Dirhodium (II) tetrakis [N-tetrafluorophthaloyl-(S)-tert-leucinate]: an exceptionally effective Rh (II) catalyst for enantiotopically selective aromatic C–H insertions of diazo …
Dirhodium (II) tetrakis [N-tetrafluorophthaloyl-(S)-tert-leucinate], Rh2 [(S)-TFPTTL] 4, in which the phthalimido hydrogen atoms of the parent dirhodium (II) complex are substituted by fluorine atoms, dramatically enhances the reactivity and enantioselectivity (up to 97% ee) in intramolecular aromatic C–H insertion reactions of methyl 4-alkyl-2-diazo-4, 4-diphenyl-3- oxopropionates. Catalysis with the use of 0.001 mol% of Rh2 [(S)-TFPTTL] 4 has achieved ...