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Yu K, Nie Q, Chen Q, Liu W. Manganese-catalyzed cyclopropanation of allylic alcohols with sulfones. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6798. [PMID: 39122745 PMCID: PMC11315923 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51188-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Cyclopropanes are among the most important structural units in natural products, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals. Herein, we report a manganese-catalyzed cyclopropanation of allylic alcohols with sulfones as carbene alternative precursors via a borrowing hydrogen strategy under mild conditions. Various allylic alcohols and arylmethyl trifluoromethyl sulfones work efficiently in this borrowing hydrogen transformation and thereby deliver the corresponding cyclopropylmethanol products in 58% to 99% yields. Importantly, a major benefit of this transformation is that the versatile free alcohol moiety is retained in the resultant products, which can undergo a wide range of downstream transformations to provide access to a series of functional molecules. Mechanistic studies support a sequential reaction mechanism that involves catalytic dehydrogenation, Michael addition, cyclization, and catalytic hydrogenation.
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- Ke Yu
- Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Donghua University, 201620, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Donghua University, 201620, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Donghua University, 201620, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Donghua University, 201620, Shanghai, P. R. China.
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Pandey PK, Patra M, Ranjan P, Kumar Pal N, Choudhary S, Bera JK. A Single Terminal [Ni II-OH] Catalyst for Direct Julia-Type Olefination and α-Alkylation Involving Sulfones and Alcohols. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400337. [PMID: 38644351 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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A terminal [NiII-OH] complex 1, supported by triflamide-functionalized NHC ligands, showed divergent reactivity for the reaction of sulfone with alcohol, contingent on base concentration, temperature, and time. Julia-type olefination of alcohols with sulfones was achieved using one equiv. of base, whereas lowering base loading to 0.5 equiv. afforded α-alkylated sulfones. Besides excellent substrate scope and selectivity, biologically active stilbene derivatives DMU-212, pinosylvin, resveratrol, and piceatannol were synthesized in high yield under Julia-type olefination conditions. An extensive array of controlled experiments and DFT calculations provide valuable insight on the reaction pathway.
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- Prabhakar K Pandey
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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Cook A, Bezaire M, Newman SG. Nickel-catalyzed desulfonylative olefination of β-hydroxysulfones. Org Chem Front 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qo01999j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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A Ni-catalyzed C–O bond activation is used to access alkenes directly from β-hydroxysulfones.
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- Adam Cook
- 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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- 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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- 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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Corpas J, Kim-Lee SH, Mauleón P, Arrayás RG, Carretero JC. Beyond classical sulfone chemistry: metal- and photocatalytic approaches for C-S bond functionalization of sulfones. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:6774-6823. [PMID: 35838659 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00535e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The exceptional versatility of sulfones has been extensively exploited in organic synthesis across several decades. Since the first demonstration in 2005 that sulfones can participate in Pd-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura type reactions, tremendous advances in catalytic desulfitative functionalizations have opened a new area of research with burgeoning activity in recent years. This emerging field is displaying sulfone derivatives as a new class of substrates enabling catalytic C-C and C-X bond construction. In this review, we will discuss new facets of sulfone reactivity toward further expanding the flexibility of C-S bonds, with an emphasis on key mechanistic features. The inherent challenges confronting the development of these strategies will be presented, along with the potential application of this chemistry for the synthesis of natural products. Taken together, this knowledge should stimulate impactful improvements on the use of sulfones in catalytic desulfitative C-C and C-X bond formation. A main goal of this article is to bring this technology to the mainstream catalysis practice and to serve as inspiration for new perspectives in catalytic transformations.
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- Javier Corpas
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain. .,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain, and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain. .,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain, and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain. .,Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain, and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Spain
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Verma S, Kujur S, Sharma R, Pathak DD. Cucurbit[6]uril-Supported Fe 3O 4 Magnetic Nanoparticles Catalyzed Green and Sustainable Synthesis of 2-Substituted Benzimidazoles via Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:9754-9764. [PMID: 35350370 PMCID: PMC8945128 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c07350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A new composite, cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6])-supported magnetic nanoparticles, Fe3O4-CB[6], was synthesized via a co-precipitation method in air and fully characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, and vibrating sample magnetometry techniques. It has been found to be a highly efficient, economic, and sustainable heterogeneous catalyst and has been employed for the first time for the synthesis of a series of biologically important 2-substituted benzimidazoles from various benzyl alcohols and 1,2-diaminobenzenes under solvent-free conditions via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling to afford the corresponding products in good to excellent yields (68-94%). The magnetic nature of the nanocomposite facilitates the facile recovery of the catalyst from the reaction mixture by an external magnet. The catalyst can be reused up to five times with negligible loss in its catalytic activity. All the isolated products were characterized by 1H and 13C{1H} NMR spectroscopy.
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- Shruti Verma
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indian
Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indian
Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Dayalbagh
Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra 282005, India
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indian
Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, India
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Subaramanian M, Sivakumar G, Balaraman E. First-Row Transition-Metal Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenation and Related Reactions: A Personal Account. CHEM REC 2021; 21:3839-3871. [PMID: 34415674 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The development of sustainable catalytic protocols that circumvent the use of expensive and precious metal catalysts and avoid toxic reagents plays a crucial role in organic synthesis. Indeed, the direct employment of simple and abundantly available feedstock chemicals as the starting materials broadens their synthetic application in contemporary research. In particular, the transition metal-catalyzed diversification of alcohols with various nucleophilic partners to construct a wide range of building blocks is a powerful and highly desirable methodology. Moreover, the replacement of precious metal catalysts by non-precious and less toxic metals for selective transformations is one of the main goals and has been paid significant attention to in modern chemistry. In view of this, the first-row transition metal catalysts find extensive applications in various synthetic transformations such as catalytic hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, and related reactions. Herein, we have disclosed our recent developments on the base-metal catalysis such as Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni for the acceptorless dehydrogenation reactions and its application in the C-C and C-N bond formation via hydrogen auto-transfer (HA) and acceptorless dehydrogenation coupling (ADC) reactions. These HA/ADC protocols employ alcohol as alkylating agents and eliminate water and/or hydrogen gas as by-products, representing highly atom-efficient and environmentally benign reactions. Furthermore, diverse simple to complex organic molecules synthesis by C-C and C-N bond formation using feedstock alcohols are also overviewed. Overall, this account deals with the contribution and development of efficient and novel homogeneous as well as heterogeneous base-metal catalysts for sustainable chemical synthesis.
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- Murugan Subaramanian
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, 517507, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, 517507, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, 517507, India
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