Issue 34, 2019

Bis(imino)pyridine iron complexes for catalytic carbene transfer reactions

Abstract

The bis(imino)pyridine iron complex, for the first time, is developed as an effective metal carbene catalyst for carbene transfer reactions of donor–acceptor diazo compounds. Its broad catalytic capability is demonstrated by a range of metal carbene reactions, from cyclopropanation, cyclopropenation, epoxidation, and Doyle–Kirmse reaction to O–H insertion, N–H insertion, and C–H insertion reactions. The asymmetric cyclopropanation of styrene and methyl phenyldiazoacetate was successfully achieved by the new chiral bis(imino)pyridine iron catalyst, which delivers a new gateway for the development of chiral iron catalysis for metal carbene reactions.

Graphical abstract: Bis(imino)pyridine iron complexes for catalytic carbene transfer reactions

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
06 May 2019
Accepted
02 Jul 2019
First published
02 Jul 2019
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2019,10, 7958-7963

Bis(imino)pyridine iron complexes for catalytic carbene transfer reactions

B. Wang, I. G. Howard, J. W. Pope, E. D. Conte and Y. Deng, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 7958 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC02189B

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