42548-38-9Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Water and Sodium Chloride: Essential Ingredients for Robust and Fast Pd-Catalysed Cross-Coupling Reactions between Organolithium Reagents and (Hetero)aryl Halides
Dilauro, Giuseppe,Quivelli, Andrea Francesca,Vitale, Paola,Capriati, Vito,Perna, Filippo Maria
supporting information, p. 1799 - 1802 (2019/01/25)
Direct palladium-catalysed cross-couplings between organolithium reagents and (hetero)aryl halides (Br, Cl) proceed fast, cleanly and selectively at room temperature in air, with water as the only reaction medium and in the presence of NaCl as a cheap additive. Under optimised reaction conditions, a water-accelerated catalysis is responsible for furnishing C(sp3)–C(sp2), C(sp2)–C(sp2), and C(sp)–C(sp2) cross-coupled products, in competition with protonolysis, within a reaction time of 20 s, in yields of up to 99 %, and in the absence of undesired dehalogenated/homocoupling side products even when challenging secondary organolithiums serve as the starting material. It is worth noting that the proposed protocol is scalable and the catalyst and water can easily and successfully be recycled up to 10 times, with an E-factor as low as 7.35.
Single-Electron-Transfer-Induced Coupling of Alkylzinc Reagents with Aryl Iodides
Okura, Keisho,Shirakawa, Eiji
supporting information, p. 3043 - 3046 (2016/07/14)
Alkylzinc reagents prepared from an alkyllithium and zinc iodide were found to undergo coupling with aryl and alkenyl iodides in the presence of LiI in a mixed solvent consisting of THF and diglyme (1:1). Alkyllithiums, prepared by halogen–lithium exchange between an alkyl iodide and tert-butyllithium, are also converted to alkylarenes through alkylzinc reagents.
Catalytic dehydroaromatization of n-alkanes by pincer-ligated iridium complexes
Ahuja, Ritu,Punji, Benudhar,Findlater, Michael,Supplee, Carolyn,Schinski, William,Brookhart, Maurice,Goldman, Alan S.
experimental part, p. 167 - 171 (2012/03/27)
Aromatic hydrocarbons are among the most important building blocks in the chemical industry. Benzene, toluene and xylenes are obtained from the high temperature thermolysis of alkanes. Higher alkylaromatics are generally derived from arene-olefin coupling, which gives branched products-that is, secondary alkyl arenes-with olefins higher than ethylene. The dehydrogenation of acyclic alkanes to give alkylaromatics can be achieved using heterogeneous catalysts at high temperatures, but with low yields and low selectivity. We present here the first catalytic conversion of n-alkanes to alkylaromatics using homogeneous or molecular catalysts-specifically 'pincerg'-ligated iridium complexes-and olefinic hydrogen acceptors. For example, the reaction of n-octane affords up to 86% yield of aromatic product, primarily o-xylene and secondarily ethylbenzene. In the case of n-decane and n-dodecane, the resulting alkylarenes are exclusively unbranched (that is, n-alkyl-substituted), with selectivity for the corresponding o-(n-alkyl)toluene.
