could be labeled efficiently. With the addition of tris(pentafluorophenyl) borane to the reaction mixture, also highly deactivating nitrile substituents were well tolerated in the reaction. Based on the excellent results obtained with the chiral ThrePhox ligand, a structurally simpler, achiralligand was developed. The iridium complex containing this ligand, proved to be a powerful catalyst for HIE reactions
Hydrogen isotope exchange with highly active iridium(I) NHC/phosphine complexes: a comparative counterion study
作者:William J. Kerr、Richard J. Mudd、Philippa K. Owens、Marc Reid、Jack A. Brown、Sebastien Campos
DOI:10.1002/jlcr.3427
日期:2016.12
present a range of substrates that undergo hydrogenisotopeexchange with an iridium(I) N-heterocyclic carbene/phosphine complex bearing the less coordinating tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate counterion and compare these with labelling using the equivalent, more established hexafluorophosphate complex. The changes in reactivity and selectivity of these complexes in a series of solvents
commercially available Burgess catalyst in hydrogenisotopeexchange reactions with several substrates bearing different directing group functionalities and have obtained moderate to high (50%-97%D) deuterium incorporations. The broad applicability in hydrogenisotopeexchange reactions makes the Burgess catalyst a possible alternative compared to other commercially available iridium(I)-catalysts.
The Synthesis of Highly Active Iridium(I) Complexes and their Application in Catalytic Hydrogen Isotope Exchange
作者:Jack A. Brown、Alison R. Cochrane、Stephanie Irvine、William J. Kerr、Bhaskar Mondal、John A. Parkinson、Laura C. Paterson、Marc Reid、Tell Tuttle、Shalini Andersson、Göran N. Nilsson
DOI:10.1002/adsc.201400730
日期:2014.11.24
AbstractA series of robust iridium(I) complexes bearing a sterically encumbered N‐heterocyclic carbene ligand, alongside a phosphine ligand, has been synthesised and investigated in hydrogen isotope exchange processes. These complexes have allowed isotope incorporation over a range of substrates with the use of practically convenient deuterium and tritium gas. Moreover, these active catalysts are capable of isotope incorporation to particularly high levels, whilst employing low catalyst loadings and in short reaction times. In addition to this, these new catalyst species have shown flexible levels of chemoselectivity, which can be altered by simple manipulation of preparative approaches. Furthermore, a number of industrially‐relevant drug molecules has also been labelled, including the sulfonamide containing drug, Celecoxib. Alongside detailed NMR experiments, initial mechanistic investigations have also been performed, providing insight into both substrate binding energies, and, more importantly, relative energies of key steps in the mechanistic cycle as part of the overall exchange process.magnified image