1560-56-1Relevant articles and documents
Modular palladium bipyrazoles for the isomerization of allylbenzenes - Mechanistic considerations and insights into catalyst design and activity, role of solvent, and additive effects
Spallek, Markus J.,Stockinger, Skrollan,Goddard, Richard,Trapp, Oliver
, p. 1466 - 1480 (2012)
The catalytic activity of novel bidentate N,N-chelated palladium complexes derived from electron excessive, backbone fused 3,3'-bipyrazoles in the selective isomerization of terminal arylpropenoids and 1-alkenes is described. The catalysts are easily modified by appropriate wing tip substitution, while maintaining the same bulky, rigid unreactive aliphatic backbone. Eleven novel palladium complexes with different electronic and steric properties were investigated. Their performance in the palladium(II)-catalyzed isomerization of a series of substituted allylbenzenes was evaluated in terms of electronic as well as steric effects. Besides the clear finding of a general trend towards higher catalyst activity with more electron-donating properties of the coordinated N,N-bidentate ligands, we found that the catalytic process strongly depends on the choice of solvents and additives. Extensive solvent screening revealed that reactions run best in a 2:1 toluene-methanol mixture, with the alcohol employed being a crucial factor in terms of electronic and steric factors. A reaction mechanism involving a hydride addition-elimination mechanism starting with a palladium hydride species generated in situ in alcoholic solutions, as corroborated by experiments using deuterium labeled allylbenzene, seems to be most likely. The proposed mechanism is also supported by the observed reaction rate orders of κobs[cat.]≈1 (0.94), κobs [substrate]=0.20→1.0 (t→∞) and κobs [methanol]=-0.51 for the isomerization of allylbenzene. Furthermore, the influence of acid and base, as well as the role of the halide coordinated to the catalyst, are discussed. The system catalyzes the isomerization of allylbenzenes very efficiently yielding high E:Z selectivities under very mild conditions (room temperature) and at low catalyst loadings of 1 mol% palladium even in unpurified solvents. The integrity and stability of the catalyst system were confirmed by multiple addition reaction cycles, successive filtration and isolation experiments, and the lack of palladium black formation. Copyright
Mechanistic insights into catalytic linear cross-dimerization between conjugated dienes and styrenes by a ruthenium(0) complex
Hirano, Masafumi,Ueda, Takao,Komine, Nobuyuki,Komiya, Sanshiro,Nakamura, Saki,Deguchi, Hikaru,Kawauchi, Susumu
, p. 174 - 184 (2015)
The mechanistic studies for linear cross-dimerization between 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene and styrene by a Ru(0) complex, Ru(η6-naphthalene)(η4-1,5-COD) (1), are performed both by kinetic and computational studies. This reaction is ba
Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Cyclization by Hydromagnesiation: A Modular Strategy Towards N-Heterocycles
Loup, Joachim,Larin, Egor M.,Lautens, Mark
supporting information, p. 22345 - 22351 (2021/09/09)
A reductive cyclization to prepare a variety of N-heterocycles, through the use of ortho-vinylanilides, is reported. The reaction is catalyzed by an inexpensive and bench-stable iron complex and generally occurs at ambient temperature. The transformation likely proceeds through hydromagnesiation of the vinyl group, and trapping of the in situ generated benzylic anion by an intramolecular electrophile to form the heterocycle. This iron-catalyzed strategy was shown to be broadly applicable and was utilized in the synthesis of substituted indoles, oxindoles and tetrahydrobenzoazepinoindolone derivatives. Mechanistic studies indicated that the reversibility of the hydride transfer step depends on the reactivity of the tethered electrophile. The synthetic utility of our approach was further demonstrated by the formal synthesis of a reported bioactive compound and a family of natural products.
Nickel-Catalyzed Multicomponent Coupling: Synthesis of α-Chiral Ketones by Reductive Hydrocarbonylation of Alkenes
Chen, Jian,Zhu, Shaolin
supporting information, p. 14089 - 14096 (2021/09/13)
A nickel-catalyzed, multicomponent regio- and enantioselective coupling via sequential hydroformylation and carbonylation from readily available starting materials has been developed. This modular multicomponent hydrofunctionalization strategy enables the straightforward reductive hydrocarbonylation of a broad range of unactivated alkenes to produce a wide variety of unsymmetrical dialkyl ketones bearing a functionalized α-stereocenter, including enantioenriched chiral α-aryl ketones and α-amino ketones. It uses chiral bisoxazoline as a ligand, silane as a reductant, chloroformate as a safe CO source, and a racemic secondary benzyl chloride or an N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHP) ester of a protected α-amino acid as the alkylation reagent. The benign nature of this process renders this method suitable for late-stage functionalization of complex molecules.
