A nickel pincer complex is found to catalyze alkyl-alkyl Kumada coupling reactions of 1,3- and 1,4-substituted cyclohexyl halides and tetrahydropyrans with an excellent diastereoselectivity. The mechanistic investigation of the coupling reactions provides evidence that the activation of alkyl halides is reversible.
Vechorkin, Oleg; Hu, Xile, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2009, vol. 48, p. 2937 - 2940
作者:Vechorkin, Oleg、Hu, Xile
DOI:——
日期:——
From Dimethylamine to Pyrrolidine: The Development of an Improved Nickel Pincer Complex for Cross-Coupling of Nonactivated Secondary Alkyl Halides
作者:Pablo M. Perez Garcia、Thomas Di Franco、Alexandre Epenoy、Rosario Scopelliti、Xile Hu
DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5b02324
日期:2016.1.4
Replacement of a dimethyl amino group of the amidobis(amine) nickel(II) pincer complex (1), [((N2N)-N-Me)-Ni-Cl], by a pyrrolidino group resulted in a new nickel(II) pincer complex (2), [((PNNN)-N-yr-N-Me)Ni-Cl]. Complex 2 is an efficient catalyst for Kumada and Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of nonactivated secondary alkyl halides, while complex 1 is largely inactive. The significant activity difference is tentatively attributed to a minimal structural difference, which leads to a more hemilabile ligand.