Ferrocenyloxazoline-derived planar chiral palladacycles: C–H activation, transmetalation, and reversal of diastereoselectivity

Arthurs, Ross A., Hughes, David L. and Richards, Christopher J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7899-4082 (2019) Ferrocenyloxazoline-derived planar chiral palladacycles: C–H activation, transmetalation, and reversal of diastereoselectivity. Organometallics, 38 (21). pp. 4271-4279. ISSN 0276-7333

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Abstract

Reinvestigation of the palladation of (S)-2-ferrocenyl-4-(methylethyl)oxazoline with Pd(OAc)2 in CH2Cl2 was found to proceed with a dr of 3.6:1 in favor of the resulting S,Sp palladacycle. A similar 4:1 dr was obtained using Na2PdCl4 in MeOH. As an alternative approach, highly diastereoselective lithiation (dr >100:1) and transmetalation were investigated. Addition of PdX2(COD) (X = Cl, Br) to (S,Rp)-2-lithio-1-(2′-(4′-methylethyl)oxazolinyl)ferrocene resulted in double halide substitution and formation of cis-(S,S,Sp,Sp)-bis[2-(2′-(4′-methylethyl)oxazolinyl)ferrocene-1-C,3′-N]palladium(II) (42% from X = Cl, 50% from X = Br). Selective monoprotodepalladation with HCl gave an S,Sp palladacycle containing a removable ferrocenyloxazoline ligand. Addition of PdCl2(MeCN)2 to mercuracycles in acetonitrile, themselves generated from Li–Hg transmetalation, followed by a brine wash gave (S,Sp)-di-μ-chlorobis[2-(2′-(4′-methylethyl)oxazolinyl)ferrocene-1-C,3′-N]dipalladium(II) as a single diastereoisomer in high yield. The alternative S,Rp diastereoisomer was obtained in the same way by use of a deuterium blocking group to reverse lithiation diastereoselectivity.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Materials and Catalysis
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Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2019 02:01
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 05:29
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73120
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00551

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