Asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of 1-bromo-2-naphthoates using the helically chiral polymer ligand PQXphos

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Apr 28;51(33):7211-4. doi: 10.1039/c5cc01074h.

Abstract

A single-handed helical polymer ligand PQXphos afforded axially chiral biaryl esters with high enantioselectivities in asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling. The use of naphthyl bromide bearing a 2,4-dimethyl-3-pentyl ester resulted in both high yields and high enantioselectivities. Either enantiomer could be synthesized selectively by using a single PQXphos through a solvent-dependent switch of the helical chirality.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carboxylic Acids / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Naphthalenes / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Ligands
  • Naphthalenes
  • Polymers
  • 1-naphthoic acid