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Hao Wang1, Hua-Rong Tong1, Gang He1
1State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation, Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Abstract:
A new enantioselective palladium(II)-catalyzed benzylic C-H arylation reaction of amines is enabled by the bidentate picolinamide (PA) directing group. This reaction provides the first example of enantioselective benzylic γ-C-H arylations of alkyl amines, and proceeds with up to 97 % ee. The 2,2'-dihydroxy-1,1'-binaphthyl (BINOL) phosphoric acid ligand, Cs2 CO3 , and solvent-free conditions are essential for high enantioselectivity. Mechanistic studies suggest that multiple BINOL ligands are involved in the stereodetermining C-H palladation step.
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