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Cover Feature: In Situ Generation of Ruthenium Carbonyl Phosphine Complexes as a Versatile Method for the Development of Enantioselective C−O Bond Arylation (Chem. Eur. J. 8/2020)
Author(s) -
Kondo Hikaru,
Kochi Takuya,
Kakiuchi Fumitoshi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201905617
Subject(s) - ruthenium , phosphine , bond cleavage , cleavage (geology) , chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , catalysis , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , fracture (geology) , composite material
Ruthenium‐catalyzed cross‐coupling of naphthylboronate and 1‐methoxy‐2‐acetylnaphthalene leading to the binaphthyl derivative is depicted in the cover artwork (represented by the small space craft bringing two space ships closer to produce a command ship). The coordination of the acetyl group to the ruthenium center facilitates the Ar−OMe bond cleavage. The coupling with the boronate yields the binaphthyl and releases the MeO−B species and the ruthenium catalyst. More information can be found in the Communication by F. Kakiuchi et al. on page 1737.