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Liu X, Huang L, Ma Y, She G, Zhou P, Zhu L, Zhang Z. Enable biomass-derived alcohols mediated alkylation and transfer hydrogenation. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7012. [PMID: 39147765 PMCID: PMC11327299 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51307-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
Abstract
A single-atom catalyst with generally regarded inert Zn-N4 motifs derived from ZIF-8 is unexpectedly efficient for the activation of alcohols, enabling alcohol-mediated alkylation and transfer hydrogenation. C-alkylation of nitriles, ketones, alcohols, N-heterocycles, amides, keto acids, and esters, and N-alkylation of amines and amides all go smoothly with the developed method. Taking the α-alkylation of nitriles with alcohols as an example, the α-alkylation starts from the (1) nitrogen-doped carbon support catalyzed dehydrogenation of alcohols into aldehydes, which further condensed with nitriles to give vinyl nitriles, followed by (2) transfer hydrogenation of C=C bonds in vinyl nitriles on Zn-N4 sites. The experimental results and DFT calculations reveal that the Lewis acidic Zn-N4 sites promote step (2) by activating the alcohols. This is the first example of highly efficient single-atom catalysts for various organic transformations with biomass-derived alcohols as the alkylating reagents and hydrogen donors.
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- Xixi Liu
- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China.
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Saha R, Panda S, Nanda A, Bagh B. Nickel-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Arylacetonitriles with Challenging Secondary Alcohols. J Org Chem 2024; 89:6664-6676. [PMID: 36595479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Nickel(II) complex 1 was utilized as a sustainable catalyst for α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles with challenging secondary alcohols. Arylacetonitriles with a wide range of functional groups were tolerated, and various cyclic and acyclic secondary alcohols were utilized to yield a large number of α-alkylated products. The plausible mechanism involves the base-promoted activation of precatalyst 1 to an active catalyst 2 (dehydrochlorinated product) which activates the O-H and C-H bonds of the secondary alcohol in a dehydrogenative pathway.
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- Ratnakar Saha
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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Genç S, Arslan B, Gülcemal D, Gülcemal S, Günnaz S. Nickel-catalyzed alkylation of ketones and nitriles with primary alcohols. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:9753-9762. [PMID: 36448637 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01787c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Nickel(II)-salen or nickel(II)-salphen catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones and nitriles with primary alcohols is reported. Various α-alkylated ketones and nitriles were obtained in high yields through a borrowing hydrogen strategy by using 1-3 mol% of nickel catalyst and a catalytic amount of NaOH (5-10 mol%) under aerobic conditions.
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- Sertaç Genç
- Ege University, Department of Chemistry, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Ege University, Department of Chemistry, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Ege University, Department of Chemistry, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Ege University, Department of Chemistry, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Ege University, Department of Chemistry, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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Liu X, Sotiropoulos J, Taillefer M. A New Route to
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‐Stilbenes through the Transition‐Metal‐Free KO
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Bu/DMF‐Promoted Direct Coupling of Alcohols with Phenyl Acetonitriles. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xiaoping Liu
- ICGM Université de Montpellier, <orgDiv/CNRS, ENSCM 34296 Montpellier France
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- ICGM Université de Montpellier, <orgDiv/CNRS, ENSCM 34296 Montpellier France
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Thiyagarajan S, Sankar RV, Anjalikrishna PK, Suresh CH, Gunanathan C. Catalytic Formal Conjugate Addition: Direct Synthesis of δ-Hydroxynitriles from Nitriles and Allylic Alcohols. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Subramanian Thiyagarajan
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, Bhubaneswar 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, Bhubaneswar 752050, India
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- Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, Bhubaneswar 752050, India
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Li X, Tao P, Cheng Y, Hu Q, Huang W, Li Y, Luo Z, Huang G. Recent Progress on the Electrochemical Difunctionalization of Alkenes/Alkynes. CHINESE J ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202204066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Yang J, Xie Z, Chen Z, Jin L, Li Q, Le Z. Catalyst‐free synthesis of quinazolinones by oxidative cyclization under visible light in the absence of additives. J Heterocycl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.4275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jiangnan Yang
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry East China University of Technology Nanchang China
- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science East China University of Technology Nanchang China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry East China University of Technology Nanchang China
- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science East China University of Technology Nanchang China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry East China University of Technology Nanchang China
- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science East China University of Technology Nanchang China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry East China University of Technology Nanchang China
- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science East China University of Technology Nanchang China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry East China University of Technology Nanchang China
- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science East China University of Technology Nanchang China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry East China University of Technology Nanchang China
- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science East China University of Technology Nanchang China
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Li WZ, Wang ZX. Nickel-catalyzed coupling of R 2P(O)Me (R = aryl or alkoxy) with (hetero)arylmethyl alcohols. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:2233-2242. [PMID: 33616130 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00086a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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α-Alkylation of methyldiarylphosphine oxides with (hetero)arylmethyl alcohols was performed under nickel catalysis. Various arylmethyl and heteroarylmethyl alcohols can be used in this transformation. A series of methyldiarylphosphine oxides were alkylated with 30-90% yields. Functional groups on the aromatic rings of methyldiarylphosphine oxides or arylmethyl alcohols including OMe, NMe2, SMe, CF3, Cl, and F groups can be tolerated. The conditions are also suitable for the α-alkylation reaction of dialkyl methylphosphonates.
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- Wei-Ze Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China. and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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Arslan B, Gülcemal S. α-Alkylation of arylacetonitriles with primary alcohols catalyzed by backbone modified N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(i) complexes. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:1788-1796. [DOI: 10.1039/d0dt04082g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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α-Alkylation of arylacetonitriles with primary alcohols was achieved by using backbone-modified NHC–IrI complexes as catalysts with turnover numbers of up to 960.
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- Burcu Arslan
- Department of Chemistry
- Ege University
- 35100 Bornova
- Turkey
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Li C, Bai L, Ge MT, Xia AB, Wang Y, Qiu YR, Xu DQ. Base-controlled chemoselectivity: direct coupling of alcohols and acetonitriles to synthesise α-alkylated arylacetonitriles or acetamides. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj02243a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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[Cp*IrCl2]2 with a phosphine-free ligand α,α,α-terpyridine shows high catalytic performance in chemodivergent synthesis of α-alkylated arylacetonitriles in the presence of K2CO3 and α-alkylated acetamides in the presence of tBuOK, respectively.
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- Chen Li
- Catalytic Hydrogenation Research Center, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Catalytic Hydrogenation Research Center, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Catalytic Hydrogenation Research Center, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Catalytic Hydrogenation Research Center, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Catalytic Hydrogenation Research Center, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Catalytic Hydrogenation Research Center, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Catalytic Hydrogenation Research Center, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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Panda S, Saha R, Sethi S, Ghosh R, Bagh B. Efficient α-Alkylation of Arylacetonitriles with Secondary Alcohols Catalyzed by a Phosphine-Free Air-Stable Iridium(III) Complex. J Org Chem 2020; 85:15610-15621. [PMID: 33197191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A well-defined and readily available air-stable dimeric iridium(III) complex catalyzed α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles using secondary alcohols with the liberation of water as the only byproduct is reported. The α-alkylations were efficiently performed at 120 °C under solvent-free conditions with very low (0.1-0.01 mol %) catalyst loading. Various secondary alcohols including cyclic and acyclic alcohols and a wide variety of arylacetonitriles bearing different functional groups were converted into the corresponding α-alkylated products in good yields. Mechanistic study revealed that the reaction proceeds via alcohol activation by metal-ligand cooperation with the formation of reactive iridium-hydride species.
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- Surajit Panda
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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