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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 136, Issue 22, Pages 8034-8041Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja502568g
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- MINECO (Spain)
- CSC (Chinese Scholarship Committee)
- ICIQ Foundation
- NSF [NSF-ICC:CHE-1026553]
- MINECO [PIB2010US-00616, CTQ2012-38594-C02-01]
- AGAUR [2009SGR623]
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Shibasaki's REMB catalysts (REMB; RE = Sc, Y, La-Lu; M = Li, Na, K; B = 1,1'-bi-2-naphtholate; RE/M/B = 1/3/3) are among the most enantioselective asymmetric catalysts across a broad range of mechanistically diverse reactions. However, their widespread use has been hampered by the challenges associated with their synthesis and manipulation. We report here the self-assembly of novel hydrogen-bonded rare earth metal BINOLate complexes that serve as bench-stable precatalysts for Shibasaki's REMB catalysts. Incorporation of hydrogen-bonded guanidinium cations in the secondary coordination sphere leads to unique properties, most notably, improved stability toward moisture in solution and in the solid state. We have exploited these properties to develop straightforward, high-yielding, and scalable open-air syntheses that provide rapid access to crystalline, nonhygroscopic complexes from inexpensive hydrated RE starting materials. These compounds can be used as precatalysts for Shibasaki's REMB frameworks, where we have demonstrated that our system performs with comparable or improved levels of stereoselectivity in several mechanistically diverse reactions including Michael additions, aza-Michael additions, and direct Aldol reactions.
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