High Performance of a Chiral Diene−Rhodium Catalyst for the Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of Arylboroxines to α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

Fu-Xue Chen, Asato Kina, and Tamio Hayashi*
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Org. Lett., 2006, 8 (2), pp 341–344
DOI: 10.1021/ol052756e
Publication Date (Web): December 24, 2005
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A rhodium complex coordinated with (S,S)-2,5-dibenzylbicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5-diene (Bn-bod*) showed high catalytic activity and high enantioselectivity in the asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboroxines to cyclic α,β-unsaturated ketones, 0.005−0.01 mol % of the catalyst giving high yields of the addition products with not lower than 94% ee. The turnover frequency of the catalyst is up to 1.4 × 104 h-1.

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  • Published In Issue January 19, 2006
  • Received November 14, 2005

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