24075-34-1Relevant articles and documents
Access to Unsymmetrically Substituted Diaryl Gold N-Acyclic Carbene (NAC) and N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complexes via the Isonitrile Route
Vethacke, Vanessa,Claus, Vanessa,Dietl, Martin C.,Ehjeij, Daniel,Meister, Arne,Huber, Jonas F.,Paschai Darian, Leon K.,Rudolph, Matthias,Rominger, Frank,Hashmi, A. Stephen K.
supporting information, p. 536 - 554 (2021/10/20)
A variety of unsymmetric diaryl gold N-acyclic carbene (NAC) complexes was synthesized via the isonitrile route by three different methods: (a) solvent free in a melt, (b) mechanochemically and (c) in THF at room temperature. The latter method can also be used to synthesize unsaturated gold NHC complexes. These methods overall offer access to a broad array of new complexes and remove one of the previous limitations of the isonitrile route to NAC and NHC complexes of gold, namely the inability to react with the less nucleophilic aromatic amines. The new complexes also proved to be successful as pre-catalysts in the gold-catalyzed phenol synthesis. (Figure presented.).
Isocyanide 2.0
Ahmadian-Moghaddam, Maryam,D?mling, Alexander,Patil, Pravin
supporting information, p. 6902 - 6911 (2020/11/09)
The isocyanide functionality due to its dichotomy between carbenoid and triple bond characters, with a nucleophilic and electrophilic terminal carbon, exhibits unusual reactivity in organic chemistry exemplified for example in the Ugi reaction. Unfortunately, the over proportional use of only a few isocyanides hampers novel discoveries about the fascinating reactivity of this functional group. The synthesis of a broad range of isocyanides with multiple functional groups is lengthy, inefficient, and exposes the chemist to hazardous fumes. Here we present an innovative isocyanide synthesis overcoming these problems by avoiding the aqueous workup which we exemplify by parallel synthesis from a 0.2 mmol scale performed in 96-well microtiter plates up to a 0.5 mol multigram scale. The advantages of our methodology include an increased synthesis speed, very mild conditions giving access to hitherto unknown or highly reactive classes of isocyanides, rapid access to large numbers of functionalized isocyanides, increased yields, high purity, proven scalability over 5 orders of magnitude, increased safety and less reaction waste resulting in a highly reduced environmental footprint. For example, the hitherto believed to be unstable 2-isocyanopyrimidine, 2-acylphenylisocyanides and even o-isocyanobenzaldehyde could be accessed on a preparative scale and their chemistry was explored. Our new isocyanide synthesis will enable easy access to uncharted isocyanide space and will result in many discoveries about the unusual reactivity of this functional group. This journal is
Palladium-Catalyzed Diarylation of Isocyanides with Tetraarylleads for the Selective Synthesis of Imines and α-Diimines
Tran, Cong Chi,Kawaguchi, Shin-Ichi,Kobiki, Yohsuke,Matsubara, Hitomi,Tran, Dat Phuc,Kodama, Shintaro,Nomoto, Akihiro,Ogawa, Akiya
, p. 11741 - 11751 (2019/10/02)
Using tetraaryllead compounds (PbAr4) as arylating reagents, isocyanides undergo selective diarylation in the presence of palladium catalysts such as Pd(OAc)2 or Pd(PPh3)4 to afford imines and/or α-diimines based on the isocyanide employed. With aliphatic isocyanides, imines are obtained preferentially, whereas α-diimines are formed in the case of electron-rich aromatic isocyanides. The differences in imine/α-diimine selectivity can be attributed to the stability of imidoylpalladium intermediates formed in this catalytic reaction. Compared with other arylating reagents, tetraaryllead compounds are excellent candidates for use in the selective transformations to imines and/or α-diimines, especially in terms of inhibiting the oligomerization of isocyanides, which results in a lower product selectivity in many transition-metal-catalyzed reactions of isocyanides.
