C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis

Nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocycles (azaarenes) are of widespread chemical significance, and chi-ral compounds containing azaarenes feature prominently in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and natural products. This Perspective highlights the use of a relatively underdeveloped strategy to prepar...

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Main Authors: Best, Daniel, Lam, Hon Wai
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Published: American Chemical Society 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31655/
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description Nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocycles (azaarenes) are of widespread chemical significance, and chi-ral compounds containing azaarenes feature prominently in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and natural products. This Perspective highlights the use of a relatively underdeveloped strategy to prepare chiral azaarene-containing compounds: exploitation of the C=N bond embedded within certain azaarenes to activate adjacent functionality in catalytic asym-metric reactions. Work in this area has resulted in the development of several different types of catalytic enantioselec-tive processes, including reductions, nucleophilic additions, and reductive couplings. It is hoped that this Perspective will encourage more researchers to work in this promising area.
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spelling nottingham-316552020-05-04T16:40:38Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31655/ C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis Best, Daniel Lam, Hon Wai Nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocycles (azaarenes) are of widespread chemical significance, and chi-ral compounds containing azaarenes feature prominently in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and natural products. This Perspective highlights the use of a relatively underdeveloped strategy to prepare chiral azaarene-containing compounds: exploitation of the C=N bond embedded within certain azaarenes to activate adjacent functionality in catalytic asym-metric reactions. Work in this area has resulted in the development of several different types of catalytic enantioselec-tive processes, including reductions, nucleophilic additions, and reductive couplings. It is hoped that this Perspective will encourage more researchers to work in this promising area. American Chemical Society 2013-12-16 Article PeerReviewed Best, Daniel and Lam, Hon Wai (2013) C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 79 (3). pp. 831-845. ISSN 0022-3263 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo402414k doi:10.1021/jo402414k doi:10.1021/jo402414k
spellingShingle Best, Daniel
Lam, Hon Wai
C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis
title C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis
title_full C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis
title_fullStr C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis
title_full_unstemmed C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis
title_short C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis
title_sort c=n-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31655/
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