An Enantioselective Two-Component Catalyst System: Rh−Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Activated Nitriles
An Enantioselective Two-Component Catalyst System: Rh−Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Activated Nitriles
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DOI:
10.1021/ja954223e
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发表时间:
1996-04
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15
通讯作者:
M. Sawamura;M. Sudoh;Y. Ito*
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作者:
M. Sawamura;M. Sudoh;Y. Ito*
We report here a novel enantioselective reaction promoted by a two-component catalyst system consisting of two different transition metal complexes, in which the two catalysts activate their respective substrates and the resulting active species react in an enantioselective manner to produce an optically active compound.Activated nitriles such as R-cyano esters are known to undergo aldol and Michael reactions under the influence of a catalytic amount of low-valent transition metal complexes such as RuH2 (PPh3) 4 and RhH (CO)(PPh3) 3, 1 and we reported the highly enantioselective Michael reaction of 2-cyanopropionates and N-methoxy-N-methyl-2-cyanopropionamide by applying our trans-chelating chiral phosphine ligand PhTRAP (1a) 2 in combination with RhH (CO)(PPh3) 3 or Rh (acac)(CO) 2. 3 Mechanistic studies carried out in our laboratory4 and others1b, 5 indicated that cyanopropionate is activated by the Rh-TRAP catalyst as delocalized ester enolate coordinating to the rhodium atom through the cyano nitrogen atom {trans-[Rh (NtCCMe-CO2R)(CO)(PhTRAP)]} and that the enolate intermediate attacks an electrophile (Michael acceptor) free from coordination to the metal.