Abstract
Catalytic enantioselective addition of N-heteroarenes to terminal and internal 1,3-dienes is reported. Reactions are promoted by 5 mol % of Rh catalyst supported by a new chiral pincer carbodicarbene ligand that delivers allylic substituted arenes in up to 95% yield and up to 98:2 er. Mechanistic and X-ray evidence is presented that supports that the reaction proceeds via a Rh(III)-η3-allyl.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15580-15583 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 139 |
| Issue number | 44 |
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| State | Published - Nov 8 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support was provided by the NSF (CHE-1665125) and University of North Carolina. C.C.R. is an NSF graduate research fellow. We are grateful to M. Brookhart for helpful discussions and R. Sommer for assistance obtaining the X-ray structure of 19.
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