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Proline-Based P, N Ligands in Asymmetric Allylation and the Heck Reaction
journal contribution
posted on 2001-08-22, 00:00 authored by Scott R. Gilbertson, Dejian Xie, Zice FuA series of phosphine−oxazoline ligands based on proline are reported. These ligands are synthesized
from commercially available trans-4-hydroxy-l-proline in four steps. The ability of this type of ligand
to catalyze allylic alkylation in an asymmetric fashion as well as the asymmetric Heck reaction is
reported. The best of these ligands gave a palladium complex, which catalyzed the addition of
dimethylmalonate to cyclopentenyl acetate in excellent yield and up to 96% ee. This same system
catalyzed the Heck reaction between dihydrofuran and cyclohexene in up to 86% ee. These ligands
appear to differ from the traditional phosphine−oxazoline ligands in that the stereochemistry of
the stereogenic carbon next to the oxazoline is not necessarily the dominant chiral center in the
induction of selectivity.