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Malyk K, Pillai VG, Brennessel WW, Leon Baxin R, Silk ES, Nakamura DT, Kennedy CR. Distinguishing Competing Mechanistic Manifolds for C(acyl)-N Functionalization by a Ni/ N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyst System. JACS AU 2023; 3:2451-2457. [PMID: 37772178 PMCID: PMC10523494 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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Carboxylic acid derivatives are appealing alternatives to organohalides as cross-coupling electrophiles for fine chemical synthesis due to their prevalence in biomass and bioactive small molecules as well as their ease of preparation and handling. Within this family, carboxamides comprise a versatile electrophile class for nickel-catalyzed coupling with carbon and heteroatom nucleophiles. However, even state-of-the-art C(acyl)-N functionalization and cross-coupling reactions typically require high catalyst loadings and specific substitution patterns. These challenges have proven difficult to overcome, in large part due to limited experimental mechanistic insight. In this work, we describe a detailed mechanistic case study of acylative coupling reactions catalyzed by the commonly employed Ni/SIPr catalyst system (SIPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-di-isopropylphenyl)-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidine). Stoichiometric organometallic studies, in situ spectroscopic measurements, and crossover experiments demonstrate the accessibility of Ni(0), Ni(I), and Ni(II) resting states. Although in situ precatalyst activation limits reaction efficiency, the low concentrations of active, SIPr-supported Ni(0) select for electrophile-first (closed-shell) over competing nucleophile-first (open-shell) mechanistic manifolds. We anticipate that the experimental insights into the nature and controlling features of these distinct pathways will accelerate rational improvements to cross-coupling methodologies involving pervasive carboxamide substrate motifs.
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- University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- University of Rochester, Department of Chemistry, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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Bharathi M, Indira S, Vinoth G, Shanmuga Bharathi K. Implanted mixed ligand Ni complex of phenolic Schiff base and 2, 2’ bipyridine on MCM-41 as an efficient catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions: a greener approach. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-022-04786-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rajalakshmi C, Krishnan A, Saranya S, Anilkumar G, Thomas VI. A detailed theoretical investigation to unravel the molecular mechanism of the ligand-free copper-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:4539-4552. [PMID: 35388388 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00371f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The Suzuki-Miyaura coupling (SMC) represents a very efficacious method for constructing C-C bonds in organic synthesis. The ligand-free variants of SMC have been grabbing attention these days. Despite this momentousness, the mechanistic details of the ligand-free variants are scant in the literature. Herein, we have carried out a detailed mechanistic investigation into the ligand-free Cu-catalyzed SMC of unsaturated organic halides with aryl boronic acid with the aid of density functional theory (DFT) calculations employing the conductor-like polarizable continuum model (CPCM) method. The present study elucidates that in the absence of ancillary ligands on the metal, the substrates, base, and solvent molecules could act as pseudo-ancillary ligands to facilitate the cross-coupling reaction. The investigation further revealed that unsaturated halides like alkynyl halides/vinyl halides could act as good ancillary ligands for copper by forming a Cu-π intermediate and promoting a facile transmetalation process. However, regarding the oxidative addition and reductive elimination steps, a concerted pathway is observed contrary to Pd catalyzed Suzuki coupling, owing to the instability of Cu(III) species and the favourability of Csp2-Csp bond formation. In the whole set of mechanisms explored, oxidative addition/oxidative nucleophilic substitution was the rate-determining step in all the cases. A thermodynamically stable π-coordinated intermediate species where the substrate and base molecule are coordinated to the metal center is identified as the rate-determining species for the ligand-free Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. The presence of the aforesaid intermediate increases the energy span and consequently the activation barrier for the rate-determining step. This study unveiled a theoretical rationale for the high-temperature requirement in the ligand-free Cu-catalyzed SMC reaction.
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- C Rajalakshmi
- Department of Chemistry, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam, Kerala, 686001, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam, Kerala, 686001, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills P.O, Kottayam, Kerala, 686560, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills P.O, Kottayam, Kerala, 686560, India. .,Institute for Integrated Programmes and Research in Basic Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills P.O, Kottayam, Kerala, India 686560
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- Department of Chemistry, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam, Kerala, 686001, India. .,Institute for Integrated Programmes and Research in Basic Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills P.O, Kottayam, Kerala, India 686560
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Xie. P, Qin Z, Zhang S, Hong X. Understanding the Structure‐Activity Relationship of Ni‐Catalyzed Amide C−N Bond Activation using Distortion/Interaction Analysis. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202100672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Pei‐Pei Xie.
- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P.R. China
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- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P.R. China
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- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P.R. China
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- Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P.R. China
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Zheng YL, Xie PP, Daneshfar O, Houk KN, Hong X, Newman SG. Direct Synthesis of Ketones from Methyl Esters by Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:13476-13483. [PMID: 33792138 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The direct conversion of alkyl esters to ketones has been hindered by the sluggish reactivity of the starting materials and the susceptibility of the product towards subsequent nucleophilic attack. We have now achieved a cross-coupling approach to this transformation using nickel, a bulky N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, and alkyl organoboron coupling partners. 65 alkyl ketones bearing diverse functional groups and heterocyclic scaffolds have been synthesized with this method. Catalyst-controlled chemoselectivity is observed for C(acyl)-O bond activation of multi-functional substrates bearing other bonds prone to cleavage by Ni, including aryl ether, aryl fluoride, and N-Ph amide functional groups. Density functional theory calculations provide mechanistic support for a Ni0 /NiII catalytic cycle and demonstrate how stabilizing non-covalent interactions between the bulky catalyst and substrate are critical for the reaction's success.
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- Yan-Long Zheng
- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
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Zheng Y, Xie P, Daneshfar O, Houk KN, Hong X, Newman SG. Direct Synthesis of Ketones from Methyl Esters by Nickel‐Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202103327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Yan‐Long Zheng
- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences University of Ottawa 10 Marie-Curie Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences University of Ottawa 10 Marie-Curie Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences University of Ottawa 10 Marie-Curie Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
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Liu J, Yang Y, Ouyang K, Zhang WX. Transition-metal-catalyzed transformations of C–N single bonds: Advances in the last five years, challenges and prospects. GREEN SYNTHESIS AND CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gresc.2021.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Recent Advances in Metal-Catalyzed Alkyl–Boron (C(sp3)–C(sp2)) Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Couplings. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10030296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Boron chemistry has evolved to become one of the most diverse and applied fields in organic synthesis and catalysis. Various valuable reactions such as hydroborylations and Suzuki–Miyaura cross-couplings (SMCs) are now considered as indispensable methods in the synthetic toolbox of researchers in academia and industry. The development of novel sterically- and electronically-demanding C(sp3)–Boron reagents and their subsequent metal-catalyzed cross-couplings attracts strong attention and serves in turn to expedite the wheel of innovative applications of otherwise challenging organic adducts in different fields. This review describes the significant progress in the utilization of classical and novel C(sp3)–B reagents (9-BBN and 9-MeO-9-BBN, trifluoroboronates, alkylboranes, alkylboronic acids, MIDA, etc.) as coupling partners in challenging metal-catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp2) cross-coupling reactions, such as B-alkyl SMCs after 2001.
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Zhuo J, Zhang Y, Li Z, Li C. Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Acylation of Aryl and Alkyl Bromides with Acylimidazoles. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Junming Zhuo
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China
- National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China
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- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China
- National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China
- Tsinghua Institute of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Li R, Xu H, Zhao N, Jin X, Dang Y. Origins of Chemoselectivity in the Ni-Catalyzed Biaryl and Pd-Catalyzed Acyl Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of N-Acetyl-Amides. J Org Chem 2019; 85:833-840. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Riqing Li
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Zhou T, Ji CL, Hong X, Szostak M. Palladium-catalyzed decarbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of amides by carbon-nitrogen bond activation. Chem Sci 2019; 10:9865-9871. [PMID: 32015810 PMCID: PMC6977462 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03169c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling or aryl halides is widely employed in the synthesis of many important molecules in synthetic chemistry, including pharmaceuticals, polymers and functional materials. Herein, we disclose the first palladium-catalyzed decarbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of amides for the synthesis of biaryls through the selective activation of the N-C(O) bond of amides. This new method relies on the precise sequence engineering of the catalytic cycle, wherein decarbonylation occurs prior to the transmetallation step. The reaction is compatible with a wide range of boronic acids and amides, providing valuable biaryls in high yields (>60 examples). DFT studies support a mechanism involving oxidative addition, decarbonylation and transmetallation and provide insight into high N-C(O) bond activation selectivity. Most crucially, the reaction establishes the use of palladium catalysis in the biaryl Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of the amide bond and should enable the design of a wide variety of cross-coupling methods in which palladium rivals the traditional biaryl synthesis from aryl halides and pseudohalides.
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- Tongliang Zhou
- Department of Chemistry , Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street , Newark , NJ 07102 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , China .
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry , Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology , Xi'an 710021 , China
- Department of Chemistry , Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street , Newark , NJ 07102 , USA .
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Zhang C, Zhao R, Dagnaw WM, Liu Z, Lu Y, Wang ZX. Density Functional Theory Mechanistic Insight into the Base-Free Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Acid Fluoride: Concerted versus Stepwise Transmetalation. J Org Chem 2019; 84:13983-13991. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Chaoshen Zhang
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Chen PP, Zhang H, Cheng B, Chen X, Cheng F, Zhang SQ, Lu Z, Meng F, Hong X. How Solvents Control the Stereospecificity of Ni-Catalyzed Miyaura Borylation of Allylic Pivalates. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Pan-Pan Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Liu Q, Sun L, Li S, Li X, Qu L, Lan Y, Wei D. Insights into N‐Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of 2H‐Azirine with Aldehyde. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:2000-2007. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Qiuli Liu
- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- Basic Teaching DepartmentHuanghe Jiaotong University No. 333 Yingbin Road Wuzhi Henan 454950 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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Wang H, Zhang SQ, Hong X. Computational studies on Ni-catalyzed amide C–N bond activation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:11330-11341. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05763c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This review summarizes the mechanistic models of Ni-catalyzed amide C–N bond cleavage and discusses their applications in related transformations.
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- Hongliang Wang
- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- China
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Ji CL, Xie PP, Hong X. Computational Study of Mechanism and Thermodynamics of Ni/IPr-Catalyzed Amidation of Esters. Molecules 2018; 23:E2681. [PMID: 30340335 PMCID: PMC6222384 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23102681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Nickel catalysis has shown remarkable potential in amide C⁻N bond activation and functionalization. Particularly for the transformation between ester and amide, nickel catalysis has realized both the forward (ester to amide) and reverse (amide to ester) reactions, allowing a powerful approach for the ester and amide synthesis. Based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we explored the mechanism and thermodynamics of Ni/IPr-catalyzed amidation with both aromatic and aliphatic esters. The reaction follows the general cross-coupling mechanism, involving sequential oxidative addition, proton transfer, and reductive elimination. The calculations indicated the reversible nature of amidation, which highlights the importance of reaction thermodynamics in related reaction designs. To shed light on the control of thermodynamics, we also investigated the thermodynamic free energy changes of amidation with a series of esters and amides.
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- Chong-Lei Ji
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Yang Y, Hou X, Zhang T, Ma J, Zhang W, Tang S, Sun H, Zhang J. Mechanistic Insights into the Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction of Benzaldehyde with Benzyl Alcohol via C–H Activation: A Theoretical Investigation. J Org Chem 2018; 83:11905-11916. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yang Yang
- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
- National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
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- National & Local United Engineering Lab for Power Battery, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, People’s Republic of China
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Payard PA, Perego LA, Ciofini I, Grimaud L. Taming Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling: A Mechanistic Focus on Boron-to-Nickel Transmetalation. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Pierre-Adrien Payard
- PASTEUR, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- PASTEUR, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
- PSL Research University, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris IRCP, CNRS-Chimie ParisTech, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, F-75005 Paris 05, France
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- PSL Research University, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris IRCP, CNRS-Chimie ParisTech, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, F-75005 Paris 05, France
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- PASTEUR, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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Guo W, Huang J, Wu H, Liu T, Luo Z, Jian J, Zeng Z. One-pot transition-metal free transamidation to sterically hindered amides. Org Chem Front 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8qo00591e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A highly efficient one-pot transamidation of primary amides has been developed under transition-metal free conditions, generating a variety of amides including hindered amides in good yield (up to 86%) catalyzed by CsF.
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- Weijie Guo
- College of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006
- People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006
- People's Republic of China
- College of Arts and Sciences
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- College of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006
- People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006
- People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006
- People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006
- People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Environment
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006
- People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Zhang Q, Wang B, Liu JQ, Fu Y, Wu YC. Mechanistic Insights into Solvent and Ligand Dependency in Cu(I)-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation with gem-Diborylalkanes. J Org Chem 2017; 83:561-570. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Qi Zhang
- Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province, Hefei 230009, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province, Hefei 230009, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province, Hefei 230009, China
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Ji CL, Hong X. Factors Controlling the Reactivity and Chemoselectivity of Resonance Destabilized Amides in Ni-Catalyzed Decarbonylative and Nondecarbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:15522-15529. [PMID: 29017320 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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N-Glutarimide amides have recently emerged as an exceptional group of compounds with unusually high reactivity in amide C-N bond activation. To understand the key factors that control the remarkable reactivity of these resonance destabilized amides, we explored the Ni-catalyzed decarbonylative and nondecarbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura coupling with N-glutarimide amides through density functional theory calculations. Two leading effects are responsible for the C-N cleavage activity of N-glutarimide amides, the coordinating N-substituents and the geometric twisting. The carbonyl substituent of the N-glutarimide amides provides crucial nickel-oxygen interaction, which essentially acts as a directing group to facilitate the formation of the reactive intermediate for the amide C-N bond cleavage. The geometric twisting weakens the resonance stability by removing the acyl-nitrogen conjugation, which lowers the energy penalty for the C-N bond stretch during oxidative addition. For the chemoselectivity of decarbonylation versus carbonyl retention, we found that the C-C reductive elimination for ketone formation is kinetically faster than that for biaryl formation, while ketone is thermodynamically less stable with respect to the decarbonylated biaryls. The computations also suggest that the nickel catalyst is able to promote the decarbonylation of biaryl ketones via an unexpected C-C bond activation.
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- Chong-Lei Ji
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Xie H, Li Y, Wang L, Kuang J, Lei Q, Fang W. Why different ligands can control stereochemistry selectivity of Ni-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling of benzylic carbamates with arylboronic esters: a mechanistic study. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:13010-13019. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02532g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Transmetallation is the rate-determining step for the whole catalytic cycle, and oxidative addition controls the stereoselectivity of products.
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- Hujun Xie
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Zhejiang Gongshang University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Zhejiang Gongshang University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Zhejiang Gongshang University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Zhejiang Gongshang University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310027
- P. R. China
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