- Nickel-Catalyzed Electrochemical C(sp3)?C(sp2) Cross-Coupling Reactions of Benzyl Trifluoroborate and Organic Halides**
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Reported here is the redox neutral electrochemical C(sp2)?C(sp3) cross-coupling reaction of bench-stable aryl halides or β-bromostyrene (electrophiles) and benzylic trifluoroborates (nucleophiles) using nonprecious, bench-stable NiCl2?glyme/polypyridine catalysts in an undivided cell configuration under ambient conditions. The broad reaction scope and good yields of the Ni-catalyzed electrochemical coupling reactions were confirmed by 50 examples of aryl/β-styrenyl chloride/bromide and benzylic trifluoroborates. Potential applications were demonstrated by electrosynthesis and late-stage functionalization of pharmaceuticals and natural amino acid modification, and three reactions were run on gram-scale in a flow-cell electrolyzer. The electrochemical C?C cross-coupling reactions proceed through an unconventional radical transmetalation mechanism. This method is highly productive and expected to find wide-spread applications in organic synthesis.
- Luo, Jian,Hu, Bo,Wu, Wenda,Hu, Maowei,Liu, T. Leo
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p. 6107 - 6116
(2021/02/01)
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- Desulfurative Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling of Benzyl Mercaptans/Mercaptoacetates with Aryl Halides
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The C-S activation and sulfur removal from native thiols is challenging, which limits their application as feedstock materials in organic synthesis despite their natural abundance. Herein, we introduce a per-/polyfluoroaryl moiety, which serves as a redox-active scaffold, into sp3-hybridized thiols to activate the C-S bond. Using a Ni catalyst with MgBr2 as an additive, the S group can be removed to yield an aliphatic radical that can react with an aryl halide in a reductive cross-coupling.
- Chan, Cheng-Lin,Hsu, Che-Ming,Lee, Shao-Chi,Li, Li-Yun,Liao, Hsuan-Hung,Mi?oza, Shinje,Tsai, Hao-En,Tsai, Zong-Nan,Tsao, Yong-Ting
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- Arylketones as Aryl Donors in Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Couplings
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Herein, we report the arylation, alkylation, and alkenylation of aryl ketones via a palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. The use of the pyridine-oxazoline ligand is the key to the cleavage of the unstrained C-C bond. The late-stage arylation of aryl ketones derived from drugs and natural products demonstrated the synthetic utility of this protocol.
- Wang, Zhen-Yu,Ma, Biao,Xu, Hui,Wang, Xing,Zhang, Xu,Dai, Hui-Xiong
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p. 8291 - 8295
(2021/11/13)
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- Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Superbase-Generated C(sp3) Nucleophiles
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A range of methods has been investigated recently for the arylation of weakly acidic C(sp3)-H bonds, primarily exploiting directed metalation with a transition metal catalyst or radical formation via hydrogen atom transfer. In this work, a classical base-mediated approach is taken, exploiting the ability of organometallic superbases to metalate very weakly acidic (pKa> 40) C-H bonds. Conditions are developed with eithern-BuLi/diamine orn-BuLi/KOtBu superbases to enable metalation to occur with high selectivity. Organolithium nucleophiles can be directly used in cross-coupling, or organozincs can be formed to enable reactions with functional group-dense organohalides.
- Freure, Garrett P. R.,Lavertu, Jean-Danick E.,Newman, Stephen G.,Skrotzki, Eric A.
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p. 12258 - 12263
(2021/10/26)
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- Selective Conversion of Benzylic Phosphates into Diarylmethanes Through Al(OTf)3-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts-Type Benzylation
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Al(OTf)3 was identified as a high-performance catalyst for Friedel–Crafts-type benzylation using benzylic phosphates as electrophiles. The reaction proceeded even with 0.2 mol-% of the catalyst. A series of diarylmethanes (21 examples) was obtained in moderate to high yield. The catalyst showed unique chemoselectivity, preferentially converting the benzylic phosphate motif, even with a benzylic acetate group existed in the same molecule.
- Yurino, Taiga,Hachiya, Asuka,Suzuki, Keisuke,Ohkuma, Takeshi
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p. 2225 - 2232
(2020/04/16)
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- Alumina grafted SBA-15 sustainable bifunctional catalysts for direct cross-coupling of benzylic alcohols to diarylmethanes
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AlSBA-15 catalysts possessing Br?nsted acid and Lewis acid-base bifunctionalities catalyze the direct arylation of benzyl alcohols to diarylmethanes with an 85% product yield through C-O bond activation. 2 and 4wt%AlSBA-15 catalysts have been synthesised by adopting a simple and efficient post-synthetic metal implantation route. The synthesised catalysts were characterized using XRD, N2 adsorption and desorption, 27Al MAS NMR, XPS, HR-TEM, NH3 and CO2-temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) and pyridine-transmission-FTIR spectroscopy techniques to confirm the existence of Br?nsted acid and Lewis acid-base bifunctionalities. Through various control experiments, it is verified that Br?nsted acid sites activate the benzyl alcohol and Lewis base sites interact with phenylboronic acid concurrently to accomplish the coupling reaction. In the recyclability study, 4wt%AlSBA-15 preserves its activity and stability up to 5 cycles. The 4wt%AlSBA-15 catalyst unlike homogeneous catalysts does not require additives, long reaction time and expensive metals.
- Rajendran, Chandran,Satishkumar, Govindaswamy,Lang, Charlotte,Gaigneaux, Eric M.
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p. 2583 - 2592
(2020/05/14)
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- Super electron donor-mediated reductive desulfurization reactions
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The desulfurization of thioacetals and thioethers by a pyridine-derived electron donor is described. This methodology provides efficient access to the reduced products in high yields and does not require the use of transition-metals, elemental alkali-metals, or hydrogen atom donors.
- Nozawa-Kumada, Kanako,Ito, Shungo,Noguchi, Koto,Shigeno, Masanori,Kondo, Yoshinori
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p. 12968 - 12971
(2019/11/05)
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- Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction of Naphthyl and Quinolyl Alcohols with Boronic Acids
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A nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)-C(sp2) Suzuki cross-coupling of arylboronic acids and (hetero)naphthyl alcohols has been developed. A Ni(dppp)Cl2 complex showed the highest efficiency and broadest substrate scope. High functiona
- Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa,Margalef, Jèssica,Samec, Joseph S. M.
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p. 4782 - 4787
(2019/06/17)
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- Palladium-Catalyzed Hiyama Coupling of Benzylic Ammonium Salts via C-N Bond Cleavage
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The first palladium-catalyzed Hiyama cross-coupling of arylsilanes with benzyltrimethylammonium salts is reported. The reaction proceeds smoothly to facilitate C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond formation via cleavage of the C-N bond and provides a useful approach to various diarylmethanes with a broad substrate scope and excellent functional group tolerance in good to excellent yields.
- Han, Chunyu,Zhang, Zhenming,Xu, Silin,Wang, Kai,Chen, Kaiting,Zhao, Junfeng
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p. 16308 - 16313
(2019/12/25)
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- Combined Photoredox/Enzymatic C?H Benzylic Hydroxylations
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Chemical transformations that install heteroatoms into C?H bonds are of significant interest because they streamline the construction of value-added small molecules. Direct C?H oxyfunctionalization, or the one step conversion of a C?H bond to a C?O bond, could be a highly enabling transformation due to the prevalence of the resulting enantioenriched alcohols in pharmaceuticals and natural products,. Here we report a single-flask photoredox/enzymatic process for direct C?H hydroxylation that proceeds with broad reactivity, chemoselectivity and enantioselectivity. This unified strategy advances general photoredox and enzymatic catalysis synergy and enables chemoenzymatic processes for powerful and selective oxidative transformations.
- Betori, Rick C.,May, Catherine M.,Scheidt, Karl A.
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p. 16490 - 16494
(2019/11/03)
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- Cross coupling of benzylammonium salts with boronic acids using a well-defined N-heterocyclic carbene-palladium(ii) precatalyst
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N-heterocyclic carbene-palladium(ii)-catalyzed cross-coupling of benzylammonium salts with arylboronic acids for the synthesis of diarylmethane derivatives via C-N bond activation has been developed. Notably, in the presence of the easily prepared and bench-stable Pd-PEPPSI precatalyst, the Csp3-N bond activation of the benzylammonium salt even proceeded smoothly in isopropanol at room temperature.
- Wang, Tao,Guo, Jiarui,Wang, Xiaojuan,Guo, Han,Jia, Dingli,Wang, Hengjin,Liu, Lantao
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p. 5738 - 5741
(2019/03/02)
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- Construction of Di(hetero)arylmethanes Through Pd-Catalyzed Direct Dehydroxylative Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Alcohols and Aryl Boronic Acids Mediated by Sulfuryl Fluoride (SO2F2)
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A practical Pd-catalyzed direct dehydroxylative coupling of (hetero)benzylic alcohols with (hetero)arylboronic acids for the constructions of di(hetero)arylmethane derivatives under SO2F2 was described. This new method provided a strategically distinct approach to di(hetero)arylmethane derivatives from readily available and abundant benzylic alcohols under mild condition.
- Zhao, Chuang,Zha, Gao-Feng,Fang, Wan-Yin,Rakesh,Qin, Hua-Li
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p. 1801 - 1807
(2019/02/07)
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- Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Cleavage of Carbon-Oxygen Bonds in Anisole Derivatives Using Diisopropylaminoborane
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The catalytic removal of a methoxy group on an aromatic ring allows this group to be used as a traceless activating and directing group for aromatic functionalization reactions. Although several catalytic methods for the reductive cleavage of anisole derivatives have been reported, all are applicable only to π-extended aryl ethers, such as naphthyl and biphenyl ethers, while monocyclic aryl ethers cannot be reduced. Herein, we report a nickel-catalyzed reductive cleavage reaction of C-O bonds in aryl ethers using diisopropylaminoborane as the reducing agent. Unlike previously reported methods, this reducing reagent allows effective C-O bond reduction in a much wider range of aryl ether substrates, including monocyclic and heterocyclic ethers bearing various functional groups.
- Igarashi, Takuya,Haito, Akira,Chatani, Naoto,Tobisu, Mamoru
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p. 7475 - 7483
(2018/07/21)
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- Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling between Benzyl Alcohols and Aryl Halides Assisted by Titanium Co-reductant
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A nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling reaction between benzyl alcohols and aryl halides has been developed using a homolytic C-O bond cleavage protocol that has recently been established. The treatment of a benzyl alcohol and aryl halide with a nickel catalyst and low-valent titanium reagent generated from TiCl4(lutidine) (lutidine = 2,6-lutidine) and manganese powder afforded the cross-coupled product in high yield. A mechanistic study indicated the intermediacy of the benzyl radicals that originate from the benzyl alcohols.
- Suga, Takuya,Ukaji, Yutaka
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p. 7846 - 7850
(2019/01/14)
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- Cross-Coupling of Phenol Derivatives with Umpolung Aldehydes Catalyzed by Nickel
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A nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling to construct the C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond was developed from two sustainable biomass-based feedstocks: phenol derivatives with umpolung aldehydes. This strategy features the in situ generation of moisture/air-stable hydrazones from naturally abundant aldehydes, which act as alkyl nucleophiles under catalysis to couple with readily available phenol derivatives. The avoidance of using both halides as the electrophiles and organometallic or organoboron reagents (also derived from halides) as the nucleophiles makes this method more sustainable. Water tolerance, great functional group (ketone, ester, free amine, amide, etc.) compatibility, and late-stage elaboration of complex biological molecules exemplified its practicability and unique chemoselectivity over organometallic reagents.
- Lv, Leiyang,Zhu, Dianhu,Tang, Jianting,Qiu, Zihang,Li, Chen-Chen,Gao, Jian,Li, Chao-Jun
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p. 4622 - 4627
(2018/05/22)
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- Palladium-Catalysed Cross-Coupling of Benzylammonium Salts with Boronic Acids under Mild Conditions
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Herein, we give a full account of the development of the palladium-catalysed cross-coupling of benzylammonium salts with boronic acids. A range of benzylamine-derived quaternary ammonium salts can be coupled with boronic acids under relatively mild conditions. Our optimization has identified ligands that can be used to chemoselectively cross-couple at the ammonium in the presence of chlorides. We demonstrate that intramolecular palladium-catalysed C-H activation is also a viable pathway for the putative benzyl-Pd(II) intermediate obtained upon oxidative addition and have optimised this to obtain fluorene in good yield.
- Türtscher, Paul L.,Davis, Holly J.,Phipps, Robert J.
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p. 793 - 803
(2017/10/07)
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- Bisulfate Salt-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Benzylation of Arenes with Benzylic Alcohols
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We report here a method of direct Friedel-Crafts benzylation of arenes with benzylic alcohols using cheap and readily available bisulfate salt as the catalyst in hexafluoroisopropanol. The catalytic system is powerful with a quite diverse group of functionalized arenes and benzylic alcohols. These mild conditions provide a straightforward synthesis of a variety of unsymmetrical diarylmethanes in high yield with good to high regioselectivity. An SN1 mechanism involving activation of the hydroxy group through a hydrogen bond is proposed.
- Tang, Ren-Jin,Milcent, Thierry,Crousse, Benoit
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p. 14001 - 14009
(2018/11/23)
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- A Zwitterionic Palladium(II) Complex as a Precatalyst for Neat-Water-Mediated Cross-Coupling Reactions of Heteroaryl, Benzyl, and Aryl Acid Chlorides with Organoboron Reagents
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The Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling (SMC) reactions of several heteroaryl chlorides, benzyl chlorides, and aryl acid chlorides with (hetero)arylboron reagents have been investigated in the presence of [Pd(HL1)(PPh3)Cl2] (I) [HL1 = 3-[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1-imidazolio]-2-quinoxalinide] as catalyst and K2CO3 as base in neat water. The synthesis of the heterocycle-containing biaryls required the addition of 2 mol-% of a phosphine ligand (PPh3 or X-Phos). A combination of more than 115 substrates were screened and it was found that I is a versatile catalyst that can produce heterocycle-containing biaryls, diarylmethanes, and benzophenones in moderate-to-excellent yields.
- Ramakrishna, Visannagari,Rani, Morla Jhansi,Reddy, Nareddula Dastagiri
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p. 7238 - 7255
(2018/01/01)
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- Synthetic method of diarylmethanes
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The invention discloses a synthetic method of diarylmethanes. The method is characterized in that benzyl pseudohalide and aromatic boric acid are reacted in an organic solvent under alkaline condition. The method employs easily available raw materials, conversion is realized under effect of no transition metal catalysis, water-free and oxygen-free are not required, Lewis acid catalysis is not required, the method has wide substrate universality, and various substituted diarylmethanes can be synthesized by the method.
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- Revisitation of Organoaluminum Reagents Affords a Versatile Protocol for C-X (X = N, O, F) Bond-Cleavage Cross-Coupling: A Systematic Study
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A revisit of organoaluminum reagents for cross-coupling reactions has opened up several types of C-C bond formation protocols through cleavage of phenolic/alcoholic C-O and C-F and ammonium C-N bonds. Catalyzed by the commercially available NiCl2(PCy3)2 catalyst, these reactions proceed smoothly with a wide range of substrates and broad functional group compatibility, providing a versatile methodology for organoaluminum-mediated cross-coupling processes.
- Ogawa, Hiroyuki,Yang, Ze-Kun,Minami, Hiroki,Kojima, Kumiko,Saito, Tatsuo,Wang, Chao,Uchiyama, Masanobu
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p. 3988 - 3994
(2017/06/19)
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- Feedstocks to Pharmacophores: Cu-Catalyzed Oxidative Arylation of Inexpensive Alkylarenes Enabling Direct Access to Diarylalkanes
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A Cu-catalyzed method has been identified for selective oxidative arylation of benzylic C-H bonds with arylboronic esters. The resulting 1,1-diarylalkanes are accessed directly from inexpensive alkylarenes containing primary and secondary benzylic C-H bonds, such as toluene or ethylbenzene. All catalyst components are commercially available at low cost, and the arylboronic esters are either commercially available or easily accessible from the commercially available boronic acids. The potential utility of these methods in medicinal chemistry applications is highlighted.
- Vasilopoulos, Aristidis,Zultanski, Susan L.,Stahl, Shannon S.
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p. 7705 - 7708
(2017/06/20)
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- Synthesis of Di- and Triarylmethanes through Palladium-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of N -Tosylhydrazones and Aryl Bromides
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A palladium-catalyzed reductive coupling between N-tosylhydrazones and aryl bromides has been developed. The reaction provides an efficient method for the synthesis of diarylmethanes and triarylmethanes via the formation of C(sp2)-C(sp3) single bonds. This new methodology for the synthesis of diarylmethanes and triarylmethanes is featured by the ready availability of the starting materials, mild reaction conditions, and the tolerance of wide range of functional groups. The reaction follows a pathway including palladium carbene formation, migratory insertion, and reduction of the alkylpalladium(II) intermediate.
- Xia, Yamu,Hu, Fangdong,Xia, Ying,Liu, Zhenxing,Ye, Fei,Zhang, Yan,Wang, Jianbo
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p. 1073 - 1086
(2017/02/24)
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- One-pot reductive coupling reactions of acetyl naphthalene derivatives, tosylhydrazide, with arylboronic acids
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In this study, a one-pot two-step reductive coupling between acetyl naphthalene derivatives, tosylhydrazide, and arylboronic acids, affording substituted 1(or 2)-(1-phenylethyl)naphthalenes in moderate-to-excellent yields, was reported. Notably, solvent played a crucial role in the coupling of 1-acetyl naphthalene derivatives (toluene) or 2-acetyl naphthalene derivatives (1,4-dioxane) as starting materials. Meanwhile, the scope of this one-pot coupling reaction was extended to 1(or 2)-naphthaldehyde substrates. Particularly, the system was also suitable to synthesize 1(or 2)-(1-phenylethyl)naphthalenes on a multi-gram scale, and was applied in the synthesis of naphthylmethyl substituted carbazolyl compounds.
- Shen, Xu,Liu, Ping,Liu, Yang,Liu, Yan,Dai, Bin
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p. 785 - 793
(2017/01/16)
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- Coupling of arylboronic acids with benzyl halides or mesylates without adding transition metal catalysts
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We report herein a transition-metal-free coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with benzyl halides and mesylates for the construction of C(sp2)[sbnd]C(sp3) bonds. A unique feature of this coupling reaction is the formation regioisomers in some cases. Mechanistic studies suggest that this reaction may proceed via an unprecedented Friedel–Crafts-type reaction pathway under base conditions with the assistance of boronic acid moiety.
- Wu, Guojiao,Xu, Shuai,Deng, Yifan,Wu, Chaoqiang,Zhao, Xia,Ji, Wenzhi,Zhang, Yan,Wang, Jianbo
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p. 8022 - 8030
(2016/11/19)
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- Cross-Coupling of Organolithium with Ethers or Aryl Ammonium Salts by C?O or C?N Bond Cleavage
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Various aryl-, alkenyl-, and/or alkyllithium species reacted smoothly with aryl and/or benzyl ethers with cleavage of the inert C?O bond to afford cross-coupled products, catalyzed by commercially available [Ni(cod)2] (cod=1,5-cyclooctadiene) catalysts with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands. Furthermore, the coupling reaction between the aryllithium compounds and aryl ammonium salts proceeded under mild conditions with C?N bond cleavage in the presence of a [Pd(PPh3)2Cl2] catalyst. These methods enable selective sequential functionalizations of arenes having both C?N and C?O bonds in one pot.
- Yang, Ze-Kun,Wang, Dong-Yu,Minami, Hiroki,Ogawa, Hiroyuki,Ozaki, Takashi,Saito, Tatsuo,Miyamoto, Kazunori,Wang, Chao,Uchiyama, Masanobu
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p. 15693 - 15699
(2016/10/25)
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- Nickel-Catalyzed Borylation of Aryl and Benzyl 2-Pyridyl Ethers: A Method for Converting a Robust ortho-Directing Group
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The nickel-catalyzed borylation of aryl 2-pyridyl ethers via the loss of a 2-pyridyloxy group is described. This method allows a 2-pyridyloxy group to be used as a convertible directing group in C?H bond functionalization reactions. The nickel catalyst can also borylate arylmethyl 2-pyridyl ethers, in which the stereochemistry at the benzylic position is retained in the case of chiral secondary benzylic substrates. (Figure presented.).
- Tobisu, Mamoru,Zhao, Jiangning,Kinuta, Hirotaka,Furukawa, Takayuki,Igarashi, Takuya,Chatani, Naoto
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p. 2417 - 2421
(2016/08/16)
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- Cobalt-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling Between Benzyl Chlorides and Aryl Halides
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A new protocol for the direct reductive cobalt-catalyzed arylation of benzyl chlorides has been developed in order to form functionalized diarylmethanes. A variety of reactive groups either on the aryl or the benzyl halide was employed. This represents the first cobalt-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling which does not require any ligand and pyridine. A reaction pathway is proposed involving a radical benzyl species. (Figure presented.).
- Pal, Suman,Chowdhury, Sushobhan,Rozwadowski, Elodie,Auffrant, Audrey,Gosmini, Corinne
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p. 2431 - 2435
(2016/08/16)
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- Use of Trifluoromethyl Groups for Catalytic Benzylation and Alkylation with Subsequent Hydrodefluorination
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The electrophilic organofluorophosphonium catalyst [(C6F5)3PF][B(C6F5)4] is shown to effect benzylation or alkylation by aryl and alkyl CF3 groups with subsequent hydrodefluorination, thus resulting in a net transformation of CF3 into CH2-aryl fragments. In the case of alkyl CF3 groups, Friedel-Crafts alkylation by the difluorocarbocation proceeded without cation rearrangement, in contrast to the corresponding reactions of alkyl monofluorides.
- Zhu, Jiangtao,Prez, Manuel,Caputo, Christopher B.,Stephan, Douglas W.
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p. 1417 - 1421
(2016/02/14)
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- Direct cross-coupling of benzyl alcohols to construct diarylmethanes via palladium catalysis
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A direct arylation to furnish diarylmethanes from benzyl alcohols was realized through Pd(PPh3)4-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling via benzylic C-O activation in the absence of any additives. The arylation is compatible with various functional groups. This development provides an atom- and step-economic way to approach a diarylmethane scaffold under mild and environmentally benign conditions. This journal is
- Cao, Zhi-Chao,Yu, Da-Gang,Zhu, Ru-Yi,Wei, Jiang-Bo,Shi, Zhang-Jie
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p. 2683 - 2686
(2015/03/05)
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- Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Anisoles with Alkyl Grignard Reagents via C-O Bond Cleavage
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Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of methoxyarenes with alkyl Grignard reagents, which involves the cleavage of the C(aryl)-OMe bond, has been developed. The use of 1,3-dicyclohexylimidazol-2-ylidene as a ligand allows the introduction of a variety of alkyl groups, including Me, Me3SiCH2, ArCH2, adamantyl, and cyclopropyl. The method can also be used for the alkylative elaboration of complex molecules bearing a C(aryl)-OMe bond.
- Tobisu, Mamoru,Takahira, Tsuyoshi,Chatani, Naoto
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p. 4352 - 4355
(2015/09/15)
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- Nickel- or Cobalt-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Arylsulfonic Acid Salts with Grignard Reagents
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The use of arylsulfonic acid salts as electrophiles in a nickel- or cobalt-catalyzed cross-coupling with Grignard reagents is described. Bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)nickel dichloride [NiCl2(PCy3)2] was found to be the optimal catalyst, and reactions with this catalyst proceeded in most cases at room temperature. The analogous cobalt catalyst [CoCl2(PCy3)2] was also found to promote the cross-coupling reaction at higher temperature (60C).
- Malapit, Christian A.,Visco, Michael D.,Reeves, Jonathan T.,Busacca, Carl A.,Howell, Amy R.,Senanayake, Chris H.
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p. 2199 - 2204
(2015/07/27)
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- Alternative approach toward the generation of benzylic zinc reagent: Direct oxidative addition of active zinc into the carbon-oxygen bond of benzyl mesylates
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The use of highly active zinc, prepared by the Rieke method, for the direct preparation of benzylic zinc mesylate was investigated. The oxidative addition of highly active zinc to benzyl mesylate was easily completed under mild conditions. The resulting benzylic zinc mesylates were employed in subsequent cross-coupling reactions with a broad range of electrophiles, and the formation of the corresponding products was successful.
- Jung, Hye-Soo,Kim, Seung-Hoi
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p. 666 - 670
(2015/03/14)
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- Benzylation of arenes with benzyl ethers promoted by the in situ prepared superacid BF3-H2O
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An efficient and environmentally friendly benzylation of arenes with benzyl ethers as benzyl donors using BF3-Et2O to generate in situ the superacid BF3-H2O as an efficient promotor has been described. A wide variety of functional groups have been investigated and found to be compatible to give the desired diarylmethanes in yields of up to 99%. The crucial role of the moisture content in this transformation has been demonstrated by detailed investigations. This journal is the Partner Organisations 2014.
- Li, Yu,Xiong, Yan,Li, Xueming,Ling, Xuege,Huang, Ruofeng,Zhang, Xiaohui,Yang, Jianchun
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p. 2976 - 2981
(2014/06/10)
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- 1,3-dicyclohexylimidazol-2-ylidene as a superior ligand for the nickel-catalyzed cross-couplings of aryl and benzyl methyl ethers with organoboron reagents
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A new catalytic system has been developed involving the use of Ni(cod)2 in conjunction with 1,3-dicyclohexylimidazol-2-ylidene for the cross-coupling of aryl and benzyl methyl ethers with organoboron reagents. This method not only allows for the use of readily available methyl ethers as halide surrogates but also provides a functional group tolerant method for the late-stage derivatization of complex molecules.
- Tobisu, Mamoru,Yasutome, Ayaka,Kinuta, Hirotaka,Nakamura, Keisuke,Chatani, Naoto
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p. 5572 - 5575
(2015/02/19)
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- Synthesis of diarylmethanes through palladium-catalyzed coupling of benzylic phosphates with arylsilanes
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An efficient approach to the benzylation of arenes has been developed. The reactions described provide straightforward access to diarylmethanes through Pd-catalyzed coupling of benzylic phosphates with arylsilanes in good to excellent yields. The reaction tolerates a wide range of functionalities such as halide, alkoxyl, and nitro groups.
- Zhang, Pengbo,Xu, Jian,Gao, Yuzhen,Li, Xueqin,Tang, Guo,Zhao, Yufen
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p. 2928 - 2932
(2015/01/16)
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- A highly efficient catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of benzyl chloride under mild conditions
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Diarylmethane derivatives, essential building blocks in organic synthesis, are usually synthesized through the traditional electrophilic substitution reaction i.e., Friedel-Crafts reaction, which suffers from the rearrangement and weak reactivity of aromatic compounds with deactivating/electron-withdrawing groups. The Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of low-cost benzyl chloride as an alternative method overcomes these defects. Pd(ii) organometallic catalysts immobilized on the triphenylphosphine-functionalized microporous knitting aryl polymer (KAPs(Ph-PPh3)-Pd) as a novel heterogeneous catalyst was employed in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of benzyl chloride and exhibited excellent catalytic activity under mild conditions with a turnover frequency (TOF) up to 76 min-1 (4569 h-1). This work reveals that the microporous structure of the catalyst can rapidly adsorb substrates, consequently facilitating their interaction, and eventually promoting the catalytic efficiency. the Partner Organisations 2014.
- Guan, Zhenhong,Li, Buyi,Hai, Guoliang,Yang, Xinjia,Li, Tao,Tan, Bien
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p. 36437 - 36443
(2014/11/08)
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- Iridium-promoted, palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of unactivated arenes
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A Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between Cp*(PMe 3)IrBn2 and aryl halides was developed. Examining the scope of this reaction led to the discovery that Cp*(PMe 3)IrMeCl activates C-H bonds on arene substrates that undergo subsequent Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling with aryl iodides. This Ir-promoted, Pd-catalyzed direct arylation is notable for its distal selectivity on substituted arenes lacking directing groups or a particular electronic bias.
- Durak, Landon J.,Lewis, Jared C.
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p. 620 - 623
(2014/03/21)
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- Synthesis of Ni(II) complexes with unsymmetric [O,N,O′]-pincer ligands and their use as precatalysts in carbon-carbon bond formations to access diarylmethanes
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1-Acetyl-[1a,3,5-CF3,1-C(=O)CH3] and 1-benzoyl-5-hydroxypyrazolines [1b, 3,5-CF3, 1-C(=O)C 6H5] have been synthesized and reacted with Ni(OAc) 2·4H2O in the presence of PPh3 to form square planar nickel complexes, which revealed a O,N,O′-coordination. An additional coordination site on the nickel center is occupied by one triphenylphosphane ligand. After having investigated the properties of the complexes, catalytic experiments have been carried out to synthesize diarylmethanes. Applying the complexes in the nickel-catalyzed carbon-carbon cross coupling of aryl halides with benzylzinc bromide excellent yields and selectivities of the corresponding diarylmethane have been obtained. Moreover, various experiments have been performed to shed light on the underlying reaction mechanism.
- Someya, Chika I.,Irran, Elisabeth,Enthaler, Stephan
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p. 136 - 144
(2014/07/08)
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- Microwave-promoted palladium catalysed Suzuki cross-coupling reactions of benzyl halides with arylboronic acid
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Simple catalytic systems for the coupling of benzyl halides with phenylboronic acid under microwave conditions were tested. Microwave-promoted Suzuki reaction of arylboronic acid with benzyl halides catalysed by PdCl2(PPh3)2 in the mixed solvents DMF/H2O is reported to give diaryl methane derivatives in good to high yield.
- Zhang, Yu-Quan
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p. 375 - 376
(2013/07/26)
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- Nickel-catalyzed cross couplings of benzylic ammonium salts and boronic acids: Stereospecific formation of diarylethanes via C-N bond activation
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We have developed a nickel-catalyzed cross coupling of benzylic ammonium triflates with aryl boronic acids to afford diarylmethanes and diarylethanes. This reaction proceeds under mild reaction conditions and with exceptional functional group tolerance. Further, it transforms branched benzylic ammonium salts to diarylethanes with excellent chirality transfer, offering a new strategy for the synthesis of highly enantioenriched diarylethanes from readily available chiral benzylic amines.
- Maity, Prantik,Shacklady-Mcatee, Danielle M.,Yap, Glenn P. A.,Sirianni, Eric R.,Watson, Mary P.
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supporting information
p. 280 - 285
(2013/02/25)
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- Bidentate Lewis acid catalyzed inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction for the selective functionalization of aldehydes
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The inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) reaction catalyzed by a bidentate Lewis acid was applied to enamines generated in situ from aldehydes. In general, a high functional group tolerance has been observed. Side reactions during the enamine forming step can limit the yield of the desired naphthalene. For citronellal as substrate, the initial intermediate after the catalyzed IEDDA reaction was trapped by an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction to furnish a tricyclic compound. This scaffold represents the framework of natural products such as valerianoids A-C or the patchouli alcohol. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart New York.
- Schweighauser, Luca,Bodoky, Ina,Kessler, Simon N.,Haeussinger, Daniel,Wegner, Hermann A.
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experimental part
p. 2195 - 2199
(2012/09/22)
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- Palladium-catalyzed substitution and cross-coupling of benzylic fluorides
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Benzylic fluorides are suitable substrates for Pd(0)-catalyzed Tsuji-Trost substitution using carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur nucleophiles and for cross-coupling with phenylboronic acid. For the bifunctional substrate 4-chlorobenzyl fluoride, fine-tuning of the reaction conditions allows for the regioselective displacement of either the chlorine or fluorine substituent. The leaving group ability of fluoride vs other groups displaced in substitution is CF3CO2 ≈ p-NO2C6H 4CO2 ≈ OCO2CH3 > F > CH3CO2, a ranking similar to allylic fluorides under Pd catalysis.
- Blessley, George,Holden, Patrick,Walker, Matthew,Brown, John M.,Gouverneur, Veronique
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 2754 - 2757
(2012/07/16)
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- Direct arylation/alkylation/magnesiation of benzyl alcohols in the presence of grignard reagents via Ni-, Fe-, or Co-catalyzed sp3 C-O Bond activation
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Direct application of benzyl alcohols (or their magnesium salts) as electrophiles in various reactions with Grignard reagents has been developed via transition metal-catalyzed sp3 C-O bond activation. Ni complex was found to be an efficient catalyst for the first direct cross coupling of benzyl alcohols with aryl/alkyl Grignard reagents, while Fe, Co, or Ni catalysts could promote the unprecedented conversion of benzyl alcohols to benzyl Grignard reagents in the presence of nhexylMgCl. These methods offer straightforward pathways to transform benzyl alcohols into a variety of functionalities.
- Yu, Da-Gang,Wang, Xin,Zhu, Ru-Yi,Luo, Shuang,Zhang, Xiao-Bo,Wang, Bi-Qin,Wang, Lei,Shi, Zhang-Jie
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p. 14638 - 14641
(2012/11/07)
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- Tin exchanged heteropoly tungstate: An efficient catalyst for benzylation of arenes with benzyl alcohol
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The partial exchange of tin with the protons of 12-tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) results in a highly active heterogeneous catalyst for benzylation of arenes with benzyl alcohol as benzylating agent. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Laser-Raman and FT-IR of pyridine adsorption. The catalytic activity depends significantly on the extent of tin exchanged with the protons of heteropoly tungstate. The characterization results suggest the presence of Lewis acidic sites by the exchange of tin. The catalyst with partial exchange of Sn showed high benzylation activity, which in turn related to variation in acidity of the catalysts. The catalyst is highly active for benzylation reaction irrespective of the nature of substituted arenes and benzyl alcohols. These catalysts are highly active compared to other acid catalysts used for benzylation of different arenes. The catalyst is easy to separate from reaction mixture and exhibit consistent activity upon reuse. The plausible reaction mechanism based on the role of both Lewis and Bronsted acid sites of the catalyst was discussed.
- Ramesh Kumar, Ch.,Rao, K.T. Venkateswara,Sai Prasad,Lingaiah
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experimental part
p. 17 - 24
(2011/04/21)
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- Extremely efficient cross-coupling of benzylic halides with aryltitanium tris(isopropoxide) catalyzed by low loadings of a simple palladium(II) acctate/Tris(p-tolyl)phosphine system
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Highly efficient coupling reactions of benzylic bromides or chlorides with aryltitanium tris(isopropoxide) [ArTi(O-i-Pr)3] catalyzed by a simple palladium(II) Acctate/tris(p-tolyl)phosphine [Pd(OAc)2/ P(p-tolyl)3] system are reported. The coupling reactions proceed in general at room temperature employing low catalyst loadings of 0.02 to 0.2 mol%, affording coupling products in excellent yields of up to 99%. For benzylic bromides bearing strong electronwithdrawing cyano (CN) or trifluoromethyl (CF 3) substituents, the reactions require a higher catalyst loading of 1 mol%, or the reactions are carried out at 60°C. The catalytic system also tolerates (1-bromoethyl)benzene bearing β-hydrogen atoms while using a catalyst loading of 1 mol% to afford the coupling product in a 70% yield.
- Chen, Chi-Ren,Zhou, Shuangliu,Biradar, Deepak Baburao,Gau, Han-Mou
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experimental part
p. 1718 - 1727
(2010/09/18)
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- Palladium nanoparticle catalyzed hiyama coupling reaction of benzyl halides
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An efficient Hiyama coupling reaction between benzylic halide and aryltrialkoxysilane using Pd nanoparticles has been developed. This procedure accommodates various functional groups to yield a diverse range of diarylmethanes which are ubiquitous units of natural products and pharmaceuticals.
- Srimani, Dipankar,Bej, Ansuman,Sarkar, Amitabha
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 4296 - 4299
(2010/09/04)
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- Dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complexes of palladium: Highly convenient, reliable and extremely active suzuki-miyaura catalysts with excellent functional group tolerance
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Dichloro-bis(aminophosphine) complexes are stable depot forms of palladium nanoparticles and have proved to be excellent SuzukiMiyaura catalysts. Simple modifications of the ligand (and/or the addition of water to the reaction mixture) have allowed their formation to be controlled. Dichlorobis[1- (dicyclohexylphosphany1)piperidine]palladium (3), the most active catalyst of the investigated systems, is a highly convenient, reliable, and extremely active Suzuki catalyst with excellent functional group tolerance that enables the quantitative coupling of a wide variety of activated, nonactivated, and deactivated and/or sterically hindered functionalized and heterocyclic aryl and benzyl bromides with only a slight excess (1.1-1.2 equiv) of arylboronic acid at 80°C in the presence of 0.2 mol % of the catalyst in technical grade toluene in flasks open to the air. Conversions of >95% were generally achieved within only a few minutes. The reaction protocol presented herein is universally applicable. Side-products have only rarely been detected. The catalytic activities of the aminophosphine-based systems were found to be dramatically improved compared with their phosphine analogue as a result of significantly faster palladium nanoparticle formation. The decomposition products of the catalysts are dicyclohexylphosphinate, cyclohexylphosphonate, and phosphate, which can easily be separated from the coupling products, a great advantage when compared with non-water-soluble phosphine-based systems.
- Bolliger, Jeanne L.,Frech, Christian M.
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experimental part
p. 4075 - 4081
(2010/08/05)
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- Nickel N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst for cross-coupling of neopentyl arenesulfonates with methyl and primary alkyl Grignard reagents
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(Chemical Equation Presented) Nickel N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalytic system prepared in situ by the reaction of Ni(acac)2 with NHC precursor efficiently catalyzed the cross-coupling reaction of alkoxysulfonylarenes with methyl, neopentyl
- Kim, Chul-Bae,Jo, Hyunjong,Ahn, Bo-Kyoung,Kim, Chang Keun,Park, Kwangyong
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 9566 - 9569
(2010/03/03)
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- Insights into the role of new palladium pincer complexes as robust and recyclable precatalysts for suzuki-miyaura couplings in neat water
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Suzuki-Miyaura biaryl and diarylmethane syntheses via the coupling of arylboronic acids with aryl and arylmethyl bromides are performed in water by means of two new CNC-type palladium pincer complexes. Good to excellent results (including high TON values and extended recycling procedures) are obtained in most cases for a range of electronically dissimilar halides and boronic acids. On the basis of a series of kinetics studies, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), mercury drop tests, and quantitative poisoning experiments, the real role of the latter palladacycles, closely linked to the formation and active participation of palladium nanoparticles, is discussed.
- Ines, Blanca,Sanmartin, Raul,Moure, Maria Jesus,Dominguez, Esther
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experimental part
p. 2124 - 2132
(2009/12/25)
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- High catalytic efficiency of nanostructured molybdenum trioxide in the benzylation of arenes and an investigation of the reaction mechanism
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The synthesis and characterization of nanostructured MoO3 with a thickness of about 30 nm and a width of about 450 nm are reported. The composition formula of the MP (precipitation method) precursor was estimated to be [(NH4)2O]0.169·MoO 3· (H2O)0.239. The calcination of the precursor in air afforded nanostructured pellets of the α-MoO3 phase. The nano-structured MoO3 catalyst exhibited high efficiency in catalyzing the benzylation of various arenes with substituted benzyl alcohols, which were strikingly different to common bulk MoO3. Most reactions offered >99% conversion and >99% selectivity to monoalkylated compounds. MoO3 is a typical acid catalyst. However, the benzylation reaction over nanostructured MoO3 does not belong to the acid-catalyzed type or defect site-catalyzed type, since the catalyst has no acidity and defect site on surface. Characterization with thermal, spectroscopic, and electronic techniques reveal that the catalyst contains fully oxygen-coordinated MoO 6 octahedrons on the surface but partially reduced species (Mo 5+) within the bulk phase. The terminal oxygen atoms of Mo=O bonds on the (010) basal plane resemble oxygen anion radicals and act as active sites for the adsorption and activation of benzyl alcohols by electrophilic attack. Such sites are indispensable for catalytic reactions since the blocking of these sites by electron acceptors, such as tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), can greatly decrease catalytic activity. This work represents a successful example of combining a heterogeneous catalysis study with nanomaterial synthesis.
- Wang, Feng,Ueda, Wataru
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experimental part
p. 742 - 753
(2009/10/01)
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