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Zeng J, You F, Zhu J. Screening seven-electron boron-centered radicals for dinitrogen activation. J Comput Chem 2024; 45:648-654. [PMID: 38073508 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27281] [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: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
The activation of dinitrogen is significant as nitrogen-containing compounds play an important role in industries. However, the inert NN triple bond caused by its large HOMO-LUMO gap (10.8 eV) and high bond dissociation energy (945 kJ mol-1 ) renders its activation under mild conditions particularly challenging. Recent progress shows that a few main group species can mimic transition metal complexes to activate dinitrogen. Here, we demonstrate that a series of seven-electron (7e) boron-centered radical can be used to activate N2 via density functional theory calculations. It is found that boron-centered radicals containing amine ligand perform best on the thermodynamics of dinitrogen activation. In addition, when electron-donating groups are introduced at the boron atom, these radicals can be used to activate N2 with low reaction barriers. Further analysis suggests that the electron transfer from the boron atom to the π* orbitals of dinitrogen is essential for its activation. Our findings suggest great potential of 7e boron radicals in the field of dinitrogen activation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jie Zeng
- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
- Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Tu YL, Zhang BB, Qiu BS, Wang ZX, Chen XY. Cross-Electrophile C-P III Coupling of Chlorophosphines with Organic Halides: Photoinduced P III and Aminoalkyl Radical Generation Enabled by Pnictogen Bonding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202310764. [PMID: 37668107 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Pnictogen bonding (PnB) has gained recognition as an appealing strategy for constructing novel architectures and unlocking new properties. Within the synthetic community, the development of a straightforward and much simpler protocol for cross-electrophile C-PIII coupling remains an ongoing challenge with organic halides. In this study, we present a simple strategy for photoinduced PnB-enabled cross-electrophile C-PIII couplings using readily available chlorophosphines and organic halides via merging single electron transfer (SET) and halogen atom transfer (XAT) processes. In this photomediated transformation, the PnB formed between chlorophosphines and alkyl amines facilitates the photogeneration of PIII radicals and α-aminoalkyl radicals through SET. Subsequently, the resulting α-aminoalkyl radicals activate C-X bonds via XAT, leading to the formation of carbon radicals. This methodology offers operational simplicity and compatibility with both aliphatic and aromatic chlorophosphines and organic halides.
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- Yong-Liang Tu
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Binzhou Institute of Technology, Weiqiao-UCAS Science and Technology Park, Binzhou, Shandong Province, 256606, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Binzhou Institute of Technology, Weiqiao-UCAS Science and Technology Park, Binzhou, Shandong Province, 256606, China
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Singh T, Nasireddy SR, Upreti GC, Arora S, Singh A. Photocatalytic, Intermolecular Olefin Alkylcarbofunctionalization Triggered by Haloalkyl Radicals Generated via Halogen Atom Transfer. Org Lett 2023. [PMID: 37470716 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c01800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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A visible-light-mediated, haloalkyl-radical-initiated, three-component olefin difunctionalization is reported. The application of haloalkyl radicals generated via halogen atom abstraction by α-aminoalkyl radicals has been demonstrated for accessing a new halogenated chemical space. Overall, the alkylcarbofunctionalization of styrenes was accomplished by employing them as (poly)haloalkyl radical acceptors and subsequent C-C bond formation with quinoxalinones.
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- Tavinder Singh
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India
- Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, UP, India
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Wu MC, Li MZ, Chen JY, Xiao JA, Xiang HY, Chen K, Yang H. Photoredox-catalysed chlorination of quinoxalin-2(1 H)-ones enabled by using CHCl 3 as a chlorine source. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:11591-11594. [PMID: 36169082 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc04520f] [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 photoredox-catalysed chlorination of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones was developed by using CHCl3 as a chlorine source, thus affording various 3-chloroquinoxalin-2(1H)-ones in moderate to high yields. This protocol is characterized by mild reaction conditions, excellent regioselectivity, and readily available chlorination agent. Considering the operational simplicity and low cost of this chlorination approach, this developed method offers an innovative pathway for rapid incorporation of chlorine functionality into heteroarenes, and will inspire broader exploitation of new chlorination strategies.
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- Mei-Chun Wu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China.,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaihua University, Huaihua 418008, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- The First High School of Changsha, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China
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Zhang JH, Jiang LL, Hu SJ, Li JZ, Yu XC, Liu FL, Guan YT, Lei KW, Wei WT. The polychloromethylation/acyloxylation of 1,6-enynes with chloroalkanes and diacyl peroxides through dual-role designs. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:7067-7070. [PMID: 35993972 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01330d] [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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The novel polychloromethylation/acyloxylation of 1,6-enynes with chloroalkanes and diacyl peroxides through dual-role designs has been developed to prepare 2-pyrrolidinone derivatives with polychloromethyl units with the use of an inexpensive copper salt under mild conditions. This strategy includes two dual-role designs, not only improving atomic utilization but also allowing a cleaner process. The wide substrate scope and simple reaction conditions demonstrate the practicability of this protocol.
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- Jun-Hao Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China.
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Shen GB, Yu HY, Xu Z, Cao W, Liu J, Xie L, Yan M. Theoretical study for evaluating and discovering organic hydride compounds as novel trifluoromethylation reagents. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:2831-2842. [PMID: 35294516 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00056c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Trifluoromethylation reaction is one of the significant and practical organic chemical reactions, and the design and discovery of novel trifluoromethylation reagents have been attracting more and more attention. Trifluoromethyl-substituted organic hydride compounds (XH) have the potential to be novel trifluoromethylation reagents in organic synthesis due to the favorable tendency of XH˙+ releasing ˙CF3 to form stable aromatic structures in terms of thermodynamics. The key elementary step of the trifluoromethylation is the radical cation (XH˙+) generation by catalysis or single-electron activation releasing ˙CF3 to form a stable aromatic structure, which also provides the thermodynamic driving force of the chemical process. In this work, 47 new trifluoromethylation reagent candidates of XHs were designed and calculated for the Gibbs free energy and activation free energy [ΔG‡RD(XH˙+)] of XH˙+ releasing ˙CF3 using the density functional theory (DFT) method, in order to quantitatively measure the reactivity of XHs as trifluoromethylation reagents, and to establish the molecular library as well as reactivity database of novel trifluoromethylation reagents for synthetic chemists. According to the and ΔG‡RD(XH˙+) values, all the XHs can be reasonably divided into 3 classes, including class 1 (excellent trifluoromethylation reagents), class 2 (potential trifluoromethylation reagents) and class 3 (not trifluoromethylation reagents). To our delight, 15 XHs with a 1,4-dihydropyridine structure and 3 XHs with a 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-one structure are identified to be novel excellent and potential trifluoromethylation reagents, respectively, according to their reactivity data. The relationship between the structural features, including methylation, heteroatom, substituents, conjugated structure and so on, and the reactivity of XHs as trifluoromethylation reagents are also discussed in this work. The computation results indicate that trifluoromethyl-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridine compounds and 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-one analogues could be possible trifluoromethylation reagents in organic synthesis. This work may provide the theoretical basis and references for discovering organic hydride compounds as novel reagents for trifluoromethylation or other alkylation reactions.
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- Guang-Bin Shen
- School of Medical Engineering, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, 272000, P. R. China
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- School of Medical Engineering, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, 272000, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, Shandong, 276800, P. R. China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, Shandong, 276800, P. R. China.
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- School of Medical Engineering, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, 272000, P. R. China
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- School of Medical Engineering, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, 272000, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, Shandong, 276800, P. R. China.
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Abstractα-Aminoalkyl radicals are easily accessible through multiple pathways from various precursors. Apart from their utilization as nitrogen-containing building blocks, they have recently been used as halogen atom abstraction reagents or single-electron reductants to transform organic halides or sulfonium salts into their corresponding highly reactive radical species. Benefiting from the richness of various halides and the diverse reactivity of radical intermediates, new transformations of halides and sulfonium salts have been developed. This short review summarizes this emerging chemistry that uses α-aminoalkyl radicals as the reaction activators.1 Introduction2 Activation of Halides as Halogen-Atom Transfer Agents2.1 Addition to Unsaturated Bonds2.1.1 Addition to C=C Bonds2.1.2 Addition to C=O Bonds2.2 Substitution Reactions2.2.1 Deuteration2.2.2 Olefination2.2.3 Allylation2.2.4 Aromatic Substitution2.2.5 Amination3 Activation of Sulfonium Salts as Single-Electron Reductants4 Conclusion and Outlook
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