Isomerization of Terminal Epoxides by a [Pd–H] Catalyst: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Study
摘要:
An unusual palladium hydride complex has been shown to be a competent catalyst in the isomerization of a variety of terminal and internal epoxides. The reaction displayed broad scope and synthetic utility. Experimental and theoretical evidence are provided for an unprecedented hydride mechanism characterized by two distinct enantio-determining steps. These results hold promise for the development of an enantioselective variant of the reaction.
Isomerization of Terminal Epoxides by a [Pd–H] Catalyst: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Study
摘要:
An unusual palladium hydride complex has been shown to be a competent catalyst in the isomerization of a variety of terminal and internal epoxides. The reaction displayed broad scope and synthetic utility. Experimental and theoretical evidence are provided for an unprecedented hydride mechanism characterized by two distinct enantio-determining steps. These results hold promise for the development of an enantioselective variant of the reaction.
Solution and Solid-State Structures of the Binuclear Zerovalent Palladium Complex [(dippe)Pd]<sub>2</sub>(μ-dippe) (dippe = 1,2-Bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane)
作者:Michael D. Fryzuk、Guy K. B. Clentsmith、Steven J. Rettig、Gerhard Hägele
DOI:10.1021/om950825v
日期:1996.4.16
The reaction of PdCl2(dippe), where dippe = 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane, with 2 equiv of KBEt(3)H in toluene generates the binuclear palladium(0) derivative [(dippe)Pd](2)(mu-dippe) (4) in 35% yield; alternatively, the reaction of [(eta(3)-C4H7)Pd](2)(mu-Cl)(2) with MeONa in the presence of 3 equiv of dippe generates 4 as well. Mechanistic studies on the attempted formation of mixed binuclear complexes are reported as well as the use of 4 as a catalyst for the reductive dechlorination of chloroarenes. Analysis of the second-order [AB(2)](2) spin system was accomplished by iteration of the 202.47 MHz P-31H-1} NMR spectrum of 4; the solution structure and the solid-state structures are found to be very nearly identical.