Synthesis and Application of Complexes of a Novel Chiral Diphenylphosphino-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene

Erhard Bappert; Günter Helmchen

doi:10.1055/s-2004-829548

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Synthesis and Application of Complexes of a Novel Chiral Diphenylphosphino-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene

Erhard Bappert, Günter Helmchen*
Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Fax: +49(6221)544205; e-Mail: g.helmchen@urz.uni-heidelberg.de.;

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Complexes of the ligand (S,S)-1-(2-diphenylphosphanyl-naphtalen-1-yl)-3-(2-isopropyl-phenyl)-4,5-diphenyl-imidazolin-2-ylidene, a representative of a new class of chiral ligands, were obtained via a short route starting from (S,S)-1,2-diphenyl-ethylen-1,2-diamine; a Rh-complex was found to promote catalytic hydrogenation of α,β unsaturated esters with up to 99% ee.

Key words

asymmetric catalysis - chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes - chiral P ligands - rhodium - enantioselective hydrogenation

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<A NAME="RG11404ST-21">21</A>Physical data of (S,S)-6: mp 209-211 °C; [α]_D ²⁴ +10.6 (c 0.30, CHCl₃). ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃, signals of major and minor isomer are distinguished by indices a and i, respectively): δ = 0.52 (d, J = 6.4 Hz, 3 H_a, CH₃), 1.15 (d, J = 6.6 Hz, 3 H_a, CH₃), 1.11-1.23 (m, COD-CH₂), 1.29 (d, J = 6.8 Hz, 3 H_i, CH₃), 1.41 (d, J = 6.6 Hz, 3 H_i, CH₃), 1.34-1.77 (m, COD-CH₂), 2.00-2.34 (m, COD-CH₂), 2.37 (br s, 1 H_i, COD-CH₂), 2.86 [sept, J = 6.7 Hz, 1 H_a, CH(CH₃)₂], 3.18 [sept, J = 6.8 Hz, 1 H_i, CH(CH₃)₂], 3.62-3.78 (m, 1 H_a + 1 H_i, COD-CH), 3.91-4.05 (m, 1 H_a + 1 H_i, COD-CH), 4.59 (d, J = 10.7 Hz, 1 H_i, CHN), 4.96 (d, J = 5.1 Hz, 1 H_a, CHN), 5.36-5.48 (m, 1 H_a + 1 H_i, COD-CH), 5.50-5.60 (m, 1 H_i, COD-CH), 5.79-5.90 (m, 2 H_a + 1 H_i, 2 CHN, COD-CH), 6.16 (d, J = 7.4 Hz, 1 H_a, CH_Ar), 6.23 (d, J = 7.4 Hz, 1 H_i, CH_Ar), 6.67 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1 H_a, CH_Ar), 6.84 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1 H_i, CH_Ar), 6.89-7.97 (m, 28 H_a + 28 H_i, CH_Ar). ¹³C NMR (125.67 MHz, CDCl₃, 253 K, major and minor isomer): δ = 23.58, 23.83, 25.30, 25.32, 25.75, 25.95, 26.04, 28.42, 29.03 (2 C), 34.19, 34.26, 35.77, 36.57, 75.24, 76.70, 78.69, 81.60, 88.31 (dd, J _CP = 15.5 Hz, J _CRh = 6.2 Hz), 88.57 (dd, J _CP = 14.5 Hz, J _CRh = 6.4 Hz), 93.03 (m), 94.39 (dd, J _CP = 10.3 Hz, J _CRh = 4.7 Hz), 100.46 (d, J _CP = 6.0 Hz), 101.05 (d, J _CP = 6.4 Hz), 102.81 (d, J _CP = 5.2 Hz), 104.06 (d, J _CP = 6.0 Hz), 121.31 (d, J _CP = 49.9 Hz), 122.86 (d, J _CP = 49.0 Hz), 122.86, 123.95, 124.64 (m), 125.17, 125.41, 125.77, 126.15, 126.49, 126.54, 126.74 (d, J _CP = 4.3 Hz), 127.10 (d, J _CP = 6.6 Hz), 127.35, 127.43, 127.69, 127.74, 127.86, 128.33-128.63 (several signals are overlapping in this range), 128.78, 128.88 (d, J _CP = 34.9 Hz), 129.11, 129.27, 129.44, 129.66, 130.16, 130.26, 130.56, 130.63, 130.75 (d, J _CP = 37.2 Hz), 131.38, 131.53, 132.03, 132.53 (d, J _CP = 11.3 Hz), 132.78, 133.52 (d, J _CP = 44.26 Hz), 133.75, 133.91, 134.46, 134.95, 135.53, 137.21, 139.14 (d, J _CP = 2.1 Hz), 142.32 (d, J _CP = 13.2 Hz), 143.70, 144.32 (d, J _CP = 12.3 Hz), 144.78, 207.67 (d, J _RhC = 44.4 Hz, only visible in ¹³C{³¹P}), 209.87 (d, J _RhC = 43.5 Hz, only visible in ¹³C{³¹P}). ³¹P NMR (202.47 MHz, CDCl₃, 253 K): δ = 17.89 (d, J _RhP = 168.1 Hz, major isomer, 66%), 19.90 (d, J _RhP = 162.0 Hz, minor isomer, 33%). HRMS (FAB+, direct insert): m/z calcd for C₅₄H₅₁N₂PRh [M - BF₄]⁺: 861.2844. Found: 861.2820.

With PhCF₃, n-hexane, MeOH, and THF enantioselectivities were lower.

Representative Procedure for Catalytic Hydrogenation: Preparation of (R)-8: An autoclave was charged with dimethyl itaconate (158 mg, 1.00 mmol), (S,S)-6 (0.9 mg, 1.0 µmol) and CH₂Cl₂ (15 mL). The autoclave was then sealed and pressurized to 30 bar of H₂. The reaction mixture was stirred for 20 h at r.t. The solution was passed over a short plug of silica gel with CH₂Cl₂ as eluent. After evaporation of the solvent, 2-methyl-succinic acid dimethyl ester was obtained in quantitative yield. The ee value was determined to be 98.2% ee by GC on a chiral phase (analytical data cf. Table [1] ).

The rhodium complex (S,S)-6 was also tested in the catalytic asymmetric addition of phenylboronic acid to enones. Using 3 mol% of the complex (S,S)-6 enantioselectivities up to 94% could be achieved

J.-M. Becht and E. Bappert, unpublished results.

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