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Enantioselective intramolecular C-H amination of aliphatic azides by dual ruthenium and phosphine catalysis.


ABSTRACT: The catalytic enantioselective intramolecular C(sp3)-H amination of aliphatic azides represents an efficient method for constructing chiral saturated cyclic amines which constitute a prominent structural motif in bioactive compounds. We report a dual catalytic system involving a chiral-at-metal bis(pyridyl-NHC) ruthenium complex and tris(4-fluorophenyl)phosphine (both 1 mol%), which facilitates the cyclization of aliphatic azides to chiral ?-aryl pyrrolidines with enantioselectivities of up to 99% ee, including a pyrrolidine which can be converted to the anti-tumor alkaloid (R)-(+)-crispine. Mechanistically, the phosphine activates the organic azide to form an intermediate iminophosphorane and transfers the nitrene unit to the ruthenium providing an imido ruthenium intermediate which engages in the highly stereocontrolled C-H amination. This dual catalysis combines ruthenium catalysis with the Staudinger reaction and provides a novel strategy for catalyzing enantioselective C-H aminations of unactivated aliphatic azides.

SUBMITTER: Qin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429596 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enantioselective intramolecular C-H amination of aliphatic azides by dual ruthenium and phosphine catalysis.

Qin Jie J   Zhou Zijun Z   Cui Tianjiao T   Hemming Marcel M   Meggers Eric E  

Chemical science 20190129 11


The catalytic enantioselective intramolecular C(sp<sup>3</sup>)-H amination of aliphatic azides represents an efficient method for constructing chiral saturated cyclic amines which constitute a prominent structural motif in bioactive compounds. We report a dual catalytic system involving a chiral-at-metal bis(pyridyl-NHC) ruthenium complex and tris(4-fluorophenyl)phosphine (both 1 mol%), which facilitates the cyclization of aliphatic azides to chiral α-aryl pyrrolidines with enantioselectivities  ...[more]

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