Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
4 years ago

Asymmetric Imine Hydroboration Catalyzed by Chiral Diazaphospholenes

Chieh-Hung Tien, Matt Rhodes Adams, Alexander William Harrison Speed, Robert McDonald
The first use of diazaphospholenes as chiral catalysts has been demonstrated with enantioselective imine hydroboration. A chiral diazaphospholene prepared in a simple three-step synthesis from commercial materials has been shown to achieve the highest enantioselectivity for hydroboration of alkyl imines with pinacolborane reported to date. Enantiomer ratios of up to 88:12 were obtained with low (2 mol %) catalyst loadings. Shown are 20 examples of asymmetric reduction employing this main-group catalysis protocol, including the synthesis of the pharmaceuticals ent-rasagiline and fendiline.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201709926

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