M. Kevin Brown

世界著名化学家

M. Kevin Brown

本文作者：石油醚

概要

M. Kevin Brown，印第安纳大学化学系副教授，有机化学家。课题组主页：https://kbrown.lab.indiana.edu/

经历

1998-2002年汉密尔顿学院化学学士（Professor Ian J. Rosenstein）
2002-2008年波士顿学院有机化学博士（Professor Amir H. Hoveyda）
2008-2011年哈佛大学博士后（Professor E. J. Corey）
2011-2017年印第安纳大学化学系助理教授
2017- 印第安纳大学化学系副教授

获奖经历

2020 Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
2019 Outstanding Reviewer, Chemical Science
2019 NIH MIRA for Established Investigators
2016 Novartis Early Career Award
2016 Amgen Young Investigator Award
2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2016
2015 Sloan Research Fellowship, 2015
2014 IU Trustees Teaching Award, 2014
2013 Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardee, 2013
2008-2011 National Institutes of Health, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award,
Harvard University, 2008-2011
2010 ESF Research Conference on Natural Products Chemistry, Biology and Medicine III,
Travel Award. European Science Foundation, 2010
2007 Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Sponsored by
Bristol-Myers Squibb
2006 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Academic Achievement Award Boston College
2006 Excellence in Chemistry Award, Roche Biosciences
2005 Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Sponsored by
Schering-Plough
2002 Underwood Prize in Chemistry, Hamilton College
2002 Elihu Root Fellowship, Hamilton College
2002 Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Hamilton College

研究方向

Brown教授小组致力于有机合成方法学研究以及合成新策略的开发。其小组对以下三个研究领域广泛感兴趣：1）立体选择性[2+2]环加成反应制备环丁烷；2）铜催化的交叉偶联/间断的交叉偶联反应；3）钯/铜协同催化Csp³－亲核试剂立体选择性交叉偶联。

1. 立体选择性[2 + 2]环加成^1-5

环丁烷的骨架广泛存在于天然产物分子中。Brown教授小组致力于开发催化剂控制烯烃与丙二烯或杂丙二烯的立体选择性[2 + 2]环加成反应。Brown教授小组开发的立体选择性[2 + 2]环加成反应要么直接用于生物活性分子构建^6-8，要么间接用于快速构建多种复杂性分子的多环框架^6,9-11（图1）。

图 1 立体选择性[2 + 2]环加成

2. 过渡金属催化的交叉偶联反应

过渡金属催化的交叉偶联反应在重要分子化学合成中的价值不可低估。在这一领域，Brown的实验室主要关注两个方面:1) 铜催化的铃木型交叉偶联/间断交叉偶联；2) Csp³－亲核试剂的立体选择性交叉偶联反应。

(1) Csp³－亲核试剂的立体选择性交叉偶联^12-21

传统的Csp³－亲核试剂的立体选择性交叉偶联的策略包括手性亲核试剂预合成和分离亲核试剂。Brown教授设想了一种不同以往的方法来解决这个问题，即通过在简单的烯烃上加入L_n[M]－G (Bpin, H, Ar等)配合物，然后通过交叉偶联原位催化生成Csp³－有机金属亲核试剂。该方法具有几个显着的优点：1）简单的烯烃用作化学原料； 2）烯烃的两个位置均可官能化，因此允许在一个步骤中生成两个新键（最多两个立体中心）； 3）可以合并一个用于进一步官能团化的策略；4）Csp³－亲核试剂不需要预生成和分离（图 2）。

图 2 Csp3－亲核试剂的立体选择性交叉偶联

(2) 铜催化的Suzuki-Miyaura型交叉偶联^22-25

Brown教授的实验室对开发实用的Cu催化Suzuki－Miyaura型交叉偶联反应感兴趣。在这一领域的努力不仅是由铜的成本和毒性带来的收益驱动，而且还得益于新反应性的发现，该反应性将使以前难以获得的重要分子得以合成。该领域的重点是利用铜的独特反应性，通过间断的交叉偶联实现烯烃官能化（图 3）。

图 3 铜催化的Suzuki-Miyaura型交叉偶联

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