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Snabilié DD, Ham R, Reek JNH, de Bruin B. Light Induced Cobalt(III) Carbene Radical Formation from Dimethyl Malonate As Carbene Precursor. Organometallics 2024; 43:1299-1307. [PMID: 38873572 PMCID: PMC11167645 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00127] [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: 04/03/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
Abstract
Radical-type carbene transfer catalysis is an efficient method for the direct functionalization of C-H and C=C bonds. However, carbene radical complexes are currently formed via high-energy carbene precursors, such as diazo compounds or iodonium ylides. Many of these carbene precursors require additional synthetic steps, have an explosive nature, or generate halogenated waste. Consequently, the utilization of carbene radical catalysis is limited by specific carbene precursors that access the carbene radical intermediate. In this study, we generate a cobalt(III) carbene radical complex from dimethyl malonate, which is commercially available and bench-stable. EPR and NMR spectroscopy were used to identify the intermediates and showed that the cobalt(III) carbene radical complex is formed upon light irradiation. In the presence of styrene, carbene transfer occurred, forming cyclopropane as the product. With this photochemical method, we demonstrate that dimethyl malonate can be used as an alternative carbene precursor in the formation of a cobalt(III) carbene radical complex.
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Affiliation(s)
- Demi D. Snabilié
- Van ‘t Hoff Institute
for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam,
Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Van ‘t Hoff Institute
for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam,
Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Van ‘t Hoff Institute
for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam,
Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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- Van ‘t Hoff Institute
for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam,
Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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Epping RF, Vesseur D, Zhou M, de Bruin B. Carbene Radicals in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions. ACS Catal 2023; 13:5428-5448. [PMID: 37123600 PMCID: PMC10127290 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
Abstract
Discovered as organometallic curiosities in the 1970s, carbene radicals have become a staple in modern-day homogeneous catalysis. Carbene radicals exhibit nucleophilic radical-type reactivity orthogonal to classical electrophilic diamagnetic Fischer carbenes. Their successful catalytic application has led to the synthesis of a myriad of carbo- and heterocycles, ranging from simple cyclopropanes to more challenging eight-membered rings. The field has matured to employ densely functionalized chiral porphyrin-based platforms that exhibit high enantio-, regio-, and stereoselectivity. Thus far the focus has largely been on cobalt-based systems, but interest has been growing for the past few years to expand the application of carbene radicals to other transition metals. This Perspective covers the advances made since 2011 and gives an overview on the coordination chemistry, reactivity, and catalytic application of carbene radical species using transition metal complexes and catalysts.
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- Roel F.J. Epping
- Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Alcaide MM, Sánchez P, Álvarez E, Maya C, López-Serrano J, Peloso R. Electrophilic activation of alkynes promoted by a cationic alkylidene complex of Pt(II). Dalton Trans 2022; 51:5777-5781. [PMID: 35352740 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00811d] [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]
Abstract
Pt(II) alkylidene 1a has been reacted with terminal alkynes to afford ylide complexes 3a-d, resulting from electrophilic activation of the CC bond and its insertion into the platinacyclic fragment of 1a that contains the carbene functionality. DFT calculations indicate that the observed regioselectivity is determined by the nucleophilic attack of the alkyne to the alkylidene carbon.
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- María M Alcaide
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Quíḿica Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Quíḿica Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Quíḿica Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Quíḿica Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Quíḿica Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Quíḿica Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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Wang Q, Manzano RA, Tinnermann H, Sung S, Leforestier B, Krämer T, Young RD. Access to and Reactivity of Fe
0
, Fe
−I
, Fe
I
, and Fe
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PC
carbene
P Pincer Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Qingyang Wang
- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry University of Warwick UK
- Department of Chemistry Maynooth University Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore Singapore
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Wang Q, Manzano RA, Tinnermann H, Sung S, Leforestier B, Krämer T, Young RD. Access to and Reactivity of Fe 0 , Fe -I , Fe I , and Fe II PC carbene P Pincer Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:18168-18177. [PMID: 34145715 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Despite their promising metal-ligand cooperative reactivity, PCcarbene P pincer ligands are rarely reported for first-row transition-metal centres. Using a dehydration methodology, we report access to an Fe0 PCcarbene P pincer complex (1) that proceeds via an isolated α-hydroxylalkyl hydrido complex (3). Reversible carbonyl migration to the carbene position in 1 is found to allow coordination chemistry and E-H bond addition (E=H, B, Cl) across the iron-carbene linkage, representing a unique mechanism for metal-ligand cooperativity. The PCcarbene P pincer ligand is also found to stabilize formal FeII , FeI , and Fe-I oxidation states, as demonstrated with synthesis and characterization of the complexes [11-X][BArF 20 ] (X=Br, I), 12, and K[13]. Compound K[13] is found to be highly reactive, and abstracts hydrogen from a range of aliphatic C-H sources. Computational analysis by DFT suggests that the formal FeI and Fe-I complexes contain significant carbene radical character. The ability of the PCcarbene P ligand scaffold to partake in metal-ligand cooperativity and to support a range of iron oxidation states renders it as potentially useful in many catalytic applications.
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- Qingyang Wang
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK.,Department of Chemistry, Maynooth University, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, Maynooth University, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Hoffbauer MR, Iluc VM. [2+2] Cycloadditions with an Iron Carbene: A Critical Step in Enyne Metathesis. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5592-5597. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Melissa R. Hoffbauer
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Grass A, Bellow JA, Morrison G, Zur Loye HC, Lord RL, Groysman S. One electron reduction transforms high-valent low-spin cobalt alkylidene into high-spin cobalt(ii) carbene radical. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:8416-8419. [PMID: 32579653 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03028g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
One electron reduction of formally CoIV(OR)2(CPh2) forms the [CoII(OR)2(CPh2)]- anion. Whereas low-spin Co(OR)2([double bond, length as m-dash]CPh2) demonstrated significant alkylidene character, the high-spin [Co(OR)2(CPh2)]- anion features a rare Co(ii)-carbene radical. Treatment of [Co(OR)2(CPh2)][CoCp*2] with xylyl isocyanide triggers formation of two new C-C bonds, and is likely mediated by nucleophilic attack of deprotonated CoCp*2+ on a transient ketenimine.
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- Amanda Grass
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Dr, Allendale, MI 49401, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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van der Vlugt JI. Redox-Active Pincer Ligands. TOP ORGANOMETAL CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/3418_2020_68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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