PTC Tip of the Month - Fluorous-Tagged Chiral Phase-Transfer Catalyst

Recent work described modifying Maruoka's chiral phase-transfer catalyst by applying perfluoroalkyl ("fluorous") molecular tags to the catalyst which is used in asymmetric synthesis of α-amino acids.  Fluorous phases and fluorous-tagged compounds - which can include reagents, intermediates, auxiliaries, etc. in addition to catalysts - can be easily and selectively separated by SPE, HPLC, or liquid-liquid extraction.  In this case, the tagged catalyst was recovered for recycling.  Fluorous compatibility with classical solution-phase reactions and facile single-method purification are key reasons that it's being applied in a wide variety of reactions - now including phase transfer catalysis. Shirakawa, S.; Tanaka, Y.; Maruoka, K.. Organic Letters, 2004, 6, 1429. For additional information about fluorous tagging, click on www.fluorous.com or contact Brett Bosley at b.bosley@fluorous.com

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PTC Training - Plan your training budget - Early 2005 in Chicago and Newark

The course "Practical Phase-Transfer Catalysis" will be conducted in Chicago and Newark in early 2005. Can't come to the course? Soon you will be able to purchase an audio CD set with manuals and license. "Practical Phase-Transfer Catalysis" can also be conducted at your company anytime (North America, Europe or Japan) as a private in-house course. More than 530 chemists, engineers and managers at nearly 100 companies have participated in this highly rated course from 1996 to 2004. Click here for details and agenda or contact us by E-mail or telephone (+1 856-222-1146) or fax (+1 856-222-1124).

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PTC Reaction of the Month - Michael Addition to Perfluoropropene

Sometimes the added selectivity which PTC provides can have enormous impact on yield. This patent compares a Michael addition with and without tetrabutyl ammonium chloride under identical conditions and shows that PTC provides 93% yield while extensive destruction of starting material is observed without PTC (only 44% yield isolated with no recoverable starting material).  Yamamoto, A. (Daikin Industries) US Patent 6,777,563 17-Aug-2004

PT Catalyst of the Month - 18-Crown-6

Advantages
Outstanding phase-transfer catalyst for transferring and reacting a wide variety of inorganic salts with organic substrates (including both the anion and cation, e.g., KCN) from solid to organic phases. Often achieves high reactivity and sometimes induces unique selectivity (e.g., nucleophilicity vs basicity of t-butoxide!). Often easily separated by extraction into water. 
Disadvantages
Very expensive relative to other phase-transfer catalysts on a weight basis...though must estimate cost-benefit on a performance basis. Conflicting values for LD₅₀ oral-rat have been published. Have your industrial hygienist evaluate before use.

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PTC Tip of the Month #23 - August 2004
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