Chiroptical Asymmetric Reaction Screening via Multicomponent Self-Assembly

J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Oct 19;138(41):13517-13520. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b08892. Epub 2016 Oct 6.

Abstract

Self-assembly of a stereodynamic phosphine ligand, Pd(II), and a chiral amine, amino alcohol, or amino acid generates characteristic UV and CD signals that can be used for quantitative stereochemical analysis of the bound substrate. A robust mix-and-measure chiroptical sensing protocol has been developed and used to determine the absolute configuration, ee, and yield of an amine produced by Ir-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of an iminium salt. The analysis requires only 1 mg of the crude reaction mixture and minimizes cost, labor, time, and waste.