The formation of carbon–carbon bonds is one of the fundamental transformations in chemistry. In this regard the application of palladium-based catalysts has been extensively investigated during recent years, but nowadays research focuses on iron catalysis, due to sustainability,
costs and toxicity issues; hence numerous examples for iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have been established, based on the coupling of electrophiles (R1-X, X = halide) with nucleophiles (R2-MgX). Only a small number of protocols deals with the iron-catalyzed oxidative
coupling of nucleophiles (R1-MgX + R2-MgX) with the aid of oxidants (1,2-dihaloethanes). However, some issues arise with these oxidants; hence more recently the potential of the industrial waste product nitrous oxide (N2O) was investigated, because the unproblematic
side product N2 is formed. Based on that, we demonstrate the catalytic potential of easily accessible iron complexes in the oxidative coupling of Grignard reagents. Importantly, nitrous oxide was essential to obtain yields up to >99% at mild conditions (e.g. 1 atm, ambient
temperature) and low catalyst loadings (0.1 mol%) Excellent catalyst performance is realized with turnover numbers of up to 1000 and turnover frequencies of up to 12000 h–1. Moreover, a good functional group tolerance is observed (e.g. amide, ester, nitrile, alkene,
alkyne). Afterwards the reaction of different Grignard reagents revealed interesting results with respect to the selectivity of cross-coupling product formation.
碳-碳键的形成是化学中的基本转化之一。在这方面,近年来广泛研究了钯基催化剂的应用,但如今研究重点转向铁催化,原因在于可持续性、成本和毒性问题;因此,已建立了许多铁催化的交叉偶联反应的示例,基于亲电子体(R1-X,X = 卤素)与亲核体(R2-MgX)的偶联。只有少数协议涉及铁催化的亲核体(R1-MgX + R2-MgX)的氧化偶联,借助氧化剂(1,2-二卤乙烷)。然而,这些氧化剂存在一些问题;因此,最近更多地研究了工业废物氧化亚氮(N2O)的潜力,因为无害的副产物N2会形成。基于这一点,我们展示了易于获得的铁配合物在氧化偶联格林纳德试剂中的催化潜力。重要的是,氧化亚氮对于在温和条件下(例如1大气压、室温)和低催化剂负载(0.1摩尔%)下获得高达>99%的产率至关重要。优秀的催化剂性能通过最高达1000的周转数和最高达12000 h-1的周转频率得以实现。此外,观察到了良好的官能团容忍性(例如酰胺、酯、腈、烯烃、炔烃)。随后,不同格林纳德试剂的反应揭示了与交叉偶联产物形成的选择性相关的有趣结果。