Kartick Dey, Zeqing Chen, Natalia Fridman and Graham de Ruiter*,
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Abstract
Asymmetric catalysis with phosphine free ligands is a rapidly developing field where N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are making increasingly more impact. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of carbene-oxazoline containing proligands that exhibit two chiral centers. The corresponding rhodium(I) complexes show excellent activity toward the asymmetric hydroboration of styrenes, which occurs with good regio– and enantioselectivity (up to 96% ee). The resulting boronic esters were subsequently oxidized, and the corresponding chiral alcohols were isolated in moderate to good yields (up to 75%). Overall, the hydroboration reaction occurs under ambient conditions (CH2Cl2; 25 °C), is compatible with a variety of functional groups, and provides easy access to chiral secondary alcohols from the corresponding alkenes.
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Organometallics is the flagship journal of organometallic chemistry and records progress in one of the most active fields of science, bridging organic and inorganic chemistry. The journal publishes Articles, Communications, Reviews, and Tutorials (instructional overviews) that depict research on the synthesis, structure, bonding, chemical reactivity, and reaction mechanisms for a variety of applications, including catalyst design and catalytic processes; main-group, transition-metal, and lanthanide and actinide metal chemistry; synthetic aspects of polymer science and materials science; and bioorganometallic chemistry.