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Wang J, Luo MP, Gu YJ, Liu YY, Yin Q, Wang SG. Chiral Cp x Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Aziridination of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202400502. [PMID: 38279683 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400502] [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: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
Abstract
Chiral cyclopentadienyl-rhodium(III) Cpx Rh(III) catalysis has been demonstrated to be competent for catalyzing highly enantioselective aziridination of challenging unactivated terminal alkenes and nitrene sources. The chiral Cpx Rh(III) catalysis system exhibited outstanding catalytic performance and wide functional group tolerance, yielding synthetically important and highly valuable chiral aziridines with good to excellent yields and enantioselectivities (up to 99 % yield, 93 % ee). This protocol presents a novel and effective strategy for synthesizing enantioenriched aziridines from simple alkenes. Various transformations were performed on the aziridine products, illustrating the versatility and synthetic potential of this protocol for constructing highly functionalized compounds.
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- Juanjuan Wang
- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Maji B, Bhandari A, Bhattacharya D, Choudhury J. Reusable Single Homogeneous Ir(III)–NHC Catalysts for Bidirectional Hydrogenation–Dehydrogenation of N-Heteroarenes in Water. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Babulal Maji
- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462066, India
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- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462066, India
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- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462066, India
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- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462066, India
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Bera A, Bera S, Banerjee D. Recent advances in the synthesis of N-heteroarenes via catalytic dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:13042-13058. [PMID: 34781335 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04919d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Bio-active molecules having N-heteroarene core are widely used for numerous medicinal applications and as lifesaving drugs. In this direction, dehydrogenation of partially saturated aromatic N-heterocycles shows utmost importance for the synthesis of heterocycles. This feature article highlights the recent advances, from 2009 to April 2021, on the dehydrogenation of N-heteroaromatics. Notable features considering the development of newer catalysis for dehydrogenations are: (i) approaches based on precious metal catalysis, (ii) newer strategies and catalyst development technology using non-precious metal-catalysts for N-heterocycles having one or more heteroatoms, (iii) Synthesis of five or six-membered N-heterocycles using photocatalysis, electrocatalytic, and organo-catalytic approaches using different homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions' (iv) metal free (base and acid-promoted) dehydrogenation along with I2, N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) and bio catalyzed miscellaneous examples have also been discussed, (v) mechanistic studies for various dehydrogenation reactions and (vi) synthetic applications of various bio-active molecules including post-drug derivatization are discussed.
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- Atanu Bera
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Catalysis and Organic Synthesis, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Catalysis and Organic Synthesis, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Catalysis and Organic Synthesis, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Li RJ, Wang Y, Jin Y, Deng W, Liu ZJ, Yao ZJ. NHC ligand-based half-sandwich iridium complexes: synthesis, structure and catalytic activity in acceptorless dehydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj03824a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Half-sandwich iridium complexes exhibited high catalytic activity for acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols and transfer hydrogenation of ketones.
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- Rong-Jian Li
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 201418, China
- Anhui Laboratory of Molecular-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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Volpe A, Sartorel A, Graiff C, Bonchio M, Biffis A, Baron M, Tubaro C. Chelating di(N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes of iridium(III): Structural analysis, electrochemical characterisation and catalytic oxidation of water. J Organomet Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2020.121260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Borah D, Saha B, Sarma B, Das P. A cyclometalated Ir(III)-NHC complex as a recyclable catalyst for acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols to carboxylic acids. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:16866-16876. [PMID: 33179681 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02341h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In this work, we have synthesized two new [C, C] cyclometalated Ir(iii)-NHC complexes, [IrCp*(C∧C:NHC)Br](1a,b), [Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl; NHC = (2-flurobenzyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazoline-2-ylidene (a); (2-flurobenzyl)-1-(4-formylphenyl)-1H-imidazoline-2-ylidene (b)] via intramolecular C-H bond activation. The molecular structure of complex 1a was determined by X-ray single crystal analysis. The catalytic potentials of the complexes were explored for acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols to carboxylic acids with concomitant hydrogen gas evolution. Under similar experimental conditions, complex 1a was found to be slightly more efficient than complex 1b. Using 0.1 mol% of complex 1a, good-to-excellent yields of carboxylic acids/carboxylates have been obtained for a wide range of alcohols, both aliphatic and aromatic, including those involving heterocycles, in a short reaction time with a low loading of catalyst. Remarkably, our method can produce benzoic acid from benzyl alcohol on a gram scale with a catalyst-to-substrate ratio as low as 1 : 5000 and exhibit a TON of 4550. Furthermore, the catalyst could be recycled at least three times without losing its activity. A mechanism has been proposed based on controlled experiments and in situ NMR study.
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- Dhrubajit Borah
- Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam 786004, India.
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Iridium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Reactions. TOP ORGANOMETAL CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/3418_2020_56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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