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Insights into the Mechanism of an Allylic Arylation Reaction via Photoredox-Coupled Hydrogen Atom Transfer

Despite widespread use as a synthetic method, the precise mechanism and kinetics of photoredox coupled hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactions remain poorly understood. This results from a lack of detailed kinetic information as well as the identification of side reactions and products. In this report, a mechanistic study of a prototypical tandem photoredox/HAT reaction coupling cyclohexene and 1,4-dicyanobenzene (DCB) using an Ir(ppy)3 photocatalyst and thiol HAT catalyst is reported. Through a combination of electrochemical, photochemical, and spectroscopic measurements, key unproductive pathways and side products are identified and rate constants for the main chemical steps are extracted. The reaction quantum yield was found to decline rapidly over the course of the reaction. An unreported cyanohydrin side product was identified and thought to play a key role as a proton acceptor in the reaction. Transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) and quantum chemical calculations suggested a reaction mechanism that involves radical addition of the nucleophilic DCB radical anion to cyclohexene, with cooperative HAT occurring as the final step to regenerate the alkene. Kinetic modeling of the reaction, using rate constants derived from TAS, demonstrates that the efficiency of the reaction is limited by parasitic absorption and unproductive quenching between excited Ir(ppy)3 and the cyanohydrin photoproduct.

Cu-Catalyzed Oxidative Allylic C-H Arylation of Inexpensive Alkenes with (Hetero)Aryl Boronic Acids

Herein, we present a regioselective Cu-catalyzed oxidative allylic C(sp3)-H arylation by radical relay using a broad range of heteroaryl boronic acids with inexpensive and readily available unactivated terminal and internal olefins. This C(sp2)-C(sp3) allyl coupling has the advantage of using cheap, abundant, and nontoxic Cu2O without the need to use prefunctionalized alkenes, thus offering an alternative method to allylic arylation reactions that employ more traditional coupling partners with preinstalled leaving groups (LGs) at the allylic position.

Preparation of Polyfunctional Arylzinc Organometallics in Toluene by Halogen/Zinc Exchange Reactions

A wide range of polyfunctional diaryl- and diheteroarylzinc species were prepared in toluene within 10 min to 5 h through an I/Zn or Br/Zn exchange reaction using bimetallic reagents of the general formula R′2Zn?2 LiOR (R′=sBu, tBu, pTol). Highly sensitive functional groups, such as a triazine, a ketone, an aldehyde, or a nitro group, were tolerated in these exchange reactions, enabling the synthesis of a plethora of functionalized (hetero)arenes after quenching with various electrophiles. Insight into the constitution and reactivity of these bimetallic mixtures revealed the formation of highly active lithium diorganodialkoxyzincates of type [R′2Zn(OR)2Li2].

Sulfonamides as new hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) catalysts for photoredox allylic and benzylic C-H arylations

A catalytic amount of a sterically and electronically tuned diarylsulfonamide promoted allylic and benzylic C-H arylations in cooperation with a visible light photoredox catalyst. This is the first example of the catalytic use of a sulfonamidyl radical to promote the hydrogen atom transfer process.

The direct arylation of allylic sp3 C-H bonds via organic and photoredox catalysis

The direct functionalization of unactivated sp3 C-H bonds is still one of the most challenging problems facing synthetic organic chemists. The appeal of such transformations derives from their capacity to facilitate the construction of complex organic molecules via the coupling of simple and otherwise inert building blocks, without introducing extraneous functional groups. Despite notable recent efforts, the establishment of general and mild strategies for the engagement of sp3 C-H bonds in C-C bond forming reactions has proved difficult. Within this context, the discovery of chemical transformations that are able to directly functionalize allylic methyl, methylene and methine carbons in a catalytic manner is a priority. Although protocols for direct oxidation and amination of allylic C-H bonds (that is, C-H bonds where an adjacent carbon is involved in a C = C bond) have become widely established, the engagement of allylic substrates in C-C bond forming reactions has thus far required the use of pre-functionalized coupling partners. In particular, the direct arylation of non-functionalized allylic systems would enable access to a series of known pharmacophores (molecular features responsible for a drug's action), though a general solution to this long-standing challenge remains elusive. Here we report the use of both photoredox and organic catalysis to accomplish a mild, broadly effective direct allylic C-H arylation. This C-C bond forming reaction readily accommodates a broad range of alkene and electron-deficient arene reactants, and has been used in the direct arylation of benzylic C-H bonds.

Photosensitized (electron-transfer) deconjugation of 1-arylcyclohexenes

(equation presented) A series of 1-arylcyclohexenes have been deconjugated to the corresponding 3-arylcyclohexenes via a photosensitized electron-transfer reaction. The introduction of substituents on the aryl group has provided insight into the underlyin

THE PHOTOCHEMICAL NUCLEOPHILE-OLEFIN COMBINATION, AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION REACTION (PART 2): METHANOL-CYCLIC OLEFINS, 1,4-DICYANOBENZENE

Direct irradiation of acetonitrile-methanol (3:1) solutions of 1,4-dicyanobenzene and the cyclic olefins, cyclohexene, 1-methylcyclohexene, norbornene, and 2-methylnorbornene, leads to formation of regio- and stereoisomers of the 1:1:1 (alcohol : olefin : aromatic) adducts.This reaction can be photosensitized by electron transfer; addition of electron donors, biphenyl or phenanthrene, to the irradiation mixture generally increases the efficiency and yield of adduct formation.The efficiency of the reaction and the ratio of isomeric adducts are also affected by the addition of salts, particularly magnesium perchlorate.All of the possible regio- and stereoisomers from cyclohexene and 1-methylcyclohexene have been identified, two from cyclohexene and four from 1-methylcyclohexene.Three of the four possible isomers from norbornene were characterized; the endo, endo isomer was not detected.There are eight possible isomers from 2-methylnorbornene; six were detected and five have been isolated and identified.The two sterically hindered isomers, those having both the 4-cyanophenyl and the methoxy groups in the endo position, and exo-3-(4-cyanophenyl)-endo-2-methoxy-exo-2-methylnorbornane, were not characterized.The structures of the products were established largely on the basis of the 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra.The mechanism of the reaction is discussed, with emphasis on those factors that may affect the product ratio.The most striking observation is that the reaction is regioselective when magnesium perchlorate is added to the irradiation mixture.

Radical ions in photochemistry, 15. The photosubstitution reaction between dicyanobenzenes and alkyl olefins

The photosubstitution (electron transfer) reaction between 1,4-dicyanobenzene (1) and 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene (2), which gives 1-(4-cyanophenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-2-butene (3) and 3-(4-cyanophenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-1-butene (4), has been extended to other dicyanobenzene-olefin mixtures.Substitution of cyano group occurs when both 1 or 1,2-dicyanobenzene (5) are irradiated in acetonitrile solution, in the presence of 2 or cyclohexane (16).Under comparable conditions 1,3-dicyanobenzene (6) failed to react.Little or no substitution was observed in any case when the olefin was methylpropene (19).The results for 1 and 5 are in agreement with empirical free energy calculations (Weller equation) for the electron transfer process which, howover, fail to explain the general lack of reactivity of 1,3-dicyanobenzene.Phenanthrene (11) has been shown to photosensitize the photosubstitution reaction between dicyanobenzenes and 2.Under these conditions the olefin reacts with 6 predominantly at the 4-position, resulting in overall substitution of a hydrogen atom.This reaction occurs regiospecifically, resulting in the formation of only one of the two possible isomeric side chains.The mechanistic details of these reactions have been substantiated by means of deuterium labelling studies.The aromatic nitriles also undergo photosubstitution by 2, in acetonitrile-methanol solution, resulting in methanol-incorporated products.Whereas reaction with 1 or 5 results in substitution of a cyano group, 6 was observed to give isomeric dicyanocyclohexenes, resulting from initial reaction at the 4-position, followed by reduction.A detailed mechanism for this secondary photoreduction has been substantiated by deuterium labelling studies.The anomalous behaviour of 1,3-dicyanobenzene has been attributed to a difference in the reactivity of the radical anion.