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Nickel(II) complexes bearing phosphinoaryl oxazoline ligands as pro- catalysts for Grignard cross-coupling

  • Guy C. Lloyd-Jones*
  • , Craig P. Butts
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Ni(II) complexes bearing chiral phosphinoaryl oxazoline ligands are pro- catalysts for cross-coupling of Z-styryl bromide with 1-phenethyl magnesium chloride. Under suitable conditions, there is a dynamic kinetic resolution resulting in moderate enantioselectivity. The nature of the substituent at the stereogenic centre of the oxazoline ligand affects catalysis in two distinct ways: smaller substituents lead to improved rates and selectivities whilst polar substituents reverse the sense of asymmetric induction. The solid state structure of one phosphinoaryl oxazoline Ni(II) pro-catalyst was determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)901-914
    Number of pages14
    JournalTetrahedron
    Volume54
    Issue number5-6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Jan 1998

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    Acknowledgements. Synthetic work and catalytic studies were carried out in the laboratories of Prof. Andreas Pfaltz, University of Basel; Structural (NMR and X-ray) studies were carried out at The University of Bristol. G. C. L.-J. thanks the Royal Society (London) for a post-doctoral fellowship (1992-94), the Swiss National Science Foundation, F. Hoffmann-La-Roche and the Zeneca Strategic Research Fund for financial support. Drs Guido Koch and Patrick Schnider kindly provided lc, 2a and 2b.

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