A rhodium-catalyzed annulation between ethyl benzimidates and α- aroyl sulfur ylides was developed, affording a series of pyrano[4,3,2-ij]isoquinoline derivatives in moderate to good yields with good functional group compatibility. The procedure featured dual ortho-C-H functionalization and dual cyclization in one pot. The optoelectronic properties of those fused heteroarenes were tested by UV/vis and fluorescence spectrometers.
A rhodium-catalyzed
annulation between aroyl sulfoxonium ylides and anthranils has been
developed to synthesize 10H-indolo[1,2-a]indol-10-one derivatives. This reaction started with an unpredented
(4 + 1) annulation toward N-(2-formylphenyl) indolones,
proceeding with the sequential ortho-amination of
the C–H bond in aroyl sulfoxonium ylides by anthranils and
the insertion of N–H to carbene. Finally, the Aldol condensation
constructed the second indole ring. This procedure features the formation
of two C–N bonds and one CC bond in one pot.
A copper-catalyzed oxidative C(sp(3))-H/N-H coupling of sulfoximines with simple alkanes was developed. This protocol involved C(sp(3))-N bond formation via a radical pathway and tolerated a series of functional groups, such as chloro, methyl and aryl, on the phenyl rings. Apart from sulfoximines, amides, saccharin and aniline also worked well to give the corresponding N-alkylated products.
The concise synthesis of 3-substituted or non-C3-substituted isoquinolines through Rh-catalyzed sequential oxidative C-H activation/annulation with geminal-substituted vinyl acetates was developed with good functional group tolerance. The protocol was successfully applied to the total synthesis of the natural product papaverine.
A Rh(iii)-catalyzed bilateral cyclization was developed for the efficient construction of acridines proceeding with C-H functionalization whereby in situ formation and removal of an imino transient directing group in the presence of catalytic amount of BnNH are achieved. In this transformation, a sequential Rh(iii)-catalyzed C-H amination, cyclization, and aromatization process was involved.
A series of neutral bimetallic lanthanide amido complexes supported by rigid phenylene bridged bis(β-diketiminate) ligands were synthesized, and their catalytic behavior for the polymerization of L-lactide and rac-lactide was explored. The amine elimination reaction of Ln[N(TMS)(2)](3)(μ-Cl)Li(THF)(3) with PARA-H(2), [PARA-H(2) = 2[2,6-(i)Pr(2)C(6)H(3)NHC(Me)C(H)C(Me)N]-(para-phenylene)] in a 2:1 molar ratio in THF at 25 °C afforded the corresponding bimetallic lanthanide amido complexes PARA-{Ln[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2)}(2) [Ln = Nd(1), Sm(2), Y(3)] in high isolated yields. Similar reaction of Nd[N(TMS)(2)](3)(μ-Cl)Li(THF)(3) with META-H(2), [META-H(2) = 2[2,6-(i)Pr(2)C(6)H(3)NHC(Me)C(H)C(Me)N]-(meta-phenylene)] at 90 °C in toluene for about 48 h gave META-{Nd[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2)}(2) (4). Complexes 1-4 were well characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, and their definitive structures were confirmed by an X-ray crystal structure analysis. The coordination environment and coordination geometry around the metal atoms are similar in these complexes. Each of the metal atoms is four-coordinated with two nitrogen atoms from the N,N-chelating β-diketiminate unit, and two nitrogen atoms from two (Me(3)Si)(2)N- groups to form a distorted tetrahedron. These complexes can serve as highly active initiators for L-lactide polymerization in toluene. In addition, they also showed high activity towards rac-lactide polymerization in THF at room temperature, giving heterotactic-enriched polymers (P(r) ≈ 0.70), and complex 4 displays obviously higher activity in comparison with complex 1.
A rhodium(iii)-catalyzed ortho-C–H functionalization of sulfoxonium ylides followed by intramolecular annulation reactions with quinones was described, where the carbonyl in sulfoxonium ylides served as a chelation group.
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