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A tautomeric ligand enables directed C-H hydroxylation with molecular oxygen
Li, Zhen,Wang, Zhen,Chekshin, Nikita,Qian, Shaoqun,Qiao, Jennifer X.,Cheng, Peter T.,Yeung, Kap-Sun,Ewing, William R.,Yu, Jin-Quan
, p. 1452 - 1457 (2021/06/30)
Hydroxylation of aryl carbon-hydrogen bonds with transition metal catalysts has proven challenging when oxygen is used as the oxidant. Here, we report a palladium complex bearing a bidentate pyridine/ pyridone ligand that efficiently catalyzes this reaction at ring positions adjacent to carboxylic acids. Infrared, x-ray, and computational analysis support a possible role of ligand tautomerization from monoanionic (L,X) to neutral (L,L) coordination in the catalytic cycle of aerobic carbon-hydrogen hydroxylation reaction. The conventional site selectivity dictated by heterocycles is overturned by this catalyst, thus allowing late-stage modification of compounds of pharmaceutical interest at previously inaccessible sites.
