Bipyridine asymmetric cyclopropanation

Ito and Katsuki (55) examined the use of chiral bipyridine (bpy) compounds as ligands in the asymmetric cyclopropanation of alkenes. Moderate diastereoselectivities and excellent enantioselectivities were observed in the cyclopropanation of vinyl arenes, Eq. 38. This catalyst system afforded very high ee values of the cis isomer. 

It is also interesting to point out that bipyridine RZnCHiX complexes are not reactive in the cyclopropanation reaction due to the high basicity of the bipyridine ligand. However, the addition of zinc iodide promotes the cyclopropanation reaction since uncomplexed IZnCH2X can be formed via an iodide-halomethyl group exchange. This approach has been used in catalytic asymmetric cyclopropanation reactions vide infra). 

Asymmetric cyclopropanations of alkenes and alkynes with a-diazocarbonyl compounds have been extensively explored in recent years and a number of very effective chiral catalysts have been developed2. Copper complexes modified with such chiral ligands as salicy-laldimines 38202,203, semicorrins 39204 208, bis(oxazolines) 40209-2" and bipyridines 41212 have... 

Cycloadditions. A chiral 2,2 -bipyridine (69) in which each nucleus is fused to a ferrocene has found use in a CuOTf-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation. "" ... 

New advances of asymmetric cyclopropanation reactions using chiral metal catalysts including metal complexes with oxazoline, porphyrin, bipyridine, and terpyridine derivatives 07CJO438. 

Chiral bipyridine ligands have been explored for the asymmetric cyclopropanation of diazoacetate. For example, Lyle and Wilson reported that optically active C2-symmetric 2,2 -bipiridyl 248 served as a good ligand for asymmetric cyclopropanation in the presence of CuOTf and phenyl hydrazine (Scheme 1.116) [173]. Boyd et al. showed that a similar 2,2 -bipyridyl 249 also worked as an effective catalyst (Scheme 1.117) [174]. Mono-oxazoline-substituted 2,2 -bipyridyl derivatives 250-252 have been examined (Scheme 1.118) [175]. Chiral double helical oligopyridine... 

Several chiral 2,2 -bipyridine ligands when reacted with [Mo(CO)6] give complexes 18, 19 (R = H, Me), and 20 usable as catalysts in asymmetric allylic substitution, allylic oxidation, and cyclopropanation (01OM673). 

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