title: Chiral crown conformation of Rh(2)(S-PTTL)(4): enantioselective cyclopropanation with alpha-alkyl-alpha-diazoesters.
abstract: Herein, we provide crystallographic and computational evidence that Hashimoto's Rh(2)(S-PTTL)(4) catalyst adopts a "chiral crown" conformation with a reactive chiral face and an unreactive achiral face. In Rh(2)(S-PTTL)(4), all four tert-butyl groups are aligned on the same face of the catalyst, and each C-(t-Bu) bond is roughly parallel to the central Rh-Rh bond. This orients the four phthalimido groups on the opposite face of the catalyst. Also described is an enantioselective and diastereoselective protocol for intermolecular Rh(2)(S-PTTL)(4)-catalyzed cyclopropanation using alpha-alkyl-alpha-diazoesters. Intermolecular cyclopropanation is selective over two competing intramolecular pathways: C-H insertion and beta-hydride elimination. On the basis of density functional theory calculations and the Davies-Singleton model for cyclopropanation, a model for asymmetric induction is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Brown Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeAngelis
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dmitrenko
authors.forename: Glenn P A
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000737:chemistry; D003979:Diazonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D004952:Esters / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D003521:Cyclopropanes; D003979:Diazonium Compounds; D004952:Esters; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012238:Rhodium