title: An Enantioselective Oxidative C-H/C-H Cross-Coupling Reaction: Highly Efficient Method To Prepare Planar Chiral Ferrocenes.
abstract: A Pd-catalyzed, asymmetric oxidative cross-coupling reaction between ferrocenes and heteroarenes is described. The process, which takes place via a twofold C-H bond activation pathway, proceeds with modest to high efficiencies (36-86%) and high levels of regio- and enantioselectivity (95-99% ee). In the reaction, air oxygen serves as a green oxidant and excess amounts of the coupling partners are not required. The process is the first example of a catalytic asymmetric biaryl coupling reaction that occurs via double C-H bond activation. Finally, the generated coupling products can be readily transformed into chiral ligands and catalysts.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: De-Wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Shu-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: You