Atroposelective Synthesis of 2,2′-Bis(arylamino)-1,1′-biaryls by Oxidative Iron(III)- and Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed C−C Coupling of Diarylamines**

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Abstract

We describe an iron-catalyzed asymmetric oxidative C−C coupling of diarylamines which proceeds at room temperature with air as final oxidant. Using hexadecafluorophthalocyanine-iron(II) as catalyst in the presence of catalytic amounts of an axially chiral biarylphosphoric acid, the resulting chiral 2,2′-diamino-1,1′-biaryls are obtained in up to 90 % ee as confirmed by chiral HPLC. A detailed mechanism has been proposed with a radical cation-chiral phosphate ion pair as key intermediate leading to the observed asymmetric induction.

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Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202203269
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume29
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jan 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

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PubMed 36269611

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  • asymmetric catalysis, biaryl compounds, C−H bond activation, iron, phthalocyanines