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Dirhodium(II) tetrakis[N-tetrafluorophthaloyl-(S)-tert-leucinate]: An exceptionally effective Rh(II) catalyst for enantiotopically selective aromatic C-H insertions of diazo ketoesters
Tsutsui, Hideyuki,Yamaguchi, Yukiko,Kitagaki, Shinji,Nakamura, Seiichi,Anada, Masahiro,Hashimoto, Shunichi
, p. 817 - 821 (2007/10/03)
Dirhodium(II) tetrakis[N-tetrafluorophthaloyl-(S)-tert-leucinate], Rh2[(S)-TFPTTL]4, in which the phthalimido hydrogen atoms of the parent dirhodium(II) complex are substituted by fluorine atoms, dramatically enhances the reactivity and enantioselectivity (up to 97% ee) in intramolecular aromatic C-H insertion reactions of methyl 4-alkyl-2-diazo-4,4-diphenyl-3-oxopropionates. Catalysis with the use of 0.001 mol% of Rh2[(S)-TFPTTL]4 has achieved the highest turnover number (up to 98,000 with the methyl substituent) ever recorded for chiral dirhodium(II) complex-catalyzed carbene transformations, without compromising the yield or enantioselectivity of the process.
