Iron-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Alkylamides with Arenes through Oxidation of Alkylamides Followed by Friedel−Crafts Alkylation
摘要:
FeCL(3) in combination with t-BuOOt-Bu as an oxidant was found to be an efficient catalyst for oxidation of alkylamides to alpha-(tert-butoxy)alkylamides. FeCl(2) and CuCl showed, respectively, almost the same and slightly lower activities compared with FeCl(3) in the tert-butoxylation of N-phenylpyrrolidone (1a), whereas no tert-butoxylated product was obtained by use of Fe(OTf)(3), RuCl(3), or Zr(OTf)(4). FeCl(3) was found to be effective also as a catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts alkylation with thus obtained alpha-(tert-butoxy)alkylamides. The Friedel-Crafts alkylation proceeded smoothly also in the presence of a catalytic amount of Fe(OTf)(3), RuCl(3), or Zr(OTf)(4). In contrast, FeCl(2) and CuCl, which showed certain activity toward the tert-butoxylation, failed to promote the Friedel Crafts alkylation. Among the transition metal complexes thus far examined, only FeCl(3) showed high catalytic activities for both the oxidation and the Friedel-Crafts alkylation. The bifunctionality of FeCl(3) was utilized for the oxidative coupling of alkylamides with arenes through a tandem reaction consisting of oxidation of alkylamides to alpha-(tert-butoxy)alkylamides and the following Friedel-Crafts alkylation. The FeCl(3)-catalyzed oxidative coupling is applicable to a wide variety of alkylamides and arenes, though a combination of FeCl(3) with Fe(OTf)(3) was found to be effective for the reaction of arenes with low nucleophilicity. A Fe(II)-Fe(III) catalytic cycle is concerned with the tert-butoxylation, whereas a Fe(III) complex as a Lewis acid catalyzes the Friedel-Crafts alkylation.
Photocatalyst-Free, Visible-Light-Mediated C(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H Arylation of Amides via a Solvent-Caged EDA Complex
作者:Jaspreet Kaur、Ahmed Shahin、Joshua P. Barham
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00132
日期:2021.3.19
A photocatalyst-free and mild visible light photochemical procedure for C(sp3)–H arylation of amides is described. The reaction proceeds via an electrondonor–acceptor (EDA) complex between an electron-rich arene substrate and electron-poor persulfate oxidant. C(sp3)–H arylation of the amide occurs selectively with the most electron-rich arene of the substrate. Mechanistic studies corroborate the reaction