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Iwasaki T, Fukuoka A, Yokoyama W, Min X, Hisaki I, Yang T, Ehara M, Kuniyasu H, Kambe N. Nickel-catalyzed coupling reaction of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents in the presence of 1,3-butadiene: mechanistic studies of four-component coupling and competing cross-coupling reactions. Chem Sci 2018; 9:2195-2211. [PMID: 29719693 PMCID: PMC5903371 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04675h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
We describe the mechanism, substituent effects, and origins of the selectivity of the nickel-catalyzed four-component coupling reactions of alkyl fluorides, aryl Grignard reagents, and two molecules of 1,3-butadiene that affords a 1,6-octadiene carbon framework bearing alkyl and aryl groups at the 3- and 8-positions, respectively, and the competing cross-coupling reaction. Both the four-component coupling reaction and the cross-coupling reaction are triggered by the formation of anionic nickel complexes, which are generated by the oxidative dimerization of two molecules of 1,3-butadiene on Ni(0) and the subsequent complexation with the aryl Grignard reagents. The C-C bond formation of the alkyl fluorides with the γ-carbon of the anionic nickel complexes leads to the four-component coupling product, whereas the cross-coupling product is yielded via nucleophilic attack of the Ni center toward the alkyl fluorides. These steps are found to be the rate-determining and selectivity-determining steps of the whole catalytic cycle, in which the C-F bond of the alkyl fluorides is activated by the Mg cation rather than a Li or Zn cation. ortho-Substituents of the aryl Grignard reagents suppressed the cross-coupling reaction leading to the selective formation of the four-component products. Such steric effects of the ortho-substituents were clearly demonstrated by crystal structure characterizations of ate complexes and DFT calculations. The electronic effects of the para-substituent of the aryl Grignard reagents on both the selectivity and reaction rates are thoroughly discussed. The present mechanistic study offers new insight into anionic complexes, which are proposed as the key intermediates in catalytic transformations even though detailed mechanisms are not established in many cases, and demonstrates their synthetic utility as promising intermediates for C-C bond forming reactions, providing useful information for developing efficient and straightforward multicomponent reactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Takanori Iwasaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry , Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan . ;
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan . ;
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan . ;
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan . ;
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- Department of Material and Life Science , Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science , Institute for Molecular Science , 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji , Okazaki , Aichi 444-8585 , Japan .
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB) , Kyoto University , Katsura , Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
- Fachbereich Chemie , Philipps-Universität Marburg , Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, Marburg 35032 , Germany .
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science , Institute for Molecular Science , 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji , Okazaki , Aichi 444-8585 , Japan .
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB) , Kyoto University , Katsura , Kyoto 615-8510 , Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan . ;
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka University , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan . ;
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Shindo M, Koga K, Tomioka K. Design, Synthesis, and Application of a C2 Symmetric Chiral Ligand for Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Organolithium to α,β-Unsaturated Aldimine. J Org Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/jo9813181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mitsuru Shindo
- Institute for Medicinal Resources, University of Tokushima, Sho-machi, Tokushima 770-8505, Research and Education Center for Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama-cho, Ikoma-shi, Nara 630-0101, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Medicinal Resources, University of Tokushima, Sho-machi, Tokushima 770-8505, Research and Education Center for Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama-cho, Ikoma-shi, Nara 630-0101, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Medicinal Resources, University of Tokushima, Sho-machi, Tokushima 770-8505, Research and Education Center for Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama-cho, Ikoma-shi, Nara 630-0101, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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