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Jiang W, Wang B, Song C, Liu J. Electrocatalytic Desulfurizative Amination of Thioureas to Guanidines. J Org Chem 2023; 88:14601-14609. [PMID: 37788335 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
Abstract
Guanidine has been known as an important class of N-containing molecules with a wide range of applications. Described here is a selective and efficient electrochemical approach to the synthesis of guanidines from easily accessible thioureas and amines. The key to success for this reaction is the in situ generation of a hypervalent iodine reagent as a catalyst from iodoarene by anodic oxidation. This mild desulfurizative amination presents ample substrate scope and good functional group tolerance without the use of extra stoichiometric chemical oxidants. As only electrons serve as the oxidation reagents, this method offers a more straightforward and sustainable manner toward versatile guanidines, including late-stage functionalization of pharmaceutically relevant molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wei Jiang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, 410082, Changsha, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, 410082, Changsha, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, 410082, Changsha, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, 410082, Changsha, China
- Greater Bay Area Institute for Innovation, Hunan University, Guangzhou 511300, Guangdong Province, China
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Thai P, Frey BL, Figgins MT, Thompson RR, Carmieli R, Powers DC. Selective multi-electron aggregation at a hypervalent iodine center by sequential disproportionation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:4308-4311. [PMID: 36939182 PMCID: PMC10089653 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00549f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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We demonstrate that sequential disproportionation reactions can enable selective aggregation of two- or four electron-holes at a hypervalent iodine center. Disproportionation of an anodically generated iodanyl radical affords an iodosylbenzene derivative. Subsequent iodosylbenzene disproportionation can be triggered to provide access to an iodoxybenzene. These results demonstrate multielectron oxidation at the one-electron potential by selective and sequential disproportionation chemistry.
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- Phong Thai
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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Klein M, Troglauer DL, Waldvogel SR. Dehydrogenative Imination of Low-Valent Sulfur Compounds-Fast and Scalable Synthesis of Sulfilimines, Sulfinamidines, and Sulfinimidate Esters. JACS AU 2023; 3:575-583. [PMID: 36873686 PMCID: PMC9975850 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Herein, we describe an electrochemical pathway for the synthesis of sulfilimines, sulfoximines, sulfinamidines, and sulfinimidate esters from readily available low-valent sulfur compounds and primary amides or their analogues. The combination of solvents and supporting electrolytes together act both as an electrolyte as well as a mediator, leading to efficient use of reactants. Both can be easily recovered, enabling an atom-efficient and sustainable process. A broad scope of sulfilimines, sulfinamidines, and sulfinimidate esters with N-EWGs is accessed in up to excellent yields with broad functional group tolerance. This fast synthesis can be easily scaled up to multigram quantities with high robustness for fluctuation of current densities of up to 3 orders of magnitude. The sulfilimines are converted into the corresponding sulfoximines in an ex-cell process in high to excellent yields using electro-generated peroxodicarbonate as a green oxidizer. Thereby, preparatively valuable NH sulfoximines are accessible.
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Synthesis of Sulfoximines and Sulfonimidamides Using Hypervalent Iodine Mediated NH Transfer. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031120. [PMID: 36770787 PMCID: PMC9920176 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The development of NH transfer reactions using hypervalent iodine and simple sources of ammonia has facilitated the synthesis of sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides for applications across the chemical sciences. Perhaps most notably, the methods have been widely applied in medicinal chemistry and in the preparation of biologically active compounds, including in the large-scale preparation of an API intermediate. This review provides an overview of the development of these synthetic methods involving an intermediate iodonitrene since our initial report in 2016 on the conversion of sulfoxides into sulfoximines. This review covers the NH transfer to sulfoxides and sulfinamides, and the simultaneous NH/O transfer to sulfides and sulfenamides to form sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides, respectively. The mechanism of the reactions and the identification of key intermediates are discussed. Developments in the choice of reagents, and in the reaction conditions and setups used are described.
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Singh FV, Shetgaonkar SE, Krishnan M, Wirth T. Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:8102-8139. [PMID: 36063409 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00206j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hypervalent iodine compounds as environmentally friendly and relatively inexpensive reagents have properties similar to transition metals. They are employed as alternatives to transition metal catalysts in organic synthesis as mild, nontoxic, selective and recyclable catalytic reagents. Formation of C-N, C-O, C-S, C-F and C-C bonds can be seamlessly accomplished by hypervalent iodine catalysed oxidative functionalisations. The aim of this review is to highlight recent developments in the utilisation of iodine(III) and iodine(V) catalysts in the synthesis of a wide range of organic compounds including chiral catalysts for stereoselective synthesis. Polymer-, magnetic nanoparticle- and metal organic framework-supported hypervalent iodine catalysts are also described.
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- Fateh V Singh
- Chemistry Department, SAS, Vellore Institute of Technology - Chennai, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road, Chennai-600127, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Chemistry Department, SAS, Vellore Institute of Technology - Chennai, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road, Chennai-600127, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Chemistry Department, SAS, Vellore Institute of Technology - Chennai, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road, Chennai-600127, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
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Frey BL, Figgins MT, Van Trieste GP, Carmieli R, Powers DC. Iodine-Iodine Cooperation Enables Metal-Free C-N Bond-Forming Electrocatalysis via Isolable Iodanyl Radicals. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:13913-13919. [PMID: 35856717 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Small molecule redox mediators convey interfacial electron transfer events into bulk solution and can enable diverse substrate activation mechanisms in synthetic electrocatalysis. Here, we report that 1,2-diiodo-4,5-dimethoxybenzene is an efficient electrocatalyst for C-H/E-H coupling that operates at as low as 0.5 mol % catalyst loading. Spectroscopic, crystallographic, and computational results indicate a critical role for a three-electron I-I bonding interaction in stabilizing an iodanyl radical intermediate (i.e., formally I(II) species). As a result, the optimized catalyst operates at more than 100 mV lower potential than the related monoiodide catalyst 4-iodoanisole, which results in improved product yield, higher Faradaic efficiency, and expanded substrate scope. The isolated iodanyl radical is chemically competent in C-N bond formation. These results represent the first examples of substrate functionalization at a well-defined I(II) derivative and bona fide iodanyl radical catalysis and demonstrate one-electron pathways as a mechanistic alternative to canonical two-electron hypervalent iodine mechanisms. The observation establishes I-I redox cooperation as a new design concept for the development of metal-free redox mediators.
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- Brandon L Frey
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Chen C, Wang X, Yang T. Recent Updates on Electrogenerated Hypervalent Iodine Derivatives and Their Applications as Mediators in Organic Electrosynthesis. Front Chem 2022; 10:883474. [PMID: 35494647 PMCID: PMC9043554 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.883474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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With the renaissance of chemical electrosynthesis in the last decade, the electrochemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds has picked up the pace and achieved significant improvements. By employing traceless electrons instead of stoichiometric oxidants as the alternative clean “reagents”, many hypervalent iodine compounds were efficiently electro-synthesized via anodic oxidation methods and utilized as powerful redox mediators triggering valuable oxidative coupling reactions in a more sustainable way. This minireview gives an up-to-date overview of the recent advances during the past 3 years, encompassing enhanced electrosynthesis technologies, novel synthetic applications, and ideas for improving reaction sustainability.
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- Chaoyue Chen
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Chaoyue Chen, ; Tinghai Yang,
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Chaoyue Chen, ; Tinghai Yang,
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Wang D, Wan Z, Zhang H, Alhumade H, Yi H, Lei A. Electrochemical Reductive Arylation of Nitroarenes with Arylboronic Acids. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:5399-5404. [PMID: 34581006 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The synthesis of diarylamine is extremely important in organic chemistry. Herein, a novel electrochemical reductive arylation of nitroarenes with arylboronic acids was developed. A variety of diarylamines were synthesized without the need for transition-metal catalysts. The reaction could be scaled up efficiently in a flow cell and several derivatization reactions were carried out smoothly. Cyclic voltammetry experiments and mechanism studies showed that acetonitrile, formic acid, and triethyl phosphite all played a role in promoting this reductive arylation transformation.
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- Dan Wang
- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials (Ministry of Education), Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Oilseeds Processing of Ministry of Agriculture, Hubei Key Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry and Nutrition, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430062, P. R. China
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- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials (Ministry of Education), Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials (Ministry of Education), Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jdedah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy and Power Systems, King Abdulaziz University, Jdedah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials (Ministry of Education), Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials (Ministry of Education), Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
- King Abdulaziz University, Jdedah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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