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Chen W, Xu J, Rao W, Shen SS, Yang ZY, Ackermann L, Wang SY. Copper(0)-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Disulfurating Reagents and (Hetero)aryl/Alkyl Halides. Org Lett 2024. [PMID: 39291854 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2024]
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Herein, we reported a copper(0)-catalyzed reductive coupling of disulfurating reagents and (hetero)aryl/alkyl halides. Copper(0) can be directly inserted into tetrasulfide and then undergoes reductive coupling with (hetero)aryl Iodides to construct disulfide. The method features the unprecedented use of copper(0)-catalyzed disulfurating reagents (tetrasulfides) in cross-coupling chemistry and is convenient with broad substrate scopes, even applicable to different halogenated hydrocarbons. It is worth noting that the methodology is practical with the late-stage modification of bioactive scaffolds of pharmaceuticals. In the meantime, the synthesis of disulfides is successfully achieved on a gram scale, indicating the approach is highly valuable.
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- Wang Chen
- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass-Based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, No. 99, Xuefu Road, Huqiu District, Suzhou 215009, P. R. China
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- Soochow College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Wöhler Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Luo J, Davenport MT, Ess DH, Liu TL. Nickel-Catalyzed Electrochemical Cross-Electrophile C(sp 2)-C(sp 3) Coupling via a Ni II Aryl Amido Intermediate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202407118. [PMID: 38849318 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202407118] [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: 04/15/2024] [Revised: 06/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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Cross-electrophile coupling (XEC) between aryl halides and alkyl halides is a streamlined approach for C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond construction, which is highly valuable in medicinal chemistry. Based on a key NiII aryl amido intermediate, we developed a highly selective and scalable Ni-catalyzed electrochemical XEC reaction between (hetero)aryl halides and primary and secondary alkyl halides. Experimental and computational mechanistic studies indicate that an amine secondary ligand slows down the oxidative addition process of the Ni-polypyridine catalyst to the aryl bromide and a NiII aryl amido intermediate is formed in situ during the reaction process. The relatively slow oxidative addition is beneficial for enhancing the selectivity of the XEC reaction. The NiII aryl amido intermediate stabilizes the NiII-aryl species to prevent the aryl-aryl homo-coupling side reactions and acts as a catalyst to activate the alkyl bromide substrates. This electrosynthesis system provides a facile, practical, and scalable platform for the formation of (hetero)aryl-alkyl bonds using standard Ni catalysts under mild conditions. The mechanistic insights from this work could serve as a great foundation for future studies on Ni-catalyzed cross-couplings.
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- Jian Luo
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, 0300 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah, 84322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 84604, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 84604, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, 0300 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah, 84322, United States
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Shen Y, Zhang Y, Zhang C, Li H, Hu C, Yu Z, Zheng K, Su Z. Elucidating Mechanism and Selectivity in Pyridine Functionalization Through Silylium Catalysis. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202402078. [PMID: 38976314 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202402078] [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: 05/28/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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The functionalization of aromatic N-heterocycles through silylium activation demonstrates exceptional selectivity and efficiency. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations unveil the detailed silylium catalysis mechanism and elucidate the origins of selectivity in this reaction. The phosphoramidimidate sulfonamide (PADI) precatalyst orchestrates of the catalytic cycle via three elementary steps. The Brønsted acidity of precatalyst significantly influences both the formation of silylium-based Lewis acid active species and the silylium activation of pyridine. Unlike disulfonimide (DSI)-type precatalysts, both Tf2NH and PADI precatalysts with strong acidities can easily promote the generation of activated silylium pyridine species. A semi-enclosed 'rigid' electronegative cavity in PADI-type anions constructs a well-defined recognition site, facilitating engagement with the positively charged silylium pyridine species. Due to the high electrophilicity and less steric demand at the C4-position of the pyridine substrate, the product with C4-regioselectivity was predominantly generated.
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- Yanling Shen
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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Surgenor RR, Lee H. Synthesis of (Hetero)biaryls via Nickel Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Electrophile Coupling Between (Hetero)aryl Iodides and Bromides. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202401552. [PMID: 38723102 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401552] [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: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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(Hetero)biaryls are fundamental building blocks in the pharmaceutical industry and rapid access to these scaffolds is imperative for the success of numerous medicinal chemistry campaigns. Herein, a highly general, mild, and chemoselective reductive cross-electrophile coupling between (hetero)aryl iodides and heteroaryl bromides is reported. By employing more reactive (hetero)aryl halides, a broad range of successful substrates (45 examples) were identified. The reaction was also found to be chemoselective for C(sp2)-C(sp2) bond formation between (hetero)aryl iodides and bromides over (hetero)aryl chlorides, which were generally inert under the described reaction conditions. The efficiency of the procedure is also further demonstrated in parallel synthesis library format, on gram scale, as well as in the formal synthesis of Ruxolitinib, a potent JAK inhibitor. As such, we anticipate this method will find widespread utility in the assembly of (hetero)biaryls for medicinal chemistry efforts.
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- H3 Biomedicine Inc., 300 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Lei X, Wang Y, Ma S, Jiao P. Purple Light-Promoted Coupling of Bromopyridines with Grignard Reagents via SET. J Org Chem 2024; 89:7148-7155. [PMID: 38718346 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Alkyl- and arylpyridines and 2,2'-bipyridines are conventionally prepared by Minisci reactions of pyridines and transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions of halopyridines. Herein, purple light-promoted radical coupling reactions of 2- or 4-bromopyridines with Grignard reagents in Et2O or a mixture of Et2O and tetrahydrofuran in regular glassware without the need for a transition metal catalyst were disclosed for the first time. Methyl, primary and secondary alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, pyridyl, and alkynyl Grignard reagents were compatible with the protocol. As a result, alkyl- and arylpyridines and 2,2'-bipyridines were easily prepared. Single electron transfer from the Grignard reagent to bromopyridine was stimulated by purple light. An electron extruded from the dimerization of the Grignard reagent worked as the catalyst. Light on/off experiments indicated that constant irradiation was required for product formation. Studies of radical clock substrates verified the involvement of a pyridyl radical from bromopyridine and the noninvolvement of an alkyl or aryl radical from the Grignard reagent. The available proof supports a photoinduced SRN mechanism for the new coupling reactions.
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- Xingyu Lei
- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institute of Rural Revitalization (Institute of Medicine and Health Care), Dezhou University, No. 566 West University Road, Dezhou 253023, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
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Mdluli V, Lehnherr D, Lam YH, Chaudhry MT, Newman JA, DaSilva JO, Regalado EL. Electrosynthesis of iminophosphoranes and applications in nickel catalysis. Chem Sci 2024; 15:5980-5992. [PMID: 38665537 PMCID: PMC11041257 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05357a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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P(v) iminophosphorane compounds are accessed via electrochemical oxidation of commercially available P(iii) phosphines, including mono-, di- and tri-dentate phosphines, as well as chiral phosphines. The reaction uses inexpensive bis(trimethylsilyl)carbodiimide as an efficient and safe aminating reagent. DFT calculations, cyclic voltammetry, and NMR studies provide insight into the reaction mechanism. The proposed mechanism reveals a special case of sequential paired electrolysis. DFT calculations of the frontier orbitals of an iminophosphorane are compared with those of the analogous phosphines and phosphine oxides. X-ray crystallographic studies of the ligands as well as a Ni-coordination complex provide structural insight for these ligands. The utility of these iminophosphoranes as ligands is demonstrated in nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile couplings including C(sp2)-C(sp3) and C(sp2)-C(sp2) couplings, an electrochemically driven C-N cross-coupling, and a photochemical arylative C(sp3)-H functionalization. In some cases, these new ligands provide improved performance over commonly used sp2-N-based ligands (e.g. 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine).
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- Velabo Mdluli
- Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway New Jersey 07065 USA
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- Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway New Jersey 07065 USA
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- Modeling and Informatics, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway New Jersey 07065 USA
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- Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway New Jersey 07065 USA
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- Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway New Jersey 07065 USA
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- Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway New Jersey 07065 USA
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- Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway New Jersey 07065 USA
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Tcyrulnikov S, Hubbell AK, Pedro D, Reyes GP, Monfette S, Weix DJ, Hansen EC. Computationally Guided Ligand Discovery from Compound Libraries and Discovery of a New Class of Ligands for Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Challenging Quinoline Halides. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6947-6954. [PMID: 38427582 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Although screening technology has heavily impacted the fields of metal catalysis and drug discovery, its application to the discovery of new catalyst classes has been limited. The diversity of on- and off-cycle pathways, combined with incomplete mechanistic understanding, means that screens of potential new ligands have thus far been guided by intuitive analysis of the metal binding potential. This has resulted in the discovery of new classes of ligands, but the low hit rates have limited the use of this strategy because large screens require considerable cost and effort. Here, we demonstrate a method to identify promising screening directions via simple and scalable computational and linear regression tools that leads to a substantial improvement in hit rate, enabling the use of smaller screens to find new ligands. The application of this approach to a particular example of Ni-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling of aryl halides with alkyl halides revealed a previously overlooked trend: reactions with more electron-poor amidine ligands result in a higher yield. Focused screens utilizing this trend were more successful than serendipity-based screening and led to the discovery of two new types of ligands, pyridyl oxadiazoles and pyridyl oximes. These ligands are especially effective for couplings of bromo- and chloroquinolines and isoquinolines, where they are now the state of the art. The simplicity of these models with parameters derived from metal-free ligand structures should make this approach scalable and widely accessible.
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- Sergei Tcyrulnikov
- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Wu S, Huang J, Kang L, Zhang Y, Yuan K. Transition-Metal-Free, Reductive Csp 2-Csp 3 Bond Constructions via Electrochemically Induced Alkyl Radicals. Org Lett 2024; 26:763-768. [PMID: 38227333 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c04307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Construction of the Csp2-Csp3 bond without the aid of transition metal catalysts has been achieved by coupling the electrogenerated alkyl radicals with electron deficient (hetero)arenes in an undivided cell. Simultaneous cathodic reduction of both unactivated alkyl halides and cyanobenzenes under high potential enables radical-radical cross-coupling to deliver alkylarenes in the absence of transition metals. Depending on the coupling partner, the electrogenerated alkyl radicals can also proceed the Minisci-type reaction with N-heteroarenes without redox agents.
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- Shuhua Wu
- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, the NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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Al Zubaydi S, Onuigbo IO, Truesdell BL, Sevov CS. Cobalt-Catalyzed Electroreductive Alkylation of Unactivated Alkyl Chlorides with Conjugated Olefins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202313830. [PMID: 37963333 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Reactions of unactivated alkyl chlorides under mild and sustainable conditions are rare compared to those of alkyl bromides or iodides. As a result, synthetic methods capable of modifying the vast chemical space of chloroalkane reagents, wastes, and materials are limited. We report the cobalt-catalyzed reductive addition of unactivated alkyl chlorides to conjugated alkenes. Co-catalyzed activation of alkyl chlorides is performed under electroreductive conditions, and the resulting reactions constitute formal alkyl-alkyl bond formation. In addition to developing an operationally simple methodology, detailed mechanistic studies provide insights into the elementary steps of a proposed catalytic cycle. In particular, we propose a switch in the mechanism of C-Cl bond activation from nucleophilic substitution to halogen atom abstraction, which is critical for efficiently generating alkyl radicals. These mechanistic insights were leveraged in designing ligands that enable couplings of primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl chlorides.
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- Samir Al Zubaydi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Deng W, Li X, Li Z, Wen Y, Wang Z, Lin Z, Li Y, Hu J, Huang Y. Electrochemically Driven C4-Selective Decyanoalkylation of Cyanopyridines with Unactivated Alkyl Bromides Enabling C(sp 3)-C(sp 2) Coupling. Org Lett 2023; 25:9237-9242. [PMID: 38096030 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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With cyanopyridines and alkyl bromides as coupling partners, an electrochemically driven C4-selective decyanoalkylation has been established to access diverse 4-alkylpyridines in one step. The reaction proceeds through the single electron reduction/radical-radical coupling tandem process under mild electrolytic conditions, achieving the cleavage of the C(sp2)-CN bond and the formation of C(sp3)-C(sp2). The practicality of this protocol is illustrated by no sacrificial anodes, a broad substrate scope, and gram-scale synthesis.
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- Weijie Deng
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy and Food Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy and Food Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529090, People's Republic of China
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Garcia B, Sampson J, Watson MP, Kalyani D. Primary vs. secondary alkylpyridinium salts: a comparison under electrochemical and chemical reduction conditions. Faraday Discuss 2023; 247:324-332. [PMID: 37477413 PMCID: PMC10799965 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00120b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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This report details a systematic comparison of the scope of aryl bromides in nickel-catalyzed, reductive cross-electrophile couplings of primary vs. secondary alkylpyridinium salts using both electrochemical and chemical reductants. Facilitated by the use of high-throughput experimentation (HTE) techniques, 37 aryl bromides, including 13 complex, drug-like examples, were investigated. By using primary and secondary substrates differing only by one methylene, we observed that the trends in ArBr scope are similar between the primary and secondary alkylpyridinium salts, although distinctions were observed in isolated cases. In addition, the electrochemical conditions compared favorably to those using chemical reductants, especially among the more complex, drug-like aryl halides.
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- Bria Garcia
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.
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- High Throughput Experimentation Facility, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, USA.
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Lan J, Yu W, You K, Xu M, Zhang B, Wang Y, Wang T, Luo J. Dehalogenative Arylation of Unactivated Alkyl Halides via Electroreduction. Org Lett 2023; 25:7434-7439. [PMID: 37768735 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Herein, a facile and efficient dehalogenative arylation of unactivated alkyl halides enabled by electrochemical reductive coupling is developed, affording a series of C(sp2)-C(sp3) products in moderate to good yields. This protocol proceeds in the absence of transition metal catalysts and redox mediators. The reaction features mild conditions, broad substrate scope, and high tolerance of functional groups and is demonstrated to be applicable for gram-scale synthesis and late-stage functionalization of natural products.
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- Jinping Lan
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. China
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DeCicco EM, Berritt S, Knauber T, Coffey SB, Hou J, Dowling MS. Decarboxylative Cross-Electrophile Coupling of (Hetero)Aromatic Bromides and NHP Esters. J Org Chem 2023; 88:12329-12340. [PMID: 37609685 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Aryl bromides are known to be challenging substrates in the decarboxylative cross-electrophile coupling with redox-active NHP esters-the majority of such processes utilize aryl iodides. Herein, we describe the development of conditions that are suitable for the decarboxylative cross-electrophile coupling of NHP esters and a wide range of (hetero)aryl bromides. The key advances that allowed for the use of aryl bromides in this reaction are (1) the identification of ligand L3 as an optimal ligand for the use of electron-neutral and deficient aryl bromides and (2) the significant improvement in yield that iodide salts and excess heterogenous zinc impart to this reaction. A wide variety of NHP esters perform well under the optimized conditions, including methyl, primary, secondary, and several strained tertiary systems. Likewise, a variety of aromatic and heteroaromatic bromides relevant to medicinal chemistry perform well in this transformation, including an aryl bromide precursor to the known drug dapagliflozin.
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- Ethan M DeCicco
- Medicine Design, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Douthwaite J, Zhao R, Shim E, Mahjour B, Zimmerman PM, Cernak T. Formal Cross-Coupling of Amines and Carboxylic Acids to Form sp 3-sp 2 Carbon-Carbon Bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:10930-10937. [PMID: 37184831 PMCID: PMC10214451 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Amines and carboxylic acids are abundant synthetic building blocks that are classically united to form an amide bond. To access new pockets of chemical space, we are interested in the development of amine-acid coupling reactions that complement the amide coupling. In particular, the formation of carbon-carbon bonds by formal deamination and decarboxylation would be an impactful addition to the synthesis toolbox. Here, we report a formal cross-coupling of alkyl amines and aryl carboxylic acids to form C(sp3)-C(sp2) bonds following preactivation of the amine-acid building blocks as a pyridinium salt and N-acyl-glutarimide, respectively. Under nickel-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling conditions, a diversity of simple and complex substrates are united in good to excellent yield, and numerous pharmaceuticals are successfully diversified. High-throughput experimentation was leveraged in the development of the reaction and the discovery of performance-enhancing additives such as phthalimide, RuCl3, and GaCl3. Mechanistic investigations suggest phthalimide may play a role in stabilizing productive Ni complexes rather than being involved in oxidative addition of the N-acyl-imide and that RuCl3 supports the decarbonylation event, thereby improving reaction selectivity.
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- James
L. Douthwaite
- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Wesenberg LJ, Sivo A, Vilé G, Noël T. Ni-Catalyzed Electro-Reductive Cross-Electrophile Couplings of Alkyl Amine-Derived Radical Precursors with Aryl Iodides. J Org Chem 2023. [PMID: 37220023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In recent years, the "Escape-from-Flatland" trend has prompted the synthetic community to develop a set of cross-coupling strategies to introduce sp3-carbon-based fragments in organic compounds. This study presents a novel nickel-catalyzed electrochemical methodology for reductive cross-electrophile coupling. The method enables C(sp2)-C(sp3) linkages using inexpensive amine-derived radical precursors and aryl iodides. The use of electrochemistry as a power source reduces waste and avoids chemical reductants, making this approach a more sustainable alternative to traditional cross-coupling methods.
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- Lars J Wesenberg
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, IT-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, IT-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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Brewster JT, Randall SD, Kowalski J, Cruz C, Shoemaker R, Tarlton E, Hinklin RJ. A Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling Platform To Access 2-Heteroaryl Azetidines: Building Blocks with Application in Medicinal Chemistry. Org Lett 2022; 24:9123-9129. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- James T. Brewster
- Medicinal Chemistry Division, Pfizer Boulder Research and Development, 3200 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301, United States
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- Medicinal Chemistry Division, Pfizer Boulder Research and Development, 3200 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301, United States
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- Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics, Pfizer Boulder Research and Development, 3200 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301, United States
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- Medicinal Chemistry Synthesis Development, Pfizer Boulder Research and Development, 3200 Walnut Street, Boulder Colorado 80301, United States
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- Medicinal Chemistry Division, Pfizer Boulder Research and Development, 3200 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301, United States
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- Medicinal Chemistry Synthesis Development, Pfizer Boulder Research and Development, 3200 Walnut Street, Boulder Colorado 80301, United States
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- Medicinal Chemistry Division, Pfizer Boulder Research and Development, 3200 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301, United States
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Lin Q, Gong H, Wu F. Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Heteroaryl Bromides with Tertiary Alkyl Halides. Org Lett 2022; 24:8996-9000. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- Quan Lin
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, 99 Shang-Da Road, Shanghai 200444, China
- Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, 99 Shang-Da Road, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, 99 Shang-Da Road, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology and Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
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Rago AJ, Vasilopoulos A, Dombrowski AW, Wang Y. Di(2-picolyl)amines as Modular and Robust Ligands for Nickel-Catalyzed C(sp 2)–C(sp 3) Cross-Electrophile Coupling. Org Lett 2022; 24:8487-8492. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Alexander J. Rago
- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, AbbVie, Inc., 1 N Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, AbbVie, Inc., 1 N Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, AbbVie, Inc., 1 N Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, AbbVie, Inc., 1 N Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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Jones A, Williams MTJ, Morrill LC, Browne DL. Mechanical Activation of Zero-Valent Metal Reductants for Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling. ACS Catal 2022; 12:13681-13689. [PMID: 36366760 PMCID: PMC9638985 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The cross-electrophile coupling of either twisted-amides or heteroaryl halides with alkyl halides, enabled by ball-milling, is herein described. The operationally simple nickel-catalyzed process has no requirement for inert atmosphere or dry solvents and delivers the corresponding acylated or heteroarylated products across a broad range of substrates. Key to negating the necessity of inert reaction conditions is the mechanical activation of the raw metal terminal reductant: manganese in the case of twisted amides and zinc for heteroaryl halides.
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- Andrew
C. Jones
- Cardiff
Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, U.K.
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- Cardiff
Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, U.K.
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- Cardiff
Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, U.K.
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- School
of Pharmacy, University College London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1AX, U.K.
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Franke MC, Longley VR, Rafiee M, Stahl SS, Hansen EC, Weix DJ. Zinc-Free, Scalable Reductive Cross-Electrophile Coupling Driven by Electrochemistry in an Undivided Cell. ACS Catal 2022; 12:12617-12626. [PMID: 37065181 PMCID: PMC10101217 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nickel-catalyzed reductive cross-electrophile coupling reactions are becoming increasingly important in organic synthesis, but application at scale is limited by three interconnected challenges: a reliance on amide solvents (complicated workup, regulated), the generation of stoichiometric Zn salts (complicated isolation, waste disposal issue), and mixing/activation challenges of zinc powder. We show here an electrochemical approach that addresses these three issues: the reaction works in acetonitrile with diisopropylethylamine as the terminal reductant in a simple undivided cell (graphite(+)/nickel foam(-)). The reaction utilizes a combination of two ligands, 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine and 4,4',4''-tri-tert-butyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine. Studies show that, alone, the bipyridine nickel catalyst predominantly forms protodehalogenated aryl and aryl dimer, whereas the terpyridine nickel catalyst predominantly forms bialkyl and product. By combining these two unselective catalysts, a tunable, general system results because excess radical formed by the terpyridine catalyst can be converted to product by the bipyridine catalyst. As the aryl bromide becomes more electron rich, the optimal ratio shifts to have more of the bipyridine nickel catalyst. Lastly, examination of a variety of flow-cell configurations establishes that batch recirculation can achieve higher productivity (mmol product/time/electrode area) than single-pass, that high flow rates are essential to maximizing current, and that two flow cells in parallel can nearly halve the reaction time. The resulting reaction is demonstrated on gram scale and should be scalable to kilogram scale.
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- Mareena C. Franke
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Palkowitz MD, Laudadio G, Kolb S, Choi J, Oderinde MS, Ewing TEH, Bolduc PN, Chen T, Zhang H, Cheng PTW, Zhang B, Mandler MD, Blasczak VD, Richter JM, Collins MR, Schioldager RL, Bravo M, Dhar TGM, Vokits B, Zhu Y, Echeverria PG, Poss MA, Shaw SA, Clementson S, Petersen NN, Mykhailiuk PK, Baran PS. Overcoming Limitations in Decarboxylative Arylation via Ag-Ni Electrocatalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:17709-17720. [PMID: 36106767 PMCID: PMC9805175 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A useful protocol for achieving decarboxylative cross-coupling (DCC) of redox-active esters (RAE, isolated or generated in situ) and halo(hetero)arenes is reported. This pragmatically focused study employs a unique Ag-Ni electrocatalytic platform to overcome numerous limitations that have plagued this strategically powerful transformation. In its optimized form, coupling partners can be combined in a surprisingly simple way: open to the air, using technical-grade solvents, an inexpensive ligand and Ni source, and substoichiometric AgNO3, proceeding at room temperature with a simple commercial potentiostat. Most importantly, all of the results are placed into context by benchmarking with state-of-the-art methods. Applications are presented that simplify synthesis and rapidly enable access to challenging chemical space. Finally, adaptation to multiple scale regimes, ranging from parallel milligram-based synthesis to decagram recirculating flow is presented.
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- Maximilian D Palkowitz
- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Biogen Inc., 225 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Biogen Inc., 225 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Biogen Inc., 225 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Oncology Medicinal Chemistry Department, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, 10770 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Oncology Medicinal Chemistry Department, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, 10770 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Oncology Medicinal Chemistry Department, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, 10770 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08534, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Gulledge ZZ, Duda DP, Dixon DA, Carrick JD. Microwave-Assisted, Metal- and Azide-Free Synthesis of Functionalized Heteroaryl-1,2,3-triazoles via Oxidative Cyclization of N-Tosylhydrazones and Anilines. J Org Chem 2022; 87:12632-12643. [PMID: 36126149 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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As the search for competent soft-Lewis basic complexants for separations continues to evolve toward identification of a chemoselective moiety for speciation of the minor actinides from the electronically similar lanthanides, synthetic methods must congruently evolve. Synthetic options to convergently construct unsymmetric heteroaryl donor complexants incorporating a 1,2,3-triazole from accessible starting materials for evaluation in separation assays necessitated the development of the described methodology. In this report, metal- and azide-free synthesis of diversely functionalized pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole derivatives facilitated by microwave irradiation was leveraged to prepare a novel class of tridentate ligands. The described work negates the incorporation of thermally sensitive and toxic organoazides by using N-tosylhydrazones and anilines as viable synthetic equivalents in an efficient 12 min reaction time. Adaptation to alternative synthons useful for drug discovery was also realized. Method discovery, optimization, N-tosylhydrazone and aniline substrate scope, as well as a preliminary mechanistic hypotheses supported by DFT calculations are reported herein.
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- Zachary Z Gulledge
- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-0001, United States
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Salgueiro DC, Chi BK, Guzei IA, García‐Reynaga P, Weix DJ. Control of Redox-Active Ester Reactivity Enables a General Cross-Electrophile Approach to Access Arylated Strained Rings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205673. [PMID: 35688769 PMCID: PMC9378488 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Strained rings are increasingly important for the design of pharmaceutical candidates, but cross-coupling of strained rings remains challenging. An attractive, but underdeveloped, approach to diverse functionalized carbocyclic and heterocyclic frameworks containing all-carbon quaternary centers is the coupling of abundant strained-ring carboxylic acids with abundant aryl halides. Herein we disclose the development of a nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile approach that couples a variety of strained ring N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHP) esters, derived from the carboxylic acid in one step, with various aryl and heteroaryl halides under reductive conditions. The chemistry is enabled by the discovery of methods to control NHP ester reactivity, by tuning the solvent or using modified NHP esters, and the discovery that t-Bu BpyCamCN , an L2X ligand, avoids problematic side reactions. This method can be run in flow and in 96-well plates.
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonWI 53706USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonWI 53706USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonWI 53706USA
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Salgueiro DC, Chi BK, Guzei IA, García-Reynaga P, Weix DJ. Control of Redox‐Active Ester Reactivity Enables a General Cross‐Electrophile Approach to Access Arylated Strained Rings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- UW-Madison: University of Wisconsin Madison Chemistry UNITED STATES
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- UW-Madison: University of Wisconsin Madison Chemistry UNITED STATES
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- UW-Madison: University of Wisconsin Madison Chemistry 1101 University Avenue 53706 Madison UNITED STATES
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Woo S, Shenvi RA. Synthesis and target annotation of the alkaloid GB18. Nature 2022; 606:917-921. [PMID: 35551513 PMCID: PMC10036212 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04840-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ingestion of alkaloid metabolites from the bark of Galbulimima (GB) sp. leads to psychotropic and excitatory effects in humans1-4. Limited, variable supply of GB alkaloids5, however, has impeded their biological exploration and clinical development6. Here we report a solution to the supply of GB18, a structural outlier and putative psychotropic principle of Galbulimima bark. Efficient access to its challenging tetrahedral attached-ring motif required the development of a ligand-controlled endo-selective cross-electrophile coupling and a diastereoselective hydrogenation of a rotationally dynamic pyridine. Reliable, gram-scale access to GB18 enabled its assignment as a potent antagonist of κ- and μ-opioid receptors-the first new targets in 35 years-and lays the foundation to navigate and understand the biological activity of Galbulimima metabolites.
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- Stone Woo
- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Zhang D, Gao X, Min QQ, Gu Y, Berthon G, Zhang X. Coupling of Heteroaryl Halides with Chlorodifluoroacetamides and Chlorodifluoroacetate by Nickel Catalysis. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200642. [PMID: 35238111 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of heteroaryl halides with chlorodifluoroacetamides and chlorodifluoroacetate has been developed. The combination of NiCl2 ⋅ DME with 4,4'-diNon-bpy, co-ligand PPh3 , and additive LiCl renders the catalytic system efficient for the synthesis of medicinal interest heteroaryldifluoroacetamides. The application of the method leads to short and highly efficient synthesis of biologically active molecules, providing a facile route for applications in medicinal chemistry and agrochemistry.
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- Dawei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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- Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, RG42 6EY, UK
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- Syngenta Japan K.K., 21F, Office Tower X, 1-8-10. Harumi, Chuo, Tokyo, 104-6021, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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McKnight J, Shavnya A, Sach NW, Blakemore DC, Moses IB, Willis MC. Reductant‐Free Cross‐Electrophile Synthesis of Di(hetero)arylmethanes by Palladium‐Catalyzed Desulfinative C−C Coupling. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202116775. [PMID: 35229419 PMCID: PMC9314995 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202116775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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An efficient Pd‐catalyzed one‐pot desulfinative cross‐coupling to access medicinally relevant di(hetero)arylmethanes is reported. The method is reductant‐free, and involves a sulfinate transfer reagent and a Pd‐catalyst mediating the union of two electrophilic coupling partners; a (hetero)aryl halide and a benzyl halide. We establish for the first time that benzyl sulfinates, generated in situ, undergo efficient Pd‐catalyzed desulfinative cross‐coupling with (hetero)aryl halides to generate di(hetero)arylmethanes. The reaction can be extended to benzylic pseudohalides derived from benzyl alcohols. The reactions are straightforward to perform and scalable, and all reaction components are commercially available.
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- Janette McKnight
- Department of Chemistry University of Oxford Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer Inc. Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 USA
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- Medicine Design, La Jolla Laboratories, Pfizer Inc. 10770 Science Center Drive San Diego CA 92121 USA
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd. Discovery Park, Ramsgate Rd Sandwich CT13 9ND UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Oxford Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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McKnight J, Shavnya A, Sach NW, Blakemore DC, Moses IB, Willis MC. Reductant‐Free Cross‐Electrophile Synthesis of Di(hetero)arylmethanes by Palladium‐Catalyzed Desulfinative C−C Coupling. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202116775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Janette McKnight
- Department of Chemistry University of Oxford Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer Inc. Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 USA
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- Medicine Design, La Jolla Laboratories, Pfizer Inc. 10770 Science Center Drive San Diego CA 92121 USA
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd. Discovery Park, Ramsgate Rd Sandwich CT13 9ND UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Oxford Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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Chi BK, Widness JK, Gilbert MM, Salgueiro DC, Garcia KJ, Weix DJ. In-Situ Bromination Enables Formal Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Alcohols with Aryl and Alkenyl Halides. ACS Catal 2022; 12:580-586. [PMID: 35386235 PMCID: PMC8979542 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Although alcohols are one of the largest pools of alkyl substrates, approaches to utilize them in cross-coupling and cross-electrophile coupling are limited. We report the use of 1° and 2° alcohols in cross-electrophile coupling with aryl and vinyl halides to form C(sp3)-C(sp2) bonds in a one-pot strategy utilizing a very fast (<1 min) bromination. The reaction's simple benchtop setup and broad scope (42 examples, 56% ± 15% ave yield) facilitates use at all scales. The potential in parallel synthesis applications was demonstrated by successfully coupling all combinations of 8 alcohols with 12 aryl cores in a 96-well plate.
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- Benjamin K. Chi
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WI 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WI 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WI 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WI 53706
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WI 53706
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Zackasee JLS, Al Zubaydi S, Truesdell BL, Sevov CS. Synergistic Catalyst–Mediator Pairings for Electroreductive Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions. ACS Catal 2022; 12:1161-1166. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Jordan L. S. Zackasee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Charboneau DJ, Huang H, Barth EL, Germe CC, Hazari N, Mercado BQ, Uehling MR, Zultanski SL. Tunable and Practical Homogeneous Organic Reductants for Cross-Electrophile Coupling. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:21024-21036. [PMID: 34846142 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The syntheses of four new tunable homogeneous organic reductants based on a tetraaminoethylene scaffold are reported. The new reductants have enhanced air stability compared to current homogeneous reductants for metal-mediated reductive transformations, such as cross-electrophile coupling (XEC), and are solids at room temperature. In particular, the weakest reductant is indefinitely stable in air and has a reduction potential of -0.85 V versus ferrocene, which is significantly milder than conventional reductants used in XEC. All of the new reductants can facilitate C(sp2)-C(sp3) Ni-catalyzed XEC reactions and are compatible with complex substrates that are relevant to medicinal chemistry. The reductants span a range of nearly 0.5 V in reduction potential, which allows for control over the rate of electron transfer events in XEC. Specifically, we report a new strategy for controlled alkyl radical generation in Ni-catalyzed C(sp2)-C(sp3) XEC. The key to our approach is to tune the rate of alkyl radical generation from Katritzky salts, which liberate alkyl radicals upon single electron reduction, by varying the redox potentials of the reductant and Katritzky salt utilized in catalysis. Using our method, we perform XEC reactions between benzylic Katritzky salts and aryl halides. The method tolerates a variety of functional groups, some of which are particularly challenging for most XEC transformations. Overall, we expect that our new reductants will both replace conventional homogeneous reductants in current reductive transformations due to their stability and relatively facile synthesis and lead to the development of novel synthetic methods due to their tunability.
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- David J Charboneau
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Discovery Chemistry, HTE and Lead Discovery Capabilities, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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De SK. Applications of Nickel(II) Compounds in Organic Synthesis. Curr Org Synth 2021; 18:517-534. [PMID: 33655838 DOI: 10.2174/1570179418666210224124931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This review article summarizes the applications of nickel(II) compounds in organic synthesis since 2016. In recent years, the field of nickel(II) catalysis is gaining considerable interest due to readily available, low-cost nickel(II)-compounds and several key properties of nickel. This review article is organized by the reaction type, although some reactions can be placed in multiple sections.
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- Surya K De
- Supra Sciences, San Diego, California, United States
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Mirabi B, Marchese AD, Lautens M. Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling of Heteroaryl Chlorides and Aryl Chlorides. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Bijan Mirabi
- Department of Chemistry, Davenport Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Davenport Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Davenport Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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Hu Y, Hu B, Liu X, Ren Z, Li J. Recent developments in catalytic cross-couplings with unsaturated carboxylates. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:7754-7767. [PMID: 34549215 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00955a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Catalytic cross-couplings through C-O bond-cleavage of unsaturated carboxylates with organometallics have emerged as a powerful method for sustainable syntheses. Over the last decade, remarkable achievements have been made with the development of transition metal-catalyzed cross-couplings with the readily available phenol and enol derivatives as suitable coupling electrophiles beyond unsaturated halides. Therefore, this perspective describes the recent advances in the field of transition metal-catalyzed C-O bond activation of unsaturated carboxylates with organometallics, including B, Mg, Zn, Al, and Si reagents, until May 2021.
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- Ying Hu
- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Ren-Ai Road 199, 215123 Suzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Ren-Ai Road 199, 215123 Suzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Ren-Ai Road 199, 215123 Suzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Ren-Ai Road 199, 215123 Suzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Ren-Ai Road 199, 215123 Suzhou, China.
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Fricke PJ, Dolewski RD, McNally A. Four‐Selective Pyridine Alkylation via Wittig Olefination of Dearomatized Pyridylphosphonium Ylides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202109271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Patrick J. Fricke
- Department of Chemistry Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
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Tang S, Xu ZH, Liu T, Wang SW, Yu J, Liu J, Hong Y, Chen SL, He J, Li JH. Radical 1,4-Aryl Migration Enabled Remote Cross-Electrophile Coupling of α-Amino-β-Bromo Acid Esters with Aryl Bromides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:21360-21367. [PMID: 34291545 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We report an unprecedented, efficient nickel-catalysed radical relay for the remote cross-electrophile coupling of β-bromo-α-benzylamino acid esters with aryl bromides via 1,4-aryl migration/arylation cascades. β-Bromo-α-benzylamino acid esters are considered as unique molecular scaffolds allowing for aryl migration reactions, which are conceptually novel variants for the radical Truce-Smiles rearrangement. This reaction enables the formation of two new C(sp3 )-C(sp2 ) bonds using a bench-stable Ni/bipyridine/Zn system featuring a broad substrate scope and excellent diastereoselectivity, which provides an effective platform for the remote aryl group migration and arylation of amino acid esters via redox-neutral C(sp3 )-C(sp2 ) bond cleavage. Mechanistically, this cascade reaction is accomplished by combining two powerful catalytic cycles consisting of a cross-electrophile coupling and radical 1,4-aryl migration through the generation of C(sp3 )-centred radical intermediates from the homolysis of C(sp3 )-Br bonds and the switching of the transient alkyl radical into a robust α-aminoalkyl radical.
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- Shi Tang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, 330063, China.,State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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Fricke PJ, Dolewski RD, McNally A. Four-Selective Pyridine Alkylation via Wittig Olefination of Dearomatized Pyridylphosphonium Ylides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:21283-21288. [PMID: 34343390 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Methods to synthesize alkylated pyridines are valuable because these structures are prevalent in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. We have developed a distinct approach to construct 4-alkylpyridines using dearomatized pyridylphosphonium ylide intermediates in a Wittig olefination-rearomatization sequence. Pyridine N-activation is key to this strategy, and N-triazinylpyridinium salts enable coupling between a wide variety of substituted pyridines and aldehydes. The alkylation protocol is viable for late-stage functionalization, including methylation of pyridine-containing drugs. This approach represents an alternative to metal-catalyzed sp2 -sp3 cross-coupling reactions and Minisci-type processes.
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- Patrick J Fricke
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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Tang S, Xu Z, Liu T, Wang S, Yu J, Liu J, Hong Y, Chen S, He J, Li J. Radical 1,4‐Aryl Migration Enabled Remote Cross‐Electrophile Coupling of α‐Amino‐β‐Bromo Acid Esters with Aryl Bromides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Shi Tang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jishou University Jishou 416000 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jishou University Jishou 416000 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jishou University Jishou 416000 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jishou University Jishou 416000 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jishou University Jishou 416000 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jishou University Jishou 416000 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jishou University Jishou 416000 China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Jishou University Jishou 416000 China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle Nanchang Hangkong University Nanchang 330063 China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics Hunan University Changsha 410082 China
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Aguirre AL, Loud NL, Johnson KA, Weix DJ, Wang Y. ChemBead Enabled High-Throughput Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reveals a New Complementary Ligand. Chemistry 2021; 27:12981-12986. [PMID: 34233043 PMCID: PMC8554800 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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High-throughput experimentation (HTE) methods are central to modern medicinal chemistry. While many HTE approaches to C-N and Csp2 -Csp2 bonds are available, options for Csp2 -Csp3 bonds are limited. We report here how the adaptation of nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling of aryl bromides with alkyl halides to HTE is enabled by AbbVie ChemBeads technology. By using this approach, we were able to quickly map out the reactivity space at a global level with a challenging array of 3×222 micromolar reactions. The observed hit rate (56 %) is competitive with other often-used HTE reactions and the results are scalable. A key to this level of success was the finding that bipyridine 6-carboxamidine (BpyCam), a ligand that had not previously been shown to be optimal in any reaction, is as general as the best-known ligands with complementary reactivity. Such "cryptic" catalysts may be common and modern HTE methods should facilitate the process of finding these catalysts.
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- Ana L Aguirre
- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, AbbVie, 1 N Waukegan Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, AbbVie, 1 N Waukegan Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
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Kölmel DK, Zhu H, Flanagan ME, Sakata SK, Harris AR, Wan J, Morgan BA. Employing Photocatalysis for the Design and Preparation of DNA‐Encoded Libraries: A Case Study. CHEM REC 2021; 21:616-630. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202000148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Dominik K. Kölmel
- Worldwide Research and Development Pfizer Inc Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 United States
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- Worldwide Research and Development Pfizer Inc Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 United States
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- Worldwide Research and Development Pfizer Inc Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 United States
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- Worldwide Research and Development Pfizer Inc 10770 Science Center Drive San Diego CA 92121 United States
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- Worldwide Research and Development Pfizer Inc Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 United States
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- HitGen Inc Building 6, No. 8 Huigu first East Road, Tianfu International Bio-Town, Shuangliu District Chengdu City Sichuan Province P. R. China
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- HitGen Inc Building 6, No. 8 Huigu first East Road, Tianfu International Bio-Town, Shuangliu District Chengdu City Sichuan Province P. R. China
- HitGen Pharmaceuticals Inc PO Box 88240 Houston TX 77288 United States
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Das S, Murugesan K, Villegas Rodríguez GJ, Kaur J, Barham JP, Savateev A, Antonietti M, König B. Photocatalytic (Het)arylation of C(sp3)–H Bonds with Carbon Nitride. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Saikat Das
- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Gao N, Li Y, Cao G, Teng D. Nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling of aryl bromides and cyclic secondary alkyl bromides with spiro-bidentate-pyox ligands. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj02677a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The cross-electrophile coupling catalyzed by nickel/spiro-bidentate-pyox ligands with lithium chloride as the additive was reported, which has good functional group tolerance (19 examples).
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- Nanxing Gao
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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Obydennov DL, Simbirtseva AE, Piksin SE, Sosnovskikh VY. 2,6-Dicyano-4-pyrone as a Novel and Multifarious Building Block for the Synthesis of 2,6-Bis(hetaryl)-4-pyrones and 2,6-Bis(hetaryl)-4-pyridinols. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:33406-33420. [PMID: 33403303 PMCID: PMC7774280 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In this work, a three-stage and easily scalable synthesis of 2,6-dicyano-4-pyrone (overall yield of 45%) as a new convenient building block has been developed from diethyl acetonedioxalate. It was shown that the transformation with hydroxylamine and [3 + 2]-cycloaddition, in contrast to the reactions with hydrazines, selectively proceed through the attack at the cyano groups without the pyrone ring-opening to give symmetrical and unsymmetrical pyrone-bearing heterocyclic triads containing 1,2,4- and 1,3,4-oxadiazoles as well as tetrazole moieties. The reaction of 2,6-bis(hetaryl)-4-pyrones with ammonia afforded 2,6-bis(hetaryl)pyridines in 63-87% yields. The 4-pyridone/4-pyridinol tautomerism of 2,6-bis(hetaryl)pyridinols and the influence of the nature of adjacent azolyl moieties on this equilibrium have been discussed.
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Kölmel DK, Ratnayake AS, Flanagan ME. Photoredox cross-electrophile coupling in DNA-encoded chemistry. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 533:201-208. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Gale-Day ZJ. Recent Advances in Metal-Catalyzed, Electrochemical Coupling Reactions of sp2 Halides/Boronic Acids and sp3 Centers. SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1706085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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AbstractTraditionally, metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions rely on stable but expensive metals, such as palladium. However, the recent development of synthetic organic electrochemistry allows for in situ redox manipulations, expanding the use of cheaper, abundant and sustainable metals, such as nickel and copper as efficient cross-coupling catalysts. This short review covers the recent advances in metal-catalyzed electrochemical coupling reactions, with a focus on reactions of sp2 electrophiles and nucleophiles with sp3 coupling partners to form both C–C and C–heteroatom bonds.1 Introduction2 Nickel-Catalyzed C–C sp2–sp3 Coupling Reactions3 Coupling of Aryl Groups with Heteroatomic Nuclei4 Conclusion
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Charboneau DJ, Barth EL, Hazari N, Uehling MR, Zultanski SL. A Widely Applicable Dual Catalytic System for Cross-Electrophile Coupling Enabled by Mechanistic Studies. ACS Catal 2020; 10:12642-12656. [PMID: 33628617 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A dual catalytic system for cross-electrophile coupling reactions between aryl halides and alkyl halides that features a Ni catalyst, a Co cocatalyst, and a mild homogeneous reductant is described. Mechanistic studies indicate that the Ni catalyst activates the aryl halide, while the Co cocatalyst activates the alkyl halide. This allows the system to be rationally optimized for a variety of substrate classes by simply modifying the loadings of the Ni and Co catalysts based on the reaction product profile. For example, the coupling of aryl bromides and aryl iodides with alkyl bromides, alkyl iodides, and benzyl chlorides is demonstrated using the same Ni and Co catalysts under similar reaction conditions but with different optimal catalyst loadings in each case. Our system is tolerant of numerous functional groups and is capable of coupling heteroaryl halides, di-ortho-substituted aryl halides, pharmaceutically relevant druglike aryl halides, and a diverse range of alkyl halides. Additionally, the dual catalytic platform facilitates a series of selective one-pot three-component cross-electrophile coupling reactions of bromo(iodo)arenes with two distinct alkyl halides. This demonstrates the unique level of control that the platform provides and enables the rapid generation of molecular complexity. The system can be readily utilized for a wide range of applications as all reaction components are commercially available, the reaction is scalable, and toxic amide-based solvents are not required. It is anticipated that this strategy, as well as the underlying mechanistic framework, will be generalizable to other cross-electrophile coupling reactions.
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- David J. Charboneau
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P. O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P. O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P. O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Discovery Chemistry, HTE and Lead Discovery Capabilities, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Department of Process Research and Development, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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Haibach MC, Ickes AR, Wilders AM, Shekhar S. Recent Advances in Nonprecious Metal Catalysis. Org Process Res Dev 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Michael C. Haibach
- Process Research and Development, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Process Research and Development, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Process Research and Development, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Process Research and Development, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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Clevenger AL, Stolley RM, Aderibigbe J, Louie J. Trends in the Usage of Bidentate Phosphines as Ligands in Nickel Catalysis. Chem Rev 2020; 120:6124-6196. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Andrew L. Clevenger
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Biswas S, Qu B, Desrosiers JN, Choi Y, Haddad N, Yee NK, Song JJ, Senanayake CH. Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Reductive Couplings of Neopentyl Bromides with Aryl Bromides. J Org Chem 2020; 85:8214-8220. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Soumik Biswas
- Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States
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- Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States
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- Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States
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- Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States
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- Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States
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- Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States
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- Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States
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- Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877, United States
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Kim S, Goldfogel MJ, Gilbert MM, Weix DJ. Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Aryl Chlorides with Primary Alkyl Chlorides. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:9902-9907. [PMID: 32412241 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Alkyl chlorides and aryl chlorides are among the most abundant and stable carbon electrophiles. Although their coupling with carbon nucleophiles is well developed, the cross-electrophile coupling of aryl chlorides with alkyl chlorides has remained a challenge. We report here the first general approach to this transformation. The key to productive, selective cross-coupling is the use of a small amount of iodide or bromide along with a recently reported ligand, pyridine-2,6-bis(N-cyanocarboxamidine) (PyBCamCN). The scope of the reaction is demonstrated with 35 examples (63 ± 16% average yield), and we show that the Br- and I- additives act as cocatalysts, generating a low, steady-state concentration of more-reactive alkyl bromide/iodide.
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- Seoyoung Kim
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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