This chiral Rh(II) dimer was developed in the Davies lab to perform asymmetric carbene and nitrene reactions (C-H insertion, cyclopropanation, aziridination, C-H amination) with high regio- and stereo-control.
[reaction: see text] The dirhodium tetracarboxylate, Rh2(S-PTAD)4, derived from adamantylglycine, is a very effective chiral catalyst for carbenoid reactions. High asymmetric induction was obtained in Rh2(S-PTAD)4-catalyzed intramolecular C-H insertion (94% ee), intermolecular cyclopropanation (99% ee), and intermolecular C-H insertion (92%
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(23), 8329-8332 (2009-05-19)
The total synthesis of (-)-5-epi-vibsanin E (2) has been achieved in 18 steps. The synthesis combines the rhodium-catalyzed [4 + 3] cycloaddition between a vinylcarbenoid and a diene to rapidly generate the tricyclic core with an effective end game strategy
The first example of a regioselective and enantioselective intermolecular Buchner ring expansion is reported using continuous flow. The practicality and scope of the reaction are greatly improved under flow conditions. Reactions of ethyl diazoacetate with symmetric and nonsymmetric arenes afford
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 55(29), 8270-8274 (2016-05-21)
Methods for functionalizing carbon-hydrogen bonds are featured in a new synthesis of the tricyclic core architecture that characterizes the indoxamycin family of secondary metabolites. A unique collaboration between three laboratories has engendered a design for synthesis featuring two sequential C-H
Asymmetric synthesis of tropanes by rhodium-catalyzed [4 + 3] cycloaddition.
Ravisekhara P Reddy et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(34), 10312-10313 (2007-08-10)
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