Chiral Molecular Recognition by Alkoxy-amine-aluminum Derivatives

Alkoxy-amine-aluminum 유도체에 의한 키랄 분자 인식

The enantioselective reduction of representative prochiral alkyl-aryl ketones with a new chiral alkoxy-amine-aluminum derivatives from aluminum hydride and ${\alpha},{\alpha}$-diphenyl-${\beta}$-amino alcohols, such as (S)-(-)-2-amino-3-methyl-1,1-diphenylbutan-1-ol(AMDPB) and (S)-(-)-2-(diphenylhydroxy-methyl)pyrrolidine(DPHMP), in THF at $0^{\circ}C$ was studied. In the reduction of alkoxy-amine-aluminum derivatives, acetophenone, propiophenone, isopropiophenone, and butyrophenone are reduced to corresponding aromatic secoundary alcohols with 34~60 % enantiomeric excess of (S)-isomers. For such ketones, the optical induction was enhanced by increasing a size of alkyl groups.