Issue 26, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Rhodium catalyzed enantioselective cyclization of substituted imidazolesvia C–H bond activation†‡

Andy S. Tsai,b   Rebecca M. Wilson,b   Hitoshi Harada,b   Robert G. Bergman*a  and  Jonathan A. Ellman*b  

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a Division of Chemical Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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b Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA
E-mail: jellman@berkeley.edu
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Abstract

The enantioselective intramolecular alkylation of substituted imidazoles with enantiomeric excesses up to 98% has been accomplished by rhodium catalyzed C–H bond functionalization with (S,S′,R,R′)TangPhos as the chiral ligand.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B902878A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Feb 2009
Accepted
01 May 2009
First published
02 Jun 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 3910-3912

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Rhodium catalyzed enantioselective cyclization of substituted imidazoles via C–H bond activation

A. S. Tsai, R. M. Wilson, H. Harada, R. G. Bergman and J. A. Ellman, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3910 DOI: 10.1039/B902878A

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