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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Visible-Light-Enabled Carboxylation of Benzyl Alcohol Derivatives with CO2 Using a Palladium/Iridium Dual Catalyst

A highly efficient carboxylation of benzyl alcohol derivatives with CO2 using a palladium/iridium dual catalyst under visible-light irradiation was developed. A wide range of benzyl alcohol derivatives could be employed to provide benzylic carboxylic acids in moderate to high yields. Mechanistic studies indicated that the oxidative addition of benzyl alcohol derivatives was possibly the rate-determining-step. It was also found that a switchable site-selective carboxylation between benzylic C?O and aryl C?Cl moieties could be achieved simply by changing the palladium catalyst.

Ruthenium-catalyzed umpolung carboxylation of hydrazones with CO2

The first ruthenium-catalyzed umpolung carboxylation of hydrazones with CO2 to generate important aryl acetic acids is reported. Besides aldehyde hydrazones, a variety of ketone hydrazones, which have not been successfully applied in previous umpolung reactions with other reactive electrophiles, also show high reactivity and selectivity under mild conditions. Moreover, this operationally simple protocol features good functional group tolerance, is readily scalable, and offers easy derivation of important structures, including bioactive felbinac and adiphenine. Computational studies reveal that this umpolung reaction proceeds through the generation of a Ru-nitrenoid followed by concerted [4 + 2] cycloaddition with CO2.

Ni-catalyzed carboxylation of C(sp2)- and C(sp3)-O bonds with CO2

In recent years a significant progress has been made for the carboxylation of aryl and benzyl halides with CO2, becoming convenient alternatives to the use of stoichiometric amounts of well-defined metal species. Still, however, most of these processes require the use of pyrophoric and air-sensitive reagents and the current methods are mostly restricted to organic halides. Therefore, the discovery of a mild, operationally simple alternate carboxylation that occurs with a wide substrate scope employing readily available coupling partners will be highly desirable. Herein, we report a new protocol that deals with the development of a synergistic activation of CO2 and a rather challenging activation of inert C(sp2)-O and C(sp3)-O bonds derived from simple and cheap alcohols, a previously unrecognized opportunity in this field. This unprecedented carboxylation event is characterized by its simplicity, mild reaction conditions, remarkable selectivity pattern and an excellent chemoselectivity profile using air-, moisture-insensitive and easy-to-handle nickel precatalysts. Our results render our method a powerful alternative, practicality and novelty aside, to commonly used organic halides as counterparts in carboxylation protocols. Furthermore, this study shows, for the first time, that traceless directing groups allow for the reductive coupling of substrates without extended π-systems, a typical requisite in many C-O bond-cleavage reactions. Taking into consideration the limited knowledge in catalytic carboxylative reductive events, and the prospective impact of providing a new tool for accessing valuable carboxylic acids, we believe this work opens up new vistas and allows new tactics in reductive coupling events.

Ytterbium Metal-promoted Novel Cross-coupling Reaction between Diaryl Ketones and Electrophiles

In the presence of Yb metal, diaryl ketones react nucleophilically with octan-2-one, acetonitrile, epoxides, and CO2 to give the corresponding unsymmetrical pinacols, α-hydroxy ketones, 1,3-diols, and α-hydroxy carboxylic acids, respectively.

Nucleophilic Addition of Lanthanoid Metal Umpoled Diaryl Ketones to Electrophiles

Ytterbium metal promoted cross-coupling reactions of diaryl ketones with a variety of electrophiles are described.Diaryl ketones treated with 1-2 equiv of Yb metal react smoothly with other ketones, nitriles, epoxides, CO2, etc., to give the corresponding unsymmetrical pinacols, α-hydroxy ketones, 1,3-diols, α-hydroxy carboxylic acids, etc., in good yields respectively.These reactions occur via nucleophilic addition of the intermediates 4a-c to electrophiles.Reaction of benzophenone (1a) with Yb metal is discussed in detail and some information on the composition of the intermediates of the reaction of diaryl ketones with Yb metal are also given.