Issue 7, 2022

A BINOL-phosphoric acid and metalloporphyrin derived chiral covalent organic framework for enantioselective α-benzylation of aldehydes

Abstract

The catalytic asymmetric α-benzylation of aldehydes represents a highly valuable reaction for organic synthesis. For example, the generated α-heteroarylmethyl aldehydes, such as (R)-2-methyl-3-(pyridin-4-yl)propanal ((R)-MPP), are an important class of synthons to access bioactive drugs and natural products. We report herein a new and facile synthetic approach for the asymmetric intermolecular α-benzylation of aldehydes with less sterically hindered alkyl halides using a multifunctional chiral covalent framework (CCOF) catalyst in a heterogeneous way. The integration of chiral BINOL-phosphoric acid and Cu(II)-porphyrin modules into a single COF framework endows the obtained (R)-CuTAPBP-COF with concomitant Brønsted and Lewis acidic sites, robust chiral confinement space, and visible-light induced photothermal conversion. These features allow it to highly promote the intermolecular asymmetric α-benzylation of aldehydes via visible-light induced photothermal conversion. Notably, this light-induced thermally driven reaction can effectively proceed under natural sunlight irradiation. In addition, this reaction can be easily extended to a gram-scale level, and its generality is ascertained by asymmetric α-benzylation reactions on various substituted aldehydes and alkyl bromides.

Graphical abstract: A BINOL-phosphoric acid and metalloporphyrin derived chiral covalent organic framework for enantioselective α-benzylation of aldehydes

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
02 nov 2021
Accepted
13 jan 2022
First published
14 jan 2022
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2022,13, 1906-1911

A BINOL-phosphoric acid and metalloporphyrin derived chiral covalent organic framework for enantioselective α-benzylation of aldehydes

H. Ma, Y. Sun, G. Chen and Y. Dong, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 1906 DOI: 10.1039/D1SC06045G

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