5 h and then quenched with an excess of ethyl vinyl ether. The reaction mixture was concentrated and Z/E ratios were determined by 500 MHz 1H NMR (products 15a-c, 15e-k) or GC (product 12). The crude was subjected to flash chromatography or preparative TLC to afford the desired AROCM product (15f, 25.9 mg, 61% isolated yield, 88:12 Z/E, 97% ee (Z), 88% ee (E)). Pure products (or E/Z mixtures in the case of 15i, and E-15j) were submitted to analytical SFC to determine enantiomer excess.


Example 20

Characterization data for AROCM product Acetate 12, 79% yield (GC), 85% Z. Z-12. [α]D25-9.34° (c=0.52, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.37-7.24 (m, 10H), 5.88-5.77 (2×m, 1H), 5.71-5.64 (m, 1H), 5.34 (m, 1H), 5.29 (m, 1H), 4.64 (AB d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 4.63 (AB d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 4.61 (m, 1H), 4.51-4.46 (m, 1H), 4.45 (AB d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 4.43 (AB d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 4.21 (ddd, J=9.1, 5.0, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 3.87 (dd, J=7.5, 5.0 Hz, 1H), 2.04 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 170.8, 138.6, 138.4, 135.5, 131.9, 128.5, 128.4, 128.4, 127.8, 127.7, 127.7, 127.5, 119.2, 82.2, 76.6, 70.7, 70.6, 60.8, 21.1. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C23H27O4 [M+H]: 367.1909. found 367.1904.


Separation conditions for Z-12: OJ-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 95% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.607
VV
0.4141
5907.10059
216.66869
49.4689


2
10.124
VB
0.5585
6033.94629
160.53769
50.5311










Totals:
1.19410e4
377.20638











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.955
BV
0.2626
 264.61841
14.94419
2.6277


2
10.319
BV
0.3029
9805.57031
456.01086
97.3723










Totals:
1.00702e4
470.95505










E-12. [α]D25-11.8° (c=0.24, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36-7.24 (m, 10H), 5.88-5.74 (3×m, 1H), 5.33 (m, 1H), 5.29 (m, 1H), 4.65 (AB d, J=9.3 Hz, 1H), 4.63 (AB d, 9.3 Hz, 1H), 4.61 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 4.45 (AB d, J=10.6 Hz, 1H), 4.43 (AB d, J=10.7 Hz, 1H), 3.89 (dd, J=6.4, 5.1 Hz, 1H), 3.85 (dd, J=7.2, 5.1 Hz, 1H), 2.08 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 170.9, 138.41, 138.33, 135.5, 131.7, 128.46, 128.45, 128.40, 127.8, 127.75, 127.6, 127.55, 119.1, 82.4, 81.3, 70.9, 70.6, 64.4, 21.1. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C23H27O4 [M+H]: 367.1909. found 367.1922.


Separation conditions for E-12: OJ-H, 7% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 85% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.778
VV
0.2344
2366.55688
148.09634
50.1123


2
8.429
VB
0.2563
2355.94971
137.19626
49.8877










Totals:
4722.50659
285.29260











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.842
BV
0.2188
764.89539
48.82001
7.2443


2
8.336
VB
0.2556
9793.63672
540.08466
92.7557










Totals:
1.05585e4
588.90466










Example 21

Characterization data for AROCM product Silyl ether 15a, 66% isolated yield, 88% Z (see S. Saito, H. Itoh, Y. Ono, K. Nishioka, T. Moriwake, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 1993, 4, 5). Z-15a: [α]D25+4.72° (c=1.06, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 5.84 (ddd, J=17.3, 10.4, 6.4 Hz, 1H), 5.80-5.75 (m, 1H), 5.49 (dddd, J=11.2, 8.9, 1.7, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 5.23 (ddd, J=17.3, 1.8, 1.2 Hz, 1H), 5.16 (ddd, J=10.4, 1.8, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 4.34 (ddd, J=8.9, 7.0, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 4.15 (m, 2H), 3.90 (ddt, J=7.3, 6.4, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 2.31 (br, 1H), 0.88 (s, 9H), 0.86 (s, 9H), 0.05 (s, 3H), 0.03 (s, 3H), 0.02 (s, 3H), 0.01 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 139.3, 134.4, 130.3, 116.5, 77.5, 72.8, 59.3, 26.1, 25.9, 18.5, 18.3, −4.2, −4.2, −4.3, −4.5. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C19H41O3Si2 [M+H]: 375.2594. found 375.2583.


Z-15a was derivatized by benzoylation and subsequent desilylation to afford a product spectroscopically identical to Z-15b prior to chiral SFC analysis, which indicated 99% ee (see directly below for racemic trace).


Enantioenriched:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
3.799
BB
0.1373
1.01426e4
1167.74316
99.7523


2
4.960
BV
0.1919
25.18901
1.83767
0.2477










Totals:
1.01678e4
1169.58084










Example 22

Characterization data for AROCM product Diol 15b, 67% isolated yield, 75% Z. Z-15b: [α]D25-30.7° (c=0.60, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.06-8.01 (m, 2H), 7.60-7.54 (m, 1H), 7.47-7.41 (m, 2H), 5.89 (ddd, 17.3, 10.5, 6.2 Hz, 1H), 5.93-5.76 (2×m, 1H), 5.38 (ddd, J=17.3, 1.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 5.28 (ddd, J=10.6, 1.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 5.08 (ddd, J=12.9, 7.7, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 4.83 (ddd, J=12.6, 5.5, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 4.63 (dd, J=8.0, 4.3 Hz, 1H), 4.25 (ddt, J=6.8, 4.3, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 2.85 (br, 1H), 2.34 (br, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 166.9, 136.0, 133.3, 132.5, 130.0, 129.8, 128.6, 127.7, 118.0, 75.5, 70.4, 61.3. HRMS (EI+) calculated for C14H17O4 [M+H]: 249.1127. found 249.1117.


Separation conditions for Z-15b: OD-H, 20% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 91% ee


Racemate:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
3.777
BB
0.1325
2620.65259
304.35648
50.0092


2
4.670
BB
0.2558
2619.68433
144.28246
49.9908










Totals:
5240.33691
448.63893











Enantioenriched:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
3.819
BB
0.1414
4247.60645
453.13589
95.4697


2
4.999
BB
0.2382
 201.56192
13.19609
4.5303










Totals:
4449.16837
466.33198










Characterization data for AROCM product E-15b. [α]D25-1.57° (c=0.06, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.08-8.01 (m, 2H), 7.60-7.54 (m, 1H), 7.48-7.41 (m, 2H), 6.02 (dtd, J=15.7, 5.7, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 5.96-5.77 (m, 2H), 5.37 (ddd, J=17.3, 1.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 5.29 (ddd, J=10.6, 1.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 5.07 (m, 1H), 4.87 (m, 1H), 4.68 (m, 1H), 4.25 (m, 1H), 2.89 (br, 1H), 2.00 (br, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 166.8, 135.9, 133.3, 132.5, 130.1, 129.8, 128.6, 127.9, 118.0, 75.6, 70.3, 61.2.


Separation conditions for E-15b: OJ-H, 20% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 67% ee


Racemate:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
3.136
BV
0.1100
 971.22040
138.18152
48.7580


2
3.435
VV
0.1207
1020.70038
134.19174
51.2420










Totals:
1991.92078
272.37326











Enantioenriched:












Signal 2: DAD1 B, Sig = 235, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
3.168
BV
0.1130
686.64221
94.23962
16.5860


2
3.473
VV
0.1246
3453.24072
434.97318
83.4140










Totals:
4139.88293
529.21280










Example 23

Characterization data for AROCM product Benzoate 15c, 69% isolated yield, 75% Z. Z-15c: [α]D25+4.06° (c=0.95, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.09-8.04 (m, 2H), 8.02-7.97 (m, 2H), 7.61-7.54 (2×m, 1H), 7.49-7.39 (2×m, 2H), 6.09-5.96 (3×m, 1H), 5.83-5.78 (m, 1H), 5.67 (dd, J=11.0, 9.7 Hz, 1H), 5.52 (d, J=17.3 Hz, 1H), 5.41 (d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 4.56 (ddd, J=13.4, 7.8, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 4.20 (ddd, J=13.4, 5.7, 1.2 Hz, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 166.1, 165.6, 135.4, 133.5, 133.4, 131.8, 130.0, 129.9, 129.85, 129.80, 128.6, 128.6, 125.3, 120.4, 75.6, 71.4, 58.8. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C21H21O5 [M+H]: 353.1389. found 353.1381.


Separation conditions for Z-15c: OJ-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 96% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
9.799
BV
0.2620
3595.55029
207.71271
50.2636


2
11.027
BB
0.2878
3557.83179
188.87053
49.7364










Totals:
7153.38208
396.58324











Enatioenriched












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
9.836
BB
0.2567
6250.97852
370.80807
97.9546


2
10.889
BB
0.2427
130.52478
6.96354
2.0454










Totals:
6381.50330
377.77162










E-15c. [α]D25-1.14° (c=0.56, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.10-7.97 (2×m, 2H), 7.60-7.52 (2×m, 1H), 7.48-7.39 (2×m, 2H), 6.10 (ddd, 15.5, 4.9, 4.8 Hz, 1H), 6.02 (ddd, 17.3, 10.6, 6.4 Hz, 1H), 5.92 (dddd, 15.4, 6.9, 1.7, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 5.84 (m, 1H), 5.80 (m, 1H), 5.49 (d, J=17.2 Hz, 1H), 5.39 (d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 4.24-4.18 (m, 2H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 165.6, 165.5, 135.2, 133.3, 131.8, 130.1, 129.9, 128.6, 128.6, 124.4, 120.1, 75.7, 74.9, 62.8. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C21H19O4 [M−OH]: 335.1283. found 335.1271.


Separation conditions for E-15c: OJ-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 82% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
12.117
BB
0.2964
2167.36914
110.68974
49.1751


2
13.450
BB
0.3262
2240.08228
102.82623
50.8249










Totals:
4407.45142
213.51597











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
11.841
VV
0.3037
2009.88196
101.20198
90.8688


2
13.043
BB
0.3044
 201.96896
9.96831
9.1312










Totals:
2211.85092
111.17029










Example 24

Characterization data for AROCM product Alcohol 15e, 62% isolated yield, 89% Z. Z-15e: [α]D25-2.95° (c=0.76, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.37-7.24 (m, 10H), 6.02 (ddd, J=11.1, 6.9, 6.8 Hz, 1H), 5.83 (ddd, J=17.6, 10.4, 7.5 Hz, 1H), 5.56 (dd, J=11.5, 8.9 Hz, 1H), 5.39 (m, 1H), 5.37-5.32 (m, 1H), 4.64 (AB d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 4.62 (AB d, J=11.0 Hz, 1H), 4.42 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.38 (AB d, J=11.7 Hz, 1H), 4.21 (dd, J=8.6, 7.4, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 4.07-3.93 (2×m, 1H), 3.78 (dd, J=7.2, 7.0 Hz, 1H), 2.13 (br, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 138.2, 137.7, 135.8, 133.7, 131.6, 128.5, 128.4, 128.2, 127.9, 127.8, 127.7, 119.5, 81.5, 76.3, 70.8, 70.7, 58.5. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C21H25O3 [M+H]: 325.1804. found 325.1803.


Separation conditions for Z-15e: OJ-H, 10% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 93% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
11.281
BV
0.2773
3639.78735
202.93092
49.9668


2
12.022
VB
0.3028
3644.62769
187.47997
50.0332










Totals:
7284.41504
390.41089











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
11.220
BV
0.2596
210.15450
10.58754
3.5605


2
11.938
VV
0.3010
5692.16504
295.11295
96.4395










Totals:
5902.31953
305.70049










E-15e. [α]D25-2.93° (c=0.30, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36-7.23 (m, 10H), 5.93-5.79 (2×m, 1H), 5.71 (ddd, J=15.7, 7.5, 7.3 Hz, 1H), 5.33 (m, 1H), 5.29 (m, 1H), 4.65 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.62 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.47 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.43 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.18 (m, 2H), 3.90 (dd, J=7.9, 5.6 Hz, 1H), 3.86 (ddd, J=7.4, 4.8, 0.9 Hz, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 138.7, 138.6, 135.6, 133.7, 128.8, 128.4, 127.9, 127.8, 127.6, 127.5, 119.0, 82.5, 81.6, 70.8, 70.7, 63.2. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C21H25O3 [M+H]: 325.1804. found 325.1812.


Separation conditions for E-15e: OJ-H, 10% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 86% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
6.977
BV
0.1991
1499.56213
109.99121
50.4390


2
7.720
VV
0.2202
1473.45618
97.57201
49.5610


Totals:



2973.01831
207.56322











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.071
VV
0.2045
342.74240
24.91814
6.9119


2
7.788
VB
0.2345
4615.99463
288.76001
93.0881


Totals:



4958.73703
313.67815










Example 25

Characterization data for AROCM product Benzoate 15f, 61% isolated yield, 88% Z. Z-15f: [α]D25-50.9° (c=0.74, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.08-8.02 (m, 2H), 7.60-7.54 (m, 1H), 7.47-7.41 (m, 2H), 7.37-7.22 (m, 10H), 5.97 (dddd, J=11.3, 7.8, 5.8, 1.1 Hz, 2H), 5.85 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.5, 7.5 Hz, 1H), 5.73 (ddd, J=10.7, 9.2, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 5.35-5.33 (m, 1H), 5.31 (m, 1H), 4.87 (ddd, J=13.2, 7.8, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 4.73 (ddd, J=13.2, 5.8, 1.6 Hz, 2H), 4.68 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz 1H), 4.64 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.49 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.44 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.30 (ddd, J=9.1, 5.0, 1.1 Hz, 2H), 3.90 (dd, J=7.5, 5.0 Hz, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 166.4, 138.6, 138.4, 135.5, 133.1, 132.1, 130.2, 129.7, 128.55, 128.50, 128.45, 128.40, 127.8, 127.75, 127.70, 127.5, 119.2, 82.3, 76.7, 70.7, 70.7, 61.2. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C28H29O4 [M+H]: 429.2066. found 429.2056.


Separation conditions for Z-15f: OJ-H, 20% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 97% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
4.059
VV
0.1335
8624.85742
 991.43774
49.2384


2
4.842
VB
0.1622
8891.65625
 849.16925
50.7616


Totals:



1.75165e4
1840.60699











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
4.088
BV
0.2156
537.15137
 38.29383
 1.7991


2
4.857
VB
0.2960
2.93192e4
1527.33167
98.2009


Totals:



2.98564e4
1565.62550









E-15f. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.08-8.04 (m, 2H), 7.61-7.54 (m, 1H), 7.45 (m, 2H), 7.36-7.21 (m, 10H), 5.98-5.79 (3×m, 1H), 5.34 (m, 1H), 5.29 (m, 1H), 4.87 (2×m, 1H), 4.64 (AB d, J=12.0 Hz, 2H), 4.47 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.43 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 3.92 (dd, J=6.8, 5.3 Hz, 1H), 3.87 (dd, J=6.8, 5.5 Hz, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 166.4, 138.50, 138.42, 135.6, 133.1, 131.8, 130.1, 129.82, 129.80, 128.55, 128.52, 128.44, 128.36, 127.8, 127.60, 127.56, 119.1, 82.4, 81.3, 70.9, 70.6, 64.8.


Separation conditions for E-15f: OD-H, 20% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 88% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
5.665
BV
0.1888
5934.12598
478.10345
49.9106


2
6.250
VB
0.2143
5955.37939
428.19113
50.0894


Totals:



1.18895e4
906.29459










Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
4.925
BB
0.2038
 401.86090
 31.71189
4.3113


2
5.599
BV
0.2213
 536.10181
 38.78575
5.7514


3
6.183
VB
0.2409
8383.21680
552.90784
89.9373


Totals:



9321.17950
623.40548









Example 26

Characterization data for AROCM product Silyl ether 15g, 68% yield, 87% Z. Initial product mixture derivatized by treatment with TBAF (3 equiv) to aid in purification; isolated product is spectroscopically identical to alcohol 15e.


Optical rotations and enantiopurity of derivatized products:


Derivative of Z-15g: [α]D25-2.2° (c=0.61, CHCl3)


89% ee


Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
11.261
VV
0.3050
 316.99796
 14.38933
5.7900


2
11.972
VV
0.3092
5157.96875
262.54877
94.2100


Totals:



5474.96671
276.93809









Derivative of E-15g:[α]D25-3.4°(c=0.31, CHCI3)


77% ee












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.070
VV
0.2254
329.41394
21.65948
11.2280


2
7.819
VB
0.2454
2604.45679
157.07635
88.7720


Totals:



2933.87073
178.73583










Example 27

Characterization data for AROCM product Benzyl ether 15h, 64% isolated yield, 86% Z. Z-15h: [α]D25-29.7° (c=0.66, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36-7.23 (m, 10H), 5.91 (dddd, J=11.4, 7.3, 5.4, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 5.83 (ddd, J=17.2, 10.4, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 5.61 (dddd, J=11.0, 9.2, 1.7, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 5.34-5.30 (m, 1H), 5.28 (m, 1H), 4.64 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.61 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.43 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.43-4.41 (2×AB d, 1H), 4.40 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.16 (ddd, J=9.2, 4.9, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 4.04 (ddd, J=12.6, 7.3, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 3.93 (ddd, J=12.6, 5.4, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 3.82 (dddd, J=7.6, 5.0, 1.2, 0.9 Hz, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 138.6, 138.5, 138.3, 135.5, 131.6, 130.3, 128.52, 128.39, 128.36, 127.84, 127.81, 127.77, 127.76, 127.56, 127.53, 119.1, 82.5, 76.4, 72.5, 70.6, 70.4, 66.4. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C28H31O3 [M+H]: 415.2273. found 415.2260.


Separation conditions for Z-15h: OD-H, 15% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 91% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
7.714
BB
0.2523
3691.89014
233.73363
49.8466


2
8.793
VB
0.2827
3714.60791
205.71669
50.1534


Totals:



7406.49805
439.45032










Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.739
BV
0.2524
6725.33252
416.38754
95.2967


2
8.821
VB
0.2569
 331.92462
 18.54005
4.7033


Totals:



7057.25714
434.92760









Example 28

Characterization data for AROCM product 15i. Isolated as an inseparable 9:1 Z/E mixture, 76% yield. Z-15i: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.38-7.25 (m, 10H), 7.06-7.00 (m, 2H), 6.79-6.75 (m, 2H), 5.95-5.82 (2×m, 1H), 5.54 (ddd, J=11.0, 9.4, 1.7, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 5.37 (m, 1H), 5.29 (m, 1H), 4.67 (2×AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 2H), 4.49 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.47 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.36 (ddd, J=9.3, 4.8, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 3.89 (dd, J=7.7, 4.9 Hz, 1H), 3.78 (s, 3H), 3.34-3.20 (m, 2H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 158.0, 138.77, 138.76, 135.7, 133.9, 132.4, 129.63, 129.45, 128.4, 128.0, 127.84, 127.78, 127.53, 127.49, 119.0, 114.0, 82.7, 76.3, 70.6, 70.3, 55.4, 33.4. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C28H31O3 [M+H]: 415.2273. found 415.2287.


Separation conditions for Z/E product mixture: AD-H, 10% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. Z: 93% ee; E: 79% ee.


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
 9.466
VB
0.2176
4234.35059
305.74072
44.0459


2
10.421
BV
0.2378
4251.52734
279.00278
44.2245


3
10.869
VV
0.2464
 545.18933
 34.12083
 5.6711


4
12.217
VV
0.2952
 582.43701
 31.58193
 6.0585


Totals:



9613.50427
650.44626











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
 8.802
BV
0.2556
2.11839e4
1345.92456
85.3335


2
 9.623
VV
0.2273
735.39277
 48.94960
 2.9623


3
 9.977
VB
0.2593
298.80161
 16.18907
 1.2036


4
11.232
BV
0.2637
2606.73169
 152.29791
10.5005


Totals:



2.48248e4
1563.36114










Example 29

Characterization data for AROCM Ketone 15j, 65% isolated yield, 90% Z. Z-15j: [α]D25-7.98° (c=1.35, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.39-7.22 (m, 10H), 5.86 (ddd, J=17.2, 10.4, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 5.65 (dtd, J=11.1, 7.5, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 5.46 (ddt, J=10.9, 9.3, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 5.35 (m, 1H), 5.27 (m, 1H), 4.66 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.61 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.45 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 1H), 4.43 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.23 (ddd, J=9.3, 5.0, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 3.84 (dd, J=7.6, 5.0, 1H), 2.38 (m, 2H), 2.24 (m, 2H), 2.04 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 208.0, 138.753, 138.746, 135.7, 133.2, 128.6, 128.36, 128.34, 127.81, 127.75, 127.51, 127.49, 118.9, 82.6, 76.3, 70.6, 70.3, 43.3, 30.0, 22.3. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C24H29O3 [M+H]: 365.2117. found 365.2113.


Separation conditions for Z-15j: OJ-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 92% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
9.787
BV
0.3728
4472.42529
180.68672
49.6322


2
10.883
VBA
0.4203
4538.71436
163.26811
50.3678


Totals:



9011.13965
343.95483











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
 9.565
BB
0.2466
 294.21240
 18.00591
 3.8669


2
10.607
BB
0.2664
7314.22949
405.54443
96.1331


Totals:



7608.44189
423.55034









E/Z-15j mixture:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
9.874
BB
0.2847
2521.13306
133.25986
16.6689


2
10.986
BV
0.3148
2570.48706
123.50429
16.9952


3
11.655
VB
0.3314
5003.31738
226.75299
33.0803


4
12.990
BB
0.3684
5029.84863
206.30301
33.2557


Totals:



1.51248e4
689.82014











Enantioenriched: E84% ee.












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
 9.616
BV
0.2410
174.28995
10.11655
 1.9790


2
10.689
VV
0.2750
3897.29248
211.45294
44.2520


3
11.391
VB
0.2866
379.96729
19.56160
 4.3144


4
12.698
BV
0.3234
4355.48779
202.13602
49.4546










Totals:
8807.03751
443.26711










Example 30

Characterization data for AROCM Boronic ester 15k, 50% isolated yield of Z product. [α]D25 7.98° (c=0.64, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.37-7.28 (m, 10H), 5.94-5.78 (2×m, 1H), 5.43 (dddd, J=11.0, 9.3, 1.7, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 5.28 (m, 1H), 5.25 (m, 1H), 4.67 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.64 (AB d, J=12.3 Hz, 1H), 4.47 (AB d, J=12.4 Hz, 1H), 4.44 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 4.30 (ddd, J=9.4, 4.0, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 3.88 (dd, J=7.7, 4.0 Hz, 1H), 1.69 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 6H), 1.22 (s, 6H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 139.1, 139.0, 135.7, 130.0, 128.31, 128.30, 127.7, 127.6, 127.34, 127.33, 126.9, 118.8, 83.5, 82.8, 76.2, 70.5, 70.1, 24.94, 24.93. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C20H28O3B [M-OBn]: 327.2132. found 327.2138.


Separation conditions for Z-15k: OJ-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 91% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
4.784
BV
0.2705
4108.72510
219.40474
55.4931


2
7.295
VB
0.3813
3295.29712
132.87819
44.5069










Totals:
7404.02222
352.28293











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
4.898
BV
0.1625
331.67175
30.59655
4.2149


2
5.190
VV
0.2376
402.79446
23.30932
5.1187


3
7.472
VV
0.2806
7134.57031
384.21341
90.664










Totals:
7869.03653
438.11928










Example 31

Characterization data for AROCM Alcohol 17. Alcohol 17 was synthesized following the general AROCM procedure in 85% isolated yield, 91% Z, and 1:1 dr. Z-17: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36-7.24 (m, 10H), 5.89-5.78 (2×m, 1H), 5.54-5.43 (dddd, J=11.1, 9.8, 1.3, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 5.38 (m, 1H), 5.32 (m, 1H), 4.66 (AB d, J=12.3 Hz, 2H), 4.59 (AB d, J=12.2 Hz, 2H), 4.41 (AB d, J=12.4 Hz, 2H), 4.38 (AB d, J=12.1 Hz, 2H), 4.20 (ddd, J=9.8, 6.9, 0.9 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (dd, J=7.7, 6.9 Hz, 1H), 3.74 (m, 1H), 2.81 (br, 1H), 2.18-2.10 (m, 2H), 1.16 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 138.5, 137.9, 135.9, 131.8, 131.1, 128.40, 128.37, 128.2, 127.82, 127.75, 127.6, 119.7, 81.2, 75.6, 70.23, 70.18, 66.9, 38.1, 23.2. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C23H29O3 [M+H]: 353.2117. found 353.2108.


Example 32

Ketone 18: Dess-Martin periodinane (302 mg, 0.713 mmol, 2 equiv) was added in one portion to a cold (0° C.) solution of alcohols Z-17 (126 mg, 0.356 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (5 mL). The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 1 h. Aqueous 1:1 NaHCO3/Na2S2O3 solution was added and the biphasic mixture stirred vigorously for 1 h. The layers were separated, and the aqueous layer extracted with CH2Cl2. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The crude residue was purified by flash chromatography to afford 110.4 mg, 88% yield of ketone 18. [α]D25-14.4° (c=0.83, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.36-7.24 (m, 10H), 5.93 (dddd, J=11.1, 10.8, 7.2, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 5.85 (ddd, J=17.2, 10.4, 7.6 Hz, 1H), 5.63 (dddd, J=11.0, 9.1, 1.7, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 5.36-5.33 (m, 1H), 5.33-5.27 (m, 1H), 4.63 (2×ABd, J=12.0 Hz, 2H), 4.43 (AB d, J=10.8 Hz, 1H), 4.39 (AB d, J=Hz, 1H), 4.09 (ddd, J=9.1, 5.2, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 3.84 (dd, J=7.6, 5.3 Hz, 1H), 3.08 (dd, J=7.2, 1.7 Hz, 2H), 2.03 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 206.1, 138.6, 138.4, 135.6, 130.7, 128.40, 128.37, 127.87, 127.86, 127.62, 127.58, 126.4, 119.1, 82.4, 76.3, 70.7, 70.3, 42.7, 29.8. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C23H27O3 [M+H]: 351.1960. found 351.1954.


Separation conditions for 18: AD-H, 5% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 95% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.509
VV
0.1535
2803.53540
288.06458
49.4751


2
7.938
VV
0.1670
2863.01855
262.90552
50.5249










Totals:
5666.55396
550.97009











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
7.548
BV
0.1477
159.29933
16.64186
2.4029


2
7.911
VV
0.1731
6470.11279
584.80743
97.5971










Totals:
6629.41212
601.44930










Example 33

(+)-endo-brevicomin (19). Ketone 18 (35 mg, 0.10 mmol) was dissolved in 5:1 MeOH/1 N HCl (aq.) and the reaction flask purged with Argon. Palladium on carbon (10%, 35 mg) was added, and the flask was purged by a balloon filled with H2. The reaction mixture was stirred under 1 atm of H2 for 2 h. The reaction flask was then purged with Argon and Celite was added. The suspension was filtered through Celite and the organic layer was extracted with pentane. The combined pentane layers were washed with water, brine, and dried over MgSO4. The pentane layers were filtered and carefully concentrated to afford the crude reaction mixture (9.9 mg, 67% yield), containing 90% purity (+)-endo-brevicomin Analytical samples were afforded by flash chromatography. [α]D25+49.6° (c=0.11, CHCl3), lit. (see G. Pedrocchi-Fantoni, S. Servi, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin. Trans. 1 1991, 1764. [α]D20+49° (c=1.0, ether, 96.5% ee, 90% purity), lit. (see S. Singh, P. J. Guiry, J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 5758). [α]D20 77.9° 9 (c=1.2, ether, 99.3% ee); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 4.21 (dt, J=4.6, 2.3 Hz, 1H), 3.99 (tdd, J=7.2, 4.1, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 1.99-1.72 (m, 4H), 1.68-1.51 (m, 4H), 1.43 (s, 3H), 0.99 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 107.0, 81.6, 76.6, 34.4, 25.0, 23.6, 21.9, 17.6, 10.9. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C9H17O2 [M+H]: 157.1229. found 157.1206.


Separation conditions (GC, GTA column): 80° C., isocratic. 96% ee


Racemate:


















Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[pA*s]
[pA]
%







1
8.063
BB
0.1233
30.86736
3.62755
50.14859


2
8.646
BB
0.1302
30.68445
3.27842
49.85141










Enantioenriched:


















Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[pA*s]
[pA]
%





















1
8.098
BB
0.1045
2.60984
 3.18731e−1
1.90416


2
8.656
BB
0.1424
120.87816
12.66055
88.19333


3
9.918
BB
0.116
13.57243
 1.55830
9.90251









Example 34

Diol 20. To a biphasic mixture of 1:1 tBuOH/water containing diene Z-15g (38.5 mg, 0.089 mmol) was sequentially added potassium carbonate (37 mg, 0.27 mmol), potassium ferricyanide (89 mg, 0.27 mmol, 3 equiv), and potassium osmate dihydrate (1.7 mg, 4.6 μmol, 5 mol %) at 0° C. The reaction was stirred vigorously at 23° C. for 24 h. Upon completion, solid Na2SO3 was added stirred continued at 23° C. for 2 h. EtOAc was added and the layers separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc and the combined organic layers washed with water, brine, and dried over MgSO4. After filtration and concentration, the crude residue was subject to flash chromatography to afford 27.5 mg, 66% yield of diol 20.


Major diastereomer: [α]D25-62.1° (c=1.35, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.05-8.01 (m, 2H), 7.60-7.55 (m, 1H), 7.44 (dd, J=8.5, 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.37-7.22 (m, 26H), 6.05-5.97 (m, 1H), 5.86-5.78 (m, 1H), 4.89-4.83 (m, 2H), 4.77 (d, J=11.1 Hz, 1H), 4.67 (d, J=11.8 Hz, 1H), 4.65-4.62 (m, 1H), 4.60 (dd, J=9.6, 4.6 Hz, 1H), 4.45 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 1H), 3.72 (dt, J=13.1, 5.0 Hz, 4H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 166.6, 138.1, 137.8, 133.3, 131.3, 129.87, 128.78, 128.65, 128.62, 128.58, 128.3, 128.02, 128.01, 128.0, 80.9, 76.1, 74.6, 72.1, 70.8, 66.3, 63.7, 61.2. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C28H31O6 [M+H]: 463.2121. found 463.2125.


Example 35

Methyl glycoside 21. Diol 20 (34.6 mg, 0.075 mmol) was dissolved in 1:1 CH2Cl2/MeOH and cooled to −78° C. Ozone was bubbled through the solution until a blue color persisted for 10 min. At this point, oxygen was bubbled through the solution until the reaction appeared colorless. Excess dimethyl sulfide (0.1 mL) was added and the reaction was allowed to come to room temperature and stir for 16 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated and the crude residue used in the following step. The crude aldehyde was then dissolved in MeOH (5 mL) and cooled to 0° C. HCl in MeOH (0.4 M, 0.5 mL) was added and the reaction was warmed to room temperature. The reaction was stirred for 14 h, at which time Amberlyst IRA-400 (OH) was added. The mixture was filtered and concentrated; preparative TLC afforded 10.6 mg (0.031 mmol, 47% yield over two steps) of methyl glycoside 21. [α]D25=−36.4° (c=0.27, CHCl3), lit (see P. A. Wender, F. C. Bi, N. Buschmann, F. Gosselin, C. Kan, J-M. Kee, H. Ohmura, Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 5373). ent-21 [α]D25=+31.7 (c=1.94, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.40-7.27 (m, 10H), 4.89 (s, 1H), 4.66 (AB d, J=12.0 Hz, 1H), 4.63 (AB d, J=12.0 Hz, 1H), 4.58 (AB d, J=11.7 Hz, 1H), 4.49 (AB d, J=11.7 Hz, 1H), 4.28 (m, 1H), 4.13 (dd, J=7.1, 4.7 Hz, 1H), 3.87 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 3.83-3.77 (m, 1H), 3.58 (m, 1H), 3.37 (s, 3H), 1.95 (br, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 137.81, 137.79, 128.6, 128.1 (4C), 128.04 (3C), 128.00 (3C), 107.0, 82.4, 80.3, 77.4, 72.8, 72.6, 62.8, 55.7. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C20H23O5 [M+H−H2]: 343.1545. found 343.1553.


General Procedure for Preparation of Silver Carboxylates

Following a known procedure (see Dorta, R.; Shimon, L.; Milstein, D. J. Organomet. Chem. 2004, 689, 751-758) L-N-acetyl alanine (200 mg, 1.53 mmol, 2 equiv.) was added to a stirring suspension of silver oxide (177 mg, 0.762 mmol, 1 equiv.) in 4 mL acetonitrile shielded from light. The reaction was vigorously stirred for 24 h, at which time a light gray precipitate had formed. The mixture was filtered and washed with acetonitrile and ether. The resultant solid was dried under vacuum overnight while shielded from light to provide 212 mg (0.89 mmol, 58% yield) of silver carboxylate.


General Procedure for Preparation of Catalysts 22a-h

To a solution of enantiopure ruthenium iodide 1 (1.92 mg, 0.0028 mmol) in 0.5 mL THF was added silver carboxylate from above (1.3 mg, 0.055 mmol, 2 equiv.). The mixture was stirred for 30 min and then concentrated. The resultant solid was redissolved in benzene and filtered through a short pad of Celite. The resultant purple solution was concentrated, assayed by 1H NMR and then used directly in the AROCM reaction. 1NMR spectra of complexes 22a-c matched previously reported spectra of the corresponding racemic complexes (see Keitz, B. K.; Endo, K.; Patel, P. R.; Herbert, M. B.; Grubbs, R. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 693-699). Diagnostic benzylidene signals (C6D6) of novel compounds are listed below:


22d: 14.99 ppm


22e: 15.00 ppm


22f: 15.10 ppm


22h: 15.11 ppm


Preparation of Substrates for AROCM

Substrates for AROCM were synthesized as previously reported in the literature: 23 (see Coe, J. W.; Wirtz, M. C.; Bashore, C. G.; Candler, J. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1589-1592) and 25 (See La, D. S.; Sattely, E. S.; Ford, J. G.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoveyda, A. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7767-7778) were synthesized according to the provided references.


General Procedure for AROCM

In a glovebox, alkene 25 (40 mg, 0.2 mmol, 1 equiv) and allyl acetate (6) (140 mg, 1.4 mmol, 7 equiv) were dissolved in 0.4 mL THF. To this solution was added catalyst 4 (1.27 mg, 0.002 mmol). The reaction vial was capped and stirred for 1 h and then quenched with an excess of ethyl vinyl ether. The reaction mixture was concentrated and conversion was determined by 500 MHz 1H NMR. The crude was subjected to flash chromatography or preparative TLC to afford the desired AROCM product (26, 33 mg, 56% yield, 15:85 Z/E ratio, 94% ee (Z), 93% ee (E)). Pure products were submitted to analytical SFC to determine ee.


Example 36

Characterization data for AROCM product 24, 55% yield, 76:14 Z/E ratio.




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Z-24: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.25-7.20 (m, 2H), 7.19-7.14 (m, 1H), 7.11-7.07 (m, 1H), 5.89-5.81 (m, 1H), 5.80-5.75 (m, 1H), 5.67 (ddd, J=10.7, 9.6, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 5.25 (ddd, J=17.0, 1.9, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 5.18 (dd, J=10.0, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 4.78 (dt, J=6.9, 1.0 Hz, 2H), 4.15-4.03 (m, 1H), 3.76 (dt, J=10.3, 7.7 Hz, 1H), 2.54 (dt, J=12.3, 7.0 Hz, 1H), 2.11 (d, J=0.8 Hz, 2H), 1.64 (dt, J=12.2, 10.5 Hz, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 145.72, 145.25, 140.55, 137.57, 127.04, 124.77, 124.30, 124.12, 116.02, 60.59, 49.13, 42.79, 41.59, 21.16. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C16H17O2 [M+H−H2]: 241.1229. found 241.1221.


Separation conditions: AD-H, 3% IPA, 2.5 mL/min >98% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
3.503
BV
0.1472
6139.82520
668.11780
49.9774


2
3.826
VB
0.1547
6145.36768
625.22028
50.0226










Totals:
  1.22852e4
1293.33807











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%





1
3.907
BB
0.2003
1.85037e4
1456.06311
100.0000










Totals:
1.85037e4
1456.06311












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E-24 was deacetylated to the compound shown above in order to aid purification.



1H NMR (# MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.25-7.10 (m, 3H), 5.91-5.79 (m, 2H), 5.77-5.69 (m, 1H), 5.22 (ddd, J=17.1, 1.8, 0.9 Hz, 1H), 5.15 (dd, J=10.0, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 4.20 (t, J=5.7 Hz, 2H), 3.73 (dq, J=16.8, 8.3 Hz, 2H), 2.52 (dt, J=12.4, 7.1 Hz, 1H), 1.66 (dt, J=12.4, 10.3 Hz, 1H), 1.32 (t, J=5.7 Hz, 1H).


Separation conditions: AD-H, 3% IPA, 2.5 mL/min >98% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
12.963
BV
0.3805
1630.66382
52.19287
49.3447


2
13.901
VV
0.4567
1673.97461
49.73441
50.6553










Totals:
3304.63843
101.92728











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
14.509
VB
0.5751
4652.46533
130.76849
100.0000










Totals:
4652.46533
130.76849










Example 37

Characterization data for AROCM product 26, 56% yield, 15:85 Z/E ratio.




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Z-26 [α]D25=−23.9° (c=0.21, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.35-7.24 (m, 5H), 5.99 (ddd, J=17.1, 10.2, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 5.90-5.83 (m, 1H), 5.55 (dtd, J=11.1, 7.0, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 5.08 (ddd, J=17.2, 2.1, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 5.02 (ddd, J=10.2, 2.0, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 4.62 (dt, J=7.1, 1.1 Hz, 2H), 4.55 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 1H), 4.50 (d, J=11.7 Hz, 1H), 3.76 (t, J=4.1 Hz, 1H), 2.91 (qd, J=9.1, 4.3 Hz, 1H), 2.62 (qd, J=8.6, 3.9 Hz, 1H), 2.06 (s, 2H), 1.82 (dq, J=9.4, 6.9 Hz, 3H), 1.75-1.67 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 139.25, 139.09, 136.26, 128.34, 127.74, 127.52, 123.45, 115.04, 86.93, 73.76, 60.77, 50.32, 43.45, 30.53, 30.11, 28.99, 21.14. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C19H24NaO3 [M+Na]: 323.1623. found 323.1627.


Separation conditions: OJ-H, 1% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 94% ee


Racemate:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
11.035
BV
0.2512
2302.19849
137.56712
50.2543


2
11.905
VV
0.2763
2278.89893
127.66735
49.7457










Totals:
4581.09741
265.23447











Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360,100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU*s]
[mAU]
%
















1
11.301
BV
0.2214
239.09720
13.58221
2.6496


2
12.062
VB
0.3154
8784.66992
414.32910
97.3504










Totals:
9023.76712
427.91131












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E-26 [α]D25=−1.1° (c=0.67, CHCl3); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.40-7.23 (m, 5H), 6.07-5.97 (m, 1H), 5.95-5.88 (m, 1H), 5.61 (dt, J=15.8, 6.4 Hz, 1H), 5.09 (d, J=17.3 Hz, 1H), 5.03 (dd, J=10.4, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 4.57 (d, J=11.9 Hz, 1H), 4.54-4.51 (m, 2H), 4.49 (dd, J=11.8, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 3.79 (t, J=4.3 Hz, 1H), 2.62 (dt, J=9.7, 4.6 Hz, 2H), 2.05 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 3H), 1.87-1.75 (m, 4H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 139.37, 139.10, 136.73, 128.31, 127.82, 127.53, 124.18, 114.96, 86.98, 73.70, 65.35, 50.14, 48.54, 28.91, 21.11. HRMS (FAB+) calculated for C19H24NaO3 [M+Na]: 323.1623. found 323.1628.


Separation conditions: AD-H, 2% IPA, 2.5 mL/min. 93% ee


Racemate












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU * s]
[mAU]
%





1
5.781
VV
0.2561
3036.30420
188.30795
50.6709


2
6.350
VV
0.2732
2955.90186
174.83788
49.3291


Totals:



5992.20605
363.14583










Enantioenriched:












Signal 1: DAD1 A, Sig = 210, 8 Ref = 360, 100













Peak
RetTime

Width
Area
Height
Area


#
[min]
Type
[min]
[mAU * s]
[mAU]
%
















1
5.659
VV
0.2846
596.53467
32.73715
3.5544


2
6.433
VV
0.3100
 1.61865e4
850.61707
96.4456


Totals:



 1.67830e4
883.35422








Claims
  • 1. An enantioenriched C—H activated catalyst compound having the structure of formula (II):
  • 2. An enantioenriched C—H activated catalyst compound, selected from
  • 3. A method, comprising: contacting an α-olefin with a strained olefin, in the presence of an enantioenriched C—H activated catalyst under conditions and for a time period effective to allow an asymmetric ring opening cross metathesis reaction to occur.
  • 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the strained olefin is represented by the structure of formula (XIII):
  • 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the strained olefin is a mono-unsaturated cyclic olefin reactant.
  • 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the strained olefin is a bicyclic olefinic reactant or a polycyclic olefinic reactant.
  • 7. The method of claim 3, wherein the α-olefin is represented by the structure of formula (XVIII):
  • 8. The method of claim 3, wherein the enantioenriched C—H activated catalyst has the structure of formula (II),
  • 9. An asymmetric ring opening cross metathesis product prepared by the method of claim 3.
  • 10. An asymmetric ring opening cross metathesis product of claim 9 having a Z:E ratio greater than 1:1 in favor of the Z-isomer.
  • 11. An asymmetric ring opening cross metathesis product of claim 10 having an enantiomeric excess of greater than 50%.
  • 12. A method, comprising: reacting an α-olefin with a strained olefin, in the presence of an enantioenriched C—H activated catalyst, to form an asymmetric ring opening cross metathesis product with a Z:E ratio greater than 1:1 in favor of the Z-isomer.
  • 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the asymmetric ring opening cross metathesis product is produced in an enantiomeric excess of greater than 50%.
RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/823,539, filed May 15, 2013, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/838,673, filed Jun. 24, 2013, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/933,586, filed Jan. 30, 2014, the contents of each are incorporated herein by reference.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

This invention was made with government support under Grant No. 5R01GM031332-27 awarded by the National Institutes of Health and Grant No. CHE-1048404 awarded by the National Science Foundation. The U.S. Government has certain rights in this invention.

PCT Information
Filing Document Filing Date Country Kind
PCT/US2014/038280 5/15/2014 WO 00
Provisional Applications (3)
Number Date Country
61933586 Jan 2014 US
61838673 Jun 2013 US
61823539 May 2013 US