title: Chiral bis(oxazoline) copper(II) complexes: versatile catalysts for enantioselective cycloaddition, Aldol, Michael, and carbonyl ene reactions.
abstract: A bis(oxazoline) (box) copper(II) complex and its hydrated counterpart (1 and 2) function as enantioselective Lewis acid catalysts for carbocyclic and hetero Diels-Alder, aldol, Michael, ene, and amination reactions with substrates capable of chelation through six- and five-membered rings. X-ray crystallography of the chiral complexes reveals a propensity for the formation of distorted square planar or square pyramidal geometries. The sense of asymmetric induction is identical for all the processes catalyzed by [Cu((S,S)-t-Bu-box)](X)(2) complexes 1 and 2 (X = OTf and SbF) resulting from the intervention of a distorted square planar catalyst-substrate binary complex. These catalyzed processes exhibit excellent temperature-selectivity profiles. Reactions catalyzed by [Cu(S,S-Ph-pybox)](SbF(6))(2) and their derived chelation complexes are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D001685:Biological Factors / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010080:Oxazoles; D003300:Copper