New Chiral Phosphoramidite Complexes of Iron as Catalytic Precursors in the Oxidation of Activated Methylene Groups

Molecules

Pushkar Shejwalkar¹  Nigam P. Rath¹ 

[1] ¹University of Missouri - St. Louis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA ²Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Nanoscience, University of Missouri - St. Louis, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA

关键词: iron;    phosphoramidites;    X-ray;    chiral at metal;    benzylic oxidations;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules15042631

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

New phosphoramidite complexes of iron were synthesized and structurally characterized. Reaction of the known chiral phosphoramidites (RO)₂PNR’₂ (R = binaphthyl, R’ = CH₃, 1a; R = binaphthyl, R’ = benzyl, 1b) with [FeBr(Cp)(CO)₂] afforded the title compounds [FeBr(Cp)(CO)(1a,b)] (4a,b) in 34 and 65 % isolated yields as mixtures of diastereomers, since both the metal and the ligand are stereogenic. Similarly, reaction of 1b with [Fe(Cp)I(CO)₂] in the presence of catalytic [Fe(Cp)(CO)₂]₂ afforded [Fe(Cp)I(CO)(1b)] (5b) in 81% yield as a mixture of diastereomers. The molecular structures of 4a, 4b and 5 were determined, revealing a pseudo octahedral coordination geometry about the iron center. The new metal complexes are catalytically active in the oxidation of benzylic methylene groups to the corresponding ketones, utilizing t-BuOOH as oxidant (2 mol% catalyst, 36 h, room temperature, 31−80% yield).

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