We describe a palladium-catalyzed
nondirected late-stage deuteration
of arenes. Key aspects include the use of D2O as a convenient
and easily available deuterium source and the discovery of highly
active N,N-bidentate ligands containing an N-acylsulfonamide
group. The reported protocol enables high degrees of deuterium incorporation
via a reversible C–H activation step and features extraordinary
functional group tolerance, allowing for the deuteration of complex
substrates. This is exemplified by the late-stage isotopic labeling
of various pharmaceutically relevant motifs and related scaffolds.
We expect that this method, among other applications, will prove useful
as a tool in drug development processes and for mechanistic studies.
The synthesis and coordination chemistry of Rh(i) complexes bearing a tris(isopropyl)-azaphosphatrane (TiPrAP) ligand are reported. The adaptive nature of TiPrAP ligands allows for molecular control of the immediate environment of the metal center.
We describe a palladium catalyzed non-directed late-stage deuteration of arenes. Key aspects include the use of D2O as a convenient and easily available deuterium source and the discovery of highly active N,N-bidentate ligands containing an N-acyl sulfonamide group. The reported protocol enables high degrees of deuterium incorporation via a reversible C-H activation step and features an extraordinary functional group tolerance, allowing for the deuteration of complex substrates. This is exemplified by the late-stage isotopic labelling of various pharmaceutically relevant motifs and related scaffolds. We expect that this method, amongst other applications, will prove useful as a tool in drug development processes and for mechanistic studies.
The regioselective C–H activation of arenes remains one of the most promising techniques to access highly important functionalized motifs. Such functionalizations can generally be achieved through directed and non-directed processes. The directed approach requires a covalently attached directing group (DG) on the substrate to induce reactivity and selectivity, and therefore intrinsically leaves a functional group at the point of attachment within the molecule, even after the tailored DG has been removed. Conversely, non-directed methods typically suffer from regioselectivity issues, especially for unbiased substrates. Herein, we report a unique approach to address these challenges in palladium catalysis that employs weak charge-charge and charge-dipole interactions to enable the meta-selective activation/olefination of arenes. The charged moiety could easily be converted to uncharged simple arenes by hydrogenation or cross-coupling. In-depth mechanistic studies prove that the charge is responsible for the observed selectivity. We expect our studies to be generalizable thereby enabling further regioselective transformations.
We describe a palladium catalyzed non-directed late-stage deuteration of arenes. Key aspects include the use of D2O as a convenient and easily available deuterium source and the discovery of highly active N,N-bidentate ligands containing an N-acyl sulfonamide group. The reported protocol enables high degrees of deuterium incorporation via a reversible C-H activation step and features an extraordinary functional group tolerance, allowing for the deuteration of complex substrates. This is exemplified by the late-stage isotopic labelling of various pharmaceutically relevant motifs and related scaffolds. We expect that this method, amongst other applications, will prove useful as a tool in drug development processes and for mechanistic studies.
We describe a palladium catalyzed non-directed late-stage deuteration of arenes. Key aspects include the use of D2O as a convenient and easily available deuterium source and the discovery of highly active N,N-bidentate ligands containing an N-acyl sulfonamide group. The reported protocol enables high degrees of deuterium incorporation via a reversible C−H activation step and features an extraordinary functional group tolerance, allowing for the deuteration of complex substrates. This is exemplified by the late-stage isotopic labelling of various pharmaceutically relevant motifs and related scaffolds. We expect that this method, amongst other applications, will prove useful as a tool in drug development processes and for mechanistic studies.
We describe a palladium catalyzed non-directed late-stage deuteration of arenes. Key aspects include the use of D2O as a convenient and easily available deuterium source and the discovery of highly active N,N-bidentate ligands containing an N-acyl sulfonamide group. The reported protocol enables high degrees of deuterium incorporation via a reversible C-H activation step and features an extraordinary functional group tolerance, allowing for the deuteration of complex substrates. This is exemplified by the late-stage isotopic labelling of various pharmaceutically relevant motifs and related scaffolds. We expect that this method, amongst other applications, will prove useful as a tool in drug development processes and for mechanistic studies.
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