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Asymmetric rhodium-directed anti-Markovnikov regioselective boracyclopentannulation
Momar Toure1, Olivier Chuzel, Jean-Luc Parrain
1Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, ISM2 UMR 7313, case 532, 13397, Marseille cedex 20, France.
Abstract:
A Shimoi-type activation of B-H bond of NHC-boranes by a diphosphane-ligated cationic Rh complex was applied in an unprecedented intramolecular hydroboration reaction of simple olefins. The use of NHC-boranes as hydroborating reagents is still undisclosed due to their nonreactivity toward alkenes which could be explained by the high stability of this complex rendering it unable to provide a "free" borane hydroborating reagent. B-H bond Rh activation of NHC-borane circumvents this limitation, and asymmetric Rh-directed anti-Markovnikov boracyclopentannulation reaction led to a library of enantioenriched cyclic boranes in high yield (up to 94%) with high regio- (up to 100%) and enantioselectivity (er up to 99.2:0.8). This new activation mode of NHC-boranes highlights their use in organometallic chemistry and offers a very good approach to access chiral cyclic NHC-boranes.
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