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Liu X, Huang L, Ma Y, She G, Zhou P, Zhu L, Zhang Z. Enable biomass-derived alcohols mediated alkylation and transfer hydrogenation. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7012. [PMID: 39147765 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51307-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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A single-atom catalyst with generally regarded inert Zn-N4 motifs derived from ZIF-8 is unexpectedly efficient for the activation of alcohols, enabling alcohol-mediated alkylation and transfer hydrogenation. C-alkylation of nitriles, ketones, alcohols, N-heterocycles, amides, keto acids, and esters, and N-alkylation of amines and amides all go smoothly with the developed method. Taking the α-alkylation of nitriles with alcohols as an example, the α-alkylation starts from the (1) nitrogen-doped carbon support catalyzed dehydrogenation of alcohols into aldehydes, which further condensed with nitriles to give vinyl nitriles, followed by (2) transfer hydrogenation of C=C bonds in vinyl nitriles on Zn-N4 sites. The experimental results and DFT calculations reveal that the Lewis acidic Zn-N4 sites promote step (2) by activating the alcohols. This is the first example of highly efficient single-atom catalysts for various organic transformations with biomass-derived alcohols as the alkylating reagents and hydrogen donors.
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- Xixi Liu
- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Sciences of the Ministry of Education, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China.
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Saha R, Panda S, Nanda A, Bagh B. Nickel-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Arylacetonitriles with Challenging Secondary Alcohols. J Org Chem 2024; 89:6664-6676. [PMID: 36595479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Nickel(II) complex 1 was utilized as a sustainable catalyst for α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles with challenging secondary alcohols. Arylacetonitriles with a wide range of functional groups were tolerated, and various cyclic and acyclic secondary alcohols were utilized to yield a large number of α-alkylated products. The plausible mechanism involves the base-promoted activation of precatalyst 1 to an active catalyst 2 (dehydrochlorinated product) which activates the O-H and C-H bonds of the secondary alcohol in a dehydrogenative pathway.
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- Ratnakar Saha
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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Guin AK, Chakraborty S, Khanra S, Chakraborty S, Paul ND. Oxygen-Dependent Ligand-Controlled Iron-Catalyzed Chemoselective Synthesis of Olefins and Vinyl Nitriles. Org Lett 2024; 26:2540-2545. [PMID: 38546405 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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An oxygen-dependent ligand-controlled chemoselective synthesis of vinyl nitriles and E-olefins by coupling a variety of alcohols and benzyl cyanides, catalyzed by a well-characterized, air-stable, easy-to-prepare Fe(II) catalyst (1a) bearing a redox-active arylazo pincer (L1a) is reported. The azo-moiety of the ligand backbone acts as an electron and hydrogen reservoir, enabling catalyst 1a to efficiently produce a broad spectrum of vinyl nitriles and E-olefins in moderate to good yields selectively under an oxygen and argon atmosphere, respectively.
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- Amit Kumar Guin
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India
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Boity B, Sidiqque M, Rit A. Amine-functionalized bifunctional Co III-NHC complexes: highly effective phosphine-free catalysts for the α-alkylation of nitriles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:3142-3145. [PMID: 38328819 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05454c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Newly developed amine functionalized NHC-supported CoIII-complexes have been identified as highly effective bifunctional catalysts for the α-alkylation of nitriles using a plethora of alcohols, ranging from aliphatic to aromatic and intriguingly, also secondary ones. Comparison of their activities with the non-bifunctional analogues uncovered their extremely high activities although possessing the high-valent CoIII-center due to metal-ligand cooperativity, which has been established by an array of control experiments.
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- Biswaranjan Boity
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.
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Donthireddy SNR, Rit A. Heteroditopic NHC Ligand Supported Manganese(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Activity as Non-bifunctional Phosphine-Free Catalyst for the α-Alkylation of Nitriles. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202302504. [PMID: 37807667 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302504] [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: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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In the present work, several manganese(I) complexes of chelating heteroditopic ligands Mn1-3, featuring ImNHC (imidazol-2-ylidene) connected to a 1,2,3-triazole-N or tzNHC (1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene) donors via a methylene spacer, with possible modifications at the triazole backbone have been synthesized and completely characterized. Notably, the CO stretching frequencies, electrochemical analysis, and frontier orbital analysis certainly suggest that the chelating ImNHC-tzNHC ligands have stronger donation capabilities than the related ImNHC-Ntz ligand in the synthesized complexes. Moreover, these well-defined phosphine-free Mn(I)-NHC complexes have been found to be effective non-bifunctional catalysts for the α-alkylation of nitriles using alcohols and importantly, the catalyst Mn1 containing ImNHC connected to a weaker triazole-N donor displayed higher activity compared to Mn2/Mn3 containing an unsymmetrical bis-carbene donors (ImNHC and tzNHC). A wide range of aryl nitriles were coupled with diverse (hetero)aromatic as well as aliphatic alcohols to get the corresponding products in good to excellent yields (32 examples, up to 95 % yield). The detailed mechanistic studies including deuterium labelling experiments reveal that the reaction follows a Borrowing Hydrogen pathway.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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Lin WS, Kuwata S. Recent Developments in Reactions and Catalysis of Protic Pyrazole Complexes. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28083529. [PMID: 37110763 PMCID: PMC10143336 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28083529] [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: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Protic pyrazoles (N-unsubstituted pyrazoles) have been versatile ligands in various fields, such as materials chemistry and homogeneous catalysis, owing to their proton-responsive nature. This review provides an overview of the reactivities of protic pyrazole complexes. The coordination chemistry of pincer-type 2,6-bis(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridines is first surveyed as a class of compounds for which significant advances have made in the last decade. The stoichiometric reactivities of protic pyrazole complexes with inorganic nitrogenous compounds are then described, which possibly relates to the inorganic nitrogen cycle in nature. The last part of this article is devoted to outlining the catalytic application of protic pyrazole complexes, emphasizing the mechanistic aspect. The role of the NH group in the protic pyrazole ligand and resulting metal-ligand cooperation in these transformations are discussed.
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- Wei-Syuan Lin
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 E4-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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Behera RR, Panda S, Ghosh R, Kumar AA, Bagh B. Manganese-Catalyzed Chemoselective Hydrosilylation of Nitroarenes: Sustainable Route to Aromatic Amines. Org Lett 2022; 24:9179-9183. [PMID: 36413437 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Herein we report efficient catalytic hydrosilylations of nitroarenes to form the corresponding aromatic amines using a well-defined manganese(II)-NNO pincer complex with a low catalyst loading (1 mol %) under solvent-free conditions. This base-metal-catalyzed hydrosilylation is an easy and sustainable alternative to classical hydrogenation. A large variety of nitroarenes bearing various functionalities were selectively transformed into the corresponding aromatic amines in good yields. The potential utility of the present catalytic protocol was demonstrated by the preparation of commercial drug molecules.
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- Rakesh R Behera
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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Liu X, Sotiropoulos J, Taillefer M. A New Route to
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Bu/DMF‐Promoted Direct Coupling of Alcohols with Phenyl Acetonitriles. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xiaoping Liu
- ICGM Université de Montpellier, <orgDiv/CNRS, ENSCM 34296 Montpellier France
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- ICGM Université de Montpellier, <orgDiv/CNRS, ENSCM 34296 Montpellier France
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Alizadeh A, Bagherinejad A, Kayanian J, Vianello R. An experimental and computational study of new spiro-barbituric acid pyrazoline scaffolds: restricted rotation vs. annular tautomerism. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj06208e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A regioselective [3+2] cycloaddition (32CA) reaction to synthesize unsymmetric spiro-barbituric pyrazolines containing a chromone or phenolic pyrazole moiety was achieved, providing good to excellent yields.
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- Abdolali Alizadeh
- Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory for the Computational Design and Synthesis of Functional Materials, Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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