Steering asymmetric Lewis acid catalysis exclusively with octahedral metal-centered chirality

L Zhang, E Meggers - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Catalysts for asymmetric synthesis must be chiral. Metal-based asymmetric
catalysts are typically constructed by assembling chiral ligands around a central metal. In …

2‐and 3‐Vinylindoles as 4π Components in Cycloaddition Reactions

E Rossi, G Abbiati, V Pirovano - European Journal of Organic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The review summarizes the most recent achievements in the chemistry of 2‐vinylindoles and
3‐vinylindoles. In particular, we focus on the behavior of these compounds as dienes in …

Enantioselective rhodium/ruthenium photoredox catalysis en route to chiral 1, 2-aminoalcohols

J Ma, K Harms, E Meggers - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A rhodium-based chiral Lewis acid catalyst combined with [Ru (bpy) 3](PF6) 2 as a
photoredox sensitizer allows for the visible-light-activated redox coupling of α-silylamines …

A rhodium catalyst superior to iridium congeners for enantioselective radical amination activated by visible light

X Shen, K Harms, M Marsch… - Chemistry–A European …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A bis‐cyclometalated rhodium (III) complex catalyzes a visible‐light‐activated
enantioselective α‐amination of 2‐acyl imidazoles with up to 99% yield and 98% ee. The …

Chiral-at-metal Rh (III) complex-catalyzed decarboxylative Michael addition of β-keto acids with α, β-unsaturated 2-acyl imidazoles or pyridine

SW Li, J Gong, Q Kang - Organic Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
A newly prepared chiral-at-metal Rh (III) complex-catalyzed, highly efficient enantioselective
decarboxylative Michael addition of β-keto acids with α, β-unsaturated 2-acyl imidazoles or …

Expanding the family of bis-cyclometalated chiral-at-metal rhodium (III) catalysts with a benzothiazole derivative

J Ma, X Shen, K Harms, E Meggers - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic access to previously elusive single enantiomers of an octahedral chiral-at-metal
rhodium (III) complex containing two cyclometalated 2-phenylbenzothiazoles and two …

Chiral rhodium (III) complex-catalyzed cascade Michael-alkylation reactions: enantioselective synthesis of cyclopropanes

GJ Sun, J Gong, Q Kang - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Chiral Rh (III) complex catalyzed highly efficient enantioselective cyclopropanation of α, β-
unsaturated 2-acyl imidazoles or pyridine with 2-bromomalonate is developed to generate …

Chiral-at-metal iridium complex for efficient enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of ketones

C Tian, L Gong, E Meggers - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A bis-cyclometalated iridium (III) complex with metal-centered chirality catalyzes the
enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of ketones with high enantioselectivities at low …

Polymer-supported chiral-at-metal Lewis acid catalysts

VA Larionov, T Cruchter, T Mietke, E Meggers - Organometallics, 2017 - ACS Publications
The covalent immobilization of a chiral-at-metal bis-cyclometalated iridium (III) catalyst on a
solid support is reported, and its catalytic activity has been investigated. As a catalyst …

(3 + 2)-Annulation of p-Quinamine and Aryne: A Strategy To Construct the Multisubstituted Hydrocarbazoles

D Xu, Y Zhao, D Song, Z Zhong, S Feng, X **e… - Organic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A strategy for the synthesis of multisubstituted hydrocarbazoles has been developed through
(3+ 2)-annulation of p-quinamines and arynes. In this way, new analogs of hydrocarbazoles …