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Robust Cobalt Catalyst for Nitrile/Alkyne [2+2+2] Cycloaddition: Synthesis of Polyarylpyridines and Their Mechanochemical Cyclodehydrogenation to Nitrogen-Containing Polyaromatics**
Wang, Chang-Sheng,Sun, Qiao,García, Felipe,Wang, Chen,Yoshikai, Naohiko
supporting information, p. 9627 - 9634 (2021/03/19)
The transition-metal-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition of nitriles and alkynes is an established synthetic approach to pyridines; however, these cycloadditions often rely on the use of tethered diynes or cyanoalkynes as one of the reactants. Thus, examples of efficient, fully intermolecular catalytic [2+2+2] pyridine synthesis, especially those employing unactivated nitriles and internal alkynes leading to pentasubstituted pyridines, remain scarce. Herein, we report on simple and inexpensive catalytic systems based on cobalt(II) iodide, 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane, and Zn that promote [2+2+2] cycloaddition of various nitriles and diarylacetylenes for the synthesis of a broad range of polyarylated pyridines. DFT studies support a reaction pathway involving oxidative coupling of two alkynes, insertion of the nitrile into a cobaltacyclopentadiene, and C-N reductive elimination. The resulting tetra- and pentaarylpyridines serve as precursors to hitherto unprecedented nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via mechanochemically assisted multifold reductive cyclodehydrogenation.
(η3-Allyl)(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)cobalt - a Selective Catalyst for the Pyridine Synthesis
Nehl, Hans
, p. 2535 - 2538 (2007/10/02)
(η3-Allyl)(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)cobalt (1) cactalyses the synthesis of various pyridines from alkynes and nitriles under mild conditions.Only small amounts of benzenes are formed in this selective reaction. - Key Words: Cobalt complexes, (η3-allyl)(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)- / Pyridine synthesis / Catalytic activity / Chemoselectivity
On the Mechanism of the Thermal Conversion of Cyclopropenyl-Substituted Oxazolinones to Pyridines
Padwa, Albert,Cohen, Leslie A.,Gingrich, Henry L.
, p. 1065 - 1073 (2007/10/02)
Thermolysis or photolysis of a sample of a 3-cyclopropenyl-substituted 2H-azirine produced 2-methyl-3,4,5,6-tetraphenylpyridine in high yield.The reaction can best be rationalized by a mechanism involving formation of a nitrile ylide intermediate followed by intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition to give an azabenzvalene, which subsequently rearranges to the pyridine.The thermal chemistry of a series of cyclopropenyl-substituted oxazolinones was also investigated.These oxazolinones undergo a thermally induced 1,3-dipolar cycloreversion reaction with elimination ofcarbon dioxide to generate a nitrile ylide intermediate adjacent to the cyclopropene ring.This dipole can be trapped when the thermolysis of the oxazolinone was carried out in the presence of a reactive dipolarophile.Heating a sample of 2-phenyl-4-methyl-4-(1-methyl-2,3-diphenyl-2-cyclopropen-1-yl)-Δ2-oxazolin-5-one at 150 deg C for 24 h afforded a mixture of 2,3-dimethyltriphenylpyridine (45percent), 2,4-dimethyltriphenylpyridine (20percent), and 2,5-dimethyltriphenylpyridine (35percent).The formation of these products is proposed to involve a stepwise cycloaddition of the initially generated nitrile ylide to produce a bicyclobutyl zwitterion which can either collapse to give an azabenzvalene or undergo rearrangement to a cyclobutenyl cation. This latter species closes to produce two different aza Dewar benzenes.Reorganization of the azabenzvalene and aza Dewar benzenes gives rise to the observed pyridines.Alternate mechanisms based on a concerted intramolecular cycloaddition reaction of the nitrile ylide do not account for the observed product ratios.
