Asymmetric Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Enantiopure Helical Ferrocenes

Org Lett. 2019 Jun 21;21(12):4623-4627. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01522. Epub 2019 Jun 5.

Abstract

An enantiopure helical ferrocene ( Rp)-5 with five ortho-condensed aromatic rings was synthesized using a PtCl2-catalyzed cycloisomerization of planar-chiral 2-ethynyl-1-(4-phenanthrenyl)ferrocene ( Rp)-6f, prepared in 3 steps from known enantiopure sulfinyl ferrocenyl boronic acid ( SS, Sp)-7, as the source of planar chirality. This pentacyclic helical ferrocene showed a very high optical rotation value and strong circular dichroism (CD) signals.