Mechanistic Investigation of the Oxidation of Aromatic Alkenes by Monooxoruthenium(IV). Asymmetric Alkene Epoxidation by Chiral Monooxoruthenium(IV) Complexes
作者:Wai-Hong Fung、Wing-Yiu Yu、Chi-Ming Che
DOI:10.1021/jo980755c
日期:1998.10.1
'The oxoruthenium(IV) complexes [Ru-IV(terpy)(6,6'-Cl-2-bpy)O](ClO4)(2) (1a; terpy = 2,2':6',2 "-terpyridine; 6,6'-Cl-2-bpy = 6,6'-dichloro-2,2'-bipyridine), [Ru-IV(terpy)(tmeda)O](ClO4)(2) (1b; tmeda = N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine), [Ru-IV(Cn)(bpy)O](ClO4)(2) (1c; Cn = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane), and [Ru-IV(PPz*)(bpy)O](ClO4)(2) (1d; PPz* = 2,6-bis[(4S,7R)-7,8,8-trimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-4,7-methanoindazol-2-yl]pyridine) are effective for the epoxidation of aromatic alkenes in acetonitrile at ambient conditions. Their reactions with cis-alkenes such as cis-beta-methylstyrene and cis-beta-deuteriostyrene afford epoxides nonstereospecifically. The observation of the inverse secondary kinetic isotope effect for the beta-d(2)-styrene oxidations [k(H)/k(D) = 0.87 (1b), 0.86 (1d)], but not for alpha-deuteriostyrene (k(H)/k(D) = 0.98 for 1b and 1d), indicates that C-O bond formation is more advanced at the beta-carbon atom than at the alpha carbon, i.e., a stepwise mechanism. The second-order rate constants (k(2)) for the styrene oxidations are weakly dependent on the E degrees(Ru-IV/III) values of the oxoruthenium(IV) complexes, and both electron-withdrawing and -donating para substituents mildly accelerate the oxidation reaction of styrene. These findings discount strongly the intermediaries of an alkene-derived cation radical and a carbocation. A linear free-energy relationship between the second-order rate constants for the para-substituted styrene oxidations and the total substituent effect (TE) parameters has been established: rho(TE .) = +0.43 (R = 0.99) for 1b, +0.50 (R = 0.98) for 1c, and +0.37 (R = 0.99) for 1d (Wu, Y.-D.; Wong, C.-L.; Chan, K. W.; Ji, G.-Z.; Jiang, X.-K. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 746). This suggests that the oxidation of aromatic alkenes by oxoruthenium(IV) complexes should proceed via the rate-limiting formation of a benzylic radical intermediate. Oxidation of styrene and cis- and trans-beta-methylstyrenes by the chiral oxoruthenium-(IV) complex Id attains moderate enantioselectivities, in which the production of cis-epoxide is more enantioselective than the trans counterpart. The ligand dissymmetry of PPz* together with the bipyridine ligand create a "chiral pocket" around the Ru-IV=O moiety, leading to enantiofacial discrimination through nonbonding interaction. Because the acyclic benzylic radical intermediate would undergo cis-trans isomerization before the second C-O bond formation, the overall product enantioselectivity (% ee(obs)) cannot be determined exclusively by facial selectivity (ee(facial)) of the first irreversible C-O bond formation step. The extent of the isomerization, measured by the cis-trans-epoxide selectivity or diastereoselectivity of epoxide ring closure, is an important element in controlling the enantiomeric excess of the epoxides.
四氧化钌(IV)配合物 [Ru-IV(terpy)(6,6'-Cl-2-bpy)O](ClO4)(2)(1a;terpy = 2,2':6',2"-三联吡啶;6,6'-Cl-2-bpy = 6,6'-二氯-2,2'-联吡啶)、[Ru-IV(terpy)(tmeda)O](ClO4)(2)(1b;tmeda = N,N,N',N'-四甲基乙二胺)、[Ru-IV(Cn)(bpy)O](ClO4)(2)(1c;Cn = 1,4,7-三甲基-1,4,7-三氮杂环壬烷)和 [Ru-IV(PPz*)(bpy)O](ClO4)(2)(1d;PPz* = 2,6-二[(4S,7R)-7,8,8-三甲基-4,5,6,7-四氢-4,7-甲基吲哚唑-2-基]吡啶)在乙腈中于室温条件下有效实现芳香烯的环氧化。它们与顺式烯烃(如顺式-β-甲基苯乙烯和顺式-β-去氘苯乙烯)反应,非立体选择性地生成环氧化物。观察到β-双氘苯乙烯氧化中的逆二级动力学同位素效应(k(H)/k(D) = 0.87(1b)、0.86(1d)),但未在α-对位去氘苯乙烯中观察到(k(H)/k(D) = 0.98,1b和1d),表明C-O键在β-碳的形成比α-碳更进一步,即逐步机制。苯乙烯氧化的二阶速率常数(k(2))对四氧化钌(IV)配合物的E°(Ru-IV/III)值弱依赖,且电子吸热性和 donating 气对位取代基均轻度加速苯乙烯的氧化反应。这些发现强烈排除了来源于烯烃的阳离子自由基和碳阳离子的中间体。已建立一个线性自由能关系,涉及对位取代苯乙烯氧化的二阶速率常数与总取代基效应(TE)参数:ρ(TE .) = +0.43(R = 0.99)用于1b,+0.50(R = 0.98)用于1c,+0.37(R = 0.99)用于1d(Wu, Y.-D.; Wong, C.-L.; Chan, K. W.; Ji, G.-Z.; Jiang, X.-K. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 746)。这表明,芳香烯通过四氧化钌(IV)配合物的氧化反应应经由苄自由基中间体的速率决定形成步骤。手性四氧化钌(IV)配合物1d对苯乙烯和顺式、反式β-甲基苯乙烯的环氧化实现了中等的对映选择性,其中顺式环氧化物的对映选择性高于反式产物。PPz*配体的不对称性以及联吡啶配体共同在Ru-IV=O基团周围形成一个“手性口袋”,通过非键合相互作用实现对映面分辨。由于无环苄自由基中间体在第二个C-O键形成之前会经历顺式-反式异构化,因此最终产物的对映体选择性(% ee(obs))不能仅由第一个不可逆C-O键形成步骤的面选择性(ee(facial))决定。通过顺式-反式环氧化物选择性或反式-反式环氧化物环闭合的对映选择性测量的异构化程度是控制环氧化物中对映体过量的重要因素。