Application of the chiral auxiliary [(η5C5H5)Fe(CO) (PPh3)] to the stereoselective formation of 4-substituted-1,4-dihydronicotinoyl complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/s0020-1693(96)05279-6

In solution regio-and stereoselective additions of nucleophiles to (RS)-[(η⁵-C₅H₅)Fe(CO) (PPh₃)CO-3-pyridyl] (1) occur at C-4 to give the corresponding nitrogen-stabilised anions. Subsequent quenching of these anions by a proton, a chloroformate or dimethyl sulfate gives the corresponding 1,4-dihydropyridine complexes as single diastereoisomers. The predicted stereochemical course of the nucleophilic additions is confirmed by a single crystal X-ray structure determination of (Fe-RS,4-RS)-[(η⁵-C₅H₅)Fe(CO) (PPh₃)CO-3-(N-methoxycarbonyl-4-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridyl)].