Metal stereogenicity in asymmetric transition metal catalysis

PS Steinlandt, L Zhang, E Meggers - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chiral transition metal catalysts represent a powerful and economic tool for implementing
stereocenters in organic synthesis, with the metal center providing a strong chemical …

Asymmetric photocatalysis with bis-cyclometalated rhodium complexes

X Huang, E Meggers - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Aspects of sustainability are playing an increasingly important role for the
development of new synthetic methods. In this context, the combination of asymmetric …

Catalytic Asymmetric Dearomatization by Visible‐Light‐Activated [2+ 2] Photocycloaddition

N Hu, H Jung, Y Zheng, J Lee, L Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A novel method for the catalytic asymmetric dearomatization by visible‐light‐activated [2+ 2]
photocycloaddition with benzofurans and one example of a benzothiophene is reported …

Asymmetric catalysis with octahedral stereogenic-at-metal complexes featuring chiral ligands

T Cruchter, VA Larionov - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The synthesis and the design of octahedral stereogenic-at-metal complexes featuring chiral
ligands and their application as chiral catalysts in various asymmetric reactions are …

Chiral-at-iron catalyst: expanding the chemical space for asymmetric earth-abundant metal catalysis

Y Hong, L Jarrige, K Harms… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A new class of chiral iron catalysts is introduced that contains exclusively achiral ligands
with the overall chirality being the result of a stereogenic iron center. Specifically, iron (II) is …

Cyclometalated Chiral-at-Ruthenium Catalyst for Enantioselective Ring-Closing C(sp3)–H Carbene Insertion to Access Chiral Flavanones

F Han, PH Choi, CX Ye, Y Grell, X Xie, SI Ivlev… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A cyclometalated ruthenium complex with exclusively metal-centered chirality catalyzes the
conversion of diazoketones to chiral flavanones with up to 99% yield and with up to 96% ee …

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of β-amino alcohols by nitrene insertion

Z Zhou, Y Tan, X Shen, S Ivlev, E Meggers - Science China Chemistry, 2021 - Springer
Chiral β-amino alcohols are important building blocks for the synthesis of drugs, natural
products, chiral auxiliaries, chiral ligands and chiral organocatalysts. The catalytic …

Asymmetric catalysis with a chiral-at-osmium complex

G Wang, Z Zhou, X Shen, S Ivlev… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The first example of a chiral osmium catalyst is reported in which the overall chirality
originates exclusively from a stereogenic metal center (metal-centered chirality) with all …

Asymmetric construction of tetrahedral chiral zinc with high configurational stability and catalytic activity

K Endo, Y Liu, H Ube, K Nagata, M Shionoya - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Chiral metal complexes show promise as asymmetric catalysts and optical materials. Chiral-
at-metal complexes composed of achiral ligands have expanded the versatility and …

Bis‐Cyclometalated Indazole Chiral‐at‐Rhodium Catalyst for Asymmetric Photoredox Cyanoalkylations

PS Steinlandt, W Zuo, K Harms… - Chemistry–A European …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A new class of bis‐cyclometalated rhodium (III) catalysts containing two inert cyclometalated
6‐tert‐butyl‐2‐phenyl‐2H‐indazole ligands and two labile acetonitriles is introduced. Single …