ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(16), P. 12681 - 12693
Published: Aug. 8, 2024
Aliphatic
C(sp3)–H
bonds
are
inherently
difficult
to
activate,
owing
their
inertness
and
chemical
indistinguishability.
This
challenge
has
been
overcome
mostly
by
a
directing
group
approach;
however,
the
regioselectivity
in
distal
aliphatic
positions
substrate-dependent,
with
substrate
bias
being
prerequisite
for
activation,
direct
consequence
of
Thorpe–Ingold
effect.
Extending
methodology
straight-chain
substrates,
which
all
available
compatible
toward
functionalization,
long-standing
problem.
To
this
aim,
we
attempted
develop
ligand-enabled
orthogonal
selectivity
between
δ
γ
long-chain
picolinamides
regioselective
fashion.
These
alkyl
amines,
assistance
picolinic
acid
group,
can
be
orthogonally
functionalized
just
changing
ligand,
other
reaction
parameters
remaining
constant,
signifying
immense
importance
ligand
controlling
aforementioned
such
inert
bonds.
Experimental
as
well
DFT
studies
have
carried
out
generalize
nature
that
would
successful
promoting
these
positions,
electron-rich
pyridone
ligands
favoring
selective
functionalization
while
electron-deficient
tuning
favorably
position.
tuned
from
also
mechanistically
established
through
control
reactions,
kinetic
studies,
theoretical
calculations.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 3, 2024
The
polarity
of
a
radical
intermediate
profoundly
impacts
its
reactivity
and
selectivity.
To
quantify
this
influence
predict
effects,
the
electrophilicity/nucleophilicity
>500
radicals
has
been
calculated.
This
database
open-shell
species
entails
frequently
encountered
synthetic
intermediates,
including
centered
at
sp
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(22), P. 12224 - 12232
Published: May 24, 2023
Photoinduced
enhancement
of
hydricity
palladium
hydride
species
enables
unprecedented
addition-like
(“hydridic”)
hydropalladation
electron-deficient
alkenes,
which
allows
for
chemoselective
head-to-tail
cross-hydroalkenylation
and
electron-rich
alkenes.
This
mild
general
protocol
works
with
a
wide
range
densely
functionalized
complex
Notably,
this
approach
also
highly
challenging
cross-dimerization
electronically
diverse
vinyl
arenes
heteroarenes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(7), P. 4985 - 4992
Published: Feb. 6, 2024
Unsaturated
amides
represent
common
functional
groups
found
in
natural
products
and
bioactive
molecules
serve
as
versatile
synthetic
building
blocks.
Here,
we
report
an
iron(II)/cobalt(II)
dual
catalytic
system
for
the
syntheses
of
distally
unsaturated
amide
derivatives.
The
transformation
proceeds
through
iron
nitrenoid-mediated
1,5-hydrogen
atom
transfer
(1,5-HAT)
mechanism.
Subsequently,
radical
intermediate
undergoes
hydrogen
abstraction
from
vicinal
methylene
by
a
cobaloxime
catalyst,
efficiently
yielding
β,γ-
or
γ,δ-unsaturated
derivatives
under
mild
conditions.
efficiency
Co-mediated
HAT
can
be
tuned
varying
different
auxiliaries,
highlighting
generality
this
protocol.
Remarkably,
desaturation
protocol
is
also
amenable
to
practical
scalability,
enabling
synthesis
carbamates
ureas,
which
readily
converted
into
various
valuable
molecules.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(7), P. 3882 - 3890
Published: Feb. 13, 2023
Site-selective
functionalization
of
unactivated
C(sp3)–H
centers
is
challenging
because
the
ubiquity
and
strength
alkyl
C–H
bonds.
Herein,
we
disclose
a
position-selective
C(sp3)–C(sp2)
cross-coupling
reaction.
This
process
engages
bonds
aryl
bromides,
utilizing
catalytic
quantities
photoredox-capable
molecule
nickel
precatalyst.
Using
this
technology,
selective
arises
owing
to
1,6-hydrogen
atom
transfer
(HAT)
that
guided
by
pendant
alcohol-anchored
sulfamate
ester.
These
transformations
proceed
directly
from
N–H
bonds,
in
contrast
previous
directed,
radical-mediated,
arylation
processes,
which
have
relied
on
prior
oxidation
reactive
nitrogen
center
reactions
with
nucleophilic
arenes.
Moreover,
these
conditions
promote
at
secondary
good
yields
excellent
selectivity.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
88(15), P. 11240 - 11252
Published: July 25, 2023
We
present
protocols
for
the
oxidation
of
alcohols
and
aldehydes
oxidative
cyclization
diols
which
use
a
combination
Selectfluor
NaBr.
For
most
substrates,
optimal
solvent
system
is
1:1
mixture
CH3CN/H2O,
but,
in
select
cases,
biphasic
mixtures
EtOAc/H2O
or
CH2Cl2/H2O
are
superior.
This
procedure
operationally
simple,
uses
inexpensive
readily
available
reagents,
tolerates
variety
functional
groups.
Mechanistic
studies
suggest
that
active
oxidant
hypobromous
acid,
generated
by
almost
instantaneous
Br–
an
aqueous
milieu.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(4), P. 2402 - 2408
Published: Jan. 31, 2024
Unstrained
carbon–carbon
bonds
are
among
the
most
prevalent
and
inert
chemical
bonds.
Thus,
developing
synthetic
transformations
directly
from
unstrained
under
mild
conditions
is
ideal
yet
challenging
due
to
inertness
steric
hindrance.
Here,
a
visible-light
copper-catalyzed
azidation
etherification
of
remote
C–C
bond
amines
via
1,4-aryl
migration
have
been
reported.
This
redox-neutral
protocol
shows
exquisite
site-selectivity,
broad
scope,
good
functional
group
tolerance,
transforming
C–N
C–O
at
room
temperature.
Facile
derivatizations
benzyl
azide
products
into
free
amines,
triazoles,
phosphamides
highlight
potential
utility
this
method
for
target
molecule
synthesis
medicinal
chemistry.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(10), P. 8005 - 8012
Published: May 9, 2024
We
report
intra-
and
intermolecular
γ-amino
C(sp3)–H
functionalization
of
aliphatic
amines
using
a
vinylsulfone-based
HAT
(hydrogen
atom
transfer)
auxiliary
triple
catalysis,
which
is
composed
photoredox,
cobalt,
Brønsted
acid
catalysts
under
visible
light
irradiation.
The
process
accomplishes
four
elementary
steps:
(i)
electrophilic
carbon-centered
radical
formation
on
the
via
MHAT
(metal
hydride
hydrogen
reaction,
(ii)
generation
through
1,6-HAT
(iii)
single-electron
oxidation
to
carbocation
equivalents,
(iv)
nucleophilic
substitution
with
internal
or
external
nucleophiles.
As
result,
this
afforded
γ-amino-functionalized
products,
such
as
azetidines,
1,3-diamine,
1,3-aminoalcohol
derivatives.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(7), P. 4795 - 4802
Published: Feb. 8, 2024
An
iron/chromium
system
(Fe(OAc)2,
CpCr(CO)3H)
catalyzes
the
preparation
of
β,γ-
or
γ,δ-unsaturated
amides
from
1,4,2-dioxazol-5-ones.
acyl
nitrenoid
iron
complex
seems
likely
to
be
responsible
for
C–H
activation.
A
cascade
three
H•
transfer
steps
appears
involved:
(i)
abstraction
a
remote
bond
by
N,
(ii)
Cr
and
(iii)
radical
substituent
Cr•.
The
observed
kinetic
isotope
effects
are
consistent
with
proposed
mechanism
if
formation
is
rate-determining
step.
Fe/Cr
catalysts
can
also
desaturate
substituted
1,4,2-dioxazol-5-ones
3,5-dienamides.