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Tandem C-H activation/arylation catalyzed by low-valent iron complexes with bisiminopyridine ligands
Salanouve, Elise,Bouzemame, Ghania,Blanchard, Sebastien,Derat, Etienne,Desage-El Murr, Marine,Fensterbank, Louis
, p. 4754 - 4761 (2014)
Tandem C-H activation/arylation between unactivated arenes and aryl halides catalyzed by iron complexes that bear redox-active non-innocent bisiminopyridine ligands is reported. Similar reactions catalyzed by first-row transition metals have been shown to involve substrate-based aryl radicals, whereas our catalytic system likely involves ligand-centered radicals. Preliminary mechanistic investigations based on spectroscopic and reactivity studies, in conjunction with DFT calculations, led us to propose that the reaction could proceed through an inner-sphere C-H activation pathway, which is rarely observed in the case of iron complexes. This bielectronic noble-metal-like behavior could be sustained by the redox-active non-innocent bisiminopyridine ligands. A radical choice! A low-valent iron complex with non-innocent bisiminopyridine ligands performs C-H activation/arylation of unactivated aryl compounds (see figure). The reaction likely involves ligand-based radicals, whereas previously reported iron-based systems imply substrate-based radicals.
