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Feng A, Yang Y, Liu C, Zhang D. DFT Calculations Rationalize Unconventional Regioselectivity in Pd II-Catalyzed Defluorinative Alkylation of gem-Difluorocyclopropanes with Hydrazones. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 38766868 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been conducted to gain insight into the unique formation of the branched alkylation product in the PdII-catalyzed defluorinative alkylation of gem-difluorocyclopropanes with hydrazones. The reaction is established to occur in sequence through oxidative addition, β-F elimination, η1-η3 isomerization, transmetalation, η3-η1 isomerization, 3,3'-reductive elimination, deprotonation/N2 extrusion, and proton abstraction. The rate-determining step of the reaction is identified as the β-F elimination, featuring an energy barrier of 28.6 kcal/mol. The 3,3'-reductive elimination transition states are the regioselectivity-determining transition states. The favorable noncovalent π-π interaction between the naphthyl group of gem-difluorocyclopropane and the phenyl group of hydrazone is found to be mainly responsible for the observed regioselectivity.
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- Aili Feng
- Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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Zhang Q, Shi P, Yuan X, Ma Y, Zeng A. Direct Carboxylation of Thiophene with CO2 in the Solvent-free Carboxylate-carbonate Molten Medium: Experimental and Mechanistic Insights. Chin J Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mechanistic Insights into Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Thiophene and Carbon Dioxide. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12060654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The mechanism in palladium-catalyzed carboxylation of thiophene and CO2 is investigated using the density functional theory (DFT) calculations, including three consecutive steps of the formation of carbanion through breaking the C–H bond(s) via the palladium acetate, the elimination of acetic acid and the nucleophile attacking the weak electrophile CO2 to form C–C bond. Results show that the C–C bond is formed through taking the three-membered cyclic conformation arrangement involving the interaction of the transition metal and the CO2, and the CO2 insertion step is the rate-determining step for this entire reaction process. Aiming to precisely disclose what factor determine the origin of the activation energy barrier in this carboxylation reaction, the distortion/interaction analysis is performed along with the entire reaction coordinate.
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Yu S, Ai Y, Hu L, Lu G, Duan C, Ma Y. Palladium-Catalyzed Stagewise Strain-Release-Driven C-C Activation of Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanyl Alcohols. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200052. [PMID: 35332648 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A palladium-catalyzed chemoselective coupling of readily available bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanyl alcohols (BCP-OH) with various halides is reported, which offers expedient approaches to a wide range of cyclobutanone and β,γ-enone skeletons via single or double C-C activation. The chemistry shows a broad substrate scope in terms of both the range of BCP-OH and halides including a series of natural product derivatives. Moreover, dependency of reaction chemodivergence on base additive has been investigated through experimental and density functional theory (DFT) studies, which is expected to significantly enrich the reaction modes and increase the synthetic potential of BCP-OH in preparing more complex molecules.
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- Songjie Yu
- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
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Yu S, Ai Y, Hu L, Lu G, Duan C, Ma Y. Palladium‐Catalyzed Stagewise Strain‐Release‐Driven C−C Activation of Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanyl Alcohols. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200052] [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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- Songjie Yu
- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry Ministry of Education Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry Ministry of Education Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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- Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China
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Carboxylate-Assisted Carboxylation of Thiophene with CO2 in the Solvent-Free Carbonate Medium. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12040369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Direct carboxylation of thiophene with CO2 has been achieved under a relatively mild solvent-free carbonate and carboxylate medium. This base-mediated medium can cleave the very weakly acidic C–H bond without using other limiting reagents, which is one indispensable step in the carboxylation reaction. Product yield varies with different carboxylate salts, and cesium pivalate is the most suitable base additive among targeted simple carboxylate salts. Furthermore, the detailed mechanism of this carboxylation reaction is studied, which involves initial proton abstraction, rendered by carbonate and C–C bond formation, by inserting CO2. The activation energy barrier of the C–H activation step is higher than the following CO2 insertion step, whether for the formation of the mono- and/or di-carboxylate, which indicates that the C–H deprotonation induced by the base is slow and the resulting carbon-centered nucleophile reacts rapidly with CO2.
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Computational Study of Key Mechanistic Details for a Proposed Copper (I)-Mediated Deconstructive Fluorination of N-Protected Cyclic Amines. Top Catal 2022; 65:418-432. [PMID: 35197715 DOI: 10.1007/s11244-021-01443-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Using calculations, we show that a proposed Cu(I)-mediated deconstructive fluorination of N-benzoylated cyclic amines with Selectfluor® is feasible and may proceed through: (a) substrate coordination to a Cu(I) salt, (b) iminium ion formation followed by conversion to a hemiaminal, and (c) fluorination involving C-C cleavage of the hemiaminal. The iminium ion formation is calculated to proceed via a F-atom coupled electron transfer (FCET) mechanism to form, formally, a product arising from oxidative addition coupled with electron transfer (OA + ET). The subsequent β-C-C cleavage/fluorination of the hemiaminal intermediate may proceed via either ring-opening or deformylative fluorination pathways. The latter pathway is initiated by opening of the hemiaminal to give an aldehyde, followed by formyl H-atom abstraction by a TEDA2+ radical dication, decarbonylation, and fluorination of the C3-radical center by another equivalent of Selectfluor®. In general, the mechanism for the proposed Cu(I)- mediated deconstructive C-H fluorination of N-benzoylated cyclic amines (LH) by Selectfluor® was calculated to proceed analogously to our previously reported Ag(I)-mediated reaction. In comparison to the Ag(I)-mediated process, in the Cu(I)-mediated reaction the iminium ion formation and hemiaminal fluorination have lower associated energy barriers, whereas the product release and catalyst re-generation steps have higher barriers.
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Xu LP, Qian S, Zhuang Z, Yu JQ, Musaev DG. Unconventional mechanism and selectivity of the Pd-catalyzed C-H bond lactonization in aromatic carboxylic acid. Nat Commun 2022; 13:315. [PMID: 35031612 PMCID: PMC8760335 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-27986-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The search for more effective and highly selective C-H bond oxidation of accessible hydrocarbons and biomolecules is a greatly attractive research mission. The elucidating of mechanism and controlling factors will, undoubtedly, help to broaden scope of these synthetic protocols, and enable discovery of more efficient, environmentally benign, and highly practical new C-H oxidation reactions. Here, we reveal the stepwise intramolecular SN2 nucleophilic substitution mechanism with the rate-limiting C-O bond formation step for the Pd(II)-catalyzed C(sp3)-H lactonization in aromatic 2,6-dimethylbenzoic acid. We show that for this reaction, the direct C-O reductive elimination from both Pd(II) and Pd(IV) (oxidized by O2 oxidant) intermediates is unfavorable. Critical factors controlling the outcome of this reaction are the presence of the η3-(π-benzylic)-Pd and K+-O(carboxylic) interactions. The controlling factors of the benzylic vs ortho site-selectivity of this reaction are the: (a) difference in the strains of the generated lactone rings; (b) difference in the strengths of the η3-(π-benzylic)-Pd and η2-(π-phenyl)-Pd interactions, and (c) more pronounced electrostatic interaction between the nucleophilic oxygen and K+ cation in the ortho-C-H activation transition state. The presented data indicate the utmost importance of base, substrate, and ligand in the selective C(sp3)-H bond lactonization in the presence of C(sp2)-H.
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- Li-Ping Xu
- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, 255000, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
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- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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Ghosh S, Shilpa S, Athira C, Sunoj RB. Role of Additives in Transition Metal Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation Reactions: A Computational Perspective. Top Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-021-01527-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Li BW, Wang MY, Liu JY. DFT study on the mechanism of palladium(0)-catalyzed reaction of o-iodoanilines, CO2, and CO. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Salamanca V, Albéniz AC. Faster palladium-catalyzed arylation of simple arenes in the presence of a methylketone: beneficial effect of an a priori interfering solvent in C–H activation. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo00236h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A methyl ketone accelerates the Pd-catalyzed C–H activation of simple arenes. A noninnocent solvent, it reacts in a reversible way without affecting the outcome of the reaction.
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- Vanesa Salamanca
- IU CINQUIMA/Química Inorgánica. Universidad de Valladolid
- 47071 Valladolid
- Spain
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- IU CINQUIMA/Química Inorgánica. Universidad de Valladolid
- 47071 Valladolid
- Spain
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Xu LP, Roque JB, Sarpong R, Musaev DG. Reactivity and Selectivity Controlling Factors in the Pd/Dialkylbiarylphosphine-Catalyzed C–C Cleavage/Cross-Coupling of an N-Fused Bicyclo α-Hydroxy-β-Lactam. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:21140-21152. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c10220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Li-Ping Xu
- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, and Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, and Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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