title: Pd(II)/(t)Bu-quinolineoxazoline: an air-stable and modular chiral catalyst system for enantioselective oxidative cascade cyclization.
abstract: An air-stable and structurally tunable chiral (t)Bu-quinolineoxazoline/Pd(II) catalyst system has been developed for the enantioselective oxidative cascade cyclization of a variety of disubstituted olefinic substrates, with the apparent advantages of good yields and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 98% ee) and diastereoselectivities (dr >24:1). A transition-state model has also been proposed to account for the excellent stereocontrol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Kai-Tai
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Yip
authors.forename: Nian-Yong
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010165:Palladium