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[CpRu((R)-Binop-F)(H2O)][SbF6], a New Fluxional Chiral Lewis Acid Catalyst: Synthesis, Dynamic NMR, Asymmetric Catalysis, and Theoretical Studies

Published inJournal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 126, no. 15, p. 4843-4853
Publication date2004
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The C[2]-symmetric electron-poor ligand (R)-BINOP-F (4) was prepared by reaction of (R)-BINOL with bis(pentafluorophenyl)-phosphorus bromide in the presence of triethylamine. The iodo complex [CpRu((R)-BINOP-F)(I)] ((R)-6) was obtained by substitution of two carbonyl ligands by (R)-4 in the in situ-prepared [CpRu(CO)[2]H] complex followed by reaction with iodoform. Complex 6 was reacted with [Ag(SbF[6])] in acetone to yield [CpRu((R)-BINOP-F)(acetone)][SbF[6]] ((R)-7). X-ray structures were obtained for both (R)-6 and (R)-7. The chiral one-point binding Lewis acid [CpRu((R)-BINOP-F)][SbF[6]] derived from either (R)-7 or the corresponding aquo complex (R)-8 activates methacrolein and catalyzes the Diels−Alder reaction with cyclopentadiene to give the [4 + 2] cycloadduct with an exo/endo ratio of 99:1 and an ee of 92% of the exo product. Addition occurs predominantly to the methacrolein C[α]-Re face. In solution, water in (R)-8 exchanges readily. Moreover, a second exchange process renders the diastereotopic BINOP-F phosphorus atoms equivalent. These processes were studied by the application of variable-temperature [1]H, [31]P, and [17]O NMR spectroscopy, variable-pressure [31]P and [17]O NMR spectroscopy, and, using a simpler model complex, density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The results point to a dissociative mechanism of the aquo ligand and a pendular motion of the BINOP-F ligand. NMR experiments show an energy barrier of 50.7 kJ mol[-1] (12.2 kcal mol[-1]) for the inversion of the pseudo-chirality at the ruthenium center.

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ALEZRA, Valérie Camille Viviane et al. [CpRu((R)-Binop-F)(H2O)][SbF6], a New Fluxional Chiral Lewis Acid Catalyst: Synthesis, Dynamic NMR, Asymmetric Catalysis, and Theoretical Studies. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, vol. 126, n° 15, p. 4843–4853. doi: 10.1021/ja0374123
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