Exploring benzylic gem-C(sp3)–boron–silicon and boron–tin centers as a synthetic platform |
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Authors: | Wei W Chen Nahiane Pipaon Fernndez Marta Díaz Baranda Anton Cunillera Laura G Rodríguez Alexandr Shafir Ana B Cuenca |
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Institution: | Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià, URL, Vía Augusta 390, Barcelona 08017 Spain.; Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, IQAC-CSIC, c/ Jordi Girona 20, Barcelona 08034 Spain, |
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Abstract: | A stepwise build-up of multi-substituted Csp3 carbon centers is an attractive, conceptually simple, but often synthetically challenging type of disconnection. To this end, this report describes how gem-α,α-dimetalloid-substituted benzylic reagents bearing boron/silicon or boron/tin substituent sets are an excellent stepping stone towards diverse substitution patterns. These gem-dimetalloids were readily accessed, either by known carbenoid insertion into C–B bonds or by the newly developed scalable deprotonation/metallation approach. Highly chemoselective transformations of either the C–Si (or C–Sn) or the C–B bonds in the newly formed gem-Csp3 centers have been achieved through a set of approaches, with a particular focus on exploiting the synthetically versatile polarity reversal in organometalloids by λ3-aryliodanes. Of particular note is the metal-free arylation of the C–Si (or C–Sn) bonds in such gem-dimetalloids via the iodane-guided C–H coupling approach. DFT calculations show that this transfer of the (α-Bpin)benzyl group proceeds via unusual 5,5]-sigmatropic rearrangement and is driven by the high-energy iodine(iii) center. As a complementary tool, the gem-dimetalloid C–B bond is shown to undergo a potent and chemoselective Suzuki–Miyaura arylation with diverse Ar–Cl, thanks to the development of the reactive gem-α,α-silyl/BF3K building blocks.This work explores divergent reactivity of the benzylic gem-boron–silicon and boron–tin double nucleophiles, including the arylation of the C–B bond with Ar–Cl, along with a complementary oxidative λ3-iodane-guided arylation of the C–Si/Sn moiety. |
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