ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(12), P. 7142 - 7198
Published: June 1, 2022
Borrowing
hydrogen
or
the
autotransfer
amination
is
a
powerful
approach
to
create
single
C–N
bonds,
starting
from
stable
and
readily
available
substrates:
amines
alcohols.
It
considered
as
one
of
most
atom-efficient
green
methods
synthesize
complex
amines.
Herein,
we
attempted
arrange
array
existing
data
in
comprehensive
structured
manner
determine
correlations
between
experimental
conditions
catalysis
outcome
both
within
different
groups
catalysts
defined
using
machine
analysis.
For
each
type
N-nucleophiles
(aromatic,
aliphatic,
heteroaromatic
amines,
amides),
efficient
working
were
suggested,
including
attributing
optimal
base
temperature
regime
for
metal.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
85(23), P. 14971 - 14979
Published: Nov. 11, 2020
Dehydrogenative
coupling-based
reactions
have
emerged
as
an
efficient
route
toward
the
synthesis
of
a
plethora
heterocyclic
rings.
Herein,
we
report
efficacious,
nickel-catalyzed
two
important
heterocycles
such
quinoline
and
quinoxaline.
The
catalyst
is
molecularly
defined,
phosphine-free,
can
operate
at
mild
reaction
temperature
80
°C.
Both
be
easily
assembled
via
double
dehydrogenative
coupling,
starting
from
2-aminobenzyl
alcohol/1-phenylethanol
diamine/diol,
respectively,
in
shorter
span
time.
This
environmentally
benign
synthetic
protocol
employing
inexpensive
rival
many
other
transition-metal
systems
that
been
developed
for
fabrication
putative
heterocycles.
Mechanistically,
dehydrogenation
secondary
alcohol
follows
clean
pseudo-first-order
kinetics
exhibits
sizable
kinetic
isotope
effect.
Intriguingly,
this
provides
example
storing
trapped
hydrogen
ligand
backbone,
avoiding
metal-hydride
formation.
Easy
regeneration
oxidized
form
under
aerobic/O2
oxidation
makes
eco-friendly
easy
to
handle.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
19(19), P. 4213 - 4227
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
In
this
review
article,
recent
advances
in
nickel-catalyzed
hydrogen
auto-transfer
(HA)
and
acceptorless
dehydrogenative
coupling
(ADC)
reactions
for
the
construction
of
C–C
C–N
bonds
have
been
discussed.
Dalton Transactions,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
50(10), P. 3394 - 3428
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
The
utility
of
pincer−nickel
complexes
in
catalyzing
reactions
such
as
cross−coupling,
oxidation,
(de)hydrogenation,
hydrofunctionalization,
C−H
activation
and
CO2
functionalization
has
been
reviewed
from
a
synthetic
mechanistic
point
view.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(16), P. 10377 - 10382
Published: Aug. 5, 2021
An
example
of
homogeneous
Mo-catalyzed
direct
N-alkylation
anilines
or
nitroarenes
with
alcohols
is
presented.
The
DFT
aimed
design
suggested
the
easily
accessible
bis-NHC-Mo(0)
complex
features
a
strong
hydride-donating
ability,
achieving
effective
challenging
alcohols.
enhanced
strategy
should
be
useful
in
designing
highly
active
systems
for
borrowing
hydrogen
transformations.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
87(19), P. 12596 - 12607
Published: Sept. 26, 2022
We
present
a
convenient
and
efficient
protocol
to
synthesize
quinolines
quinazolines
in
one
pot
under
mild
conditions.
A
variety
of
substituted
were
synthesized
good
excellent
yields
(up
97%
yield)
from
the
dehydrogenative
cyclizations
2-aminoaryl
alcohols
ketones
catalyzed
by
readily
available
Co(OAc)2·4H2O.
This
cobalt
catalytic
system
also
showed
high
activity
reactions
2-aminobenzyl
with
nitriles,
affording
various
quinazoline
derivatives
95%
yield).
The
offers
an
environmentally
benign
approach
for
synthesis
N-heterocycles
employing
earth-abundant
salt
ligand-free
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
88(9), P. 5944 - 5961
Published: April 13, 2023
A
Ru(II)-catalyzed
efficient
and
selective
N-alkylation
of
amines
by
C1-C10
aliphatic
alcohols
is
reported.
The
catalyst
[Ru(L1a)(PPh3)Cl2]
(1a)
bearing
a
tridentate
redox-active
azo-aromatic
pincer,
2-((4-chlorophenyl)diazenyl)-1,10-phenanthroline
(L1a)
air-stable,
easy
to
prepare,
showed
wide
functional
group
tolerance
requiring
only
1.0
mol
%
(for
N-methylation
N-ethylation)
0.1
loading
for
with
C3-C10
alcohols.
array
N-methylated,
N-ethylated,
N-alkylated
were
prepared
in
moderate
good
yields
via
direct
coupling
1a
efficiently
catalyzes
the
diamines
selectively.
It
even
suitable
synthesizing
using
(aliphatic)
diols
producing
tumor-active
drug
molecule
MSX-122
yield.
excellent
chemo-selectivity
during
oleyl
alcohol
monoterpenoid
β-citronellol.
Control
experiments
mechanistic
investigations
revealed
that
1a-catalyzed
reactions
proceed
borrowing
hydrogen
transfer
pathway
where
removed
from
dehydrogenation
step
stored
ligand
backbone
1a,
which
subsequent
steps
transferred
situ
formed
imine
intermediate
produce
amines.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
9(47), P. 15793 - 15806
Published: Nov. 17, 2021
The
modulated
hydrothermal
(MHT)
synthesis
of
an
active
and
selective
Hf-MOF-808
material
for
the
N-alkylation
reaction
aniline
with
benzyl
alcohol
under
base-free
mild
conditions
is
reported.
Through
kinetic
experiments
isotopically
labeled
NMR
spectroscopy
studies,
we
have
demonstrated
that
mechanism
occurs
via
borrowing
hydrogen
(BH)
pathway,
in
which
dehydrogenation
limiting
step.
high
concentration
defective
-OH
groups
generated
on
metallic
nodes
through
MHT
enhances
activation,
while
unsaturated
Hf4+,
acts
as
a
Lewis
acid
site,
able
to
borrow
from
methylene
position
alcohol.
This
fact
makes
this
at
least
14
times
more
than
obtained
solvothermal
synthesis.
methodology
described
work
could
be
applied
wide
range
derivates,
showing
all
cases
selectivity
toward
corresponding
N-benzylaniline
product.
Finally,
Hf-MOF-808,
true
heterogeneous
catalyst,
can
reused
four
consecutive
runs
without
any
activity
loss.
Dalton Transactions,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
50(24), P. 8567 - 8587
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Base-metal
Co-based
catalysts
Co1,
Co2
and
Co3
supported
by
pincer
ligands
were
utilized
for
dehydrogenative
activation
of
alcohols
giving
rise
to
N-alkylation
amines,
α-alkylation
ketones
synthesis
quinolines.