1315512-56-1Relevant articles and documents
Enantioselective intramolecular C-H amination of aliphatic azides by dual ruthenium and phosphine catalysis
Qin, Jie,Zhou, Zijun,Cui, Tianjiao,Hemming, Marcel,Meggers, Eric
, p. 3202 - 3207 (2019/03/21)
The catalytic enantioselective intramolecular C(sp3)-H amination of aliphatic azides represents an efficient method for constructing chiral saturated cyclic amines which constitute a prominent structural motif in bioactive compounds. We report a dual catalytic system involving a chiral-at-metal bis(pyridyl-NHC) ruthenium complex and tris(4-fluorophenyl)phosphine (both 1 mol%), which facilitates the cyclization of aliphatic azides to chiral α-aryl pyrrolidines with enantioselectivities of up to 99% ee, including a pyrrolidine which can be converted to the anti-tumor alkaloid (R)-(+)-crispine. Mechanistically, the phosphine activates the organic azide to form an intermediate iminophosphorane and transfers the nitrene unit to the ruthenium providing an imido ruthenium intermediate which engages in the highly stereocontrolled C-H amination. This dual catalysis combines ruthenium catalysis with the Staudinger reaction and provides a novel strategy for catalyzing enantioselective C-H aminations of unactivated aliphatic azides.
Highly effective asymmetric hydrogenation of cyclic N -alkyl imines with chiral cationic Ru-MsDPEN catalysts
Chen, Fei,Ding, Ziyuan,Qin, Jie,Wang, Tianli,He, Yanmei,Fan, Qing-Hua
supporting information; experimental part, p. 4348 - 4351 (2011/10/13)
A range of cyclic N-alkyl imines were efficiently hydrogenated by using a chiral cationic Ru(η6-cymene)(MsDPEN)(BArF) complex (MsDPEN = N-(methanesulfonyl)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine) in high yields and up to 98% ee. A one-pot synthesis of chiral 2-phenylpyrrolidine via reductive amination was also developed.