Synfacts 2014; 10(1): 0066
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1340435
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Phosphine Sulfonates

Contributor(s):
Hisashi Yamamoto
,
Yasushi Shimoda
Lu J, Ye J, Duan W.-L * Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry and East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, P. R. of China
Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Diarylphosphines to α,β-Unsaturated Sulfonic Esters for the Synthesis of Chiral Phosphine Sulfonate Compounds.

Org. Lett. 2013;
15: 5016-5019
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Publication History

Publication Date:
13 December 2013 (online)

 

Significance

The authors reported the asymmetric conjugate addition of diarylphosphines to sulfonic esters catalyzed by a pincer–palladium complex. In the presence of an electron-withdrawing group in the sulfonic esters, phosphine sulfonates were obtained in high yields.


Comment

Introducing of heteroatoms into phosphine compounds is interesting since they can be used as ligands in metal-catalyzed transformations. Using this system, a highly enantioselective synthesis of phosphine sulfonates was achieved. The transformation of the product into the palladium complex was also demonstrated.