Abstract: Al(III)-Catalyzed MPV Reduction Using Calix[4]arenes as Oxo Ligands: Connectivity Requirements for Activity and Enantioselectivity (22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting)

Wednesday, June 8, 2011: 2:30 PM

Columbus Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )

Partha Nandi, Department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Alexander Katz, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Calix[4]arenes have been used as catalysts for the Al mediated MPV reduction. A comparative study of stereoelectronic & hyperconjugative requirements of the calixarene scaffold and reactants is conducted. The most sensitive and unexpected feature appears to be two-point binding of ketone to the metal center by virtue of Cl substituents.

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OB41 Al(III)-Catalyzed MPV Reduction Using Calix[4]arenes as Oxo Ligands: Connectivity Requirements for Activity and Enantioselectivity