A Highly Effective Bis(sulfonamide)–Diamine Ligand: A Unique Chiral Skeleton for the Enantioselective Cu‐Catalyzed Henry Reaction

Abstract

A skeleton in the closet! As a unique chiral skeleton, the newly developed bis(sulfonamide)–diamine, which contains both diamine and bis(sulfonamide) moieties, was a highly effective ligand for the asymmetric Cu(OAc)2-catalyzed Henry reaction between nitromethane and aldehydes with a low catalyst loading at room temperature (see scheme). Both aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes gave excellent enantioselectivities of up to 99 % ee. 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.