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Kinetic Evaluation of Cooperative [Co(salen)] Catalysts in the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of rac ‐Epichlorohydrin
Author(s) -
Zhu Xunjin,
Venkatasubbaiah Krishnan,
Weck Marcus,
Jones Christopher W.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201000162
Subject(s) - catalysis , epichlorohydrin , kinetic resolution , chemistry , reactivity (psychology) , selectivity , hydrolysis , organic chemistry , metal salen complexes , combinatorial chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , polymer chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Abstract A wide variety of [Co(salen)] catalysts with different structures designed to enhance salen–salen cooperative interactions have been reported as catalysts for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of epoxides. However, the myriad catalysts have been evaluated under inconsistent experimental conditions, at different catalyst loadings, at different temperatures, with various epoxides and in several different laboratories, making rigorous comparisons between the catalysts impossible. To this end, 12 representative catalysts from our studies, as well as catalysts originally described by others, are reported in the HKR of epichlorohydrin under rigorously identical conditions. The comparison of the reactivity and selectivity of the different catalysts indicates that the soluble, oligomeric [Co(salen)] catalysts with cyclic frameworks impart the highest activity and enantioselectivity (>99 % ee , k rel >99) in this representative reaction, requiring very short reaction times (<30 min), including the most active catalyst reported to date for the target reaction. In general, it is found that soluble polymer or oligomer‐supported catalysts are more active than insoluble supported catalysts under the conditions used. Among the insoluble catalysts, a polymer resin supported [Co(salen)] catalyst with excellent enantioselectivity (>99 % ee , k rel >99) and medium reaction time (222 min), is the most active and selective of the class. The lessons demonstrated herein regarding design of active and selective catalysts offer useful insights into refining design strategies for other related cooperative catalytic reactions, suggesting emphases on catalyst flexibility and solubility under reaction conditions.