Synthesis of Aryl Alkynes via Copper Catalyzed Decarboxylative Alkynylation of 2-Nitrobenzoic Acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.8b01047

An efficient protocol for the synthesis of internal aryl alkynes was achieved via Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of a Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative alkynylation of benzoic acids with terminal alkynes. This approach utilizes simple Cu salt as catalyst and O₂, an abundant, clean, and green material, as the oxidant. The reaction tolerates various functional groups, and a variety of internal aryl alkynes were synthesized in 46-83% yields.

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Synthesis of Aryl Alkynes via Copper Catalyzed
Decarboxylative Alkynylation of 2-Nitrobenzoic Acids
Yongqi Yu, Xiang Chen, Qianlong Wu, Da Liu, Liang Hu, Lin Yu, Ze Tan, Qingwen Gui, and Gangguo Zhu
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Synthesis of Aryl Alkynes via Copper Catalyzed Decarboxylative Alkynylation of 2-Nitrobenzoic
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Yongqi Yu,† Xiang Chen,† Qianlong Wu,† Da Liu,† Liang Hu,† Lin Yu,† Ze Tan,†,* Qingwen Gui‡,*
and Gangguo Zhu§
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†State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
‡College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P. R. China
§Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, 688 Yingbin Road, Jinhua 321004, China
ztanze@gmail.com, gqw1216@163.com
An efficient protocol for the synthesis of internal aryl alkynes was achieved via Cu-catalyzed
decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of
a Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative alkynylation of benzoic acids with terminal alkynes. This approach
utilizes simple Cu salt as catalyst and O2, an abundant, clean and green material, as the oxidant. The
reaction tolerates various functional groups and a variety of internal aryl alkynes were synthesized in
46-83% yields.
INTRODUCTION
Aryl acetylenes are important structural scaffolds in organic molecules because they are not
only widely present in many natural products but also can serve as important building blocks in
organic synthesis, chemical biology and material science.1 As a result, the development of new
methodology for the synthesis of acetylenes has always been area of intensive research. Among
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the various methods developed, the Corey-Fuchs reaction2 and Seyferth-Gilbert homologation
reaction2c,3 are very efficient and popular. However, as for the synthesis of aryl acetylenes, the
Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction between a terminal alkyne and an aryl halide
stood out from the rest and is the mostly preferred choice because of its incredibly wide range of
functional group compatibility and operational simplicity.4 Despite its usefulness, however, the
Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction is not problem free. For example, it tends to fail
when the cross-coupling is run between an electron-deficient alkyne and an aryl electrophile. It is
reported that this type of coupling reaction usually only gives the desired product in low yield
while the major product is the homodimer of the alkynes. Another major problem associated with
the Pd-catalyzed coupling reactions is the high cost of Pd, and to remedy this situation, chemists
have successfully developed similar couplings using cheap metal catalysts including Ni or Cu
catalyst.5
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Recently, carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formations via transition metal catalyzed
decarboxylation of phenyl carboxylic acids have attracted considerable attention6 because a large
number of benzoic acids are commercially available. In addition, these benzoic acids are usually
inexpensive and easy to store and handle. It is believed that in these coupling reactions, an aryl
organometallic species is generated in situ from the corresponding aryl carboxylate through
extrusion of a molecule of CO2. Subsequently this in situ generated aryl organometallic species
can participate in transition metal catalyzed or mediated carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom
bond formations. Works in this area by the groups of Gooßen,7 Myers,8 Su9 and others10 have
demonstrated that aryl carboxylates can undergo a variety of decarboxylative couplings. It is
interesting to note that in most of the reported cases, the aryl carboxylates serve mainly as aryl
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nucleophiles. Another common feature of these reported reactions is that a bimetallic catalyst
system consisting of either Pd/Cu or Pd/Ag is often required for the desired decarboxylative
coupling reactions.9b,10b,11 It is generally accepted that the Cu salt or Ag salt is used to
decarboxylate the benzoic acid and the Pd catalyst is responsible for the subsequent
cross-couplings. Once again the use of an expensive noble metal catalyst such as Pd makes these
reactions much less practical. On the other hand, it would be highly desirable if a Cu-only catalyst
system is employed because copper is considerably cheaper. Along this line, Gooßen in 2012 has
shown that aryl ethers can be efficiently constructed from aryl carboxylates and silicate esters
using copper(II) and silver(I) salt as catalysts.7b Even more surprisingly, they reported that by
treating aromatic carboxylates with borate esters in the presence of simple copper catalyst, the aryl
carboxylates will undergo highly selective ortho alkoxylation/protodecarboxylation to form
various aryl ethers (Scheme 1, eq 1).7d Similar to the C-O bond formation, C-N bond formation
between aryl carboxylic acids and amines or amides catalyzed by simple copper salt was also
reported by Mainolfi and Jia (Scheme 1, eq 2).10c,10e At the mean time, Hoover and us reported
Cu-catalyzed synthesis of aryl thioethers via the decarboxylative couplings between aryl
carboxylic acids and thiols or DMSO (Scheme 1, eq 3).10h,12c Compared with Cu-catalyzed
decarboxylative C-X bond formations, the analogous C-C bond formation is relatively
underdeveloped. For example, Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative couplings between aryl carboxylic
acids and benzothiazoles, benzimidazoles or benzoxazoles were reported by the groups of Hoover
and Maiti (Scheme 1, eq 4).10d,10g It also should be mentioned that Liu also developed a
Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling between potassium polyfluorobenzoates and aryl iodides
or bromides (Scheme 1, eq 5).10a As a part of our continuous interest in the development of new
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reactions based on transition metal catalyzed decarboxylative couplings,12 we have attempted to
couple terminal alkynes with aryl carboxylic acids. Herein we report that aryl alkynes can indeed
be efficiently constructed from aryl carboxylic acids and alkynes using simple copper salt as
catalyst (Scheme 1, eq 6).13
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Scheme 1. Cu-catalyzed or mediated decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
At the outset, we commenced our investigations by choosing the 2-nitrobenzoic acid (1a) with
phenylacetylene (2a) as the model reaction to study the decarboxylative cross-coupling reaction.
To our delight, when we treated 1a with 4.0 equiv. of 2a in the presence of 20 mol % of CuCl2, 40
mol % of 1,10-phenanthroline and 2.0 equiv. of NaHCO3 in toluene under O2 at 150 oC for 24 h,
the desired decarboxylative alkynylation product 3aa was isolated in 52% yield (Table 1, entry 1).
To optimize the yield, we screened several copper salts, ligands, bases, oxidants, solvents and
temperatures (Table 1). After a series of tests on the copper salts, we found that CuSO4 performed
the best (Table 1, entries 2-6). The use of 2,2'-bipyridine or triphenylphosphine in place of
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1,10-phenanthroline resulted in much lower yields (Table 1, entries 7 and 8). The choice of base is
crucial since no cross-coupled product was obtained in the absence of base (Table 1, entry 9).
Subsequent screening of other bases proved NaHCO3 to be the optimal one while bases such as
t-BuOK, Li2CO3 and Na2CO3 all gave inferior yields (Table 1, entries 10-12). Further
investigations revealed that molecular oxygen is the most effective oxidant (Table 1, entries 3,
13-15). Further evaluation of solvents revealed the combination of toluene and DMF (3/1, 2
mL/0.3 mmol) was the best choice (Table 1, entries 16-19). It was observed that addition of 4 Å
MS could improve the yield further to 76% (Table 1, entry 20). This may be due to the fact 4 Å
MS can remove water from the reaction mixture and suppress the protodecarboxylation of 1a.
Lowering the reaction temperature, catalyst loading or the amount of 2a actually decreased the
product yields (Table 1, entries 21-24). Control experiment confirmed that copper catalyst is
essential for the formation of 3aa (Table 1, entry 25). Therefore, we decided to set reacting 1a
with 4.0 equiv. of 2a in the presence of 20 mol % of CuSO4, 40 mol % of 1,10-phenanthroline, 2.0
equiv. of NaHCO3 and 4 Å MS (50 mg/0.3 mmol) in toluene/DMF (3/1, 2mL/0.3 mmol) under O2
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at 150 C for 24 h as our optimized conditions. It should be mentioned that under our optimized
conditions, analysis of the reaction mixture revealed that 2,2'-dinitro-1,1'-biphenyl, which could be
derived from the homocoupling of 2-nitrobenzoic acid, was not formed at all.
Table 1. Optimization of the reaction conditionsa
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aReaction conditions: 1a (0.3 mmol), 2a (4.0 equiv.), Cu salt (20 mol %), ligand (40 mol %), base
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With the optimized conditions in hand, the substrate scope of aryl carboxylic acids was
subsequently investigated and the results are shown in Table 2. It was observed that this
cross-coupling reaction is compatible with various functional groups. Both electron-donating
(methyl and methoxy) and electron-withdrawing (fluoro, chloro, bromo and trifluoromethyl)
groups on the phenyl rings of the 2-nitrobenzoic acids were well tolerated and the desired products
were obtained in moderate to good yields. In general, electron-deficient substituents on the
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benzoic acids led to higher yields (such as 3da and 3ha). Interestingly, the reaction of sterically
hindered substrate 1m proceeded satisfactorily to afford the corresponding product 3ma, albeit in
moderate yield. It should be noted that chloro and bromo substituted benzoic acids are also viable
substrates even though they are well known to participate in Cu-catalyzed alkynylations. In
addition, these halogens can provide the opportunity for further synthetic applications. We were
disappointed to find that other aromatic carboxylic acids including 3-nitrobenzoic acid,
4-nitrobenzoic acid, 2-cyanobenzoic acid, 2-(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid, 4-methoxybenzoic acid
as well as the parent benzoic acid could not afford the desired alkynylation product 3 under our
reaction conditions,14 indicating that both the electron density and the position of nitro group on
the benzene rings of the benzoic acids are critical for the reaction to proceed (please see Chart S1
in SI for all the substrates tested). The need of a nitro group at the ortho position of the benzoic
acids in this type of decarboxylative alkynylation may be due to the fact the nitro group can
stabilize the Ar-Cu species generated in situ after decarboxylation through chelation.15
Table 2. Substrate scope of the benzoic acidsa.b
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aReaction conditions: 1 (0.3 mmol), 2a (4.0 equiv.), CuSO4 (20 mol %), 1,10-phenanthroline (40
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Isolated yield. bPlease see Table S1 in SI for isolated yield of 4a.
The scope of the terminal alkynes was also explored under the optimized conditions (Table 3).
Substituted phenyl alkynes with substituents at the meta or para positions of the aryl rings could
react with 2-nitrobenzoic acid smoothly. Aromatic alkynes substituted with fluoro (3ad and 3ae),
bromo (3af), alkyl (3ac, 3ag and 3ah), methoxy (3ai) and acetyl (3aj) groups worked well to
generate the corresponding decarboxylative alkynylation products in 53-83% yields. Notably, an
aromatic alkyne substituted with an unprotected amino group also provided the desired product
3ab in moderate yield. In contrast, substrates with a hydroxyl methyl, ester or formyl group on the
para position of the phenyl acetylene failed to deliver the desired decarboxylative alkynylation
products (not shown in Table 3). From the table, we can see that the attachment of
electron-donating groups on the phenyl rings such as t-Bu (3ah) and methoxy (3ai) group led to
slightly higher yields. Moreover, a series of aliphatic alkynes also proved to be good substrates,
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affording the desired decarboxylative alkynylation products in 54-68% yields (3ak-3ao).
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aReaction conditions: 1a (0.3 mmol), 2 (4.0 equiv.), CuSO4 (20 mol %), 1,10-phenanthroline (40
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Isolated yield. bPlease see Table S1 in SI for isolated yield of 4b-o.
Finally, a few synthetic utilities of the alkynylation products were investigated (Scheme 2). The
Sonogashira coupling of 3fa with 2a provided 2-nitro-1,4-bis(2-phenylethynyl)benzene (5) in 86%
yield (Scheme 2, eq 7). Meanwhile, the internal alkyne 1-nitro-2-(phenylethynyl)benzene (3aa)
could be easily converted into 2-phenylindole (6) in good yield (Scheme 2, eq 8),16 which is an
important structural scaffold in natural products and biologically active molecules.
Scheme 2. Derivatization of the obtained products
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To further understand the reaction mechanism, a series of control experiments were conducted
(Scheme 3). When 2.0 equiv. of radical scavenger TEMPO was added to the reaction mixture, the
yield was only slightly decreased (Scheme 3, eq 9), revealing that a radical pathway was probably
not involved in the reaction process. Next we carried out the decarboxylative alkynylation reaction
with a mixture of 1a and 1k (1:1 ratio), and we did not see any formation of nitrobenzene cross
over dimerization product (Scheme 3, eq 10). Control experiment in the absence of
phenylacetylene afforded nitrobenzene (7) and 2,2'-dinitro-1,1'-biphenyl (8) (Scheme 3, eq 11).
These results, coupled with the observation that no 8 was formed under our optimized conditions,
suggested that the involvement of a 2-nitrophenyl radical in the reaction was not likely. When we
reacted 7 or 8 with phenylacetylene independently, no desired product 3aa was formed, showing
that the formation of 3aa was not from 7 or 8 (Scheme 3, eq 13). Control experiment without
2-nitrobenzoic acid (1a) provided 1,4-diphenyldiacetylene (4a) only (Scheme 3, eq 12), which
also failed to react with 1a to produce 3aa under the optimized conditions (Scheme 3, eq 14). This
result suggested that 4a may not be the reaction intermediate either.
Scheme 3. Control experiments
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Based on the above investigations and previous reports,17 a tentative reaction mechanism is
proposed in Scheme 4. First, a Cu(II)-benzoate species A is generated by anion exchange, which
gives an arylcopper(II) intermediate B via decarboxylation. Then, terminal alkyne interacts with B
with the assistance of base to provide intermediate C, which is converted to the Cu(III) species D
either by oxidation with O2 or by disproportion with Cu(II) species. Subsequent reductive
elimination of D releases the target product and Cu(I) species. In the end, Cu(I) species is
reoxidized to Cu(II) by O2 to fulfill the whole catalytic cycle.
Scheme 4. Possible reaction mechanism
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CONCLUSION
In summary, we have developed an efficient method for the synthesis of internal aryl alkynes
through Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions. To the best of our knowledge, this
is the first example of a Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative alkynylation reaction of benzoic acids with
terminal alkynes. Our method features operational simplicity and use of simple CuSO4 as the
catalyst. Another notable feature is that the reaction employs O2, an abundant, clean and green
material, as the oxidant. Starting from diversely substituted 2-nitrobenzoic acids, a variety of
internal aryl alkynes were synthesized in 46-83% yields. Further investigations on extending the
substrate scope are currently ongoing in our laboratory and the results will be reported in due
course.
EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
General. Unless otherwise noted, all reagents were obtained from commercial suppliers and used
without further purification. All solvents were purified and dried according to standard methods
prior to use. Column chromatography was carried out using silica gel (200-300 mesh) with
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analyses were conducted using a TOF MS instrument with an ESI source or APCI source. Melting
points were measured by a melting point instrument and were uncorrected.
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General procedure for copper-catalyzed decarboxylative alkynylation reaction of benzoic
acids with terminal alkynes. Anhydrous CuSO4 (9.6 mg, 0.06 mmol), 1,10-phenanthroline (21.6
mg, 0.12 mmol), benzoic acid 1 (0.3 mmol), NaHCO3 (50.4 mg, 0.6 mmol) and 4 Å MS (50 mg)
were added to a 25 mL Schlenk flask equipped with a high-vacuum PTFE valve-to-glass seal. The
tube was evacuated and backfilled with O2 three times after which terminal alkyne 2 (1.2 mmol),
freshly distillated toluene (1.5 mL) and DMF (0.5 mL) were added via syringe. The resulting
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mixture was quenched with H2O (20 mL), extracted with ethyl acetate (20 mL × 3) and washed
with brine. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and
concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography using petroleum ether/ethyl
acetate as eluent to afford the desired product.
1-nitro-2-(phenylethynyl)benzene (3aa). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
(petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 100/1, v/v) afforded 3aa as a yellow solid (50.9 mg, 76% yield);
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128.4, 122.0, 116.5, 95.4, 82.7, 17.6; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C15H11NaNO2 [M + Na]+
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1-chloro-2-nitro-3-(phenylethynyl)benzene (3ca). Purification by column chromatography on
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97.0, 81.4; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H8ClNaNO2 [M + Na]+ 280.0141, found 280.0138.
4-fluoro-2-nitro-1-(phenylethynyl)benzene (3da). Purification by column chromatography on silica
gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 100/1, v/v) afforded 3da as a yellow solid (51.4 mg, 71%
yield); mp 50-52 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.82 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.74 -7.70 (m, 1H),
7.60-7.59 (m, 2H), 7.39-7.32 (m, 4H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 161.1 (d, J = 252.7 Hz),
150.1 (d, J = 9.6 Hz), 136.1 (d, J = 7.9 Hz), 131.9, 129.3, 128.4, 122.2, 120.6 (d, J = 21.7 Hz),
115.1 (d, J = 4.0 Hz), 112.6 (d, J = 26.8 Hz), 97.0 (d, J = 1.9 Hz), 83.7; 19F NMR (376 MHz,
CDCl3): δ -107.6; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H8FNaNO2 [M + Na]+ 264.0437, found
264.0444.
4-chloro-2-nitro-1-(phenylethynyl)benzene (3ea). Purification by column chromatography on
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132.0, 129.4, 128.5, 125.0, 122.0, 117.3, 98.2, 83.9; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H8ClNaNO2
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7.60-7.56 (m, 3H), 7.39-7.38 (m, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 149.7, 135.9, 135.5, 132.0,
129.5, 128.5, 127.8, 122.0, 121.8, 117.7, 98.4, 84.0; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H8BrNaNO2
[M + Na]+ 323.9636, found 323.9627.
4-methoxy-2-nitro-1-(phenylethynyl)benzene (3ga). Purification by column chromatography on
silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 80/1, v/v) afforded 3ga as a yellow solid (41.8 mg, 55%
yield); mp 53-55 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.62 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.59 (m, 3H), 7.37
(m, 3H), 7.14 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 3.90 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 159.4, 150.4,
135.5, 131.8, 128.8, 128.4, 122.7, 119.8, 110.9, 109.3, 95.2, 84.7, 56.0; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd
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solid (63.8 mg, 73% yield); mp 55-57 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.36 (s, 1H), 7.87-7.82
(m, 2H), 7.62 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.45-7.39 (m, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 149.3, 135.3,
132.2, 130.5(q, J = 34.2 Hz), 129.9, 129.2 (q, J = 3.5 Hz), 128.6, 122.7 (q, J = 271.1 Hz), 122.4,
122.2 (q, J = 3.8 Hz), 121.7, 100.4, 83.8; 19F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl3): δ -63.0; HRMS (ESI, m/z)
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J = 255.6 Hz), 145.7 (d, J = 3.4 Hz), 132.1, 129.6, 128.5, 127.5 (d, J = 10.3 Hz), 121.9, 121.6 (d, J
= 11.2 Hz), 121.0 (d, J = 24.6 Hz), 115.9 (d, J = 23.3 Hz), 98.6, 84.0; 19F NMR (376 MHz,
CDCl3): δ -104.1; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H8FNaNO2 [M + Na]+ 264.0437, found
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yield); mp 49-51 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.06 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.70 (s, 1H), 7.61 (d,
J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.43-7.39 (m, 4H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 147.7, 139.4, 134.1, 132.1,
129.6, 128.6, 128.5, 126.1, 121.9, 120.5, 98.6, 83.8; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H8ClNaNO2
[M + Na]+ 280.0141, found 280.0121.
4-methyl-1-nitro-2-(phenylethynyl)benzene (3ka). Purification by column chromatography on
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7.42-7.41 (m, 3H), 7.29-7.28 (m, 1H), 2.47 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 147.3, 144.1,
134.9, 132.0, 129.3, 129.1, 128.4, 124.9, 122.5, 118.7, 96.6, 85.2, 21.2; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd
for C15H11NaNO2 [M + Na]+ 260.0687, found 260.0682.
4-methoxy-1-nitro-2-(phenylethynyl)benzene (3la). Purification by column chromatography on
silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 80/1, v/v) afforded 3la as a orange solid (39.4 mg, 52%
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7.38 (m, 3H), 7.14 (s, 1H), 6.92 (d, J = 6.8 Hz, 1H), 3.91 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ
162.8, 142.6, 132.0, 129.2, 128.4, 127.2, 122.4, 121.0, 118.4, 114.6, 97.0, 85.4, 56.0; HRMS (ESI,
m/z) calcd for C15H11NaNO3 [M + Na]+ 276.0637, found 276.0632.
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mg, 48% yield); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.86 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.61-7.58 (m, 2H), 7.51
(d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.39-7.32 (m, 4H), 2.62 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 150.5, 143.1,
133.8, 131.8, 129.2, 128.4, 127.7, 122.6, 122.0, 118.0, 101.8, 83.1, 21.3; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd
for C15H11NaNO2 [M + Na]+ 260.0687, found 260.0688.
3-((2-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)aniline (3ab). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
(petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 8/1, v/v) afforded 3ab as a yellow solid (32.9 mg, 46% yield); mp
79-81 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.07 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.70 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.59
(t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (t, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.16 (t, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.00 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 6.92
(s, 1H), 6.71 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 3.74 (s, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 149.6, 146.4, 134.5,
132.7, 129.4, 128.4, 124.7, 123.0, 122.3, 118.9, 118.1, 116.2, 97.5, 84.1; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd
for C14H10NaN2O2 [M + Na]+ 261.0640, found 261.0634.
1-nitro-2-(3-tolylethynyl)benzene (3ac). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
(petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 100/1, v/v) afforded 3ac as a yellow liquid (49.1 mg, 69% yield);
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.05 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.68 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (t, J = 7.6
Hz, 1H), 7.45-7.37 (m, 3H), 7.24 (s, 1H), 7.17 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 2.34 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100
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1-((3-fluorophenyl)ethynyl)-2-nitrobenzene (3ad). Purification by column chromatography on
silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 100/1, v/v) afforded 3ad as a yellow solid (48.5 mg, 67%
yield); mp 31-33 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.04 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.66 (d, J = 7.6 Hz,
1H), 7.56 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 7.44 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.34-7.28 (m, 2H), 7.24-7.20 (m, 1H), 7.04
(t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 162.3 (d, J = 245.5 Hz), 149.6 (d, J = 1.7 Hz),
134.6, 132.9, 130.1 (d, J = 8.6 Hz), 128.9, 127.9 (d, J = 3.1 Hz), 124.8, 124.2 (d, J = 9.5Hz), 118.7
(d, J =22.8 Hz), 118.3, 116.6 (d, J = 21.1 Hz), 95.5 (d, J = 3.6 Hz), 85.5; 19F NMR(376 MHz,
CDCl3): δ -112.5; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H8FNaNO2 [M + Na]+ 264.0437, found
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yield); mp 79-81 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.08 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.69 (d, J = 8.0 Hz,
1H), 7.61-7.56 (m, 3H), 7.46 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.07 (t, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz,
CDCl3): δ 163.0 (d, J = 249.7 Hz), 149.5, 134.4, 134.0 (d, J=8.5 Hz), 132.8, 128.6, 124.7, 118.6,
118.5 (d, J = 3.4 Hz), 115.8 (d, J =22.1 Hz), 96.0, 84.5; 19F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl3): δ -109.1;
HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H8FNaNO2 [M + Na]+ 264.0437, found 264.0429.
1-((4-bromophenyl)ethynyl)-2-nitrobenzene (3af). Purification by column chromatography on
silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 100/1, v/v) afforded 3af as a yellow solid (64.4 mg, 71%
yield); mp 81-83 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.09 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.71 (d, J = 7.6 Hz,
1H), 7.61 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.53-7.48 (m, 3H), 7.45 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz,
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mp: 55-57 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.07 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.71 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H),
7.59 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 7.50-7.45 (m, 3H), 7.19 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.39 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100
MHz, CDCl3): δ 149.5, 139.6, 134.5, 132.7, 131.9, 129.2, 128.3, 124.7, 119.3, 119.0, 97.5, 84.3,
21.6; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C15H11NaNO2 [M + Na]+ 260.0687, found 260.0684.
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yield); mp 84-86 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.08 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.71 (d, J = 7.6 Hz,
1H), 7.61-7.53 (m, 3H), 7.46-7.39 (m, 3H), 1.33 (s, 9H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 152.7,
149.5, 134.5, 132.7, 131.8, 128.3, 125.5, 124.7, 119.3, 119.0, 97.5, 84.2, 34.9, 31.1; HRMS (APCI,
m/z) calcd for C18H18NO2 [M + H]+ 280.1338, found 280.1325.
1-((4-methoxyphenyl)ethynyl)-2-nitrobenzene (3ai). Purification by column chromatography on
silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 80/1, v/v) afforded 3ai as a dark yellow solid (63.1 mg,
83% yield); mp 74-76 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.07 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.70 (d, J = 8.0
Hz, 1H), 7.60-7.53 (m, 3H), 7.43 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H), 6.90 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2H), 3.84 (s, 3H); 13C
NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 160.4, 149.4, 134.3, 133.6, 132.7, 128.0, 124.7, 119.2, 114.4, 114.1,
97.6, 83.9, 55.3; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C15H11NaNO3 [M + Na]+ 276.0637 , found 276.0632.
1-(4-((2-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)phenyl)ethan-1-one (3aj). Purification by column chromatography on
silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 50/1 to 20/1, v/v) afforded 3aj as a yellow solid (42.2
mg, 53% yield); mp 102-104 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.09 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.94 (d,
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13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 197.2, 149.6, 136.9, 134.6, 132.9, 132.1, 129.1, 128.2, 127.1,
124.8, 118.1, 95.8, 87.6, 26.6; MS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C16H11NO3 [M]+ 265.1, found: 265.1.
1-nitro-2-(pent-1-yn-1-yl)benzene (3ak). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
(petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 200/1 to 100/1, v/v) afforded 3ak as a light yellow liquid (35.2
mg, 62% yield); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.96 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H),
7.51 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 7.39 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 2.46 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 1.69-1.64 (m, 2H), 1.07
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76.0, 21.8, 21.7, 13.5; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C11H11NaNO2 [M + Na]+ 212.0687, found
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60% yield); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.95 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.51
(t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.38 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H), 2.47 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.67-1.59 (m, 2H), 1.51-1.43
(m, 2H), 1.34-1.31 (m, 4H), 0.90 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 150.1, 134.7,
132.4, 127.8, 124.3, 119.3, 99.4, 75.9, 31.3, 28.5, 28.3, 22.5, 19.8, 14.0; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd
for C14H17NaNO2 [M + Na]+ 254.1157, found 254.1147.
1-(3,3-dimethylbut-1-yn-1-yl)-2-nitrobenzene (3am). Purification by column chromatography on
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(m, 2H), 7.38 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 1.34 (s, 9H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 150.2, 134.5,
132.4, 127.8, 124.3, 119.3, 107.0, 74.6, 30.5, 28.4; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C12H13NaNO2 [M
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afforded 3an as a light yellow liquid (65.2 mg, 68% yield); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.02 (d,
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6H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 149.8, 134.4, 132.7, 128.5, 124.5, 118.4, 102.7, 77.8, 66.9,
32.6, 25.7, 17.9, -3.0; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C17H25NaNO3Si [M + Na]+ 342.1501, found
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54% yield); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.06 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.64 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.58
(t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 7.48 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.43 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.37 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.31
(d, J = 7.0 Hz, 1H), 4.73 (s, 2H), 4.46 (s, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 149.8, 137.2, 134.9,
132.8, 128.9, 128.5, 128.3, 127.9, 124.6, 118.1, 93.4, 81.7, 71.7, 57.7; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for
C16H13NaNO3 [M + Na]+ 290.0793, found 290.0795.
1,4-diphenyldiacetylene (4a). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum
ether/ethyl acetate = 100/1, v/v) afforded 4a as a white solid (70.4 mg, 58% yield); mp 84-86 oC;
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.55 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 4H), 7.40-7.33 (m, 6H); 13C NMR (100 MHz,
CDCl3): δ 132.5, 129.2, 128.4, 121.8, 81.5, 73.9. The spectral data were in accordance with the
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3,3'-(buta-1,3-diyne-1,4-diyl)dianiline (4b). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
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1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.35-7.33 (m, 4H), 7.25-7.17 (m, 4H), 2.34 (s, 6H). The spectral
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1,4-bis(3-fluorophenyl)buta-1,3-diyne (4d). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
(petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 100/1, v/v) afforded 4d as a white solid (90.0 mg, 63% yield); mp
116-118 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.33-7.30 (m, 4H), 7.24-7.21 (m, 2H), 7.13-7.07 (m,
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1,4-bis(4-fluorophenyl)buta-1,3-diyne (4e). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
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1,4-bis(4-bromophenyl)buta-1,3-diyne (4f). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
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1,4-di-p-tolylbuta-1,3-diyne (4g). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum
ether/ethyl acetate = 100/1, v/v) afforded 4g as a white solid (93.9 mg, 68% yield); mp: 175-177
oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.43 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 4H), 7.15 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 4H), 2.38 (s, 6 H).
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mp 210-212 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.47 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 4H), 7.36 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 4H),
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1,1'-(buta-1,3-diyne-1,4-diylbis(4,1-phenylene))bis(ethan-1-one) (4j). Purification by column
chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 50/1 to 20/1, v/v) afforded 4j as a
light yellow solid (94.4 mg, 55% yield); mp 172-174 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.94 (d, J
= 8.4 Hz, 4H), 7.62 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 4H), 2.61 (s, 6H). The spectral data were in accordance with
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hexadeca-7,9-diyne (4l). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum
ether/ethyl acetate = 200/1 to 100/1, v/v) afforded 4l as a colorless liquid (82.5 mg, 63% yield); 1H
NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 2.24 (t, J = 6.8 Hz, 4H), 1.55-1.47 (m, 4H), 1.41-1.25 (m, 12H), 0.88
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Purification by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 200/1 to
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δ 1.47 (s, 12H), 0.87 (s, 18H), 0.17 (s, 12H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 84.4, 67.2, 66.6,
32.6, 25.7, 17.9, -3.1. MS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C22H42O2Si2 [M]+ 394.3, found: 394.5.
1,6-bis(benzyloxy)hexa-2,4-diyne (4o). Purification by column chromatography on silica gel
(petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 80/1, v/v) afforded 4o as a colorless liquid (111.5 mg, 64% yield);
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.40-7.33 (m, 10H), 4.64 (s, 4H), 4.28 (s, 4H). The spectral data
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2-nitro-1,4-bis(2-phenylethynyl)benzene (5). 4-bromo-2-nitro-1-(phenylethynyl)benzene 3fa (90.6
mg, 0.3 mmol), copper (I) iodide (2.9 mg, 0.015 mmol) and bis(triphenylphosphine) palladium (II)
dichloride (10.5 mg, 0.015 mmol) were added to a 25 mL Schlenk flask equipped with a
high-vacuum PTFE valve-to-glass seal. The tube was evacuated and backfilled with N2 three times
after which triethylamine (60.7 mg, 0.6 mmol) and THF (1 mL) were added via syringe. After 5
min at room temperature, the phenylacetylene (42.9 mg, 0.42 mmol) was added. The resulting
mixture was stirred at 80 oC for 4 h. It was then cooled to room temperature, the reaction mixture
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the desired product. 83.4 mg, 86% yield; yellow solid; mp 85-87 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3):
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NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 149.4, 135.2, 134.5, 132.1, 131.8, 129.4, 129.2, 128.5, 128.4, 127.6,
124.1, 122.2, 122.1, 118.0, 98.9, 93.5, 86.9, 84.8; HRMS (APCI, m/z) calcd for C22H14NO2 [M +
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0.3 mmol) and dibromoethane (563.6 mg, 3 mmol) in ethanol (3 mL) was added zinc powder
(156.9 mg, 2.4 mmol) in one portion. After refluxing for 12 h, the reaction mixture was filtered
and poured into water (5 mL), extracted with ether (5 mL × 3). The combined organic layers were
dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash
chromatography (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate = 8/1, v/v) to afford the desired product. 45.2 mg,
78% yield; white solid; mp 189-191 oC; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.25 (s, 1H), 7.63-7.61 (m,
3H), 7.41 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.35 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.30 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (t, J = 7.6 Hz,
1H), 7.12 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 1H), 6.81 (s, 1H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 137.8, 136.8, 132.3,
129.2, 129.0, 127.7, 125.1, 122.3, 120.6, 120.2, 110.9, 99.9; HRMS (ESI, m/z) calcd for C14H12N
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Control experiments (Scheme 3, eq 11). Anhydrous CuSO4 (9.6 mg, 0.06 mmol),
1,10-phenanthroline (21.6 mg, 0.12 mmol), 2-nitrobenzoic acid (50.1 mg, 0.3 mmol), NaHCO3
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1,10-phenanthroline (21.6 mg, 0.12 mmol), NaHCO3 (50.4 mg, 0.6 mmol) and 4 Å MS (50 mg)
were added to a 25 mL Schlenk flask equipped with a high-vacuum PTFE valve-to-glass seal. The
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Supporting Information: Table S1, Chart S1 and copies of H, 13C and 19F NMR spectra of
compounds 3aa-3ma, 3ab-3ao, 4a-4o and 5-8. This material is available free of charge via the
Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.
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