Selective hydrogenation of nitriles to secondary amines catalyzed by a pyridyl-functionalized and alkenyl-tethered NHC–Ru(II) complex
摘要:
A set of Co(III) and Ru(II) compounds are synthesized bearing pyridyl-functionalized and alkenyltethered N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand (L-1). [Co-III(L-1)(3)](PF6)(3) (1) was synthesized by the reaction of [(LH)-H-1]PF6, Co(OAc)(2)center dot 4H(2)O, K2CO3 in tetrahydrofuran (THF) under refiuxing condition. [(RuL1)-L-II(eta(6)-p-cymene)CI]PF6 (2) was synthesized via transmetallation method. For both compounds, the NHC ligand chelates the metal through carbene carbon and pyridyl nitrogen whereas the butenyl unit remains free. Compound 2 hydrogenates organic nitriles efficiently providing selectively secondary amines. In the presence of external amines, unsymmetrical secondary amines are also obtained. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
A New Type of Palladium-Pincer Complexes Generated via Hydrolytic Ring-Opening of Imidazole-2-ylidenes
作者:Suraj K. Gupta、Debasish Ghorai、Joyanta Choudhury
DOI:10.1021/om500362x
日期:2014.6.23
resulted from a vinylic C–H activation by palladium stabilized with coordination from the pyridine nitrogen and aldehyde oxygen donors in a pincer fashion. The new stable, square-planarpalladium(II) complexes (1–3) were characterized by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic and high-resolution mass spectrometric (HRMS) methods. The single-crystal X-ray structure of a representative complex (2) confirmed the above
Organic molecules containing imidazolium and pyridine backbone are of special interest in many branches of chemistry, and therefore, overcoming the scarcity of their catalytic functionalization protocol leading to structurally important derivatives is strongly desired. This study demonstrates an unprecedented bimodal C-H activation functionalization catalysis on such organic molecules which contain imidazolium motif (potential N-heterocyclic carbene donor) and pyridine in chelating fashion and difficult to functionalize by trivial C-H activation strategy. The unique feature of this protocol is a flip-flop NHC-directed pyridine rollover and pyridine-directed NHC-rollover C-H activation within a stable "NHC-Rh-III-pyridine" chelate platform followed by functionalization with internal alkynes to furnish structurally important annulated products. Electronic and steric factors play a key role in achieving such novel chemistry.