Highly enantioselective [3+3] cycloaddition of aromatic azomethine imines with cyclopropanes directed by π-π Stacking interactions

  • You Yun Zhou
  • , Jun Li
  • , Lin Ling
  • , Sai Hu Liao
  • , Xiu Li Sun*
  • , Yu Xue Li
  • , Li Jia Wang
  • , Yong Tang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Designing armory: The side-arm-modified In-TOX/NiII complex was identified as a highly efficient and stereoselective catalyst for the [3+3] cycloaddition of aromatic azomethine imines with cyclopropanes (see picture). Density functional calculations and control experiments revealed that the directing effect of the side arm through π interactions is crucial to the stereochemical control.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1452-1456
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jan 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • [3+3] cycloaddition
  • dihydroisoquinolines
  • nickel
  • π interactions

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