Iron(II)-catalyzed asymmetric intramolecular olefin aminochlorination using chloride ion

Chem Sci. 2015 May 1;6(5):3044-3050. doi: 10.1039/C5SC00221D. Epub 2015 Mar 13.

Abstract

An iron-catalyzed enantioselective and diastereoselective intramolecular olefin aminochlorination reaction is reported (ee up to 92%, dr up to 15 : 1). In this reaction, a functionalized hydroxylamine and chloride ion are utilized as nitrogen and chlorine sources, respectively. This new method tolerates a range of synthetically valuable internal olefins that are all incompatible with existing asymmetric olefin aminochlorination methods.