Synlett 2022; 33(18): 1841-1846
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1752342
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Development and Applications of Novel Ligands/Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies on Catalysis

The Synthesis of Novel P,N-Ferrocenylpyrrolidine-Containing Ligands and Their Application in Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation – A Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigation

Therese B. Brennan
,
Helge Müller-Bunz
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The acquisition of mass spectra was supported by a Science Foundation Ireland Infrastructure Award (18/RI/5702). We thank the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Chemistry for a Research Demonstratorship award to T.B.B. We also acknowledge the facilities of the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology (CSCB), which was funded through the Higher Education Authority’s Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI).


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Abstract

The synthesis of a series of planar chiral P,N-ferrocenylpyrrolidine-containing ligands, with varying substituents at the phosphorus donor atom, is described. The phosphorus donor atom was introduced via a diastereoselective ortho-directed metalation of N-methylpyrrolidinyl ferrocene followed by a quench with various chlorophosphines. These P,N systems are very active in Pd-catalyzed allylic alkylation of 1,3-diphenylpropenyl acetate with dimethylmalonate (conversions of up to 100%) and demonstrated good levels of enantioselectivity (up to 85% ees). Good selectivity for the (R)-enantiomer was observed and mechanistic studies, involving X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopic experiments, were employed to help rationalize the observed stereochemical outcome of the reaction.

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Eingereicht: 23. August 2022

Angenommen nach Revision: 06. September 2022

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
12. Oktober 2022

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