title: Development of chiral pincer palladium complexes bearing a pyrroloimidazolone unit. Catalytic use for asymmetric Michael addition.
abstract: Novel pincer palladium complexes having chiral hexahydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]imidazolone groups were designed and prepared. Catalytic asymmetric Michael addition of isopropyl 2-cyanopropionate to ethyl vinyl ketone was catalyzed by the chiral pincer palladium complex to give isopropyl 2-cyano-2-methyl-5-oxoheptanoate with high enantioselectivity (up to 83% ee). [structure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uozumi