ACS Central Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
7(4), P. 570 - 585
Published: March 25, 2021
Borrowing
hydrogen
is
a
process
that
used
to
diversify
the
synthetic
utility
of
commodity
alcohols.
A
catalyst
first
oxidizes
an
alcohol
by
removing
form
reactive
carbonyl
compound.
This
intermediate
can
undergo
diverse
range
subsequent
transformations
before
returns
"borrowed"
liberate
product
and
regenerate
catalyst.
In
this
way,
alcohols
may
be
as
alkylating
agents
whereby
sole
byproduct
one-pot
reaction
water.
recent
decades,
significant
advances
have
been
made
in
area,
demonstrating
many
effective
methods
access
valuable
products.
outlook
highlights
diversity
metal
biocatalysts
are
available
for
approach,
well
various
performed,
focusing
on
selection
most
advances.
By
succinctly
describing
conveying
versatility
borrowing
chemistry,
we
anticipate
its
uptake
will
increase
across
wider
scientific
audience,
expanding
opportunities
further
development.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
51(11), P. 4386 - 4464
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
The
emerging
field
of
organometallic
catalysis
has
shifted
towards
research
on
Earth-abundant
transition
metals
due
to
their
ready
availability,
economic
advantage,
and
novel
properties.
In
this
case,
manganese,
the
third
most
abundant
transition-metal
in
Earth's
crust,
emerged
as
one
leading
competitors.
Accordingly,
a
large
number
molecularly-defined
Mn-complexes
been
synthesized
employed
for
hydrogenation,
dehydrogenation,
hydroelementation
reactions.
regard,
catalyst
design
is
based
three
pillars,
namely,
metal-ligand
bifunctionality,
ligand
hemilability,
redox
activity.
Indeed,
developed
catalysts
not
only
differ
chelating
atoms
they
possess
but
also
working
principles,
thereby
different
turnover
numbers
product
molecules.
Hence,
critical
assessment
molecularly
defined
manganese
terms
atoms,
reaction
conditions,
mechanistic
pathway,
significant.
Herein,
we
analyze
complexes
catalytic
activity,
versatility
allow
multiple
transformations
routes
convert
substrates
target
This
article
will
be
helpful
get
significant
insight
into
design,
aiding
design.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
124(9), P. 6078 - 6144
Published: April 17, 2024
Alcohols
are
abundant
and
attractive
feedstock
molecules
for
organic
synthesis.
Many
methods
their
functionalization
require
them
to
first
be
converted
into
a
more
activated
derivative,
while
recent
years
have
seen
vast
increase
in
the
number
of
complexity-building
transformations
that
directly
harness
unprotected
alcohols.
This
Review
discusses
how
transition
metal
catalysis
can
used
toward
this
goal.
These
broadly
classified
three
categories.
Deoxygenative
functionalizations,
representing
derivatization
C–O
bond,
enable
alcohol
act
as
leaving
group
formation
new
C–C
bonds.
Etherifications,
characterized
by
O–H
represent
classical
reactivity
has
been
modernized
include
mild
reaction
conditions,
diverse
partners,
high
selectivities.
Lastly,
chain
reactions
described,
wherein
acts
mediator
formal
C–H
alkyl
backbone.
Each
these
classes
transformation
will
discussed
context
intermolecular
arylation,
alkylation,
related
reactions,
illustrating
alcohols
harnessed
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
59(1), P. 215 - 220
Published: Oct. 25, 2019
Highly
selective
β-methylation
of
alcohols
was
achieved
using
an
earth-abundant
first
row
transition
metal
in
the
air
stable
molecular
manganese
complex
[Mn(CO)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
59(4), P. 1485 - 1490
Published: Nov. 19, 2019
Abstract
We
report
an
earth‐abundant‐metal‐catalyzed
double
and
single
methylation
of
alcohols.
A
manganese
catalyst,
which
operates
at
low
catalyst
loadings
short
reaction
times,
mediates
these
reactions
efficiently.
broad
scope
primary
secondary
alcohols,
including
purely
aliphatic
examples,
1,2‐aminoalcohols
can
be
methylated.
Furthermore,
alcohol
for
the
synthesis
pharmaceuticals
has
been
demonstrated.
The
system
tolerates
many
functional
groups
among
them
hydrogenation‐sensitive
examples
upscaling
is
easily
achieved.
Mechanistic
investigations
are
indicative
a
borrowing
hydrogen
or
autotransfer
mechanism
involving
bimetallic
K‐Mn
catalyst.
accepts
as
proton
hydride
from
alcohols
efficiently
reacts
with
chalcone
via
transfer.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
9(9), P. 8575 - 8580
Published: Aug. 21, 2019
Herein
we
report
the
iron-catalyzed
β-C(sp3)-methylation
of
primary
alcohols
using
methanol
as
a
C1
building
block.
This
borrowing
hydrogen
approach
employs
well-defined
bench-stable
(cyclopentadienone)iron(0)
carbonyl
complex
precatalyst
(5
mol
%)
and
enables
diverse
selection
substituted
2-arylethanols
to
undergo
in
good
isolated
yields
(24
examples,
65%
average
yield).
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
141(44), P. 17487 - 17492
Published: Oct. 29, 2019
A
method
for
the
synthesis
of
substituted
cycloalkanes
was
developed
using
diols
and
secondary
alcohols
or
ketones
via
a
cascade
hydrogen
borrowing
sequence.
non-noble
air-stable
manganese
catalyst
(2
mol
%)
used
to
perform
this
transformation.
Various
1,5-pentanediols
(3-4
equiv)
(1
were
investigated
prepare
collection
cyclohexanes
in
diastereoselective
fashion.
Similarly,
cyclopentane,
cyclohexane,
cycloheptane
rings
constructed
from
1,4-butanediol,
1,5-pentanediol,
1,6-hexanediol,
sterically
hindered
following
(4
+
1),
(5
(6
1)
strategy,
respectively.
This
reaction
provides
an
atom
economic
methodology
construct
two
C-C
bonds
at
single
carbon
center
generating
high-value
readily
available
as
feedstock
earth-abundant
metal
catalyst.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
84(12), P. 7927 - 7935
Published: May 22, 2019
A
general
and
chemoselective
catalytic
alkylation
of
nitriles
using
a
homogeneous
nonprecious
manganese
catalyst
is
presented.
This
reaction
uses
naturally
abundant
alcohols
readily
available
as
coupling
partners.
The
tolerates
wide
range
functional
groups
heterocyclic
moieties,
efficiently
providing
useful
cyanoalkylated
products
with
water
the
only
side
product.
Importantly,
methanol
can
be
used
C1
source
C-methylation
achieved.
mechanistic
investigations
support
multiple
role
metal-ligand
catalyst,
dehydrogenative
activation
alcohol,
α-C-H
nitrile,
hydrogenation
in-situ-formed
unsaturated
intermediate.