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Sansores-Paredes MG, Nguyen TTT, Lutz M, Moret ME. Reactions of Nickel(0)-Olefin Pincer Complexes with Terminal Alkynes: Cooperative C-H Bond Activation and Alkyne Coupling. Organometallics 2023; 42:3418-3427. [PMID: 38098646 PMCID: PMC10716905 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Metal-ligand cooperation can facilitate the activation of chemical bonds, opening reaction pathways of interest for catalyst development. In this context, olefins occupying the central position of a diphosphine pincer ligand (PC=CP) are emerging as reversible H atom acceptors, e.g., for H2 activation. Here, we report on the reactivity of nickel complexes of PC=CP ligands with a terminal alkyne, for which two competing pathways are observed. First, cooperative and reversible C-H bond activation generates a Ni(II) alkyl/alkynyl complex as the kinetic product. Second, in the absence of a bulky substituent on the olefin, two alkyne molecules are incorporated in the ligand structure to form a conjugated triene bound to Ni(0). The mechanisms of these processes are studied by density functional theory calculations supported by experimental observations.
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- María
L. G. Sansores-Paredes
- Organic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Organic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Structural
Biochemistry, Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of
Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3534 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Organic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry,
Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Koeritz MT, Banovetz HK, Prell SA, Stanley LM. Synthesis of oxaboranes via nickel-catalyzed dearylative cyclocondensation. Chem Sci 2022; 13:7790-7795. [PMID: 35865885 PMCID: PMC9258507 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01840c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We report Ni-catalyzed dearylative cyclocondensation of aldehydes, alkynes, and triphenylborane. The reaction is initiated by oxidative cyclization of the aldehyde and alkyne coupling partners to generate an oxanickelacyclopentene which reacts with triphenylborane to form oxaboranes. This formal dearylative cyclocondensation reaction generates oxaboranes in moderate-to-high yields (47–99%) with high regioselectivities under mild reaction conditions. This approach represents a direct and modular synthesis of oxaboranes which are difficult to access using current methods. These oxaboranes are readily transformed into valuable building blocks for organic synthesis and an additional class of boron heterocycles. Selective homocoupling forms oxaboroles, oxidation generates aldol products, and reduction and arylation form substituted allylic alcohols. Oxaboranes are prepared via a nickel-catalyzed dearylative cyclocondensation reaction in up to 99% yield and excellent regioselectivity. These oxaborane products can be further transformed into a variety of synthetically useful building blocks.![]()
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- Mason T Koeritz
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 USA
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Lee MY, Kahl C, Kaeffer N, Leitner W. Electrocatalytic Semihydrogenation of Alkynes with [Ni(bpy) 3] 2. JACS AU 2022; 2:573-578. [PMID: 35373211 PMCID: PMC8970006 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electrifying the production of base and fine chemicals calls for the development of electrocatalytic methodologies for these transformations. We show here that the semihydrogenation of alkynes, an important transformation in organic synthesis, is electrocatalyzed at room temperature by a simple complex of earth-abundant nickel, [Ni(bpy)3]2+. The approach operates under mild conditions and is selective toward the semihydrogenated olefins with good to very good Z isomer stereoselectivity. (Spectro)electrochemistry supports that the electrocatalytic cycle is initiated in an atypical manner with a nickelacyclopropene complex, which upon further protonation is converted into a putative cationic Ni(II)-vinyl intermediate that produces the olefin after electron-proton uptake. This work establishes a proof of concept for homogeneous electrocatalysis applied to alkyne semihydrogenation, with opportunities to improve the yields and stereoselectivity.
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Fan JT, Fan XH, Gao CY, Wei J, Yang LM. Regioselectively switchable alkyne cyclotrimerization catalyzed by the system of Ni(II)/bidentate P-ligand/Zn with ZnI 2 as additive. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01913a] [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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A simple catalyst system of Ni(PPh3)2Cl2/dppb or dppm/Zn can effect an efficient and regioselectively controlled alkyne cyclotrimerization to form 1,2,4- (with no additive) or 1,3,5-regioisomers (with the use of ZnI2...
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Unnikrishnan A, Sunoj RB. Iridium-Catalyzed Regioselective Borylation through C-H Activation and the Origin of Ligand-Dependent Regioselectivity Switching. J Org Chem 2021; 86:15618-15630. [PMID: 34598435 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Research efforts in catalytic regioselective borylation using C-H bond activation of arenes have gained considerable recent attention. The ligand-enabled regiocontrol, such as in the borylation of benzaldehyde, the selectivity could be switched from the ortho to meta position, under identical conditions, by just changing the external ligand (L) from 8-aminoquinoline (8-AQ) to tetramethylphenanthroline (TMP). The DFT(B3LYP-D3) computations helped us learn that the energetically preferred catalytic pathway includes the formation of an Ir-π-complex between the active catalyst [Ir(L)(Bpin)3] and benzaldimine, a C-H bond oxidative addition (OA) to form an Ir(V)aryl-hydride intermediate, and a reductive elimination to furnish the borylated benzaldehyde as the final product. The lowest energetic span (δEortho = 26 kcal/mol with 8-AQ) is noted in the ortho borylation pathway, with the OA transition state (TS) as the turnover-determining TS. The change in regiochemical preference to the meta borylation (δEmeta = 26) with TMP is identified. A hemilabile mode of 8-AQ participation is found to exhibit a δEortho of 24 kcal/mol for the ortho borylation, relative to that in the chelate mode (δEortho = 26 kcal/mol). The predicted regioselectivity switching is in good agreement with the earlier experimental observations.
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- Anju Unnikrishnan
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Rosenthal U. Influence of Impurities on the Productivity in Homogeneous Catalytic Reactions: Trimerization of 1,4‐Dimethoxy‐but‐2‐yne and Tetramerization of Propargyl Alcohol. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202100108] [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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- Uwe Rosenthal
- Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock Albert-Einstein-Str. 29 A 18059 Rostock Germany
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Guo J, Yang W, Zhang D, Wang SG, Wang X. Mechanistic Insights into Formation of All-Carbon Quaternary Centers via Scandium-Catalyzed C-H Alkylation of Imidazoles with 1,1-Disubstituted Alkenes. J Org Chem 2021; 86:4598-4606. [PMID: 33686862 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c03054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This density functional theory (DFT) study reveals a detailed plausible mechanism for the Sc-catalyzed C-H cycloaddition of imidazoles to 1,1-disubstituted alkenes to form all-carbon quaternary stereocenters. The Sc complex binds the imidazole substrate to enable deprotonative C2-H bond activation by the Sc-bound α-carbon to afford the active species. This complex undergoes intramolecular cyclization (C═C into Sc-imidazolyl insertion) with exo-selectivity, generating a β-all-carbon-substituted quaternary center in the polycyclic imidazole derivative. The Sc-bound α-carbon deprotonates the imidazole C2-H bond to deliver the product and regenerate the active catalyst, which is the rate-determining step. Calculations illuminate the electronic effect of the ancillary Cp ligand on the catalyst activity and reveal the steric bias caused by using a chiral catalyst that induce the enantioselectivity. The insights can have implications for advancing rare-earth metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization of imidazoles.
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- Jiandong Guo
- Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Postdoctoral Innovation Practice Base, Shenzhen Polytechnic, 7098 Liuxian Boulevard, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.,Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Postdoctoral Innovation Practice Base, Shenzhen Polytechnic, 7098 Liuxian Boulevard, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.,Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Postdoctoral Innovation Practice Base, Shenzhen Polytechnic, 7098 Liuxian Boulevard, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China.,Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 194, P. O. Box 1733, Denver, Colorado 80217-3364, United States
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Zhang N, Mi J, Huo S, Meng L, Li X. Computational prediction on the catalytic activity of heterobimetallic complex featuring MM' triple bond in acetylene cyclotrimerization: Mechanistic study. J Comput Chem 2021; 42:484-491. [PMID: 33326120 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A detailed reaction mechanism of acetylene cyclotrimerization catalyzed by V(i PrNPMe2 )3 Fe-PMe3 (denote as CAT), a heterobimetallic complex featuring V-Fe triple bond, was computationally investigated using density functional theory. The calculated results show that the first acetylene firstly attaches to the V atom of CAT to get a four-membered ring structure through [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction. For the second acetylene addition, there are two cyclotrimerization mechanisms, outer sphere mechanism and inner mechanism. The inner sphere reaction pathway is the main reaction pathway. By replacing the V with Nb and Ta, Fe with Ru and Os, a series of new catalysts are screened computationally. The calculated results show that, all of the nine heterobimetallic complexes show high activity at mild condition. The energy barrier of the rate determining step is related to the natural population analysis (NPA) charge of M' and the Wiberg bond index (WBI) of M-M' bond. The more negative NPA charge of M' and the smaller WBI of M-M' bond, the lower energy barrier is.
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- Na Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Inorganic and Nano Material, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Inorganic and Nano Material, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Inorganic and Nano Material, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Inorganic and Nano Material, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Tiddens MR, Moret ME. Metal-Ligand Cooperation at Phosphine-Based Acceptor Pincer Ligands. TOP ORGANOMETAL CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/3418_2020_70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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