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Diastereoselectivity in chiral ruthenium complexes of bidentate bisphosphine monoxide ligands: Controlling epimerization in aldehyde complexes and 16-electron intermediates
Faller,Patel, Ben P.,Albrizzio, Mauricio A.,Curtis, Michael
, p. 3096 - 3104 (2008/10/08)
Heterobidentate and hemilabile ligands involving P,O-donor chelates produce chiral metal centers when hound to arene-ruthenium complexes. This chirality in cymene complexes produces diastereotopic methyl groups in the isopropyl ligand which serve as a detector of the chirality at the metal. [CyRu(η2-chelate-P,O)Cl]+ cations are precursors to strong 16-electron dicationic Lewis acids which have potential use in asymmetric catalysis. Sixteen-electron complexes of this type, however, provide a pathway with a low barrier to racemization or epimerization of the metal center in intermediates, such as [CyRu(η2-chelate-P,O)(PhCHO)]2+. Substitution of the central carbon in diphenylphosphinomethane monoxide (dppmO) forces the ligand to adopt a configuration with the substituent in an endo position, thus forcing the 16-electron intermediate to return diastereoselectively to its original configuration and prevents epimerization. Thus, an X-ray structure shows that (R*RuR*C)-[CyRu(η2- Ph2PCHR)Ph2PO-P,O)Cl]+ is the preferred diastereomeric pair. In the parent, [CyRu(η2-dppmO-P,O)(ligand)]2+, racemization occurs at the metal center, since there is nothing driving the preferential formation of either the R or S ruthenium center. When the ligands are chiral, however, the metal center epimerizes to minimize steric interactions in the two diastereomers. The equilibrium between [(RRu)-CyRu(η2-dppmO-P,O)(RC-ligand)] 2+ and [(SRu)-CyRu(η2-dppmO-P,O)(RC-ligand)] 2+ reflects a 37% de for (1R)-(-)-myrtenal. Since a substituent on the central carbon prevents epimerization at the metal center, this diastereoselectivity is reflected in a preference for binding of (RC)-ligand by either [(RRuRC)-CyRu(η2-Ph 2PCHPr)Ph2PO-P,O)]2+ or [(SRuSC)-CyRu(η2-Ph 2PCHPr)Ph2PO-P,O)]2+. An X-ray structure of rac-[(RRu*,RC*)-CyRu(η2-Ph 2PCHPr)Ph2PO-P,O)(PhCHO]2+ shows that the aldehyde assumes an orientation that would suggest one stereoface of the aldehyde may be more susceptible to attack.
