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Song F, Wang B, Shi ZJ. Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-C Bond Formation from C-C Activation. Acc Chem Res 2023; 56:2867-2886. [PMID: 37882453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
Abstract
ConspectusC-C single bonds are ubiquitous in organic compounds. The activation and subsequent functionalization of C-C single bonds provide a unique opportunity to synthesize conventionally inaccessible molecules through the rearrangement of carbon skeletons, often with a favorable atom and step economy. However, the C-C bonds are thermodynamically and kinetically inert. Consequently, the activation of C-C bonds is particularly attractive yet challenging in the field of organic chemistry. In the past decade, we sought to develop efficient strategies to carry out transition-metal-catalyzed diverse C-C cleavage/C-C forming reactions and to obtain some insights into the intrinsic reactivities of different C-C bonds. With our efforts, readily available alcohols, carboxylic acids, and ketones served as suitable substrates for the catalytic C-C coupling reactions, which are reviewed in this Account. In 2009, we observed a Ni-catalyzed cross coupling of aryl nitriles with arylboronic esters through C-CN cleavage. Encouraged by these results, we are interested in transition-metal-catalyzed C-C bond activation. Due to their broad availability, we then turned our attention to C-C cleavage of carboxylic acids. Rhodium-catalyzed decarbonylative coupling of carboxylic acids with (hetero)arenes was then achieved through oxidative addition of in situ formed, more reactive mixed anhydrides to Rh(I) without the need for oxidants that are commonly required for the decarboxylative coupling of carboxylic acids. Subsequently, the decarbonylation of more challenging unstrained aryl ketones was realized under Rh catalysis assisted by N-containing directing groups. Following this work, a group exchange of aryl ketones with carboxylic acids was achieved through 2-fold C-C bond cleavage. By employing the chelation strategy, Rh-catalyzed C-C bond activation of secondary benzyl alcohols was also accomplished through β-carbon elimination of the rhodium alcoholate intermediates. The competing oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones via β-hydrogen elimination of the same intermediates was suppressed as thermodynamically favorable five-membered rhodacycles are formed after β-carbon elimination. Different types of transformations of alcohols, including the Heck-type reaction with alkenes, cross coupling with arylsilanes, and Grignard-type addition with aldehydes or imines, have been achieved, showing the great potential of secondary alcohols in the formation of C-C bonds. These C-C bond-forming reactions are complementary to traditional cross couplings of aryl halides with organometallic reagents. However, these transformations produce small molecules as byproducts. To improve the atom economy, we then investigated C-C bond transformations of strained-ring cyclic compounds. Ni-catalyzed intermolecular cyclization of benzocyclobutenones with alkynes was recently achieved via the uncommon cleavage of the C1-C8 bond by employing a removable blocking strategy. Rh-catalyzed intramolecular annulation of benzocyclobutenols with alkynes was also achieved. In summary, our developments demonstrate the great potential of transition-metal-catalyzed C-C bond activation for the formation of new C-C bonds. To further expand the synthetic utility of C-C bond activation, more efforts are required to expand the substrate scope and to achieve earth-abundant metal-catalyzed transformations.
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- Feijie Song
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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Mechanism and selectivity of nickel-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of cyclopropenones and α,β-unsaturated ketones: A computational study. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Guo J, Liu Y, Lin X, Tang T, Wang B, Hu P, Zhao K, Song F, Shi Z. Site‐Selective C–C Cleavage of Benzocyclobutenones Enabled by a Blocking Strategy Using Nickel Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jing‐Hong Guo
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sichan 610066 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sichan 610066 China
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- Department of Chemistry Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sichan 610066 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sichan 610066 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sichan 610066 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sichan 610066 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sichan 610066 China
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- Department of Chemistry Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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Guo JH, Liu Y, Lin XC, Tang TM, Wang BQ, Hu P, Zhao KQ, Song F, Shi ZJ. Site-Selective C-C Cleavage of Benzocyclobutenones Enabled by a Blocking Strategy Using Nickel Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:19079-19084. [PMID: 34187100 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Controlling the chemo- and regioselectivity of transition-metal-catalyzed C-C activation remains a great challenge. The transformations of benzocyclobutenones (BCBs) usually involve the cleavage of C1-C2 bond. In this work, an unprecedented highly selective cleavage of C1-C8 bond with the insertion of alkynes is achieved by using blocking strategy via Ni catalysis, providing an efficient method for synthesis of 1,8-disubstituted naphthalenes. Notably, the blocking group could be readily removed after the transformation.
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- Jing-Hong Guo
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichan, 610066, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichan, 610066, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichan, 610066, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichan, 610066, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichan, 610066, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichan, 610066, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichan, 610066, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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This article reviews synthetic transformations involving cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond of a four-membered ring, with a particular focus on the examples reported during the period from 2011 to the end of 2019. Most significant is the progress of catalytic reactions involving oxidative addition of carbon-carbon bonds onto transition metals or β-carbon elimination of transition metal alkoxides. When they are looked at from synthetic perspectives, they offer unique and efficient methods to build complex natural products and structures that are difficult to construct by conventional methods. On the other hand, β-scission of radical intermediates has also attracted increasing attention as an alternative elementary step to cleave carbon-carbon bonds. Its site-selectivity is often complementary to that of transition metal-catalyzed reactions. In addition, Lewis acid-mediated and thermally induced ring-opening of cyclobutanone derivatives has garnered renewed attention. On the whole, these examples demonstrate unique synthetic potentials of structurally strained four-membered ring compounds for the construction of organic skeletons.
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- Masahiro Murakami
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Sakhare PR, Subramanian P, Kaliappan KP. Copper Catalyzed Oxidative C–C Bond Cleavage of 1,2-Diketones: A Divergent Approach to 1,8-Naphthalimides, Biphenyl-2,2′-dicarboxamides, and N-Heterocyclic Amides. J Org Chem 2019; 84:2112-2125. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b03114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Priyanka R. Sakhare
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076, India
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Zhang M, Hu L, Lang Y, Cao Y, Huang G. Mechanism and Origins of Regio- and Enantioselectivities of Iridium-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Alkenyl Ethers. J Org Chem 2018; 83:2937-2947. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mei Zhang
- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular
Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular
Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular
Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- Institute of New Energy, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518031, P.R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular
Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
- National
Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Education, National Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center
for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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Xu ZY, Zhang SQ, Liu JR, Chen PP, Li X, Yu HZ, Hong X, Fu Y. Mechanism and Origins of Chemo- and Regioselectivities of Pd-Catalyzed Intermolecular σ-Bond Exchange between Benzocyclobutenones and Silacyclobutanes: A Computational Study. Organometallics 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Zheng-Yang Xu
- Department
of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key
Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory
of Biomass Clean Energy, iChEM, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, 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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- 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 and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key
Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory
of Biomass Clean Energy, iChEM, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Zhu Z, Li X, Chen S, Chen PH, Billett BA, Huang Z, Dong G. Cobalt-Catalyzed Intramolecular Alkyne/Benzocyclobutenone Coupling: C-C Bond Cleavage via a Tetrahedral Dicobalt Intermediate. ACS Catal 2018; 8:845-849. [PMID: 29868245 PMCID: PMC5983384 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A Co(0)-catalyzed intramolecular alkyne/benzocyclobutenone coupling through C-C cleavage of benzocyclobutenones is described. Co2(CO)8/P[3, 5-(CF3)2C6H3]3 was discovered to be an effective metal/ligand combination, which exhibits complementary catalytic activity to the previously established rhodium catalyst. In particular, the C8-substituted substrates failed in the Rh system, but succeeded with the Co catalysis. Experimental and computational studies show that the initially formed tetrahedral dicobalt-alkyne complex undergoes C1-C2 activation via oxidative addition with Co(0), followed by migratory insertion and reductive elimination to give the β-naphthol products.
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- Zixi Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Li X, Wu H, Lang Y, Huang G. Mechanism, selectivity, and reactivity of iridium- and rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular ketone α-alkylation with unactivated olefinsviaan enamide directing strategy. Catal Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cy00290h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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DFT calculations were performed to investigate the title reaction, focusing on detailed reaction mechanism and origins of selectivity and reactivity.
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- Xiaojie Li
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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Wu H, Li X, Tang X, Huang G. Mechanism and origins of chemo- and regioselectivities of (NHC)NiH-catalyzed cross-hydroalkenylation of vinyl ethers with α-olefins: a computational study. Org Chem Front 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8qo01020j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density functional theory calculations were performed to investigate the (NHC)NiH-catalyzed cross-hydroalkenylation of vinyl ethers with α-olefins.
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- Hongli Wu
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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