TY - JOUR AU - Yasui, Takeshi; Tanabe, Shouta; Masueda, Takuya; Yamamoto, Yoshihiko TI - Concise Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclopentadienyl Rhodium(III) Complexes via Suzuki–Miyaura Cross Coupling SN - 0039-7881 SN - 1437-210X PY - 2022 JO - Synthesis JF - Synthesis LA - EN VL - 55 IS - 08 SP - 1207 EP - 1212 DA - 2022/12/14 ET - 2022/11/21 KW - rhodium KW - cyclopentadienyl ligands KW - cross coupling KW - asymmetric catalysis KW - C–H functionalization AB - Herein, we report a concise method for the preparation of functionalized cyclopentadienyl rhodium complexes via Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling. We successfully converted 2,3,4,5-tetramethylcyclopent-2-en-1-one into the corresponding cyclopentadienylboronic acid pinacol ester, which could be used as a coupling partner with aryl halides. Several functionalized cyclopentadienyl rhodium complexes were synthesized in two steps from readily available aryl bromides. We also demonstrated the rapid synthesis of a novel chiral cyclopentadienyl rhodium complex that could be used as a precatalyst for an asymmetric C–H functionalization reaction. PB - Georg Thieme Verlag KG DO - 10.1055/a-1983-4777 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-1983-4777 ER -