Oxidatively Induced C–H Activation at High Valent Nickel
摘要:
This communication describes a series of oxidatively induced intramolecular arene C-H activation reactions of Ni-II model complexes to yield Ni-IV sigma-aryl products. These reactions proceed within to min at room temperature, which represents among the mildest conditions reported for C-H cleavage at a Ni center. A combination of density functional theory and preliminary experimental mechanistic studies implicate a pathway involving initial 2e(-) oxidation of the Ni-II starting materials by the transfer reagent N-fluoro-2,4,6-trimethylpyr-idinium triflate followed by triflate-assisted C-H cleavage at Ni-IV to yield the products.
Oxidatively Induced C–H Activation at High Valent Nickel
摘要:
This communication describes a series of oxidatively induced intramolecular arene C-H activation reactions of Ni-II model complexes to yield Ni-IV sigma-aryl products. These reactions proceed within to min at room temperature, which represents among the mildest conditions reported for C-H cleavage at a Ni center. A combination of density functional theory and preliminary experimental mechanistic studies implicate a pathway involving initial 2e(-) oxidation of the Ni-II starting materials by the transfer reagent N-fluoro-2,4,6-trimethylpyr-idinium triflate followed by triflate-assisted C-H cleavage at Ni-IV to yield the products.
Charge Delocalization and Enhanced Acidity in Tricationic Superelectrophiles
作者:Rajasekhar Reddy Naredla、Chong Zheng、Sten O. Nilsson Lill、Douglas A. Klumpp
DOI:10.1021/ja2046364
日期:2011.8.24
This Article presents the results from studies related to the chemistry of tricationic superelectrophiles. A series of triaryl methanols were ionized in Bronsted superacids, and the corresponding tricationic intermediates were formed. The trications are found to participate in two types of reactions; both are characteristic of highly charged organic cations. One set of reactions occurs through charge migration. A second set of reactions occurs through deprotonation of an unusually acidic site on the tricationic species. One of the tricationic intermediates has been directly observed by low temperature NMR spectroscopy. These highly charged ions and their reactions have also been studied using density functional theory calculations. As a result of charge migration, electron density at a carbocation site is found to increase with progression from monocationic to pentacationic structures.