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On- and Off-Cycle Catalyst Cooperativity in Anion-Binding Catalysis.


ABSTRACT: Chiral, neutral H-bond donors have found widespread use as catalysts in enantioselective reactions involving ion-pair intermediates. Herein, a systematic mechanistic study of a prototypical anion-binding reaction, the thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective alkylation of ?-chloroethers, is detailed. This study reveals that the catalyst resting state is an inactive dimeric aggregate that must dissociate and then reassemble to form a 2:1 catalyst-substrate complex in the rate-determining transition structure. Insight into this mode of catalyst cooperativity sheds light on the practical limitations that have plagued many of the H-bond donor-catalyzed reactions developed to date and suggests design strategies for new, highly efficient catalyst structures.

SUBMITTER: Ford DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5108296 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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On- and Off-Cycle Catalyst Cooperativity in Anion-Binding Catalysis.

Ford David D DD   Lehnherr Dan D   Kennedy C Rose CR   Jacobsen Eric N EN  

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20160615 25


Chiral, neutral H-bond donors have found widespread use as catalysts in enantioselective reactions involving ion-pair intermediates. Herein, a systematic mechanistic study of a prototypical anion-binding reaction, the thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective alkylation of α-chloroethers, is detailed. This study reveals that the catalyst resting state is an inactive dimeric aggregate that must dissociate and then reassemble to form a 2:1 catalyst-substrate complex in the rate-determining transition st  ...[more]

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