Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroselenation of Heterobicyclic Alkenes

Org Lett. 2020 Apr 3;22(7):2781-2785. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00762. Epub 2020 Mar 20.

Abstract

A highly efficient Rh(I)/(S)-xyl-Binap catalytic system is developed for the asymmetric hydroselenation of various nonpolar olefins with diselenides. Under these mild reaction conditions, a wide range of heterobicyclic alkenes give selenol-incorporated adducts in excellent enantioselectivities (up to 97%) along with high yields (up to 96%) by overcoming self-promoted racemic hydroselenation. The strategy is also applied for kinetic resolution of unsymmetric oxabenzonorbornadiene.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't