The first example of enantioselective isocyanosilylation of meso epoxides with TMSCN catalyzed by novel chiral organogallium and indium complexes

Chengjian Zhu; Fang Yuan; Weijin Gu; Yi Pan

doi:10.1039/B212511K

The first example of enantioselective isocyanosilylation of meso epoxides with TMSCN catalyzed by novel chiral organogallium and indium complexes

Chengjian Zhu,*^a^b Fang Yuan,^a Weijin Gu^a and Yi Pan*^a

* Corresponding authors

^a Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
E-mail: cjzhu@netra.nju.edu.cn and yipan@nju.edu.cn.

^b State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

Abstract

The desymmetrization ring opening of meso epoxides using trimethylsilyl cyanide catalyzed by organogallium and indium complexes with binaphthol monoether derivatives as chiral ligands gave β-isocyanohydrins with moderate to excellent enantioselectivities of up to 95% ee.

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The article was received on 17 Dec 2002, accepted on 24 Jan 2003 and first published on 13 Feb 2003

Article type: Communication

DOI: 10.1039/B212511K

Citation: Chem. Commun., 2003,0, 692-693

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C. Zhu, F. Yuan, W. Gu and Y. Pan, Chem. Commun., 2003, 0, 692
DOI: 10.1039/B212511K
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The first example of enantioselective isocyanosilylation of meso epoxides with TMSCN catalyzed by novel chiral organogallium and indium complexes

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