Palladium catalyzed domino C-H activation strategy: An access to 9- fluorenones

Palladium catalyzed domino C-H functionalization reaction of arylaldehyde with dihaloarene has been developed to access 9-flourenone molecules. Bidentate ligand assisted strategy, single step reaction, high yield and excellent functional group tolerance make this method concise and effective for the synthesis of 9-flourenone. In addition, proposed method has been successfully employed to synthesise Tilorone in gram scale.     

Copper-Catalyzed ortho-Functionalization of Quinoline N-Oxides with Vinyl Arenes

An efficient copper-catalyzed regioselective C−H alkenylation and borylative alkylation of quinoline N-oxides with vinyl arenes in the presence of pinacol diborane has been developed. The reaction proceeds through the borylcupration of the vinyl arenes followed by nucleophilic attack of the resulting alkyl copper species to the quinoline N-oxides. Benzoquinone and KO^tBu were identified as the necessary additives at the second step of the reaction that are crucial for the success of the reaction. A wide range of C2-functionalizaed quinolines were obtained with good functional group tolerance, which may find utilities in pharmaceuticals and synthetic chemistry.     

Iridium-Catalyzed Regioselective B(3)-Alkenylation/B(3,6)-Dialkenylation of o-Carboranes by Direct B−H Activation

Iridium-catalyzed formal alkyne hydroboration with cage B−H of o-carborane has been achieved, leading to the controlled synthesis of a series of 3,6-[trans-(AlkCH=CH)]₂-o-carboranes (Alk=alkyl), 3-cis-(ArCH=CH)-o-carboranes (Ar=aryl), and 3-cis-(ArCH=CH)-6-trans-(AlkCH=CH)-o-carboranes in high yields with excellent regio- and very good cis–trans selectivity. The most electron-deficient B(3,6)−H vertices favor oxidative addition on electron-rich metal centers, which is responsible for the regioselectivity. On the other hand, the configuration of the resultant olefinic units is dominated by alkyne substituents. Alkyl groups lead to a trans-configuration whereas bulky aryl substitutions result in cis-configuration.     

钯催化多氟代芳烃与简单芳烃的氧化C-H/C-H偶联反应机理

运用密度泛函方法研究了醋酸钯催化的五氟苯与苯的氧化C-H/C-H偶联反应机理. 主要考察了以下四种不同可能机理路径：A 苯C-H活化发生在五氟苯C-H活化前,B 五氟苯C-H活化发生在苯C-H活化前,C 苯C-H活化后与五氟苯银化合物发生转金属化,D 首先五氟苯银化合物与醋酸钯转金属化,然后发生苯的C-HH活化步骤. 计算结果表明,两个反应底物(五氟苯与苯)的C-H活化顺序在不同反应条件下是不同的,其中银盐的存在与否是决定因素. 在无银盐条件下,反应的优势路径是机理B. 在银盐存在条件下,五氟苯银盐与钯中心的配位非常容易,但是其生成的中间体难以引导后续的苯环C-H活化步骤,使得整个反应能垒较高. 因此,银盐的存在使得机理C的能量相对优势,该机理与机理A相似. 计算结果与氢/氘交换实验及动力学同位素效应的实验结果一致.     

A Mechanistic Switch in C-H Bond Activation by Elusive Fe\begin{document}$^\text{V}$\end{document}(O)(TAML) Reaction Intermediate: A Theoretical Study

The divergent behavior of C-H bond oxidations of aliphatic substrates compared to those of aromatic substrates shown in Gupta's experiment was mechanistically studied herein by means of density functional theory calculations. Our calculations reveal that such difference is caused by different reaction mechanisms between two kinds of substrates (the aliphatic cyclohexane, 2, 3-dimethylbutane and the aromatic toluene, ethylbenzene and cumene). For the aliphatic substrates, C-H oxidation by the oxidant Fe\begin{document}$^{\rm{V}}$\end{document}(O)(TAML) is a hydrogen atom transfer process; whereas for the aromatic substrates, C-H oxidation is a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) process with a proton transfer character on the transition state, that is, a proton-coupled electron transfer process holding a proton transfer-like transition state (PCET(PT)). This difference is caused by the strong \begin{document}$\pi$\end{document}-\begin{document}$\pi$\end{document} interactions between the tetra-anionic TAML ring and the phenyl ring of the aromatic substrates, which has a "pull" effect to make the electron transfer from substrates to the Fe=O moiety inefficient.     

Rhodium-Catalyzed C8-Alkenylation of Isoquinolones with Maleimides

An efficient Rh(III)-catalyzed C−H alkenylation of N-protected isoquinolone with maleimides is reported. The carbonyl group of isoquinolone acts as an inherent directing group. Various N-substituents in the maleimide, including alkyl, aryl, and even H and −OH, were well tolerated under the developed reaction condition. This protocol showed broad substrate scope, good selectivity, and excellent yields. Hammett plot is also drawn to check the effect of substituents on the reaction progress.     

The activation of the C-H bond in acetylene by second row transition metal atoms

Summary The C-H activation reaction of acetylene by second row transition metal atoms has been studied including electron correlation of all valence electrons. Binding energies have been computed for both -coordinated complexes and C-H insertion products. It is found that for most atoms the -coordinated complexes are thermodynamically favoured, just as in the case for the corresponding ethylene reaction. The barrier height for the C-H insertion increases from acetylene to ethylene and to methane. This is in line with the experimental finding that there should be an inverse relation between C-H bond strengths and the difficulty to activate these bonds. To explain the detailed differences between the C-H activation of acetylene and ethylene, the interaction with two, rather than one, - and *-orbitals for acetylene is of key importance. The barrier height for the acetylene reaction increases significantly between niobium and molybdenum going to the right in the periodic table, just as for all oxidative addition reactions previously studied. The origin of this increase is that noibium has one empty 4d-orbital but for molybdenum all 4d-orbitals are occupied. Rhodium has the lowest barrier for C-H activation for all systems studied.     

The equilibrium C-H bond length

The equilibrium C-H bond length has been determined up to now for about 40 polyatomic molecules. These data are used to demonstrate the existence of quantitative correlations betweenr _e(C-H), isolated C-H bond stretching frequency and average distancer _g. It is also shown that ab initio calculations are often reliable to calculate the absolute value ofr _e(C-H), if an empirical correction is made. Some other correlations are also discussed. Finally, accurater _e(C-H) values are predicted for simple molecules.     

Iridium mediated methyl and phenyl C-H activation of 2-(arylazo)phenols. Synthesis, structure, and spectral and electrochemical properties of some organoiridium complexes

Reaction of 2-(2′,6′-dimethylphenylazo)-4-methylphenol with [Ir(PPh₃)₃Cl] in refluxing ethanol in the presence of a base (NEt₃) affords an organoiridium complex 5, where the 2-(2′,6′-dimethylphenylazo)-4-methylphenol is coordinated to iridium, via C-H activation of a methyl group, as a dianionic tridentate C,N,O-donor. Two triphenylphosphines and a hydride are also coordinated to the metal center. A similar reaction carried out in toluene affords complex 5 along with a similar complex 7, where a chloride is coordinated to iridium instead of the hydride. Reaction of 2-(2′-methylphenylazo)-4-methylphenol with [Ir(PPh₃)₃Cl] in refluxing ethanol in the presence of a base (NEt₃) affords an organoiridium complex 12, where the 2-(2′-methylphenylazo)-4-methylphenol is coordinated to iridium, via C-H activation at the ortho position of the phenyl group in the 2′-methylphenylazo fragment, as a dianionic tridentate C,N,O-donor. Two triphenylphosphines and a hydride are also coordinated to the metal center. A similar reaction carried out in toluene affords a complex 12 along with a similar complex 13, where a chloride is coordinated to iridium instead of the hydride. Structures of complexes 5, 12 and 13 have been determined by X-ray crystallography. In all these complexes, the two triphenylphosphines are trans. All these complexes show intense MLCT transitions in the visible region. Cyclic voltammetry on all the complexes shows an Ir(III)-Ir(IV) oxidation within 0.60-0.73 V vs. SCE, followed by an oxidation of the coordinated 2-(arylazo)phenolate ligand within 1.08-1.39 V vs. SCE. A reduction of the coordinated 2-(arylazo)phenolate ligand is observed within −1.10 to −1.26 V vs. SCE.     

钒氧阴离子团簇与小分子碳氢化合物反应的实验和理论研究(英文)

为了在分子层次上揭示相关催化反应的机理,人们对过渡金属氧化物团簇与碳氢化合物分子反应进行了大量研究.相比于过渡金属氧化物团簇阳离子,阴离子对一些碳氢化合物的活性弱得多,因此研究还很少.在本工作中,我们通过激光溅射产生钒氧团簇阴离子VxOy-,产生的团簇在接近热碰撞条件下与烷烃(C2H6和C4H10)以及烯烃(C2H4和C3H6)在一个快速流动反应管中进行反应,飞行时间质谱用来检测反应前后的团簇分布.在VxOy-与烷烃的反应中,生成了产物V2O6H-和V4O11H-;在与烯烃的反应中,产生了相应的吸附产物V4O11X-(X=C2H4或C3H6).密度泛函理论计算表明:V2O6-和V4O1-1可以活化烷烃(C2H6和C4H10)的C-H键,也可以与烯烃(C2H4和C3H6)发生3+2环化加成反应形成一个五元环结构(-V-O-C-C-O-),C-H键活化与环加成反应都需经历可以克服的反应能垒.理论计算与实验观测结果相符合.V2O6-和V4O1-1团簇都具有氧原子自由基(O·或O-)的成键特征,活性O-物种也经常出现在钒氧催化剂表面,因而本研究在分子水平上,揭示了表面活性氧物种与碳氢化合物反应的机理.