A highly efficient CâC bond formation has been developed through the cross-coupling of primary and secondary alcohols. The corresponding functionalized ketones were obtained with an iridiumâCNP complex as a catalyst through the borrowing hydrogen strategy. The present methodology provides an easy alternative method to aldol reaction derivatives. More importantly, the complexes were also effective catalysts for the alkylation of an aromatic amine with a tertiary alkyl amine.
The α-alkylation of ketones with primary alcohols was realized by CC cross-coupling with iridium–CNP complexes as catalyst. This reaction proceeds via dehydrogenation reactions, aldol condensation, and hydrogenation using the borrowed hydrogen atoms from alcohols. The pyridyl methanols and other heterocyclic substituted methanols, especially alkyl alcohols, were also suitable for this transformation
Vinyl Azides as Radical Acceptors in the Vitamin B<sub>12</sub>-Catalyzed Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Ketones
作者:Krzysztof R. Dworakowski、Sabina Pisarek、Sidra Hassan、Dorota Gryko
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03321
日期:2021.12.3
Vinyl azides are very reactive species and as such are useful building blocks, in particular, in the synthesis of N-heterocycles. They can also serve as precursors of ketones. These form in reactions of vinyl azides with nucleophiles or radicals. We have found, however, that under light irradiation vitamin B12 catalyzes the reaction of vinyl azides with electrophiles to afford unsymmetrical carbonyl
乙烯基叠氮化物是非常活泼的物质,因此是有用的结构单元,特别是在N-杂环的合成中。它们还可以作为酮的前体。这些是在乙烯基叠氮化物与亲核试剂或自由基的反应中形成的。然而,我们发现,在光照射下,维生素 B 12催化乙烯基叠氮化物与亲电子试剂的反应,以良好的产率提供不对称羰基化合物。机理研究表明烷基自由基是这种转变的关键中间体。
Synthesis, Structures of Benzoxazolyl Iridium(III) Complexes, and Applications on C–C and C–N Bond Formation Reactions under Solvent-Free Conditions: Catalytic Activity Enhanced by Noncoordinating Anion without Silver Effect
Several new bisbenzoxazolyl iridium(III) complexes have been synthesized and characterized through X-ray crystallography. These complexes exhibit excellent catalytic activity in CC and CN bond formation reactions from the alkylation of amine with amine, amine with alcohol, ketone with alcohol, and alcohol with alcohol through a borrowing hydrogen reaction. Moreover, these iridium(III) complexes are effective catalysts for the alkylation of amine with alcohol and ketone with alcohol under solvent-free conditions. The catalytic activity of these complexes is greatly enhanced by noncoordinating, while the experiments have excluded the possibility of a silver effect (bimetallic catalysis or silver-assisted metal catalysis) from the experiments.
Use of a Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex Containing a N<sup>∧</sup>C<sup>∧</sup>N-Coordinating Terdentate Ligand as a Catalyst for the α-Alkylation of Ketones and <i>N</i>-Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols
作者:Pengcheng Liu、Ran Liang、Lei Lu、Zhentao Yu、Feng Li
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.6b02758
日期:2017.2.17
A cyclometalated iridium(III) complexcontaining a N∧C∧N-coordinating terdentate ligand [Ir(dpyx-N,C,N)Cl(μ-Cl)]2 was found to be a general and highly effective catalyst for the α-alkylation of ketones and N-alkylation of amines with alcohols. In the presence of catalyst (1 mol % Ir) and base (0.2–0.5 equiv), a variety of desirable products were obtained in good yields under an air atmosphere. Notably