Publications by authors named "Sanfei Nian"

This work disclosed a highly enantioselective hydrogenation of non--substituted 2-pyridyl aryl ketones via Ir/-diaphos catalysis. This catalytic system allows for full control over the configuration of the stereocenter, affording two enantiomers of the desired products with extremely high enantioselectivity (up to >99% ee in most cases) and excellent reactivity (TON of up to 19600, TOF of 1633 h) under mild conditions. Density functional theory calculations and control experiments revealed that the relay hydrogen bonding among the solvent isopropanol, substrate, and ligand is crucial for high ee's.

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A series of Mn(I) catalysts containing imidazole-based chiral PNN tridentate ligands with controllable "side arm" groups have been established, enabling the asymmetrical hydrogenation of unsymmetrical benzophenones with outstanding activity (up to 13 000 TON) and excellent enantioselectivity (up to >99% ee). This protocol uses KCO as an industrially desirable base and features a wide substrate scope and functional group tolerance. Moreover, the imine group in the catalyst is crucial for accessing high activities and good enantioselectivities.

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A series of air-stable, easily accessible tridentate ferrocene-based diamine-phosphine sulfonamide (f-diaphos) ligands were successfully developed for iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones. The f-diaphos ligands exhibited excellent enantioselectivity and superb reactivity in Ir-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones (for arylalkyl ketones, ( S)-selectivity, up to 99.4% ee, and 100 000 TON; for diaryl ketones, ( R)-selectivity, up to 98.

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A novel phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation of γ-substituted allenoates with succinimides was developed, which was successfully applied to the synthesis of 2-azaspiro[4.4]nonene-1,3-dione derivatives. The reaction afforded the desired products in moderate to high yields (up to 96%) with excellent regioselectivities and diastereoselectivities (up to >99 : 1 dr).

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