Taking the F out of FLP: Simple Lewis Acid–Base Pairs for Mild Reductions with Neutral Boranes via Borenium Ion Catalysis
摘要:
Discrete three-coordinate borenium salts 1c and 1d are accessed by cooperative Lewis acid-base pair-mediated heterolytic splitting of the B-H bond in pinacolborane by B(C6F5)(3)center dot DABCO and Ph3C+/DABCO, respectively. The resulting salts are competent catalysts in the reduction of a broad range of imines and can be generated in situ. Moreover, a mechanistic framework for borenium catalysis based on experimental evidence is proposed. The reaction is suggested to proceed by borenium activation of the imine substrate followed by counterintuitive hydride delivery from HBPin (with the assistance of DABCO) rather than from the HB(C6F5)(3)(-) anion, contrary to typical mechanisms of reduction in FLP systems.
Bidentate geometry-constrained iminopyridyl nickel-catalyzed synthesis of amines or imines via borrowing hydrogen or dehydrogenative condensation
作者:Yong Jiang、Miao Hu、Nan Sun、Baoxiang Hu、Zhenlu Shen、Xinquan Hu、Liqun Jin
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152604
日期:2020.12
efficient Ni-catalyzed N-alkylation of various anilines with alcohols via borrowing hydrogen is reported using a bidentate geometry-constrained iminopyridyl nickel complex as the catalyst. Substituted benzylic alcohols and short/long chain aliphatic alcohols could be applied as the alkylation sources to couple with aromatic and heteroaromatic amines to give a diverse set of N-alkylation outcomes in moderate