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Photoredox-Catalyzed Generation of Acetonyl Radical in Flow: Theoretical Investigation and Synthetic Applications
Anselmo, Manuel,Basso, Andrea,Protti, Stefano,Ravelli, Davide
, p. 2493 - 2500 (2019)
A hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) step from acetone allowed the smooth generation of acetonyl radical that was then exploited as synthon in the mild formation of C-C bonds under flow conditions. The process was promoted by aryl radicals photocatalytically generated via single-electron transfer (SET) reduction of arenediazonium salts. The mechanism has been investigated by a combined experimental and computational approach and further supported by deuterium labeling experiments.
Oxidative Cleavage of Alkenes by O2with a Non-Heme Manganese Catalyst
Bennett, Elliot L.,Brookfield, Adam,Guan, Renpeng,Huang, Zhiliang,Mcinnes, Eric J. L.,Robertson, Craig M.,Shanmugam, Muralidharan,Xiao, Jianliang
, p. 10005 - 10013 (2021/07/19)
The oxidative cleavage of C═C double bonds with molecular oxygen to produce carbonyl compounds is an important transformation in chemical and pharmaceutical synthesis. In nature, enzymes containing the first-row transition metals, particularly heme and non-heme iron-dependent enzymes, readily activate O2 and oxidatively cleave C═C bonds with exquisite precision under ambient conditions. The reaction remains challenging for synthetic chemists, however. There are only a small number of known synthetic metal catalysts that allow for the oxidative cleavage of alkenes at an atmospheric pressure of O2, with very few known to catalyze the cleavage of nonactivated alkenes. In this work, we describe a light-driven, Mn-catalyzed protocol for the selective oxidation of alkenes to carbonyls under 1 atm of O2. For the first time, aromatic as well as various nonactivated aliphatic alkenes could be oxidized to afford ketones and aldehydes under clean, mild conditions with a first row, biorelevant metal catalyst. Moreover, the protocol shows a very good functional group tolerance. Mechanistic investigation suggests that Mn-oxo species, including an asymmetric, mixed-valent bis(μ-oxo)-Mn(III,IV) complex, are involved in the oxidation, and the solvent methanol participates in O2 activation that leads to the formation of the oxo species.
Enantioselective Synthesis of Nitrogen-Nitrogen Biaryl Atropisomers via Copper-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Reaction
Guo, Chang-Qiu,Liu, Ren-Rong,Lu, Chuan-Jun,Wang, Xiao-Mei,Xu, Qi,Zhang, De-Bing,Zhang, Peng
supporting information, p. 15005 - 15010 (2021/09/30)
Nitrogen-nitrogen bonds containing motifs are ubiquitous in natural products and bioactive compounds. However, the atropisomerism arising from a restricted rotation around an N-N bond is largely overlooked. Here, we describe a method to access the first enantioselective synthesis of N-N biaryl atropisomers via a Cu-bisoxazoline-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction. A wide range of axially chiral N-N bisazaheterocycle compounds were efficiently prepared in high yields with excellent enantioselectivities via desymmetrization and kinetic resolution. Heating experiments showed that the axially chiral bisazaheterocycle products have high rotational barriers.