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过渡金属不对称催化通过C-O键形成合成手性叔烷基醚的研究进展

郑浩宇a,b, 李传莹a,*, 周友运b,*   

  1. a浙江理工大学化学与化工学院 浙江省高分子材料表界面科学重点实验室 浙江杭州 310018;
    b南方科技大学化学系 深圳格拉布斯研究院 广东深圳 518055
  • 收稿日期:2026-04-07 修回日期:2026-05-19
  • 基金资助:
    南方科技大学启动基金和深圳市科技创新委员会(No. JCYJ20240813094927037 )资助项目.

Progress on Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Tertiary Alkyl Ethers via C-O Bond Formation

Zheng Haoyua,b, Li Chuan-Yinga,*, Zhou You-Yunb,*   

  1. a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018;
    b Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055
  • Received:2026-04-07 Revised:2026-05-19
  • Contact: *E-mail: licy@zstu.edu.cn; zhouyy@sustech.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the startup fund of Southern University of Science and Technology and Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee (No. JCYJ20240813094927037 ).

手性叔烷基醚作为一类重要的结构单元,广泛存在于天然产物、药物分子及具有生物活性的小分子中. 由于含有四取代的碳立体中心,该类结构的对映选择性的合成具有挑战性.近年来,随着新型手性催化剂的发展与反应设计的不断创新,该类结构的不对称合成取得了突破性进展. 本文从反应类型和过渡金属催化剂种类出发,系统综述了基于不对称亲核取代反应、烯烃烷氧基化反应、酮环加成/环化反应、C-H键官能化和卡宾O-H插入串联反应等通过C-O键的形成合成手性叔烷基醚的研究进展,重点阐述了各类反应的设计思路、催化体系、底物适用范围及机理,并对该领域目前面临的挑战及未来发展方向进行了展望.

关键词: 不对称催化, 过渡金属催化, 手性叔烷基醚, 四取代碳手性中心, 不对称C-O键构建

Chiral tertiary alkyl ethers are important structural motifs widely found in natural products, drug molecules, and biologically active small molecules. Owing to the presence of sterically congested tetrasubstituted carbon stereocenters, the enantioselective synthesis of chiral tertiary alkyl ethers poses a significant challenge. In recent years, driven with the development of novel chiral catalysts and continuous innovation in reaction design, remarkable advances have been made in the asymmetric construction of such structures via C-O formation. In this review, we summarize these progresses based on reaction types and the transition metal-catalysts employed, including asymmetric nucleophilic substitution, olefin alkoxylation, cycloaddition/annulation of ketones, C-H bond functionalization and cascade carbene O-H insertion reaction. The review focuses on the design principles, catalyst systems, substrate scope, and proposed mechanisms of the discussed reactions. Furthermore, current challenges and future directions in the field are discussed.

Key words: asymmetric catalysis, transition-metal catalysis, chiral tertiary alkyl ether, tetrasubstituted carbon stereocenter, asymmetric construction of C-O bond