Patent number: 5516929
Abstract: Osmium-catalyzed methods of addition to an olefin are discussed. In the method of asymmetric dihydroxylation of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, water, an oxidant and an osmium-containing compound are combined. In the method of asymmetric oxyamination of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, water, a metallochloramine derivative, an osmium-containing compound and, optionally, a tetraalkyl ammonium compound are combined. In the method of asymmetric diamination of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, a metallo-chloramine derivative, an amine and an osmium-containing compound are combined. In one embodiment, an olefin, a chiral ligand which is a polymeric dihydroquinidine derivative or a dihydroquinine derivative, acetone, water, a base, an oxidant and osmium tetroxide are combined to effect asymmetric dihydroxylation of the olefin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 12, 1993
Date of Patent:
May 14, 1996
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inventors:
K. Barry Sharpless, Matthias Beller, Brent Blackburn, Yasuhiro Kawanami, Hoi-Lun Kwong, Yasukazu Ogino, Tomoyuki Shibata, Tatsuzo Ukita, Lisa Wang