TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis and characterization of chiral mono N-heterocyclic carbene-substituted rhodium complexes and their catalytic properties in hydrosilylation reactions
AU - Steinbeck, Martin
AU - Frey, Guido D.
AU - Schoeller, Wolfgang W.
AU - Herrmann, Wolfgang A.
PY - 2011/12/15
Y1 - 2011/12/15
N2 - Different chiral mono-substituted N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium were prepared, starting from [Rh(COD)Cl]2 (COD = cyclooctadiene) by addition of free N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC), or an in-situ deprotonation of the corresponding iminium salt. All new complexes were characterized by spectroscopy methods. In addition, the structures of chloro(η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)(1,3-di-[(1R,2R,3R,5S)-2,6, 6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-3-yl] imidazolin-2-ylidene)rhodium(I) (5a), chloro(η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)(1,3-di-[(1R,2S,5R) -2-isopropyl-5-menthylcyclohex-1-yl]imidazol-2-ylidene)rhodium(I) (5b) and chloro(η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)(1,3-di-[(2R,4S,5S) -2-methyl-4-phenyl-1,3-dioxacyclohex-5-yl]imidazolin-2-ylidene)rhodium(I) (5i) were analyzed by DFT-calculations. The enantioselective hydrosilylation of acetophenone, ethylpyruvate and n-propylpyruvate with diphenylsilane and hydrolysis was carried out with chiral C2-symmetrical mono-substituted N-heterocyclic carbene rhodium complexes giving for the first time an enantioselective excess of up to 74% ee in the case of the n-propylpyruvate.
AB - Different chiral mono-substituted N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium were prepared, starting from [Rh(COD)Cl]2 (COD = cyclooctadiene) by addition of free N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC), or an in-situ deprotonation of the corresponding iminium salt. All new complexes were characterized by spectroscopy methods. In addition, the structures of chloro(η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)(1,3-di-[(1R,2R,3R,5S)-2,6, 6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-3-yl] imidazolin-2-ylidene)rhodium(I) (5a), chloro(η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)(1,3-di-[(1R,2S,5R) -2-isopropyl-5-menthylcyclohex-1-yl]imidazol-2-ylidene)rhodium(I) (5b) and chloro(η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)(1,3-di-[(2R,4S,5S) -2-methyl-4-phenyl-1,3-dioxacyclohex-5-yl]imidazolin-2-ylidene)rhodium(I) (5i) were analyzed by DFT-calculations. The enantioselective hydrosilylation of acetophenone, ethylpyruvate and n-propylpyruvate with diphenylsilane and hydrolysis was carried out with chiral C2-symmetrical mono-substituted N-heterocyclic carbene rhodium complexes giving for the first time an enantioselective excess of up to 74% ee in the case of the n-propylpyruvate.
KW - Catalysis
KW - Enantioselectivity
KW - Hydrosilylation
KW - N-Heterocyclic carbenes
KW - Rhodium
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.04.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:81355161626
SN - 0022-328X
VL - 696
SP - 3945
EP - 3954
JO - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
JF - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
IS - 25
ER -