Aerobic Copper-Catalyzed Salicylaldehydic Cformyl?H Arylations with Arylboronic Acids |
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| Authors: | Lin Xiao Tao-Tao Lang Ying Jiang Dr Zhong-Lin Zang Prof Cheng-He Zhou Prof?Dr Gui-Xin Cai |
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| Institution: | Institute of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715 P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | We report a challenging copper-catalyzed Cformyl?H arylation of salicylaldehydes with arylboronic acids that involves unique salicylaldehydic copper species that differ from reported salicylaldehydic rhodacycles and palladacycles. This protocol has high chemoselectivity for the Cformyl?H bond compared to the phenolic O?H bond involving copper catalysis under high reaction temperatures. This approach is compatible with a wide range of salicylaldehyde and arylboronic acid substrates, including estrone and carbazole derivatives, which leads to the corresponding arylation products. Mechanistic studies show that the 2-hydroxy group of the salicylaldehyde substrate triggers the formation of salicylaldehydic copper complexes through a CuI/CuII/CuIII catalytic cycle. |
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| Keywords: | C?C coupling C?H activation chemoselectivity copper catalysis salicylaldehydes |
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