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Nickel-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Alkylation of Aryl Iodides with Anhydrides
Chen, Hui,Hu, Lu,Ji, Wenzhi,Yao, Licheng,Liao, Xuebin
, p. 10479 - 10485 (2018/10/24)
We present the anhydride-based decarboxylative alkylation of aryl iodides catalyzed by nickel. This method of decarboxylative coupling works with a broad scope of aliphatic carboxylic anhydrides and tolerates synthetically useful aromatic substituents. Assisted by a redox system of pyridine N-oxide and zinc additives, the current reaction occurs under mild conditions and without the assistance of photocatalyst. Notably, this method features high chemoselectivity toward alkyl migration with mixed aliphatic/aromatic anhydrides. Thus, it provides a powerful synthetic tool to modify high-valued aliphatic carboxylic acids by converting them into mixed anhydrides using readily available aryl carboxylic acids such as p-toluic acid. We propose a catalytic cycle that involves the key steps of free radical-based decarboxylation and subsequent alkyl transfer to nickel that precedes an oxidatively induced C-C reductive elimination from Ni(III).
Thermolabile Hydrocarbons, XVIII. 1-Substituted Neopentyl radicals and their Dimers
Eichin, Karl-Heinz,Beckhaus, Hans-Dieter,Hellmann, Siegried,Fritz, Hans,Peters, Eva-Maria,et al.
, p. 1787 - 1821 (2007/10/02)
Five 3,4-diaryl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylhexanes 1a - e were prepared as pure meso- and DL-isomers.According to the NMR spectra, x-ray analyses for meso- and DL-1e (with an (FB)2E conformation as energy minimum for DL-1e), and force field calculations the diastereomers have distinctly different minimum energy conformations, rotational potentials, and strain enthalpies.Also the activation parameters for the thermal dissociation into 1-arylneopentyl radicals 2 are typically differing.From an entropy discussion it is concluded that sandwich-like diastereomeric radical complexes are formed in these reactions as first intermediates.Their tightness influences ΔS%.The recombinations of the radicals 2 likewise take place stereoselectively.Their substituent effects on the selectivity can also be understood by primary formation of diastereomeric complexes of radical pairs.
Chemistry of the tert-Butyl Radical: Polar Character, ρ Value for Reaction with Toluenes, and the Effect of Radical Polarity on the Ration of Benzylic Hydrogen Abstraction to Addition to Aromatic Rings
Pryor, William A.,Tang, Felicia Y.,Tang, Robert H.,Church, Daniel F.
, p. 2885 - 2891 (2007/10/02)
We have reexamined the reactions of tert-butyl radicals with toluenes and have obtained a ρ value of 0.49 +/- 0.04 at 80 deg C.The new, independent system involves the quantification of all of the principal products from the reaction of tert-butyl radicals with mixtures of toluene and substituted toluene.Five major products contain benzyl fragments and are formed in significant yields: two symmetrical bibenzyls, the cross bibenzyl, and the two neopentylbenzenes that result from combination of tert-butyl and the two benzyl radicals.Attack on the side chain is a major reaction of free tert-butyl radicals and is the only significant reaction that they undergo other than cage and termination reactions. tert-Butyl radicals do not add to the ring of toluenes.Data on the relative rates of addition to benzenes and hydrogen abstraction from toluenes are collected for a series of radicals including hydrogen atoms; methyl, isopropyl, and tert-butyl radicals; and p-nitrophenyl, p-bromophenyl, and phenyl radicals.The data demonstrate that more electrophilic radicals have a larger tendency to add to rings whereas more nucleophilic radicals have a larger tendency to abstract benzylic hydrogens.
