Iron-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Alkenes

J Am Chem Soc. 2021 Aug 18;143(32):12433-12438. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c04773. Epub 2021 Aug 3.

Abstract

Here, we reported for the first time an iron-catalyzed highly enantioselective hydrogenation of minimally functionalized 1,1-disubstituted alkenes to access chiral alkanes with full conversion and excellent ee. A novel chiral 8-oxazoline iminoquinoline ligand and its iron complex have been designed and synthesized. This protocol is operationally simple by using 1 atm of hydrogen gas and shows good functional group tolerance. A primary mechanism has been proposed by the deuterium-labeling experiments.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't