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A highly enantioselective cyanation of imines (up to >99 % ee) has been developed using well-designed C2 -symmetric hydrogen bonding catalysts. The catalytic strategy was characterized with low catalyst loading (0.1-1â mol %), easily accessible catalysts with diverse functional groups, and catalytic base additives. A wide range of imines, including the challenging N-Boc and N-Cbz protected ketimines and aldimines, as well as fluoroalkylated ketimines, were investigated under mild conditions to afford the products with good to excellent yields (up to 99 % yield) and high enantioselectivity (up to >99 % ee). Control experiments revealed that the multiple hydrogen bonding catalysts enhanced the reactivity and enantioselectivity of the Strecker reaction initiated by the base.
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An enantioselective Strecker reaction to construct trifluoromethylated quaternary stereocenters with N-PMP and unexplored N-Boc trifluoromethyl ketimines catalyzed using an organophosphine dual-reagent catalyst has been developed. The enantioselectivities of the corresponding products with the same catalyst could be switched by using different N-protecting groups (N-PMP or N-Boc). The trifluoromethyl amino nitriles were obtained in high yield and high enantioselectivity in a short time and could be easily converted to a variety of useful trifluoromethyl-containing compounds.
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A novel ratiometric and reversible chemosensor 4-((2-(Benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)phenyl)ethynyl)-N,N-diethylaniline (BT-1) based on ortho-arylethynyl benzothiazole with large Stokes shift (Δλ≈190â¯nm) was designed and synthesized to recognize Cu2+. Copper ion induces a remarkable fluorescence enhancement and causes formation of a BT-1-Cu complex. The clamp-on coordination mode of BT-1 to Cu2+ was demonstrated using Job's plot, mass spectrum (MS) and DFT calculations. The calculations also indicate that Cu2+ was chelated to BT-1 through N and alkyne instead of S and alkyne. The probe could quantify Cu2+ with the detection limit of 3.2â¯×â¯10-9â¯M. The in vitro imaging results indicated that the probe BT-1 was membrane-permeable and could be applied into the recognition of Cu2+ ions in living cells.