Organometallics,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
38(8), P. 1815 - 1825
Published: April 12, 2019
The
application
of
nontoxic,
earth-abundant
transition
metals
in
place
costly
noble
is
a
paramount
goal
catalysis
and
especially
interesting
if
the
air-
moisture-stable
ligand
scaffold
used.
Herein,
we
report
synthesis
amines/imines
directly
from
alcohol
amines
via
hydrogen
autotransfer
or
acceptorless
dehydrogenation
catalyzed
by
well-defined
phosphine-free
Mn
complexes.
Both
imines
can
be
obtained
same
set
alcohols
using
catalyst,
only
tuning
reaction
conditions.
amount
nature
base
are
found
to
highly
important
aspect
for
observed
selectivity.
primary
secondary
have
been
employed
as
substrates
N-alkylation
reaction.
As
highlight,
showed
chemoselective
resveratrol
derivatives.
Furthermore,
Mn-catalyzed
dehydrogenative
structurally
2,3-dihydro-1H-perimidines
has
also
demonstrated.
Density
functional
theory
calculations
were
carried
out
model
path
calculate
profile.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
8(10), P. 9226 - 9231
Published: Aug. 24, 2018
The
manganese(I)
complex
bearing
a
bidentate
hydrazone
ligand
efficiently
catalyzes
the
α-alkylations
of
nitrile
using
primary
alcohols
as
alkylating
agents.
α-Functionalized
nitriles
were
selectively
obtained
in
good
to
excellent
yields.
reaction
is
environmentally
benign,
producing
water
sole
byproduct.
Both
benzylic
and
aliphatic
could
be
used
functional
groups
tolerated.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
21(9), P. 3223 - 3227
Published: April 22, 2019
A
sustainable
synthesis
of
quinazoline
and
2-aminoquinoline
via
acceptorless
dehydrogenative
annulation
is
presented.
The
reaction
catalyzed
by
earth-abundant
well-defined
manganese
complexes
bearing
NNS
ligands.
Furthermore,
a
one-pot
synthetic
strategy
for
the
2-alkylaminoquinolines
through
sequential
N-alkylation
has
also
been
demonstrated.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
57(29), P. 9126 - 9130
Published: May 28, 2018
Abstract
Herein,
we
present
the
first
catalytic
direct
olefination
of
methyl‐substituted
heteroarenes
with
primary
alcohols
through
an
acceptorless
dehydrogenative
coupling.
The
reaction
is
catalyzed
by
a
complex
earth‐abundant
transition
metal
manganese
that
stabilized
bench‐stable
NNN
pincer
ligand
derived
from
2‐hydrazinylpyridine.
environmentally
benign,
producing
only
hydrogen
and
water
as
byproducts.
A
large
number
E
‐disubstituted
olefins
were
selectively
obtained
high
efficiency.
ChemCatChem,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
12(7), P. 1891 - 1902
Published: Dec. 21, 2019
Abstract
Acceptorless
dehydrogenative
coupling
(ADC)
has
emerged
as
a
powerful
tool
in
the
chemists’
arsenal
for
construction
of
various
carbon‐carbon
and
carbon‐heteroatom
bonds.
These
protocols
are
highly
atom
economical
environmentally
benign
they
do
not
require
pre‐functionalized
starting
material
produce
only
dihydrogen
(and
water)
by‐product.
This
technique,
coupled
with
Earths’
abundant
less
toxic
manganese
catalysis,
can
prove
to
be
vital
strategy
generation
molecular
complexity
from
simple
materials.
Manganese
catalyzed
DHC
been
growing
interest,
low‐
high‐valent
catalysts
have
developed.
were
demonstrated
show
excellent
catalytic
activity
formation
carbon‐carbon,
bonds,
cascade
reactions.
In
this
mini‐review,
we
would
like
highlight
recent
progress
that
made
ADC
Organometallics,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
38(8), P. 1815 - 1825
Published: April 12, 2019
The
application
of
nontoxic,
earth-abundant
transition
metals
in
place
costly
noble
is
a
paramount
goal
catalysis
and
especially
interesting
if
the
air-
moisture-stable
ligand
scaffold
used.
Herein,
we
report
synthesis
amines/imines
directly
from
alcohol
amines
via
hydrogen
autotransfer
or
acceptorless
dehydrogenation
catalyzed
by
well-defined
phosphine-free
Mn
complexes.
Both
imines
can
be
obtained
same
set
alcohols
using
catalyst,
only
tuning
reaction
conditions.
amount
nature
base
are
found
to
highly
important
aspect
for
observed
selectivity.
primary
secondary
have
been
employed
as
substrates
N-alkylation
reaction.
As
highlight,
showed
chemoselective
resveratrol
derivatives.
Furthermore,
Mn-catalyzed
dehydrogenative
structurally
2,3-dihydro-1H-perimidines
has
also
demonstrated.
Density
functional
theory
calculations
were
carried
out
model
path
calculate
profile.