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Synlett 2007(12): 1960-1962  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984528
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Enantioselective Hydrophosphonylation of Aldehydes Using an Aluminum Binaphthyl Schiff Base Complex as a Catalyst

Katsuji Ito*a, Hironori Tsutsumia, Masayuki Setoyamaa, Bunnai Saitob, Tsutomu Katsukib
a Department of Chemistry, Fukuoka University of Education, Akama, Munakata, Fukuoka 811-4192, Japan
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b Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Graduate School, Kyushu University 33, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Received 23 April 2007
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25 June 2007 (online)

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Abstract

An aluminum binaphthyl Schiff base complex was found to be an efficient catalyst for enantioselective hydrophosphonylation of aldehydes. High enantioselectivities were obtained in reactions of both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes (up to 84% and 86% ee, respectively).

Key words

aluminum - asymmetric catalysis - binaphthyl Schiff bases - hydrophosphonylation - α-hydroxy phosphonate

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Complexes 2 were prepared according to the reported procedure (ref. 4).

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Typical Procedure: Hydrophosphonylation of p -Chloro-benzaldehyde
Complex 2e (8.2 mg, 10 µmol) was placed in a flask under nitrogen and THF (0.5 mL) and dimethyl phosphite (10.1 µL, 0.11 mmol) were added. After stirring for 10 min at r.t., p-chlorobenzaldehyde (14.1 mg, 0.1 mmol) was added. After stirring for another 3 d, the reaction was quenched with 1 N HCl and extracted with EtOAc. The organic extract was dried over anhyd MgSO4 and concentrated. Silica gel chromatography of the residue (hexane-EtOAc, 7:3 to 1:1) gave the desired product (19.5 mg, 78%) as an oil. The ee of the product was determined to be 84% by HPLC using chiral stationary phase column as described in the footnote to Table [1] .