Cyclopropanation cobalt catalysts

Interestingly, the activity of the corresponding cobalt catalyst possessing a pincer-type ligand is higher than that of the iron complex. In addition, the cobalt complex also acts as a catalyst in asymmetric mtermolecular cyclopropanations. 

Although cobalt catalysts have been rarely used in cyclopropanation reactions, Nakamura and coworkers2 1 have developed the camphor-based complex (35) as a useful asymmetric catalyst, as shown in a typical example in equation (16). High yields were obtained with dienes and styrenes but cyclopropanation did not occur with simple alkenes. Studies with cu-ife-styrene showed that, unlike other catalytic systems, the reaction was not stereospecific with respect to alkene geometry. 

Intramolecular Cyclopropanation with Chiral Rhodium(II) 2-Pyrroli-done-5-carboxylates. Applications of chiral copper and cobalt catalysts, including... 

There had been no reports of catalytic cyclopropanation systems effective in aqueous or protic solvents until our report and the cobalt catalysts of Yamada and coworkers in 2001 [32]. Some of the Rh catalysts decrease their catalytic activity or decompose diazo compounds in the presence of water or alcohols giving alcohols or ethers [33]. In the case of copper catalysts, the free hydroxy groups on ligands do not interfere with the cyclopropanations [23,34]. 

There are many cases where the [3 + 2]-cycloaddition leads to cycloadducts with high enantioselectivity. Cycloaddition of diazo esters with a cobalt catalyst having a chiral ligand leads to cyclopropane derivatives with good enantioselectivity. ... 

Enantioselection can be controlled much more effectively with the appropriate chiral copper, rhodium, and cobalt catalyst.The first major breakthrough in this area was achieved by copper complexes with chiral salicylaldimine ligands that were obtained from salicylaldehyde and amino alcohols derived from a-amino acids (Aratani catalysts ). With bulky diazo esters, both the diastereoselectivity (transicis ratio) and the enantioselectivity can be increased. These facts have been used, inter alia, for the diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of chrysan-themic and permethrinic acids which are components of pyrethroid insecticides (Table 10). 0-Trimethylsilyl enols can also be cyclopropanated enantioselectively with alkyl diazoacetates in the presence of Aratani catalysts. In detailed studies,the influence of various parameters, such as metal ligands in the catalyst, catalyst concentration, solvent, and alkene structure, on the enantioselectivity has been recorded. Enantiomeric excesses of up to 88% were obtained with catalyst 7 (R = Bz = 2-MeOCgH4). 

Chiral bis(l, 2-dioximato)cobalt(II) complexes synthesized from ( + )-camphor (A-C overleaf)67 68 are useful catalysts in the additions of diazo esters to phenylethene derivatives. Interestingly, the two catalysts (A and B) which induce remarkably high optical yields produce opposite chirality at carbon-1 of the resulting cyclopropanes, Apparently it is the geometry around the metal center which is crucial for optical induction and which might be quasi-enan-tiomeric for complexes A and B68. The alternative complex C. which incorporates ( , -configurated bisoxime ligands, is a much less effective cobalt catalyst. 

Cyclopropanation of C=C bonds by carbenoids derived from diazoesters usually occurs stereospeciflcally with respect to the configuration of the olefin. This has been confirmed for cyclopropanation with copper 2S,S7,60 85), palladium 86), and rhodium catalysts S9,87>. However, cyclopropanation of c -D2-styrene with ethyl diazoacetate in the presence of a (l,2-dioximato)cobalt(II) complex occurs with considerable geometrical isomerization88). Furthermore, CuCl-catalyzed cyclopropanation of cis-2-butene with co-diazoacetophenone gives a mixture of the cis- and trans-1,2-dimethylcyclopropanes 89). 

Enantioselective carbenoid cyclopropanation can be expected to occur when either an olefin bearing a chiral substituent, or such a diazo compound or a chiral catalyst is present. Only the latter alternative has been widely applied in practice. All efficient chiral catalysts which are known at present are copper or cobalt(II) chelates, whereas palladium complexes 86) proved to be uneflective. The carbenoid reactions between alkyl diazoacetates and styrene or 1,1 -diphenylethylene (Scheme 27) are usually chosen to test the efficiency of a chiral catalyst. As will be seen in the following, the extent to which optical induction is brought about by enantioselection either at a prochiral olefin or at a prochiral carbenoid center, varies widely with the chiral catalyst used. 

Some remarks concerning the scope of the cobalt chelate catalysts 207 seem appropriate. Terminal double bonds in conjugation with vinyl, aryl and alkoxy-carbonyl groups are cyclopropanated selectively. No such reaction occurs with alkyl-substituted and cyclic olefins, cyclic and sterically hindered acyclic 1,3-dienes, vinyl ethers, allenes and phenylacetylene95). The cyclopropanation of electron-poor alkenes such as acrylonitrile and ethyl acrylate (optical yield in the presence of 207a r 33%) with ethyl diazoacetate deserve notice, as these components usually... 

It has already been mentioned that prochirality of the olefin is not necessary for successful enantioselective cyclopropanation with an alkyl diazoacetate in the presence of catalysts 207. What happens if a prochiral olefin and a non-prochiral diazo compound are combined Only one result provides an answer to date The cyclopropane derived from styrene and dicyanodiazomethane shows only very low optical induction (4.6 % e.e. of the (25) enantiomer, catalyst 207a) 9S). Thus, it can be concluded that with the cobalt chelate catalysts 207, enantioface selectivity at the olefin is generally unimportant and that a prochiral diazo compound is needed for efficient optical induction. As the results with chiral copper 1,3-diketonates 205 and 2-diazodi-medone show, such a statement can not be generalized, of course. 

Intermolecular cyclopropanation of olefins poses two stereochemical problems enantioface selection and diastereoselection (trans-cis selection). In general, for stereochemical reasons, the formation of /ra ,v-cyclopropane is kinetically more favored than that of cis-cyclopropane, and the asymmetric cyclopropanation so far developed is mostly /ram-selective, except for a few examples. Copper, rhodium, ruthenium, and cobalt complexes have mainly been used as the catalysts for asymmetric intermolecular cyclopropanation. 

In 1974, Nakamura and Otsuka reported enantioselective cyclopropanation of terminal olefins, using bis[(l)-camphorquinone-o -dioximato]cobalt(II) complex (96) as the catalyst. Although dia-stereoselectivity was modest, good enantioselectivity was attained (Scheme 69).263-265 Cyclopropanation using CoII(salen) as the catalyst was also examined, but the enantioselectivity was low.265... 

Yamada et al. reported that the /3-ketoiminato cobalt(II) complex (99) was an efficient catalyst for the cyclopropanation of terminal olefins (Scheme 72).269-272 The addition of A -mcthylimidazole... 

In the presence of nickel(0), tethered diene-VCPs react to produce eight- and five-membered ring products (Scheme 2). Palladium(O) and cobalt(m) were also tried but produced only decomposition products. However, in the presence of Wilkinson s catalyst (RhCl(PPh3)3), tethered diene-VCP 1 was cleanly converted to triene 4 in 91% yield. Although the desired cycloaddition reaction was not obtained, the cleavage of the cyclopropane ring was encouraging.22... 

The preparation of cyclopropanes by intermolecular cyclopropanation with acceptor-substituted carbene complexes is one of the most important C-C-bond-forming reactions. Several reviews [995,1072-1074,1076,1077,1081] and monographs have appeared. In recent decades chemists have focused on stereoselective intermolecular cyclopropanations, and several useful catalyst have been developed for this purpose. Complexes which catalyze intermolecular cyclopropanations with high enantiose-lectivity include copper complexes [1025,1026,1028,1029,1031,1373,1398-1400], cobalt complexes [1033-1035], ruthenium porphyrin complexes [1041,1042,1230], C2-symmetric ruthenium complexes [948,1044,1045], and different types of rhodium complexes [955,998,999,1002-1004,1010,1062,1353,1401-1405], Particularly efficient catalysts for intermolecular cyclopropanation are C2-symmetric cop-per(I) complexes, as those shown in Figure 4.20. These complexes enable the formation of enantiomerically enriched cyclopropanes with enantiomeric excesses greater than 99%. Illustrative examples of intermolecular cyclopropanations are listed in Table 4.24. 

Dibromomethane reacts with activated alkenes in the presence of a halide acceptor and cobalt or nickel catalysts to give cyclopropane derivatives (equation 186).646... 

The rhodium(II) catalysts and the chelated copper catalysts are considered to coordinate only to the carbenoid, while copper triflate and tetrafluoioborate coordinate to both the carbenoid and alkene and thus enhance cyclopropanation reactions through a template effect.14 Palladium-based catalysts, such as palladium(II) acetate and bis(benzonitrile)palladium(II) chloride,l6e are also believed to be able to coordinate with the alkene. Some chiral complexes based on cobalt have also been developed,21 but these have not been extensively used. 

Even before Aratani introduced his chiral salicylaldimine copper catalysts, Nakamura and Otsuka reported in 1974 that chiral bis(a-camphorquinonedioximato)cobalt(II) (29) and related complexes were effective enantioselective cyclopropanation catalysts [76], and they more fully described the preparation, characteristics, and uses of these catalysts in 1978 [77], Optical yields as high as 88% were achieved for the cyclopropanation of styrene with neopentyl diazoacetate, and chemical yields greater than 90% were obtained in several cases. 

Dioximato-cobalt(II) catalysts are unusual in their ability to catalyze cyclopropanation reactions that occur with conjugated olefins (e.g., styrene, 1,3-butadiene, and 1-phenyl-1,3-butadiene) and, also, certain a, 3-unsaturated esters (e.g., methyl a-phenylacrylate, Eq. 5.13), but not with simple olefins and vinyl ethers. In this regard they do not behave like metal carbenes formed with Cu or Rh catalysts that are characteristically electrophilic in their reactions towards alkenes (vinyl ethers > dienes > simple olefins a,p-unsaturated esters) [7], and this divergence has not been adequately explained. However, despite their ability to attain high enantioselectivities in cyclopropanation reactions with ethyl diazoacetate and other diazo esters, no additional details concerning these Co(II) catalysts have been published since the initial reports by Nakamura and Otsuka. 

Finally, several complexes of chiral /J-thioxoketones have been prepared510 and the cobalt complex 149 has found an interesting synthetic application as catalyst in asymmetric cyclopropanation reactions (equation 157)511. 

More recently, Pfaltz has reported high enantioselectivities for the cyclopropanation of monosubstituted alkenes and dienes with diazo carbonyl compounds using chiral (semicorrinato)copper complexes (P-Cu) (23-25), and Evans, Masamune, and Pfaltz subsequently discovered exceptional enantioselectivities in intermolecular cyclopropanation reactions with the analogous bis-oxazoline copper complexes (26-28). With the exception of the chiral (camphorquinone dioximato)cobalt(II) catalysts (N-Co) reported by Nakamura and coworkers (29,30), whose reactivities and selectivities differ considerably from copper catalysts, chiral complexes of metals other than copper have not exhibited similar promise for high optical yields in cyclopropanation reactions (37). 

In 2003, Cenini and coworkers reported (tetraarylporphyrin)cobalt(II) complexes 326 as efficient catalysts (1 mol%) for cyclopropanations. In the absence of air, styrenes 321 underwent an efficient cyclopropanation with ethyl diazoacetate 322 giving cyclopropanes 324 in 65-99% yield with 3-5 1 trans/cis ratios (Fig. 77) [348]. Simple olefins and more hindered diazoesters did not react. With diazoacetate and hydrocarbons, such as cyclohexane or benzene, C-H insertion took place furnishing cyclohexyl- or phenylacetate. In line with Ikeno s proposal the cyclopropanation reaction was considerably slowed down in the presence of TEMPO, though not completely inhibited. Based on a kinetic analysis a two-electron catalytic cycle with a bridged carbene unit was formulated, however. 

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