Abstract
Reaction between a chiral imidazole-amine precursor derived from (1R,2R)-trans-diaminocyclohexane and (PCl)-Cl-1 (where P-1 = PPh2, P(1,3,5-Me3C6H3)2, P(2,2'-O,O'-(1,1'-biphenyl), P((R)-(2,2'-O,O'-(1,1'-binaphthyl))) and P((S)-(2,2'-O,O'-(1,1'-binaphthyl)))) followed by RX (where R = Pr-n, Pr-i, CHPh2, X = Br; R = Pr-i, X = 1), respectively, gives a selection of chiral imidazolium-phosphine compounds. Deprotonation of the imidazolium Salt gives the corresponding NHC-P ligands that can be used in metal-mediated asymmetric catalytic applications. Catalytic reactions show that NHC-P ligands give a significantly greater rate of reaction for a palladium catalysed allylic substitution reaction in comparison to analogous di-NHC or NHC-imine ligands and that NHC-P hybrids are also effective for iridium catalysed transfer hydrogenation. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5822-5831 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY |
Volume | 690 |
Issue number | 24-25 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2005 |
Keywords
- imidazolium salts
- N-heterocyclic carbenes
- catalysis
- allylic substitution
- transfer hydrogenation
- N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES
- TRANSFER HYDROGENATION
- ALLYLIC ALKYLATION
- IRIDIUM COMPLEXES
- LIGANDS
- PALLADIUM
- ALKENES
- RHODIUM
- HYDROVINYLATION