title: Facile synthesis of substituted phenanthroline ligands by samarium-promoted coupling of phenanthroline with ketones.
abstract: [formula: see text] 1,10-Phenanthroline undergoes coupling with ketones promoted by samarium diiodide to produce 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-1,10-phenanthrolines. O-Methylation of these derivatives provides the corresponding 2-(1-methoxyalkyl)phenanthrolines. Demethoxylation with samarium diiodide then affords 2-alkylphenanthrolines. This process may be repeated to obtain 2,9-disubstituted phenanthrolines. A variety of new, substituted phenanthrolines are thus obtained. These compounds have numerous potential applications as ligands in metal-promoted reactions, including asymmetric catalysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Helquist
mesh_terms: D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012493:Samarium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007659:Ketones; D008024:Ligands; D010618:Phenanthrolines; D012493:Samarium