Dirhodium(II) tetrakis[N-tetrafluorophthaloyl-(S)-tert-leucinate]: an exceptionally effective Rh(II) catalyst for enantiotopically selective aromatic C–H insertions of diazo ketoesters
作者:Hideyuki Tsutsui、Yukiko Yamaguchi、Shinji Kitagaki、Seiichi Nakamura、Masahiro Anada、Shunichi Hashimoto
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(03)00075-2
日期:2003.4
Dirhodium(II) tetrakis[N-tetrafluorophthaloyl-(S)-tert-leucinate], Rh-2[(S)-TFPTTL](4), in which the phthalimido hydrogen atoms of the parent dirhodium(II) complex are substituted by fluorine atoms, dramatically enhances the reactivity and enantioselectivity (up to 97% ee) in intramolecular aromatic C-H insertion reactions of methyl 4-alkyl-2-diazo-4,4-diphenyl-3-oxopropionates. Catalysis with the use of 0.001 mol% of Rh-2[(S)-TFPTTL](4) has achieved the highest turnover number (up to 98,000 with the methyl substituent) ever recorded for chiral dirhodium(II) complex-catalyzed carbene transformations, without compromising the yield or enantioselectivity of the process. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.