23268-74-8Relevant articles and documents
Orthogonal Stability and Reactivity of Aryl Germanes Enables Rapid and Selective (Multi)Halogenations
Deckers, Kristina,Fricke, Christoph,Schoenebeck, Franziska
, p. 18717 - 18722 (2020)
While halogenation is of key importance in synthesis and radioimaging, the currently available repertoire is largely designed to introduce a single halogen per molecule. This report makes the selective introduction of several different halogens accessible. Showcased here is the privileged stability of nontoxic aryl germanes under harsh fluorination conditions (that allow selective fluorination in their presence), while displaying superior reactivity and functional-group tolerance in electrophilic iodinations and brominations, outcompeting silanes or boronic esters under rapid and additive-free conditions. Mechanistic experiments and computational studies suggest a concerted electrophilic aromatic substitution as the underlying mechanism.
Transition-Metal-Free, Formal C-H Germylation of Arenes and Styrenes via Dibenzothiophenium Salts
Selmani, Aymane,Schoenebeck, Franziska
, p. 4779 - 4784 (2021/06/28)
We report an operationally simple, selective, and transition-metal-free germylation of arenes and styrenes at room temperature, using a robust and bench-stable Ge source (R3Ge-SiR3) and dibenzothiophenium salts as enabling intermediates. The first direct engagement in cross-coupling of the newly made E-alkenyl germanes is also presented, allowing the chemoselective arylation under air-tolerant nanoparticle catalysis.
Modular and Selective Arylation of Aryl Germanes (C?GeEt3) over C?Bpin, C?SiR3 and Halogens Enabled by Light-Activated Gold Catalysis
Dahiya, Amit,Fricke, Christoph,Funes-Ardoiz, Ignacio,Gevondian, Avetik G.,Schoenebeck, Franziska,Sherborne, Grant J.
supporting information, p. 15543 - 15548 (2020/06/22)
Selective C (Formula presented.) –C (Formula presented.) couplings are powerful strategies for the rapid and programmable construction of bi- or multiaryls. To this end, the next frontier of synthetic modularity will likely arise from harnessing the coupling space that is orthogonal to the powerful Pd-catalyzed coupling regime. This report details the realization of this concept and presents the fully selective arylation of aryl germanes (which are inert under Pd0/PdII catalysis) in the presence of the valuable functionalities C?BPin, C?SiMe3, C?I, C?Br, C?Cl, which in turn offer versatile opportunities for diversification. The protocol makes use of visible light activation combined with gold catalysis, which facilitates the selective coupling of C?Ge with aryl diazonium salts. Contrary to previous light-/gold-catalyzed couplings of Ar–N2+, which were specialized in Ar–N2+ scope, we present conditions to efficiently couple electron-rich, electron-poor, heterocyclic and sterically hindered aryl diazonium salts. Our computational data suggest that while electron-poor Ar–N2+ salts are readily activated by gold under blue-light irradiation, there is a competing dissociative deactivation pathway for excited electron-rich Ar–N2+, which requires an alternative photo-redox approach to enable productive couplings.
