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Oxygen-Linked Cyclopentadienyl Rhodium(III) Complexes-Catalyzed Asymmetric C-H Arylation of Benzo[h]quinolines with 1-Diazonaphthoquinones.

Chongqing PanSi-Yong YinShao-Bo WangQing GuShu-Li You
Published in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2021)
Chiral cyclopentadienyl rhodium (CpRh) complex-catalyzed asymmetric C-H functionalization reactions have witnessed a significant progress in organic synthesis. In sharp contrast, the reported chiral Cp ligands are limited to C-linked Cp and are often synthetically challenging. To address these issues, we have developed a novel class of tunable chiral cyclopentadienyl ligands bearing oxygen linkers, which were efficient catalysts for C-H arylation of benzo[h]quinolines with 1-diazonaphthoquinones, affording axially chiral heterobiaryls in excellent yields and enantioselectivity (up to 99 % yield, 98.5:1.5 er). Mechanistic studies suggest that the reaction is likely to proceed by electrophilic C-H activation, and followed by coupling of the cyclometalated rhodium(III) complex with 1-diazonaphthoquinones.
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