Abstract
Benzylic N-substituted stereocenters constitute a frequent structural motif in drugs. Their highly enantioselective generation is hence of technical importance. An attractive strategy is the arylation of imines with organoboron reagents. Chiral Rh complexes have reached a high level of productivity for this reaction type. In this article we describe that an electron rich PdII catalyst also performs well in the arylation of aldimines, comparable to the best Rh catalysts. The ferrocenyl palladacycle-acetate catalyst allows for a broad substrate scope and very high enantioselectivities. Commonly observed side reactions like aryl-aryl homocouplings and imine hydrolysis could be blocked. Mechanistic studies implicate that a) the acetate ligand is crucial for transmetallation, b) the active catalyst is most likely a palladacycle-OAc monomer, c) the rate limiting step is probably the product release. By added KOAc the arylation could also be applied to ketimines.
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