Solution and solid-state studies of a chiral zinc- sulfonamide complex relevant to enantioselective cyclopropanations

Scott E. Denmark, Stephen P. O'Connor, Scott R. Wilson

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Abstract

A highly distorted tetrahedron formed by the four nitrogen atoms around zinc in the crystalline zinc-sulfonamide complex 1 may explain its catalytic activity in asymmetric cyclopropanations. The agent is formed by deprotonation of (R,R)-N,N'-cyclohexane-1,2-diyl)bis(n-butanesulfonamide) with diethylzinc and addition of 2,2'-bipyridyl.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1149-1151
Number of pages3
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume37
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - May 4 1998

Keywords

  • Asymmetric catalysis
  • Cyclopropanations
  • Sulfonamides
  • Zinc

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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