Mesityl gold(I) carbenes lacking heteroatom stabilization or shielding ancillary ligands have been generated and spectroscopically characterized from chloro(mesityl)methylgold(I) carbenoids bearing JohnPhos‐type ligands by chloride abstraction with GaCl
3
. The aryl carbenes react with PPh
3
and alkenes to give stable phosphonium ylides and cyclopropanes, respectively. Oxidation with pyridine
N
‐oxide and intermolecular C−H insertion to cyclohexane have also been observed. In the absence of nucleophiles, a bimolecular reaction, similar to that observed for other metal carbenes, leads to a symmetrical alkene.
Nickel was identified as a catalyst for the cyclopropanation of unactivated olefins by using in situ generated lithiomethyl trimethylammonium triflate as a methylene donor. A mechanistic hypothesis is proposed in which the generation of a reactive nickel carbene explains several interesting observations. Additionally, our findings shed light on a report by Franzen and Wittig published in 1960 that had been retracted later owing to irreproducibility, and provide a rational basis for the systematic development of the reaction for preparative purposes as an alternative to diazomethane or Simmons-Smith conditions.
Chloromethylgold(I) complexes of phosphine, phosphite, and N‐heterocyclic carbene ligands are easily synthesized by reaction of trimethylsilyldiazomethane with the corresponding gold chloride precursors. Activation of these gold(I) carbenoids with a variety of chloride scavengers promotes reactivity typical of metallocarbenes in solution, namely homocoupling to ethylene, olefin cyclopropanation, and Buchner ring expansion of benzene.
Described here is a synthetic approach to access two of the most widely invoked cationic cobaltacycles in Cp*Co -catalyzed C-H functionalization reactions by C-H activation. The unique stabilizing capability of MeCN was used to surmount the previously proposed reversible nature of the C-H metalation step. Moreover, it is revealed the boosting effect of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol in the metalation step and in the reaction between N-pyrimidinylindole and diphenylacetylene under catalytic conditions.
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