title: Probing the importance of the hemilabile site of bis(phosphine) monoxide ligands in the copper-catalyzed addition of diethylzinc to N-phosphinoylimines: discovery of new effective chiral ligands.
abstract: The hemilabile ligand Me-DuPHOS(O) 2 has proven to be a successful ligand for the copper-catalyzed addition of diethylzinc to N-phosphinoylimines. The corresponding alpha-chiral amines were obtained in high yields (80-98%) and enantiomeric ratios (19.0:1 to 99.0:1 er). Furthermore, this Cu* 2 catalytic system has been shown to be effective in the addition of diethylzinc to nitroalkenes and in the reduction of beta,beta-disubstituted vinyl phenyl sulfones. This paper describes a general structure/selectivity study in which the three ligand subunits (chiral phospholane-linker-labile coordinating group (Z)) are systematically modified and tested in the copper-catalyzed addition of diethylzinc to the N-phosphinoylimine 1 derived from benzaldehyde. This study led to the discovery of a new class of effective chiral ligands that combine a chiral phospholane unit and an achiral phosphine oxide.
authors.affiliation: Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, P.O. Box 6128, Station Downtown, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bonnaventure
authors.forename: André B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Charette
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D010720:Phosphines / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D007097:Imines; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D010720:Phosphines; D003300:Copper; C454811:diethylzinc