Patent WO-2020240178-A1 (WO)
Title: Catalysts
Inventor: WILLS MARTIN
IPC: C07D261/08
Filed: 2020-05-27
Abstract: A compound, e.g. a diamine ligand, represented by the following general formula (1): (Formula (1)) wherein each * represents an asymmetric carbon atom; X represents a group selected from one of an ester (e.g. a t-butyl ester); a thioester; an amide; a heterocyclic moiety (e.g. a five-membered heterocyclic ring) comprising one or more of O, S, Se, and/or P (e.g. a furan, a tetrahydrofuran, a thiophene, an isoxazole, a bromo-furan, or a thiazole); a moiety (e.g. a five-membered heterocyclic ring) comprising a nitrogen atom, wherein the nitrogen atom is protected with a protecting group containing an electron-withdrawing group, preferably the protecting group is selected from one of a carbamate protecting group, an amide protecting group, an aryl sulphonamide protecting group, or an alkyl sulphonamide protecting group; and optionally X may additionally comprise a solid support, e.g. a polymeric or a silica particle; Y represents or is CtT'T'' where 't' is 0 or 1 and when 't' is 1 T' and T'' may individually represent a substituent, e.g. if t is 1, T' and/or T'' may each be hydrogen or deuterium atom, or a halogen atom; for example, Y may represent a carbon atom comprising two further substituents; Z represents a hydrogen atom or a deuterium atom; R 1  represents an alkyl group (e.g. a functionalised alkyl group) preferably having between 1 to 100 carbon atoms, for example, between 1 to 30 carbon atoms (e.g. 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or 1 to 10 carbon atoms), a halogenated alkyl group preferably having between 1 to 100 carbon atoms (e.g. CF 3 ), for example, between 1 to 30 carbon atoms (e.g. 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or 1 to 10 carbon atoms), an aryl group preferably having between 5 to 100 carbon atoms, e.g. 6 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally having one or more substituents selected from alkyl groups preferably having 1 to 100 carbon atoms, e.g. 1 to 10 carbon atoms, halogenated alkyl groups preferably having 1 to 100 carbon atoms, e.g. 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and/or halogen atoms; or R 1  represents a solid support, e.g. a silica particle or a polymeric particle; R 2  and R 3  each independently represent a group selected from alkyl groups preferably having between 1 to 100 carbon atoms, for example 1 to 20 carbon atoms (e.g. 1 to 10 carbon atoms), aryl groups (e.g. phenyl groups), and cycloalkyl groups preferably having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, the aryl group or phenyl group optionally having one or more substituents selected from alkyl groups preferably having between 1 to 100 carbon atoms, e.g. between 1 to 20 carbon atoms (e.g. 1 to 10 carbon atoms), alkoxy groups preferably having between 1 to 100 carbon atoms, for example, between 1 to 20 carbon atoms (e.g. 1 to 10 carbon atoms), and halogen atoms, and each hydrogen atom of the cycloalkyl groups being optionally replaced by an alkyl group preferably having between 1 to 100 carbon atoms, e.g. 1 to 20 carbon atoms (e.g. 1 to 10 carbon atoms), or R 1  represents a polyethylene glycol (PEG) moiety having the formula C 2n H 4n+2 O n+1  wherein n is an integer between 1 and 100; or R 2  and R 3  form a ring together with carbon atoms to which R 2  and R 3  are bonded; R 4  represents a hydrogen atom or a deuterium atom.