ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(21), P. 13217 - 13222
Published: Oct. 15, 2021
A
mild
visible-light-induced
Pd-catalyzed
one-pot
three-component
alkyl-carbamoylation
and
cyanation
of
alkenes
was
developed.
This
general
transformation,
which
proceeds
via
the
in
situ
formation
a
reactive
ketenimine
intermediate,
allows
for
rapid
construction
broad
range
valuable
amides
nitriles
from
readily
available
alkenes,
alkyl
iodides,
isocyanides.
An
efficient
synthesis
tetrazole
amidine
this
approach
also
demonstrated.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
122(2), P. 1543 - 1625
Published: Oct. 8, 2021
In
recent
years,
visible
light-induced
transition
metal
catalysis
has
emerged
as
a
new
paradigm
in
organic
photocatalysis,
which
led
to
the
discovery
of
unprecedented
transformations
well
improvement
known
reactions.
this
subfield
complex
serves
double
duty
by
harvesting
photon
energy
and
then
enabling
bond
forming/breaking
events
mostly
via
single
catalytic
cycle,
thus
contrasting
established
dual
photocatalysis
an
exogenous
photosensitizer
is
employed.
addition,
approach
often
synergistically
combines
catalyst–substrate
interaction
with
photoinduced
process,
feature
that
uncommon
conventional
photoredox
chemistry.
This
Review
describes
early
development
advances
emerging
field.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
10(16), P. 9170 - 9196
Published: July 20, 2020
The
development
of
transition
metal
(TM)
catalysis
for
organic
synthesis
under
visible
light
without
recourse
to
typical
photoredox
catalysts
has
become
a
rapidly
growing
area
research
and
been
actively
explored
in
the
past
several
years.
Distinct
from
extensively
developed
catalysis,
which
photocatalyst
generally
does
not
directly
participate
bond-forming
process,
photocatalyst/TM
synergistic
absorbs
photon
energy
transfers
TM
catalyst
through
redox
or
transfer
this
Review
focuses
on
summarizing
recent
developments
photocatalytic
reactions
that
use
complexes
both
absorb
catalytic
bond
formation
involving
covalently
bonded
intermediate.
contents
are
categorized
by
used
(Pd,
Cu,
Co,
Ni,
Mn,
Au,
Rh,
Fe,
Ru),
with
descending
sequence
according
number
examples
reported
each
metal,
provide
an
overview
April
2020.
Future
perspectives
personal
opinions
regarding
expanding
field
also
discussed.
Accounts of Chemical Research,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
54(17), P. 3415 - 3437
Published: Aug. 12, 2021
ConspectusRecently,
alkene
dicarbofunctionalization,
i.e.,
the
powerful
organic
synthesis
method
of
difunctionalization
with
two
carbon
sources,
emerged
as
a
formidable
reaction
immense
promise
to
synthesize
complex
molecules
expeditiously
from
simple
chemicals.
This
is
generally
achieved
transition
metals
(TMs)
through
interception
by
sources
an
alkylmetal
[β-H–C(sp3)–[M]]
species,
key
intermediate
prone
undergo
rapid
β-H
elimination.
Related
prior
reports,
since
Paolo
Chiusoli
and
Catellani's
work
in
1982
[
Tetrahedron
Lett.
1982,
23,
4517],
have
used
bicyclic
disubstituted
terminal
alkenes,
wherein
elimination
avoided
geometric
restriction
or
complete
lack
β-H's.
With
reasoning
that
β-H–C(sp3)–[M]
intermediates
could
be
rendered
amenable
use
first
row
late
TMs
formation
coordination-assisted
transient
metallacycles,
these
strategies
were
implemented
address
problem
dicarbofunctionalization
reactions.Because
catalyze
C(sp3)–C(sp3)
coupling,
Cu
Ni
anticipated
impart
sufficient
stability
intermediates,
generated
catalytically
upon
carbometalation,
for
their
subsequent
electrophiles/nucleophiles
three-component
reactions.
Additionally,
such
innate
property
enable
coupling
partners
entropically
driven
cyclization/coupling
The
cyclometalation
concept
stabilize
intractable
was
hypothesized
when
reactions
performed.
idea
curtail
founded
Whitesides's
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc.
1976,
98,
6521]
observation
metallacycles
much
slower
than
acyclic
alkylmetals.In
this
Account,
examples
demonstrate
catalysts
alkenylzinc
reagents,
alkyl
halides,
aryl
halides
afford
carbo-
heterocycles.
In
addition,
forming
nickellacycles
enabled
regioselective
performance
various
alkenyl
compounds.
situ
[M]-H
alkenes
after
induced
unprecedented
metallacycle
contraction
process,
which
six-membered
metal-containing
rings
shrank
five-membered
cycles,
allowing
creation
new
carbon–carbon
bonds
at
allylic
(1,3)
positions.
Applications
are
discussed.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
142(22), P. 10173 - 10183
Published: May 7, 2020
Developing
efficient
and
selective
strategies
to
approach
complex
architectures
containing
(multi)stereogenic
centers
has
been
a
long-standing
synthetic
challenge
in
both
academia
industry.
Catalytic
cascade
reactions
represent
powerful
means
of
rapidly
leveraging
molecular
complexity
from
simple
feedstocks.
Unfortunately,
carrying
out
Heck-type
involving
unactivated
(tertiary)
alkyl
halides
remains
an
unmet
owing
unavoidable
β-hydride
elimination.
Herein,
we
show
that
modular,
practical,
general
palladium-catalyzed,
radical
three-component
coupling
can
indeed
overcome
the
aforementioned
limitations
through
interrupted
Heck/allylic
substitution
sequence
mediated
by
visible
light.
Selective
1,4-difunctionalization
1,3-dienes,
such
as
butadiene,
achieved
employing
different
commercially
available
nitrogen-,
oxygen-,
sulfur-,
or
carbon-based
nucleophiles
bromides
(>130
examples,
mostly
>95:5
E/Z,
>20:1
rr).
Sequential
C(sp3)–C(sp3)
C–X
(N,
O,
S)
bonds
have
constructed
efficiently
with
broad
scope
high
functional
group
tolerance.
The
flexibility
versatility
strategy
illustrated
gram-scale
reaction
streamlined
syntheses
ether,
sulfone,
tertiary
amine
products,
some
which
would
be
difficult
access
via
currently
established
methods.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
58(20), P. 6722 - 6726
Published: March 20, 2019
Abstract
Reported
is
an
asymmetric
reductive
dicarbofunctionalization
of
unactivated
alkenes.
Under
the
catalysis
a
Ni/BOX
system,
various
aryl
bromides,
incorporating
pendant
olefinic
unit,
were
successfully
reacted
with
array
primary
alkyl
bromides
in
presence
Zn
as
reductant,
furnishing
series
benzene‐fused
cyclic
compounds
bearing
quaternary
stereocenter
high
enantioselectivities.
Notably,
this
reaction
avoids
use
pregenerated
organometallics
and
demonstrates
tolerance
sensitive
functionalities.
The
preliminary
mechanistic
investigations
reveal
that
Ni‐catalyzed
proceeds
cascade
consisting
migratory
insertion
cross‐coupling
nickel(I)‐mediated
intramolecular
5‐
exo
cyclization
enantiodetermining
step.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
142(22), P. 9932 - 9937
Published: May 14, 2020
A
photoinduced
palladium-catalyzed
1,2-carbofunctionalization
of
conjugated
dienes
has
been
developed.
This
mild
modular
approach,
which
does
not
require
employment
exogeneous
photosensitizers
and
external
oxidants,
allows
for
efficient
highly
regio-
stereoselective
synthesis
a
broad
range
allylic
amines
from
readily
available
1,3-dienes,
alkyl
iodides,
amines.
Employment
O-
C-nucleophiles
toward
oxyalkylation
dialkylation
products
was
also
demonstrated.
putative
π-allyl
palladium
radical-polar
crossover
path
is
proposed
as
key
event
in
this
three-component
coupling
process.
The
utility
protocol
highlighted
by
its
application
derivatization
several
amine-containing
drugs.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(45), P. 20875 - 20883
Published: Oct. 31, 2022
We
report
the
first
palladium
hydride
enabled
hydroalkenylation
of
strained
molecules.
This
new
mild
protocol
proceeds
via
a
regio-
and
chemoselective
hydropalladation
step,
followed
by
photoinduced
radical
alkyl
Heck
reaction.
methodology
represents
reactivity
mode
for
molecules
opens
avenues
catalysis.
The
reaction
is
compatible
with
wide
range
functional
groups
can
be
applied
to
complex
structures,
delivering
diverse
array
highly
valuable
modifiable
alkenylated
cyclobutanes
cyclopropanes.
A
hydroalkenylation/diastereoselective
rearrangement
cascade
toward
cyclopentene
scaffold
has
also
been
demonstrated.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
63(9)
Published: Nov. 14, 2023
Visible
light-induced
Pd
catalysis
has
emerged
as
a
promising
subfield
of
photocatalysis.
The
hybrid
nature
radical
species
enabled
wide
array
radical-based
transformations
otherwise
challenging
or
unknown
via
conventional
chemistry.
In
parallel
to
the
ongoing
pursuit
alternative,
readily
available
precursors,
notable
discoveries
have
demonstrated
that
photoexcitation
can
alter
not
only
oxidative
addition
but
also
other
elementary
steps.
This
Minireview
highlights
recent
progress
in
this
area.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(5), P. 3725 - 3732
Published: Feb. 21, 2024
The
chiral
allylic
sulfonylated
group
is
a
unique
structural
motif
embedded
in
range
of
natural
products
and
pharmaceuticals.
Notably,
the
synthesis
structurally
diverse
derivatives
via
alkylsulfonylation
1,3-dienes
remains
underexplored
because
its
inherent
challenges
stereocontrol
regioselectivity.
Herein,
photoinduced,
palladium-catalyzed
enantioselective
1,2-alkylsulfonylation
conjugated
described.
A
wide
variety
alkyl
bromides,
1,3-dienes,
sodium
sulfinates
could
be
facilely
coupled
to
generate
value-added
with
high
enantioselectivity.
Finally,
utility
this
difunctionalization
protocol
was
demonstrated
pharmaceutical
analogue
synthesis.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
10(2), P. 1334 - 1343
Published: Dec. 19, 2019
We
report
herein
that
a
palladium
catalyst
in
combination
with
dual
phosphine
ligand
system
catalyzes
alkylation
of
silyl
enol
ether
and
enamide
broad
scope
tertiary,
secondary,
primary
alkyl
bromides
under
mild
irradiation
conditions
by
blue
light-emitting
diodes.
The
reactions
effectively
deliver
α-alkylated
ketones
N-acyl
ketimines,
it
is
difficult
to
prepare
the
latter
other
methods
stereoselective
manner.
ketimine
products
can
be
further
subjected
chiral
phosphoric
acid-catalyzed
asymmetric
reduction
Hantzsch
ester
N-acyl-protected
α-arylated
aliphatic
amines
high
enantioselectivity
up
99%
ee,
thus
providing
method
for
facile
synthesis
amines,
which
are
importance
medicinal
chemistry
research.
N-acetyl
product
also
reacted
smoothly
various
types
Grignard
reagents
afford
sterically
bulky
α-tertiary
yields.
Theoretical
studies
experimental
investigation
provide
understanding
reaction
mechanism
respect
effect
catalytic
cycle.
suggested
proceed
via
hybrid
Pd(I)-radical
species
generated
inner-sphere
electron
transfer
phosphine-coordinated
Pd(0)
bromide.
This
intriguing
elucidated
theoretical
calculation
triplet
coordinated
three
atoms
distorted
tetrahedral
geometry,
spin
prohibition
rather
than
metal-to-ligand
charge
contributes
kinetic
stability
impede
recombination
generate
Pd(II)
intermediate.