2024
Scaffold‐Oriented Asymmetric Catalysis: Conformational Modulation of Transition State Multivalency during a Catalyst‐Controlled Assembly of a Pharmaceutically Relevant Atropisomer
Tampellini N, Mercado B, Miller S. Scaffold‐Oriented Asymmetric Catalysis: Conformational Modulation of Transition State Multivalency during a Catalyst‐Controlled Assembly of a Pharmaceutically Relevant Atropisomer. Chemistry - A European Journal 2024, 30: e202401109. PMID: 38507249, PMCID: PMC11132932, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHydrogen bond donorAtroposelective synthesisAsymmetric catalysisGuanidine catalystCatalyst controlChiral axisBond donorNoncovalent interactionsConformational modulationCatalystFolded stateN-capAtroposelectivityAtropisomersSuperbasesPhenylCatalysisQuinazolinedionesMultivalencyBTK inhibitorsMechanistic frameworkStructure
2018
Divergent Control of Point and Axial Stereogenicity: Catalytic Enantioselective C−N Bond‐Forming Cross‐Coupling and Catalyst‐Controlled Atroposelective Cyclodehydration
Kwon Y, Chinn AJ, Kim B, Miller SJ. Divergent Control of Point and Axial Stereogenicity: Catalytic Enantioselective C−N Bond‐Forming Cross‐Coupling and Catalyst‐Controlled Atroposelective Cyclodehydration. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57: 6251-6255. PMID: 29637680, PMCID: PMC5964046, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAxis of chiralityCopper complexesChiral phosphoric acid catalystChiral copper complexesPhosphoric acid catalystStereogenic carbon centersMultiple stereoisomersCatalytic approachCatalytic reactionStereogenic elementsAcid catalystRemote desymmetrizationCatalyst controlAxial chiralityCarbon centerStereogenic centersCross couplingHigh diastereoselectivityPhosphoric acidCatalystChiralityStereoisomersCyclodehydrationStereogenicityReaction
2014
Catalyst Control over Regio- and Enantioselectivity in Baeyer–Villiger Oxidations of Functionalized Ketones
Romney DK, Colvin SM, Miller SJ. Catalyst Control over Regio- and Enantioselectivity in Baeyer–Villiger Oxidations of Functionalized Ketones. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2014, 136: 14019-14022. PMID: 25250713, PMCID: PMC4195385, DOI: 10.1021/ja508757g.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaeyer-Villiger oxidationPeptide-based catalystsHydrogen bonding interactionsTypes of selectivityParallel kinetic resolutionCatalyst controlFunctionalized KetonesCyclic ketonesFunctional groupsNatural productsComplex moleculesKinetic resolutionAsymmetric processEnantioselectivityRegioKetonesOxidationBroad utilityCatalystCatalysisSelectivityAmidesSynthesisMoleculesProducts