This Review compiles the evolution,
mechanistic understanding,
and more recent advances in enantioselective Pd-catalyzed allylic
substitution and decarboxylative and oxidative allylic substitutions.
For each reaction, the catalytic data, as well as examples of their
application to the synthesis of more complex molecules, are collected.
Sections in which we discuss key mechanistic aspects for high selectivity
and a comparison with other metals (with advantages and disadvantages)
are also included. For Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution,
the catalytic data are grouped according to the type of nucleophile
employed. Because of the prominent position of the use of stabilized
carbon nucleophiles and heteronucleophiles, many chiral ligands have
been developed. To better compare the results, they are presented
grouped by ligand types. Pd-catalyzed asymmetric decarboxylative reactions
are mainly promoted by PHOX or Trost ligands, which justifies organizing
this section in chronological order. For asymmetric oxidative allylic
substitution the results are grouped according to the type of nucleophile
used.
A modular set of phosphite-oxazoline (P,N) ligands has been applied to the title reaction. Excellent ligands have been identified for a range of substrates, including previously challenging terminally disubstituted olefins, where we now have reached enantioselectivities of 99% for a range of substrates. The selectivity is best for minimally functionalized substrates with at least a moderate size difference between geminal groups. A DFT study has allowed identification of the preferred pathway. Computational prediction of enantioselectivities gave very good accuracy.
A set of iridium(I) and iridium(III) complexes is reported with triazolylidene ligands that contain pendant benzoxazole, thiazole, and methyl ether groups as potentially chelating donor sites. The bonding mode of these groups was identified by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray structure analysis. The complexes were evaluated as catalyst precursors in transfer hydrogenation and in acceptorless alcohol oxidation. High-valent iridium(III) complexes were identified as the most active precursors for the oxidative alcohol dehydrogenation, while a low-valent iridium(I) complex with a methyl ether functionality was most active in reductive transfer hydrogenation. This catalyst precursor is highly versatile and efficiently hydrogenates ketones, aldehydes, imines, allylic alcohols, and most notably also unpolarized olefins, a notoriously difficult substrate for transfer hydrogenation. Turnover frequencies up to 260 h were recorded for olefin hydrogenation, whereas hydrogen transfer to ketones and aldehydes reached maximum turnover frequencies greater than 2000 h. Mechanistic investigations using a combination of isotope labeling experiments, kinetic isotope effect measurements, and Hammett parameter correlations indicate that the turnover-limiting step is hydride transfer from the metal to the substrate in transfer hydrogenation, while in alcohol dehydrogenation, the limiting step is substrate coordination to the metal center.
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