A fast-initiating ionically tagged ruthenium complex: a robust supported pre-catalyst for batch-process and continuous-flow olefin metathesis.

In this study, a new pyridinium-tagged Ru complex was designed and anchored onto sulfonated silica, thereby forming a robust and highly active supported olefin-metathesis pre-catalyst for applications under batch and continuous-flow conditions. The involvement of an oxazine-benzylidene ligand allowed the reactivity of the formed Ru pre-catalyst to be efficiently controlled through both steric and electronic activation. The oxazine scaffold facilitated the introduction of the pyridinium tag, thereby affording the corresponding cationic pre-catalyst in good yield.

Significant asymmetric amplification in enantioselective Cu/DiPPAM-catalyzed 1,6- and 1,4-conjugate additions of diethylzinc to (di)enones.

An unprecedented and strong positive nonlinear effect (NLE) was observed in Cu/DiPPAM-catalyzed asymmetric 1,6-conjugate addition of Et2Zn on (E)-3-(prop-1-en-1-yl)cyclohex-2-enone (71% ee reached with a 40% ee ligand). Moreover, similar behaviors were observed in Cu/DiPPAM-catalyzed 1,4-asymmetric conjugate additions of Et2Zn on both cyclohexenone and (E)-3-non-3-en-2-one (83% and 70% ee, respectively, reached with a 40% ee ligand).