| | Contents | |
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| | Preface | xi |
| | Foreword | xiii |
| 1 | Introduction: Organocatalysis -- From Biomimetic Concepts to Powerful Methods for Asymmetric Synthesis | 1 |
| | References | 8 |
| 2 | On the Structure of the Book, and a Few General Mechanistic Considerations | 9 |
| 2.1 | The Structure of the Book | 9 |
| 2.2 | General Mechanistic Considerations | 9 |
| | References | 12 |
| 3 | Nucleophilic Substitution at Aliphatic Carbon | 13 |
| 3.1 | -Alkylation of Cyclic Ketones and Related Compounds | 13 |
| 3.2 | -Alkylation of -Amino Acid Derivatives | 16 |
| 3.2.1 | Development of Highly Efficient Organocatalysts | 16 |
| 3.2.2 | Improving Enantioselectivity During Work-up | 25 |
| 3.2.3 | Specific Application in the Synthesis of Non-natural Amino Acids | 25 |
| 3.2.4 | Synthesis of , -Dialkylated Amino Acids | 28 |
| 3.2.5 | Enantio- and Diastereoselective Processes -- Synthesis of -Amino Acid Derivatives with Two Stereogenic Centers | 30 |
| 3.2.6 | Solid-phase Syntheses | 31 |
| 3.3 | -Alkylation of Other Acyclic Substrates | 33 |
| 3.4 | Fluorination, Chlorination, and Bromination Reactions | 34 |
| 3.4.1 | Fluorination Reactions | 34 |
| 3.4.2 | Chlorination and Bromination Reactions | 38 |
| | References | 41 |
| 4 | Nucleophilic Addition to Electron-deficient CyC Double Bonds | 45 |
| 4.1 | Intermolecular Michael Addition | 45 |
| 4.1.1 | Intermolecular Michael Addition of C-nucleophiles | 47 |
| 4.1.1.1 | Chiral Bases and Phase-transfer Catalysis | 47 |
| 4.1.1.2 | Activation of Michael Acceptors by Iminium Ion Formation, Activation of Carbonyl Donors by Enamine Formation | 55 |
| 4.1.1.3 | Addition of C-nucleophiles to Azodicarboxylates | 69 |
| 4.1.1.4 | Cyclopropanation of Enoates with Phenacyl Halides | 70 |
| 4.1.2 | Intermolecular Michael Addition of N- and O-nucleophiles | 71 |
| 4.1.3 | Intermolecular Michael Addition of S- and Se-nucleophiles | 73 |
| 4.2 | Intramolecular Michael Addition | 78 |
| 4.2.1 | Intramolecular Michael Addition of C-nucleophiles | 78 |
| 4.2.2 | Intramolecular Michael Addition of O-nucleophiles | 79 |
| | References | 82 |
| 5 | Nucleophilic Addition to C=N Double Bonds | 85 |
| 5.1 | Hydrocyanation of Imines (Strecker Reaction) | 85 |
| 5.1.1 | Chiral Diketopiperazines as Catalysts | 85 |
| 5.1.2 | Chiral Guanidines as Catalysts | 86 |
| 5.1.3 | Chiral Ureas and Thioureas as Catalysts | 89 |
| 5.1.4 | Chiral N-Oxides as “Catalysts” | 95 |
| 5.2 | The Mannich Reaction | 97 |
| 5.2.1 | Enantioselective Direct Mannich Reaction: Products with One Stereogenic Center | 97 |
| 5.2.2 | Enantio- and Diastereoselective Direct Mannich Reaction: Products with Two Stereogenic Centers | 100 |
| 5.2.3 | Proline-catalyzed Mannich Reaction: Process Development and Optimization | 104 |
| 5.2.4 | Enantioselective Mannich Reaction using Silyl Ketene Acetals | 106 |
| 5.3 | -Lactam Synthesis | 109 |
| 5.4 | Sulfur Ylide-based Aziridination of Imines | 119 |
| 5.5 | Hydrophosphonylation of Imines | 126 |
| | References | 126 |
| 6 | Nucleophilic Addition to C=O Double Bonds | 130 |
| 6.1 | Hydrocyanation | 130 |
| 6.1.1 | The Mechanism of the Reaction | 132 |
| 6.2 | Aldol Reactions | 140 |
| 6.2.1 | Intermolecular Aldol Reactions | 140 |
| 6.2.1.1 | Intermolecular Aldol Reaction With Formation of One Stereogenic Center | 140 |
| 6.2.1.2 | Intermolecular Aldol Reaction with Formation of Two Stereogenic Centers | 154 |
| 6.2.2 | Intramolecular Aldol Reaction | 166 |
| 6.2.2.1 | Intramolecular Aldol Reaction Starting from Diketones | 166 |
| 6.2.2.2 | Intramolecular Aldol Reaction Starting from Triketones | 168 |
| 6.2.2.3 | Intramolecular Aldol Reaction Starting from Dialdehydes | 174 |
| 6.2.3 | Modified Aldol Reactions -- Vinylogous Aldol, Nitroaldol, and Nitrone Aldol Reactions | 175 |
| 6.3 | -Lactone Synthesis via Ketene Addition | 179 |
| 6.4 | The Morita--Baylis--Hillman Reaction | 182 |
| 6.5 | Allylation Reactions | 189 |
| 6.5.1 | Chiral Phosphoramides as Organocatalysts | 189 |
| 6.5.2 | Chiral Formamides as Organocatalysts | 197 |
| 6.5.3 | Chiral Pyridine Derivatives as Organocatalysts | 199 |
| 6.5.4 | Chiral N-Oxides as Organocatalysts | 199 |
| 6.6 | Alkylation of C=O Double Bonds | 205 |
| 6.7 | The Darzens Reaction | 205 |
| 6.8 | Sulfur Ylide-based Epoxidation of Aldehydes | 211 |
| 6.8.1 | Epoxide Formation from Ylides Prepared by Means of Bases | 212 |
| 6.8.2 | Epoxide Formation from Ylides Prepared by Metal-catalyzed Carbene Formation | 219 |
| 6.9 | The Benzoin Condensation and the Stetter Reaction | 227 |
| 6.9.1 | The Benzoin Condensation | 229 |
| 6.9.2 | The Stetter Reaction | 231 |
| 6.10 | Hydrophosphonylation of C=O Double Bonds | 234 |
| | References | 236 |
| 7 | Nucleophilic Addition to Unsaturated Nitrogen | 245 |
| 7.1 | Nucleophilic Addition to N=N Double Bonds | 245 |
| 7.2 | Nucleophilic Addition to N=O Double Bonds | 249 |
| | References | 254 |
| 8 | Cycloaddition Reactions | 256 |
| 8.1 | [4+2]-Cycloadditions -- Diels--Alder Reactions | 256 |
| 8.1.1 | Diels--Alder Reactions Using Alkaloids as Organocatalysts | 256 |
| 8.1.2 | Diels--Alder and hetero-Diels--Alder Reactions Using {a}-Amino Acid Derivatives as Organocatalysts | 258 |
| 8.1.3 | Diels--Alder and hetero-Diels--Alder Reactions Using C2-symmetric Organocatalysts | 261 |
| 8.2 | [3+2]-Cycloadditions: Nitrone- and Electron-deficient Olefin-based Reactions | 262 |
| | References | 267 |
| 9 | Protonation of Enolates and Tautomerization of Enols | 269 |
| 9.1 | Enantioselective Protonation of Enolates formed in situ from Enolate Precursors | 270 |
| 9.2 | Enantioselective Tautomerization of Enols Generated in situ | 271 |
| 9.3 | Enantioselective Protonation of Enolates Generated in situ from Conjugated Unsaturated Carboxylates | 274 |
| | References | 275 |
| 10 | Oxidation | 277 |
| 10.1 | Epoxidation of Olefins | 277 |
| 10.1.1 | Chiral Dioxiranes | 277 |
| 10.1.2 | Chiral Iminium Ions | 287 |
| 10.2 | Epoxidation of Enones and Enoates | 290 |
| 10.2.1 | Chiral Dioxiranes | 290 |
| 10.2.2 | Peptide Catalysts | 290 |
| 10.2.3 | Phase-transfer Catalysis | 299 |
| 10.3 | Sulfoxidation of Thioethers | 303 |
| 10.4 | Oxidation of Alcohols | 306 |
| 10.4.1 | Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Alcohols | 306 |
| 10.4.2 | Desymmetrization of meso Diols | 308 |
| | References | 309 |
| 11 | Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds | 314 |
| 11.1 | Borane Reduction Catalyzed by Oxazaborolidines and Phosphorus-based Catalysts | 314 |
| 11.2 | Borohydride and Hydrosilane Reduction in the Presence of Phase-transfer Catalysts | 318 |
| 11.3 | Reduction with Hydrosilanes in the Presence of Chiral Nucleophilic Activators | 319 |
| | References | 321 |
| 12 | Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Alcohols and Amines | 323 |
| 12.1 | Acylation Reactions | 323 |
| 12.2 | Redox Reactions | 342 |
| | References | 345 |
| 13 | Desymmetrization and Kinetic Resolution of Anhydrides; Desymmetrization of meso-Epoxides and other Prochiral Substrates | 347 |
| 13.1 | Desymmetrization and Kinetic Resolution of Cyclic Anhydrides | 347 |
| 13.1.1 | Desymmetrization of Prochiral Cyclic Anhydrides | 349 |
| 13.1.2 | Kinetic Resolution of Chiral, Racemic Anhydrides | 352 |
| 13.1.2.1 | Kinetic Resolution of 1,3-Dioxolane-2,4-diones ( -Hydroxy Acid O-Carboxy Anhydrides) | 352 |
| 13.1.2.2 | Kinetic Resolution of N-Urethane-protected Amino Acid N-Carboxy Anhydrides | 355 |
| 13.1.3 | Parallel Kinetic Resolution of Chiral, Racemic Anhydrides | 358 |
| 13.1.4 | Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Anhydrides | 358 |
| 13.1.4.1 | Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of 1,3-Dioxolane-2,4-diones ( -Hydroxy acid O-Carboxy Anhydrides) | 359 |
| 13.1.4.2 | Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of N-protected Amino Acid N-Carboxy Anhydrides | 360 |
| 13.2 | Additions to Prochiral Ketenes | 363 |
| 13.3 | Desymmetrization of meso-Diols | 366 |
| 13.3.1 | Desymmetrization of meso-Diols by Acylation | 367 |
| 13.3.2 | Desymmetrization of meso-Diols by Oxidation | 371 |
| 13.4 | Desymmetrization of meso-Epoxides | 374 |
| 13.4.1 | Enantioselective Isomerization of meso-Epoxides to Allylic Alcohols | 374 |
| 13.4.2 | Enantioselective Ring Opening of meso-Epoxides | 381 |
| 13.5 | The Horner--Wadsworth--Emmons Reaction | 383 |
| 13.6 | Rearrangement of O-Acyl Azlactones, O-Acyl Oxindoles, and O-Acyl Benzofuranones | 385 |
| | References | 389 |
| 14 | Large-scale Applications of Organocatalysis | 393 |
| 14.1 | Introduction | 393 |
| 14.2 | Organocatalysis for Large-scale Applications: Some General Aspects and Considerations | 393 |
| 14.2.1 | Economy of the Catalyst (Price/Availability) | 394 |
| 14.2.2 | Stability of the Catalysts and Handling Issues | 395 |
| 14.2.3 | Recycling Issues: Immobilization of Organocatalysts | 395 |
| 14.2.4 | Enantioselectivity, Conversion, and Catalytic Loading | 396 |
| 14.3 | Large-scale Organocatalytic Reaction Processes (Selected Case Studies) | 398 |
| 14.3.1 | Case Study 1: Julia--Colonna-type Epoxidation | 398 |
| 14.3.2 | Case Study 2: Hydrocyanation of Imines | 401 |
| 14.3.3 | Case Study 3: Alkylation of Cyclic Ketones and Glycinates | 402 |
| 14.3.4 | Case Study 4: The Hajos--Parrish--Eder--Wiechert--Sauer Reaction | 405 |
| | References | 406 |
| Appendix | Tabular Survey of Selected Organocatalysts: Reaction Scope and Availability | 409 |
| I | Primary and Secondary Amine Catalysts | 410 |
| II | Tertiary Amine and Pyridine Catalysts | 413 |
| III | Phosphanes | 417 |
| IV | Phosphoramidites, Phosphoramides and Formamides | 418 |
| V | Ureas, Thioureas, Guanidines, Amidines | 420 |
| VI | Ketones | 422 |
| VII | Imines, Iminium Cations and Oxazolines | 423 |
| VIII | Diols | 424 |
| IX | Sulfides | 425 |
| X | N-Oxides and Nitroxyl Radicals | 427 |
| XI | Heterocyclic Carbenes (Carbene Precursors) | 429 |
| XII | Peptides | 430 |
| XIII | Phase Transfer Catalysts | 433 |
| | Index | 436 |