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We describe an iron‐catalyzed asymmetric oxidative C−C coupling of diarylamines which proceeds at room temperature with air as final oxidant. Using hexadecafluorophthalocyanine‐iron(II) as catalyst in the presence of catalytic amounts of an axially chiral biaryl phosphoric acid, the resulting chiral 2,2′‐diamino‐1,1′‐biaryls are obtained in up to 90 % ee as confirmed by chiral HPLC. A detailed mechanism has been proposed with a radical cation‐chiral phosphate ion pair as key intermediate leading to the observed asymmetric induction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We describe the synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of μ - oxo-bis[(octacosafluoro- meso -tetraphenylporphyrinato)iron(iii)] [(FeTPPF 28 ) 2 O]. This novel iron complex is an efficient catalyst for oxidative biaryl coupling reactions of diarylamines and carbazoles. The asymmetric oxidative coupling in the presence of an axially chiral biaryl phosphoric acid as co-catalyst provides the 2,2'-bis(arylamino)-1,1'-biaryl in 96% ee . The Wacker-type oxidation of alkenes to the corresponding ketones with (FeTPPF 28 ) 2 O as catalyst in the presence of phenylsilane proceeds at room temperature with air as the terminal oxidant. For internal and aliphatic alkenes increased ketone/alcohol product ratios were obtained., Competing Interests: There are no conflicts to declare., (This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry.)