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Chapter 1 Transition metal-catalyzed hydrogenation |
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1.1 Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of activated olefins |
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1 | (1) |
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1.1.2 Asymmetric hydrogenation catalyzed by Rh--diphosphine ligands |
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1 | (1) |
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1.1.2.1 Resting state of the catalytic cycle: Formation of the catalyst--substrate complexes |
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1 | (7) |
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8 | (4) |
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1.1.2.3 Formation of solvate dihydrides |
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12 | (3) |
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1.1.2.4 Oxidative addition to chelate catalyst--substrate complexes |
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15 | (7) |
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1.1.2.5 Reactions of solvate dihydrides with prochiral substrates |
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22 | (11) |
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1.1.2.6 Catalytic cycle and enantioselective step |
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33 | (4) |
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1.1.2.7 Process of enantioselection |
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37 | (17) |
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1.1.2.8 Sense of enantioselection and the relative size of substituents |
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54 | (8) |
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1.1.3 Catalysis with rhodium complexes of monophosphines |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (3) |
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1.2 Ru-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of ketones |
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68 | (26) |
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68 | (3) |
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1.2.2 A Brief Critical Overview of Experimental and Computational Techniques Used in the Early Mechanistic Studies of 1 and 2 |
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71 | (1) |
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1.2.2.1 The characteristic time and sensitivity of NMR spectroscopy |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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1.2.2.3 Computations in the gas-phase |
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73 | (1) |
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1.2.3 Progress of the reaction mechanism with 1 and 2 |
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74 | (11) |
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1.2.4 The origin of the enantioselectivity |
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85 | (4) |
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1.2.5 Unresolved problems |
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89 | (1) |
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1.2.5.1 Reaction mechanism |
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89 | (3) |
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1.2.5.2 Enantioselectivity |
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92 | (2) |
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1.3 Ir-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of C=C and C=N bonds |
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94 | (10) |
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94 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Catalytic cycle and intermediates |
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94 | (3) |
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1.3.3 Mechanism of enantioselection |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (3) |
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104 | (1) |
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1.4 Pd-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of indoles |
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104 | (29) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (25) |
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Chapter 2 Other enantioselective reactions catalyzed by transition metals |
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133 | (50) |
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2.1 Enantioselective reactions catalyzed by bifunctional Ru and Ir complexes |
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133 | (10) |
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2.1.1 Mechanism of the Michael addition catalyzed by bifunctional Ru catalysts |
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133 | (2) |
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2.1.2 Mechanism of C--C and C--N bond forming reactions catalyzed by bifunctional Ir catalysts |
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135 | (8) |
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2.2 Rh-catalyzed stereoselective isomerization of tert-cyclobutanols into chiral indanoles |
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143 | (4) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (3) |
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2.3 Os-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation (Sharpless reaction) |
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147 | (5) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (3) |
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2.4 Pd- and Rh-catalyzed conjugate additions of arylboronic acids to enones and nitrostyrenes (Hayashi--Miyaura reaction) |
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152 | (6) |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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2.4.3 Catalytic cycle (M = Rh, Scheme 2.12) |
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154 | (1) |
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2.4.4 Origin of enantioselectivity (M = Pd) |
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155 | (2) |
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2.4.5 Origin of enantioselectivity (M = Rh) |
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157 | (1) |
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2.5 Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydroboration of vinylarenes |
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158 | (6) |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (3) |
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2.6 Mechanism of autoamplifying Soai reaction |
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164 | (19) |
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164 | (2) |
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2.6.2 Studies of the reaction pool of Soai reaction |
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166 | (2) |
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2.6.3 Structure of the catalyst and computations of the catalytic cycle of Soai reaction |
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168 | (4) |
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172 | (11) |
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Chapter 3 Mechanism of enantioselection in organocatalytic reactions |
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183 | (42) |
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183 | (9) |
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3.1.1 Asymmetric allylboration |
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183 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Kinetic resolution in Robinson-type cyclization |
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184 | (1) |
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3.1.3 Friedel--Crafts alkylation of indoles with nitroalkenes |
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185 | (3) |
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3.1.4 Petasis--Ferrier-type rearrangement |
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188 | (2) |
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3.1.5 Enantioselective indole aza-Claisen rearrangement |
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190 | (1) |
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3.1.6 Asymmetric thiocarboxylysis of meso-epoxide |
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190 | (2) |
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3.1.7 Asymmetric sulfoxidation reaction |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (9) |
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3.2.1 Asymmetric olefin isomerization |
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194 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Friedel--Crafts alkylation of indoles with α, β-unsaturated ketones |
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195 | (3) |
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3.2.3 Conjugate addition of dimethyl malonate to β-nitrostyrene |
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198 | (1) |
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3.2.4 Fluorination of cyclic ketones |
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199 | (1) |
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3.2.5 Phase-transfer-catalyzed alkylation reaction |
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200 | (1) |
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3.3 Urea and thiourea-based catalysts |
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201 | (11) |
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3.3.1 Catalytic Strecker reaction |
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202 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Michael addition reactions |
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203 | (2) |
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3.3.3 Enantioselective decarboxylative protonation |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (2) |
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3.3.5 α-Hydroxylation of β-ketoesters |
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209 | (3) |
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3.4 N-Protonated chiral oxazaborolidine |
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212 | (2) |
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3.4.1 C--C insertion reaction |
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212 | (2) |
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3.5 FLP-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of imines and enamines |
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214 | (11) |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (7) |
| Conclusions |
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225 | (4) |
| Index |
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