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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 15, Issue 35, Pages 8722-8741Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900712
Keywords
allylic compounds; amines; aza-Claisen rearrangement; cyclopalladation; palladium
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- Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich [TH-30/04-2, TH-01 07-1]
- Universitat Stuttgart
- ETH Zurich
- Novartis
- Politecnico di Milano
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Systematic studies have been performed to develop highly efficient catalysts for the asymmetric aza-Claisen rearrangement of trihaloacetimidates. Herein, we describe the stepwise development of these catalyst systems involving four different catalyst generations finally resulting in the development of a planar chiral pentaphenylferrocenyl oxazoline palladacycle. This complex is more reactive and has a broader substrate tolerance than all previously known catalyst systems for asymmetric aza-Claisen rearrangements. Our investigations also reveal that subtle changes can have a big impact on the activity. With the enhanced catalyst activity, the asymmetric aza-Claisen rearrangement has a very broad scope: the methodology not only allows the formation of highly enantioenriched primary allylic amines, but also secondary and tertiary amines; allylic amines with N-substituted quaternary stereocenters are conveniently accessible as well. The reaction conditions tolerate many important functional groups, thus providing stereoselective access to valuable functionalized building blocks, for example, for the synthesis of unnatural amino acids. Our results suggest that face-selective olefin coordination is the enantioselectivity-determining step, which is almost exclusively controlled by the element of planar chirality.
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