The
synergistic control of the SH2 transition states
of hydrogen abstraction by polar and steric effects provides a promising
strategy in achieving site-selective C(sp3)–H functionalization
under decatungstate anion photocatalysis. By using this photocatalytic
approach, the C–H bonds of alkanes, alcohols, ethers, ketones,
amides, esters, nitriles, and pyridylalkanes were functionalized site-selectively.
In the remarkable case of a 2,4-disubstituted cyclohexanone bearing
five methyl, five methylene, and three methine C–H bonds, one
methine C–H bond in the isoamyl tether was selectively functionalized.
Numerous methods for transition metal catalyzed carbonylation reactions have been established. Examples that start from aryl, vinyl, allyl, and benzyl halides to give the corresponding carboxylic acid derivatives have all been well documented. In contrast, the corresponding alkyl halides often encounter difficulty. This is inherent to the relatively slow oxidative addition step onto the metal center and subsequent β-hydride elimination which causes isomerization of the alkyl metal species. Radical carbonylation reactions can override such problems of reactivity; however, carbonylation coupled to iodine atom transfer (atom transfer carbonylation), though useful, often suffers from a slow iodine atom transfer step that affects the outcome of the reaction. We found that atom transfer carbonylation of primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl iodides was efficiently accelerated by the addition of a palladium catalyst under light irradiation. Stereochemical studies support a mechanistic pathway based on the synergic interplay of radical and Pd-catalyzed reaction steps which ultimately lead to an acylpalladium species. The radical/Pd-combined reaction system has a wide range of applications, including the synthesis of carboxylic acid esters, lactones, amides, lactams, and unsymmetrical ketones such as alkyl alkynyl and alkyl aryl ketones. The design of unique multicomponent carbonylation reactions involving vicinal C-functionalization of alkenes, double and triple carbonylation reactions, in tandem with radical cyclization reactions, has also been achieved. Thus, the radical/Pd-combined strategy provides a solution to a longstanding problem of reactivity involving the carbonylation of alkyl halides. This novel methodology expands the breadth and utility of carbonylation chemistry over either the original radical carbonylation reactions or metal-catalyzed carbonylation reactions.
[reaction: see text] The PdCl2(PPh3)2-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction, in good to high yields, was performed in an ionic liquid ([BMIm][PF6]) in the absence of a copper salt. The use of an ionic liquid allows for the facile separation and recycling of the catalyst. The application of the above reaction in a microflow system in conjunction with an IMM micromixer was also successful.
Tetrabutylammonium decatungstate (TBADT) accelerated the addition of C-H bonds to the N═N double bond of diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (DIAD) under irradiation conditions. The photoinduced three-component coupling between cyclic alkanes, CO, and DIAD was also achieved to give the corresponding acyl hydrazides.
Cyclopentenylidene gold complexes can easily be formed from vinyl allenes through a Nazarov-like mechanism. Such carbenes may transform in four different ways into polycyclic frameworks: electrophilic cyclopropanation, C-H insertion, C-C migration, or proton shift. We have studied the selectivity of these different pathways and used our findings for the expedient preparation of valuable complex molecules. An application to the total synthesis of a natural product, Delta(9(12))-capnellene, is presented. DFT computations were carried out to shed light on the mechanisms.
A facile sunlight-induced derivatization of heteroaromatics via photocatalyzed C-H functionalization in amides, ethers, alkanes and aldehydes is described. Tetrabutylammonium decatungstate (TBADT) was used as the photocatalyst and allowed to carry out the process under mild conditions.
Carbonylation reactions, such as Heck, Sonogashira, and radical carbonylations, were successfully carried out in a "two-chamber reactor" where carbon monoxide was produced ex situ by the Morgan reaction (dehydration of formic acid by sulfuric acid). By a subsequent application in a microflow system using a "tube-in-tube" reactor where gas-permeable Teflon AF2400 was used as the inner tube, it is demonstrated that formic acid/sulfuric acid can be employed concomitantly with an amine base such as triethylamine in the Heck aminocarbonylation of aryl iodide.
Visible light induced direct β-C–H/C–C conversion of cyclopentanones was accomplished by using tetrabutylammonium decatungstate, TBADT, as the photocatalyst.
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