Simple Ether-Directed Enantioselective C(sp3 )-H Borylation of Cyclopropanes Enabled by Iridium Catalysis

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2023 Mar 27;62(14):e202300199. doi: 10.1002/anie.202300199. Epub 2023 Feb 24.

Abstract

Reported here is an efficient and simple ether-directed iridium-catalyzed enantioselective C(sp3 )-H borylation of cyclopropanes. Various functional groups were well-tolerated, affording a vast array of chiral cyclopropanes with high enantioselectivities. We also demonstrated that the turnover numbers of the current reaction could be up to 335.

Keywords: Asymmetric Catalysis; Chiral Bidentate Boryl Ligand; Cyclopropane; C−H Borylation; Synthetic Method.