ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(7), P. 4250 - 4260
Published: March 13, 2023
Herein,
we
disclose
an
efficient
cobalt-catalyzed
enantioselective
C–H
activation
and
annulation
of
benzamides
with
alkenes.
This
transformation
is
facilitated
via
the
commercially
available
cobalt(II)
catalyst
in
presence
easily
prepared
chiral
salicyl-oxazoline
(Salox)
ligand,
which
provides
facile
access
to
(R)
or
(S)
enantiomers
dihydroisoquinolone
derivatives.
It
noticeable
that
reaction
proceeded
efficiently
within
extremely
short
time
from
10
30
min
under
mild
conditions.
A
broad
range
alkenes
bear
various
functional
substituents
have
been
shown
good
compatibility
deliver
targeted
products
high
yields
enantioselectivities
(51
examples,
up
98%
yield
99%
ee).
The
gram
scale
experiment
removal
directing
group
further
demonstrate
practicability
this
protocol
potential
industrial
applications.
Density
theory
calculations
elucidate
mechanism,
spin-state
change
olefin
insertion
step
accelerates
subsequent
C–N
reductive
elimination,
identified
as
stereo-determining
step.
AIM
analysis
indicates
π
interactions
are
vital
for
controlling
switching
stereoselectivity.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
119(4), P. 2192 - 2452
Published: Nov. 27, 2018
C–H
activation
has
surfaced
as
an
increasingly
powerful
tool
for
molecular
sciences,
with
notable
applications
to
material
crop
protection,
drug
discovery,
and
pharmaceutical
industries,
among
others.
Despite
major
advances,
the
vast
majority
of
these
functionalizations
required
precious
4d
or
5d
transition
metal
catalysts.
Given
cost-effective
sustainable
nature
earth-abundant
first
row
metals,
development
less
toxic,
inexpensive
3d
catalysts
gained
considerable
recent
momentum
a
significantly
more
environmentally-benign
economically-attractive
alternative.
Herein,
we
provide
comprehensive
overview
on
until
summer
2018.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
58(37), P. 12803 - 12818
Published: May 11, 2019
Molecular
syntheses
largely
rely
on
time-
and
labour-intensive
prefunctionalization
strategies.
In
contrast,
C-H
activation
represents
an
increasingly
powerful
approach
that
avoids
lengthy
of
prefunctionalized
substrates,
with
great
potential
for
drug
discovery,
the
pharmaceutical
industry,
material
sciences,
crop
protection,
among
others.
The
enantioselective
functionalization
omnipresent
bonds
has
emerged
as
a
transformative
tool
step-
atom-economical
generation
chiral
molecular
complexity.
However,
this
rapidly
growing
research
area
remains
dominated
by
noble
transition
metals,
prominently
featuring
toxic
palladium,
iridium
rhodium
catalysts.
Indeed,
despite
significant
achievements,
use
inexpensive
sustainable
3d
metals
in
asymmetric
activations
is
still
clearly
its
infancy.
Herein,
we
discuss
remarkable
recent
progress
transformations
via
organometallic
base
up
to
April
2019.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
58(4), P. 1153 - 1157
Published: Nov. 27, 2018
Abstract
Recent
advances
in
Cp
x
M
III
catalysis
(M=Co,
Rh,
Ir)
have
enabled
a
variety
of
enantioselective
C(sp
2
)−H
functionalization
reactions,
but
3
is
still
largely
unexplored.
We
describe
an
asymmetric
amidation
thioamides
using
achiral
Co
/chiral
carboxylic
acid
hybrid
catalytic
system,
which
provides
easy
and
straightforward
access
to
chiral
β‐amino
thiocarbonyl
carbonyl
building
blocks
with
quaternary
carbon
stereocenter.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
59(32), P. 13451 - 13457
Published: April 3, 2020
Abstract
Asymmetric
pallada‐electrocatalyzed
C−H
olefinations
were
achieved
through
the
synergistic
cooperation
with
transient
directing
groups.
The
electrochemical,
atroposelective
activations
realized
high
position‐,
diastereo‐,
and
enantio‐control
under
mild
reaction
conditions
to
obtain
highly
enantiomerically‐enriched
biaryls
fluorinated
N−C
axially
chiral
scaffolds.
Our
strategy
provided
expedient
access
to,
among
others,
novel
BINOLs,
dicarboxylic
acids
helicenes
of
value
asymmetric
catalysis.
Mechanistic
studies
by
experiments
computation
key
insights
into
catalyst's
mode
action.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
60(24), P. 13198 - 13224
Published: July 16, 2020
The
creation
of
new
chiral
ligands
capable
providing
high
stereocontrol
in
metal-catalyzed
reactions
is
crucial
modern
organic
synthesis.
production
bioactive
molecules
as
single
enantiomers
increasingly
required,
and
asymmetric
catalysis
with
metal
complexes
constitutes
one
the
most
efficient
synthetic
strategies
to
access
optically
active
compounds.
Herein
we
offer
a
historical
overview
on
development
derivatives
ubiquitous
cyclopentadienyl
ligand
(CpX
),
detail
their
successful
application
broad
range
transformations.
Those
include
functionalization
challenging
C-H
bonds
beyond,
giving
an
extensive
catalogue
valuable
molecules.
A
critical
comparison
existing
families,
design,
synthesis,
complexation
different
metals
also
provided.
In
addition,
future
research
directions
are
discussed
further
enhance
performance
CpX
enantioselective
catalysis.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
10(23), P. 13748 - 13793
Published: Nov. 12, 2020
Direct
catalytic
transformation
of
C–H
bonds
to
new
functionalities
has
provided
a
powerful
strategy
synthesize
complex
molecular
scaffolds
in
straightforward
way.
Unstinting
efforts
the
synthetic
community
have
helped
overcome
long-standing
major
challenge
regioselectivity
by
introducing
directing
group
concept.
However,
full
potential
cannot
be
realized
unless
activated
are
stereochemically
controlled.
The
enantioselective
bond
functionalization
could
provide
an
imperative
tool
for
sustainable
way
synthesizing
chiral
scaffolds.
Despite
intrinsic
challenges
achieving
stereocontrol,
developed
different
tools
order
achieve
stereoselective
functionalization.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
remarkable
recent
advances
emerging
area
C(sp2)–H
highlight
and
opportunities,
emphasizing
techniques
so
far.
Chemistry - A European Journal,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
26(33), P. 7346 - 7357
Published: Jan. 29, 2020
Transition-metal-catalyzed
C-H
functionalization
reactions
with
Cp*MIII
catalysts
(M=Co,
Rh,
Ir)
have
found
a
wide
variety
of
applications
in
organic
synthesis.
Albeit
the
intrinsic
difficulties
achieving
catalytic
stereocontrol
using
these
due
to
their
lack
additional
coordination
sites
for
external
chiral
ligands
and
conformational
flexibility
Cp
ligand,
enantioselective
Group
9
metal
triad
Cp-type
been
intensively
studied
since
2012.
In
this
minireview,
progress
according
type
catalyst
used
are
summarized
discussed.
The
development
Cpx
complexes
thereof,
artificial
metalloenzymes,
carboxylate-assisted
activations,
alkylations
assisted
by
carboxylic
acids
or
sulfonates,
transient
directing
groups
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
141(14), P. 5675 - 5680
Published: March 22, 2019
The
synthesis
of
a
set
cobalt(III)-complexes
equipped
with
trisubstituted
chiral
cyclopentadienyl
ligands
is
reported,
and
their
steric
electronic
parameters
are
mapped.
application
potential
these
complexes
for
asymmetric
C-H
functionalizations
3d-metals
shown
by
the
dihydroisoquinolones
from
N-chlorobenzamides
broad
range
alkenes.
transformation
proceeds
excellent
enantioselectivities
up
to
99.5:0.5
er
high
regioselectivities.
observed
values
outperform
best
rhodium(III)-based
methods
this
reaction
type.
Moreover,
challenging
substrates
such
as
alkyl
alkenes
also
react
regio-
enantioselectivities.