30493-01-7Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Discrete bridging and terminal copper carbenes in copper-catalyzed cyclopropanation
Dai, Xuliang,Warren, Timothy H.
, p. 10085 - 10094 (2004)
The Cu(I)/ β-diketiminate [Me2NN]Cu(η2- ethylene) (2) catalyzes the cyclopropanation of styrene with N 2CPh2 to give 1,1,2-triphenylcyclopropane in 67% yield. Addition of N2CPh2 to 2 equiv of 2 allows for the isolation of the dicopper carbene {[Me2NN]Cu}2(μ- CPh2) (3) in which the diphenylcarbene moiety is symmetrically bound between two [Me2NN]Cu fragments (Cu-C = 1,922(4) and 1.930(4) A) with a Cu-Cu separation of 2.4635(7) A. In toluene-d8 solution, 3 reversibly dissociates a [Me2NN]Cu fragment to give [Me2NN]Cu(toluene) and the terminal carbene [Me2NN]Cu= CPh2, Dicopper carbene 3 reacts with 3 equiv of styrene to give 1,1,2-triphenylcyclopropane and 2 equiv of [Me2NN] Cu(η2-styrene) within minutes, DFT studies with simplified ligands indicate a stronger Cu-C π-back-bonding interaction from two Cu(I) centers to the carbene acceptor orbital in a dicopper carbene than that present in a monocopper carbene. Nonetheless, the terminal carbene [Me 3NN]Cu=CPh2 (8) that possesses a p-methyl group on each β-diketiminato N-aryl ring may be isolated and exhibits a shortened Cu-C distance of 1,834(3) A, The stoichiometric cyclopropanation of styrene by 8 in 1,4-dioxane is first-order in both copper carbene 8 and styrene with activation parameters ΔH? = 10,4(3) kcal/mol and ΔS? = -32,3(9) cal/mol·K. In 1,4-dioxane, 8 decomposes to Ph 2C=CPh2 via first-order kinetics with activation parameters ΔH? = 21(1) kcal/mol and ΔS? = -8(3) cal/mol·K. Arene solutions of thermally sensitive terminal carbene 8 decompose to [Me3NN]-Cu(arene), which reacts with 8 still present in solution to give the more thermally stable {[Me3NN]Cu} 2-(μ-CPh2).
DIKETIMINATO CU(I) AND CO(I) CARBENE CATALYSTS, AND CYCLOPROPANATION METHODS USING THEM
-
Page/Page column 45, (2008/06/13)
The present invention described herein employs employs Cu(I) complexes of an electron-rich, bidentate N,N-donor ligand (P-diketiminates) that react with both heteroatomcontaining a-substituted diazomethanes and ary1diazomethanes to yield a unique metal-carbene complex stabilized by two metal fragments that selectively reacts with alkenes. These examples are the first of isolable Cu-carbene complexes that react with alkenes to give cyclopropanes. Furthermore, electron-rich, bidentate N,N-donor ligands can be designed to impart stereo- and enantio-selectivity in the cyclopropanation of alkenes with diazoalkanes.
