Synthesis of rhodium complexes derived from benzimidazolin-2-ylidene ligands and first used for the addition of arylboron to benzonitriles
摘要:
Benzimidazolium salts and their new rhodium complexes ([RH(COD)(NHC)Cl]) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR, and IR spectroscopy. The addition of arylboron to benzonitriles in the presence of a catalytic amount of rhodium NHC complexes was examined. Corresponding carbonyl compounds were obtained in good yields. This method allows for the preparation of a wide variety of carbonyl compounds in moderate to excellent yields and displays a high level of activity for the addition of arylboron to nitriles. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Direct Arylation of Arene C−H Bonds by Cooperative Action of NHCarbene−Ruthenium(II) Catalyst and Carbonate via Proton Abstraction Mechanism
作者:Ismail Özdemir、Serpil Demir、Bekir Çetinkaya、Christophe Gourlaouen、Feliu Maseras、Christian Bruneau、Pierre H. Dixneuf
DOI:10.1021/ja710276x
日期:2008.1.30
Direct functionalization of sp(2) C-H bonds via ortho diarylation of 2-pyridyl benzene with arylbromides was achieved using ruthenium(II) catalysts containing a RuCl2(NHC) unit and generated from [RuCl2(arene)](2) and two types of NHC precursors, pyrimidinium and benzimidazolium salts, in the presence of Cs2CO3. DFT calculations from RuCl2(NHC)(2-pyridylbenzene) show that a proton abstraction mechanism, on cooperative actions of both the coordinated base and the Ru(II) center, is favoured via a 13.7 kcal mol(-1) exothermic process affording an orthometalated intermediate with a 2.009 angstrom Ru-C bond.