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Published in final edited form as: Science. 2014 Oct 24;346(6208):451–455. doi: 10.1126/science.1258538

Table 2.

Substrate scope of the enantioselective C–H iodination.

A
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entry 1 Ar Alkyl time (h) conv.* (yield, %) ee (%)
s§
2 3
1 1a 2-Me-Ph Me 24 51 (48) 93 91 73.6
2 1b 2-Me-Ph Et 24 50 (49) 91 91 67.3
3 1c 2-Me-Ph nBu 48 47 (45) 77 87 32.9
4 1d 2-Me-Ph iBu 48 51 (49) 83 81 25.0
5 1e 2-Me-Ph Bn 48 47 (44) 67 75 13.8
6 1f 2-Me-Ph cyclopropyl 24 42 (42) 70 95 83.5
7 1g 2-OMe-Ph Me 24 49 (46) 93 97 240
8 1h 2-F-Ph Me 24 48 (47) 89 96 148
9 1i 2-Me,4-Cl-Ph Me 24 51 (49) 97 93 113
10 1j 3-Me-Ph Me 24 45|| (42, mono:di=3:1) 78 92 99.5
11 1k 4-Me-Ph Me 48 45 (35) 78 95 91.7
12 1l 2-naphthyl Me 48 41 (37) 67 95 76.0
13# 1m Ph nBu 48 42|| (40, mono:di=1:1.4) 70 87 (99**) 124
B
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entry 4 Ar time (h) conv. (yield, %) ee (%)
s
5 6
1 4a Ph 48 47* (44, mono:di=2:1) 85 96 128
2 4b 2-Me-Ph 24 49 (49) 93 96 168
3 4c 3-Me-Ph 48 50 (44) 93 94 112
4 4d 4-OMe-Ph 48 46* (43, mono:di=3:1) 82 98 134
5 4e 4-F-Ph 48 48 (41) 90 98 244
6 4f 4-Cl-Ph 48 49 (40) 92 97 152
7 4g 4-CF3-Ph 48 40 (38) 65 99 155
C
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entry 7 Ar time (h) conv. (yield, %) ee (%)
s
8 9
1 7a Ph 48 43* (40, mono:di=1:1) 71 87 (99) 88.0
2 7b 2-Me-Ph 48 50 (49) 91 92 77.2
3 7c 2-F-Ph 48 41 (41) 68 99 188
4 7d 2-naphthyl 48 43 (40) 72 96 112
*

Calculated conversion, c = ee2/(ee2 + ee3).

Isolated yield of the iodinated product.

Determined by chiral HPLC analysis.

§

Selectivity(s) = (rate of fast-reacting enantiomer)/(rate of slow-reacting enantiomer).

||

Determined by crude 1H-NMR.

ee for the mono product.

#

3 equiv. I2 was added after 24 h.

**

ee for the di product.

*

Determined by crude 1H-NMR.

3 equiv. I2 was added after 24 h.

ee for the mono product.

*

Determined by crude 1H-NMR.

ee for the mono product.

ee for the di product.