Iron‐Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective cis ‐Dihydroxylation of Trisubstituted Alkenes with Aqueous H 2 O 2

Autor: Chun-Wai Tse, Liangliang Wu, Xiting Zhang, Hai-Xu Wang, Cong-Ying Zhou, Jie-Sheng Huang, Jinhu Wei, Chi-Ming Che
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie.
ISSN: 1521-3757
0044-8249
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202002866
Popis: Reliable methods for enantioselective cis-dihydroxylation of trisubstituted alkenes are scarce. The iron(II) complex cis-α-[FeII (2-Me2 -BQPN)(OTf)2 ], which bears a tetradentate N4 ligand (Me2 -BQPN=(R,R)-N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(2-methylquinolin-8-yl)-1,2-diphenylethane-1,2-diamine), was prepared and characterized. With this complex as the catalyst, a broad range of trisubstituted electron-deficient alkenes were efficiently oxidized to chiral cis-diols in yields of up to 98 % and up to 99.9 % ee when using hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) as oxidant under mild conditions. Experimental studies (including 18 O-labeling, ESI-MS, NMR, EPR, and UV/Vis analyses) and DFT calculations were performed to gain mechanistic insight, which suggested possible involvement of a chiral cis-FeV (O)2 reaction intermediate as an active oxidant. This cis-[FeII (chiral N4 ligand)]2+ /H2 O2 method could be a viable green alternative/complement to the existing OsO4 -based methods for asymmetric alkene dihydroxylation reactions.
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