Conformational Preferences and Enantiodiscrimination of Phosphino-4-(1-hydroxyalkyl)oxazoline−Metal−Olefin Complexes Resulting from an OH−Metal Hydrogen Bond
作者:Anders Frölander、Serghey Lutsenko、Timofei Privalov、Christina Moberg
DOI:10.1021/jo051610q
日期:2005.11.1
Phosphinooxazolines carrying (1-hydroxy-1-phenyl)methyl and (1-methoxy-1-phenyl)methyl substituents in the 4 position of the oxazoline ring exhibit contrasting behavior in Pd-and Ir-catalyzed allylic alkylations. Whereas catalysts with the methoxy-containing ligand generally provide products with high ee's, use of catalysts prepared from the hydroxy-containing ligand results in products with low ee's or even racemates. DFT calculations suggest the presence of a hydrogen bond with Pd(0) as the proton acceptor in the hydroxy-containing olefin-Pd(0) complexes, which induces a conformational change in the ligand, leading to different stereoselectivity.