A Chiral Bidentate sp²‐N Ligand, Naph‐diPIM: Application to CpRu‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Dehydrative C‐, N‐, and O‐Allylation

Abstract

A handy new ligand: The CpRu complex (Cp=cyclopentadienyl) of a new type of chiral bisamidine ligand with a naphtho[1,2-b:7,8-b′]dipyrroloimidazole (Naph-diPIM) skeleton with a Brønsted acid efficiently catalyzes dehydrative intermolecular C-allylation with high enantio- and regioselectivity. The catalytic system also gives nearly enantiomerically pure cycloalkanes and N- and O-heterocycles with a substrate/catalyst ratios of up to 10 000. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.