C(sp2)-H Borylation of Fluorinated Arenes Using an Air-Stable Cobalt Precatalyst: Electronically Enhanced Site Selectivity Enables Synthetic Opportunities
Cobalt catalysts with electronically enhanced site selectivity have been developed, as evidenced by the high ortho-to-fluorine selectivity observed in the C(sp2)-H borylation of fluorinated arenes. Both the air-sensitive cobalt(III) dihydride boryl 4-Me-(iPrPNP)Co(H)2BPin (1) and the air-stable cobalt(II) bis(pivalate) 4-Me-(iPrPNP)Co(O2CtBu)2 (2) compounds were effective and exhibited broad functional group tolerance across a wide range of fluoroarenes containing electronically diverse functional groups, regardless of the substitution pattern on the arene. The electronically enhanced ortho-to-fluorine selectivity observed with the cobalt catalysts was maintained in the presence of a benzylic dimethylamine and hydrosilanes, overriding the established directing-group effects observed with precious-metal catalysts. The synthetically useful selectivity observed with cobalt was applied to an efficient synthesis of the anti-inflammatory drug flurbiprofen.
Obligacion, Jennifer V.,Bezdek, Máté J.,Chirik, Paul J.
p. 2825 - 2832
(2017/03/08)
Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Agents. 2. Synthesis of 4',5-Disubstituted 3-Biphenylylacetic Acids and Their Derivatives with Antiinflammatory and Analgesic Activities
A series of 4',5-disubstituted 3-biphenylylacetic acids (5a-n) and several α-methyl derivatives (5o-v) were prepared as analogues of a newly developed nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agent, 4'-chloro-5-methoxy-3-biphenylylacetic acid 1 (DKA-9), R = 4-ClPh;