ACS Catalysis
ACS Catalysis
5 years ago

Asymmetric Nucleophilic Catalysis with an Octahedral Chiral-at-Metal Iridium(III) Complex

Asymmetric Nucleophilic Catalysis with an Octahedral Chiral-at-Metal Iridium(III) Complex
Michael Marsch, Xiaodong Shen, Thomas Cruchter, Eric Meggers, Klaus Harms, Thomas Mietke, Michael G. Medvedev
Herein, we report about the design, synthesis, and application of a nucleophilic octahedral chiral-only-at-metal iridium(III) complex. We demonstrate that the enantiopure form of this complex serves as an efficient catalyst for the asymmetric Steglich rearrangement of O-acylated azlactones (up to 96% ee and 99% yield) and the related asymmetric Black rearrangement of O-acylated benzofuranones (up to 94% ee and 99% yield). We provide insight into the mechanisms of these two acyl migration reactions and the catalyst’s manner of chiral recognition with crystal structures of the active catalyst and a catalysis intermediate analog, as well as with quantum chemical calculations based on them. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the presented catalyst also efficiently catalyzes the asymmetric reaction between aryl alkyl ketenes and 2-cyanopyrrole to give the corresponding α-chiral N-acyl pyrroles (up to 95% ee and 99% yield).

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b01296

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01296

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