title: Synthesis and metal complexes of chiral c(2)-symmetric diamino-bisoxazoline ligands.
abstract: A synthetic route to tetradentate chiral N(4) ligands has been developed with the aim to study the potential of corresponding iron and manganese complexes as catalysts for enantioselective epoxidation. These ligands, which contain two oxazoline rings and two trialkylamino groups as coordinating units, are readily prepared in enantiomerically pure form by the reaction of chiral 2-chloromethyloxazolines with achiral N,N'-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine or chiral (R,R)-N,N'-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine. The ligands derived from N,N'-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine reacted with anhydrous metal halides MnCl(2) and FeCl(2) in a stereoselective manner to give octahedral mononuclear complexes that have the general formula Delta-[(L)MCl(2)]. In contrast, the ligands derived from N,N'-dimethylcyclohexane-1,2-diamine formed complexes with different coordination modes depending on the diastereomer employed: in one case the metal ion was found to be pentacoordinate, in the other case a hexacoordinated complex was observed. The structure of a series of Fe and Mn complexes was determined by X-ray analysis. The coordination chemistry of these ligands was further studied by X-ray and NMR analyses of the diamagnetic isostructural complexes [(L)ZnCl(2)]. Analogous ionic complexes, which were prepared by removing chloride with silver trifluoromethanesulfonate or hexafluoroantimonate, were tested as catalysts for the epoxidation of olefins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Geoffroy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guillemot
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neuburger
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pfaltz
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008024:Ligands; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010080:Oxazoles