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James S Wixey1, Benjamin D Ward
1School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, UK CF10 3AT.
Abstract:
A series of calcium complexes supported by chiral bisimidazoline ligands have been studied in the catalytic intramolecular hydroamination/cyclisation of amino-olefins. The complexes [Ca(R-BIM){N(SiMe(3))(2)}(THF)] (R = 4-C(6)H(4)Me, 5a, 4-C(6)H(4)F, 5b and (t)Bu, 5c) have given competitive enantioselectivities (up to 12%) when compared to current literature studies involving calcium. Bisimidazolines offer a significant advance over similar bisoxazoline ligands, by allowing a greater structural variance through a modular synthetic pathway.
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