Copper‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation of N ‐Heteroaryl Aldimines: Elementary Step of a 1,4‐Insertion

作者:Dr. Chunlin Wu; Dr. Xurong Qin; Dr. Adhitya Mangala Putra Moeljadi; Prof. Dr. Hajime Hirao; Prof. Dr. Jianrong Steve Zhou
来源:Angewandte Chemie, 2019, 131(9): 2731-2735.
DOI:10.1002/ange.201812646

摘要

Copper complexes of monodentate phosphoramidites efficiently promote asymmetric arylation of N ‐azaaryl aldimines with arylboroxines. DFT calculations and experiments support an elementary step of 1,4‐insertion in the reaction pathway, a step in which an aryl‐copper species adds directly across four atoms of C=N?C=N in the N ‐azaaryl aldimines.