325142-82-3Relevant articles and documents
Ligand-Enabled, Iridium-Catalyzed ortho-Borylation of Fluoroarenes
Kuleshova, Olena,Asako, Sobi,Ilies, Laurean
, p. 5968 - 5973 (2021/05/31)
A terpyridine derivative and an iridium complex catalyze the C-H borylation of a stoichiometric amount of a fluoroarene with high ortho-selectivity and tolerance of functional groups such as bromide, chloride, ester, ketone, amine, and in situ-borylated hydroxyl. Complex drug molecules such as haloperidol can be selectively borylated ortho to the F atom. The terpyridine ligand undergoes rollover cyclometalation to produce an N,N,C-coordinated iridium complex, which may either selectively borylate the fluoroarene by itself or undergo reductive elimination to produce a borylated ligand.
Cross-Coupling through Ag(I)/Ag(III) Redox Manifold
Demonti, Luca,Mézailles, Nicolas,Nebra, Noel,Saffon-Merceron, Nathalie
supporting information, p. 15396 - 15405 (2021/10/12)
In ample variety of transformations, the presence of silver as an additive or co-catalyst is believed to be innocuous for the efficiency of the operating metal catalyst. Even though Ag additives are required often as coupling partners, oxidants or halide scavengers, its role as a catalytically competent species is widely neglected in cross-coupling reactions. Most likely, this is due to the erroneously assumed incapacity of Ag to undergo 2e? redox steps. Definite proof is herein provided for the required elementary steps to accomplish the oxidative trifluoromethylation of arenes through AgI/AgIII redox catalysis (i. e. CEL coupling), namely: i) easy AgI/AgIII 2e? oxidation mediated by air; ii) bpy/phen ligation to AgIII; iii) boron-to-AgIII aryl transfer; and iv) ulterior reductive elimination of benzotrifluorides from an [aryl-AgIII-CF3] fragment. More precisely, an ultimate entry and full characterization of organosilver(III) compounds [K]+[AgIII(CF3)4]? (K-1), [(bpy)AgIII(CF3)3] (2) and [(phen)AgIII(CF3)3] (3), is described. The utility of 3 in cross-coupling has been showcased unambiguously, and a large variety of arylboron compounds was trifluoromethylated via [AgIII(aryl)(CF3)3]? intermediates. This work breaks with old stereotypes and misconceptions regarding the inability of Ag to undergo cross-coupling by itself.
Transformations of Aryl Ketones via Ligand-Promoted C?C Bond Activation
Dai, Hui-Xiong,Li, Hanyuan,Li, Ling-Jun,Liu, Qi-Sheng,Ma, Biao,Wang, Mei-Ling,Wang, Xing,Wang, Zhen-Yu,Xu, Hui
, p. 14388 - 14393 (2020/07/06)
The coupling of aromatic electrophiles (aryl halides, aryl ethers, aryl acids, aryl nitriles etc.) with nucleophiles is a core methodology for the synthesis of aryl compounds. Transformations of aryl ketones in an analogous manner via carbon–carbon bond activation could greatly expand the toolbox for the synthesis of aryl compounds due to the abundance of aryl ketones. An exploratory study of this approach is typically based on carbon–carbon cleavage triggered by ring-strain release and chelation assistance, and the products are also limited to a specific structural motif. Here we report a ligand-promoted β-carbon elimination strategy to activate the carbon–carbon bonds, which results in a range of transformations of aryl ketones, leading to useful aryl borates, and also to biaryls, aryl nitriles, and aryl alkenes. The use of a pyridine-oxazoline ligand is crucial for this catalytic transformation. A gram-scale borylation reaction of an aryl ketone via a simple one-pot operation is reported. The potential utility of this strategy is also demonstrated by the late-stage diversification of drug molecules probenecid, adapalene, and desoxyestrone, the fragrance tonalid as well as the natural product apocynin.
