- Metal-free deoxygenation and reductive disilylation of nitroarenes by organosilicon reducing reagents
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A metal-free deoxygenation and reductive disilylation of nitroarenes was achieved using N,N’-bis(trime-thylsilyl)-4,4’-bipyridinylidene (1) under mild and neutral reaction conditions, and a broad functional group tolerance was possible in this reaction. Mono-deoxygenation, giving a synthetically valuable N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)phe-nylhydroxylamine (7a) as a readily available and safe phenylnitrene source from nitrobenzene, and double-deoxy-genation, giving N,N-bis(trimethylsilyl)anilines 8, were easily controlled by varying the amounts of 1 and reaction temperature as well as adding dibenzothiophene (DBTP). Reaction of 2-arylnitrobenzenes with 1 resulted in the formation of the corresponding carbazoles 14 via in situ-gen-erated phenylnitrene species derived by thermolysis of N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)phenylhydroxylamines 7, followed by their subsequent intramolecular C H insertion. In addition, the intramolecular N N coupling reaction proceeded in the reduction of 2,2’-dinitrobiphenyl derivatives by 1, giving the corresponding benzo[c]cinnolines.
- Bhattacharjee, Argha,Hosoya, Hiromu,Ikeda, Hideaki,Nishi, Kohei,Tsurugi, Hayato,Mashima, Kazushi
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p. 11278 - 11282
(2018/10/20)
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- A synthetic and mechanistic investigation into the cobalt(i) catalyzed amination of aryl halides
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Employing first-row transition metals in catalytic two-electron transformations remains a synthetic challenge. In order to overcome the common and often deleterious single-electron reactivity, an electron rich ligand was targeted on cobalt. Herein, we report the Co(i) catalyzed amination of aryl halides with lithium hexamethyldisilazide. This transformation features (PPh3)3CoCl (1) as the catalyst and affords structurally diverse and electronically varied primary arylamines in good chemical yields, with the scope of the reaction featuring arylamines that cannot be synthesized via traditional metal-catalyzed amination routes, including 4-aminophenylboronic acid pinacol ester. Stoichiometric reactivity revealed that (PPh3)2CoN(SiMe3)2 (2) is likely generated within the catalytic cycle and could be independently synthesized from the reaction of (PPh3)3CoCl with LiN(SiMe3)2. Catalytic reactivity featuring the Co-amide complex, (PPh3)2CoN(SiMe3)2, showed that it is a competent catalyst, implying that the (PPh3)3CoCl may be serving as a pre-catalyst in the reaction. Both stoichiometric and kinetic studies support the catalytic cycle involving a Co(i) complex. Catalytic reactions featuring Co(ii) complexes resulted in undesired biaryl formation, a product that is not observed under standard catalytic conditions and any productive catalytic reactivity likely arises from an in situ reduction of Co(ii) to Co(i). A Hammett study was carried out to differentiate between a closed-shell or radical mechanism, the results of which are consistent with the proposed closed-shell mechanism. Initial studies indicate that this reactivity may be expanded to other bulky nucleophiles. This journal is
- Brennan, Marshall R.,Kim, Dongyoung,Fout, Alison R.
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p. 4831 - 4839
(2015/02/19)
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