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This dissertation describes the investigation of the utility of metal–bis(oxazoline) complexes in catalytic asymmetric reactions. The development of Cu(II)-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective additions of silylketenthioacetals into diketones is discussed in the first chapter. \(Cu(OTf)_2(t-BuBox)\) complexes were found to be an effective catalyst with a broad substrate scope, providing tertiary alcohols in high yields, regioselectivities, and enantioselectivities. A model that accounts for the absolute stereochemistry of the product based on A1,3–interaction was proposed. Relative reactivities among diketones were also investigated. The second chapter reports the investigation of Diels–Alder reactions of N-allenoyloxazolidinones. The reaction between 3-buta-2,3-dienoyloxazolidin-2-one and cyclopentadiene was catalyzed by \(Cu(SbF_6)_2(H_2O)_2(t-BuBox)\) complexes, providing the cyclic product in high yield and enantioselectivity. The endo isomer was obtained as a major product with high selectivity. Relative reactivity between N-allenoyl oxazolidinones and unsaturated N-acyloxazolidinones was also studied. / Chemistry and Chemical Biology

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第21126号 / 工博第4490号 / 新制||工||1698(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科合成・生物化学専攻 / (主査)教授 村上 正浩, 教授 杉野目 道紀, 教授 松田 建児 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM

La catalyse homogène à l’or a longtemps été sous-estimée. Cela a changé au début du 21ème lorsque la communauté des chimistes a reconsidéré les nombreuses singularités que ce métal peut apporter. De nos jours, plus d’une centaine de groupe de recherche mondialement reconnus a permis d’élargir les domaines d’applications de ce précieux métal. De nombreuses avancées ont été réalisées, mais à ce jour très peu sont utilisées à grande échelle et la fréquence de turnover est souvent faible. Ces problèmes sont souvent liés à la rapide dégradation des espèces actives d’or cationiques. Ce manuscrit expose les avancées qui ont été proposée jusque là et les alternatives que nous avons offert. Nous avons ainsi décrit une méthode de cationisation lente et réversible de l’espèce d’or cationique en substituant les sels d’argent traditionnellement utilisés au profit d’autres acides de Lewis. La découvert de cette lente métathèse d’anion a permis : de retarder la décomposition de l’espèce active dans le milieu, de diminuer la charge catalytique d’or et de monter en charge les réactions à l’échelle du gramme. Cette méthode a ensuite été appliquée avec succès à des réactions énantiosélectives d’hydroalkylation d’alcènes non activés, mais également à permis de considérer l’indium et le bismuth comme une alternative aux métaux de transition en π-catalyse. / Homogeneous gold catalysis has been underestimated for nearly a century. After reconsideration the by chemists’ community, it rapidly became a hot topic in chemistry. To date, more than a 100 worldwide groups have embraced the golden opportunity. Considerable breakthroughs have been made, nevertheless, the classical experimental procedures still suffer from low turnover numbers (TON) and scalability. These issues can be attributed to the decay of cationic gold catalysts and several solutions have been proposed in the literature. In this thesis, we will present our way to circumvent this thorny issue. Specifically, we have used Lewis acids other than silver salts for that purpose and found that some of them could indeed generate an active gold species through slow anion metathesis. The slow anion metathesis could retard the decomposition of the active gold species. Thus, gold could be used in low amounts in scalable reactions by simply avoiding the use of silver. These silver-free two-component mixtures could address the difficult issue of C-C bond forming reaction. Besides, we have developed catalytic enantioselective hydroalkylations of unactivated alkenes. This study led us to consider indium and bismuth catalysis in addition to gold.

Comprehensive understanding of chirality has played a crucial role for ensuring safety and efficacy of drug products. In many cases, two optical configurations of a chiral molecule exhibit substantially different physiological behaviour, and thus the preparation of single enantiomers has become as an essential topic in the pharmaceutical industry.1-2 Enantiomerically pure compounds could generally be achieved by separation from racemic mixtures or direct synthesis of enantiopure molecules. Either way, chiral materials which are employed as stationary phase in chiral columns or chiral catalysis, are a basic condition to decide to enantiomeric excess of resulting mixtures. Despite obtaining high enantiomeric purity, the chiral separation of racemic mixtures is considered as an expensive and inefficient approach due to undesired enantiomers, while asymmetric synthesis, which enables dominant formation of the single enantiomers, is an atom-economical method. However, the development of efficient heterogeneous chiral catalysts has been still required further investigations to provide more potential options for asymmetric organic reactions, especially carbon-carbon bond formations, which are key steps in organic synthesis.1-3 In recent years, metal-organic frameworks have emerged as one of the most intriguing solid porous materials. Together with the highly active catalytic centers, wide structural and functional variations, MOFs have been successfully employed as heterogeneous catalysts for a variety of organic transformations.4-5 However, very few achievements relating to MOFs as asymmetric catalysts have been reported to date because of their low thermal and chemical stabilities. Such solid stable frameworks, the Zr-MOFs offers great opportunities for designing novel effective asymmetric catalysts.1, 6-9 This is an interesting, but also challenging topic with many open issues: • How can we introduce effectively enantiopure active sites into Zr-MOFs? • Are there any positive or negative impacts of Zr-nets on the performance of chiral catalytic sites? • If any, is it possible to control these effects during the reaction phase? • How is the recyclability of these chiral Zr-MOFs? Finding answers for these questions are the core of this thesis. In Chapter 3, DUT-67, an 8-connected zirconium and 2,5-thiophenedicarboxylate based MOF, was post synthetically functionalized by L-proline via solvent assisted linker incorporation to obtain a chiral base catalyst. The parent monocarboxylate could be almost completely exchanged by L-proline after 5 days of treatment. The resulting chiral DUT-67, DUT-67-Pro, was demonstrated to be a promising heterogeneous catalyst for the asymmetric Michael addition of cyclohexanone to trans-β-nitrostyrene with excellent yield (up to 96%) and enantioselectivity comparable to that of L-proline in homogeneous reaction (ee approximately 38%). The Zr-MOF could be reused at least 5 times without substantial degradation in crystallinity or catalytic activity. No leaching of catalytically active species into the liquid phase was detected over 5 cycles. A further understanding regarding the role of catalytic active sites, including Zr-clusters and L-proline, in asymmetric aldol addition of cyclohexanone and 4-nitro-benzaldehyde is investigated in Chapter 4 to clarify the predominant formation of syn-products as well as the absence of enantioselectivity in previous catalytic systems. The presence and location of L-proline into DUT-67 was confirmed by Solid-state MAS and DNP NMR data. The chiral DUT-67-Pro catalyst exhibits an excellent catalytic activity at low temperature (298 K) with an unprecedented syn-(S,S)-product selectivity in an asymmetric aldol addition reaction of cyclohexanone to 4-nitrobenzaldehyde (yield = 95%, ee = 96%). Comparative catalytic studies using a molecular Zr6-cluster model compound indicate the Zr6-moiety to be responsible for this inverse diastereoselectivity compared to well-established L-proline organocatalysis and a mechanism is proposed to explain the Zr6-cluster-mediated syn-selectivity. Masking residual acidic active sites in the cluster of the framework was found to be a key prerequisite to achieve the high enantioselectivity. The purely heterogeneous catalytic system based on DUT-67-Pro is highly stable and can be recycled several times. Lastly, a novel chiral diimine Zr-MOF, namely DUT-136, synthesized from one-pot reaction of ZrCl4 with 4-formylbenzoic acid, and (R,R)-1, 2-diphenylethylenediamine as an enantiopure core will be described in Chapter 5. Inspired from the versatile transformation of the C=N double bonds, a variety of post-synthetic methods, including oxidation, reduction, and metalation, was employed to modify DUT-136 for formation of the chiral amide-, amine-, and Ni-DUT-136, respectively. The catalytic behaviour of these post-synthetically modified materials was then evaluated in a wide range of asymmetric organic transformations, including the Friedel Craft alkylation, the Michael addition, the aldol reaction and the Ni-catalyzed C-C coupling. The research on synthesis of chiral Zr-MOFs and their catalytic behavior in this work are expected to provide a better understanding or at least give to other scientists open ideas for further deeper studies regarding this topic in the future.

Bio-nanohybrid materials based on the combination of biomolecules and inorganic supports are interesting by their versatile applications in regenerative medicine, drug delivery, bio-engineering and catalysis. In that context, understanding of organic/inorganic interactions offers an important key to design new and more complex bio-systems with modified interactions. In this thesis, amino acids and synthesised poly-amino acids were immobilised in hydrotalcite-like materials under green, controllable and efficient protocols. Additionally, these nanohybrid materials were used as heterogenized catalysts exhibiting high catalytic activity and selectivity in comparison with their counterpart components. All result data showed that the location and nature of the immobilization had an important role in the final chemical properties; moreover, this novel bio-nanohybrid material exhibited excellent synergistic behaviour which was unique for each material and could be modified according with the reaction requirements. All novel bio-nanohybrid materials were easily synthesised, recovered and, in some cases, reused without appreciable deactivation. / Materiales bio-nanohíbridos compuestos por la combinación de biomoléculas y soportes inorgánicos son interesantes por sus versátiles aplicaciones en medicina regenerativa, transporte de medicamentos, bio-ingeniería y catálisis. En este contexto, el entendimiento de las interacciones orgánico/inorgánicas ofrece importante información para el diseño de nuevos y más complejos bio-sistemas con interacciones modificadas. En esta tesis, amino ácidos y poli-amino ácidos sintéticos fueron inmovilizados en materiales tipo hidrotalcita a través de eficientes y controlables protocolos amigables con el medioambiente. Adicionalmente, estos materiales fueron usados como catalizadores heterogeneizados mostrando alta actividad y selectividad en comparación con sus componentes de partida. En este sentido, la localización y naturaleza de la interacción tuvo un importante rol en las propiedades catalíticas finales; además, estos novedosos materiales mostraron un excelente comportamiento sinérgico el cual fue único y pudo ser modificado de acuerdo a las necesidades en reacción. Todos los materiales bio-nanohíbirdos fueron sintetizados y recuperados con facilidad del medio de reacción y en algunos casos fueron reutilizados sin desactivación apreciable.