Abstract
A bis-oxazoline ligand has been complexed using Cu(II) and Zn(II) trifluoromethanesulfonate and a range of chiral ionic liquid (CIL) additives based on natural products were used as a co-catalyst for a Diels–Alder reaction. The catalytic performance of these systems was compared for the asymmetric Diels–Alder reaction between N-acryloyloxazolidinone and cyclopentadiene with and without the presence of a CIL additive. In the absence of the CIL, both catalysts resulted in low enantioselectivities in conventional solvents and ionic liquids. However, whilst only a minor effect of the CIL was observed for the Cu based catalyst, in the case of the Zn based catalyst, significant enhancements in endo enantioselectivity of up to 50% were found on the addition of a CIL.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1704-1713 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Dalton Transactions |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 21 Dec 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 07 Feb 2017 |
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Goodrich, P., Gunaratne, H. Q. N., Hall, L., Wang, Y., Jin, L., Muldoon, M., Ribeiro, A. P. C., Pombeiro, A. J. L., Pârvulescu, V. I., Davey, P., & Hardacre, C. (2017). Using chiral ionic liquid additives to enhance asymmetric induction in a Diels–Alder reaction. Dalton Transactions, 46(5), 1704-1713. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt04572c