Chemical Communications,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
(Hetero)aryl
halides
are
established
as
radical
precursors
in
photoinduced
biocatalysis,
undergoing
asymmetric
coupling
to
alkenes
via
intermolecular
and
intramolecular
hydroarylation.
ACS Catalysis,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(20), С. 15790 - 15798
Опубликована: Окт. 10, 2024
Here,
we
report
a
photoredox
and
nickel-catalyzed
cross-electrophile
coupling
strategy
for
the
asymmetric
three-component
1,2-alkylarylation
of
vinyl
boronates
with
(hetero)aryl
bromides
(2°,
3°)-alkyl
redox-active
esters
in
presence
Hantzsch
ester.
With
fluorinated
pyridyl-substituted
chiral
biimidazoline
ligand,
this
reaction
enables
straightforward
access
to
wide
variety
synthetically
valuable
α-aryl
from
readily
available
starting
materials.
This
features
mild
conditions,
broad
substrate
generality,
good
functional
group
tolerance
proceeds
without
using
metal
reductants
or
alkyl
halides.
Furthermore,
alkenyl
halides
other
electron-deficient
alkenes
such
as
acrylates
phosphonates
can
be
applied
successfully.
Preliminary
mechanistic
studies
shed
light
on
potential
pathways
roles
organic
amines.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июнь 8, 2024
Abstract
Cross‐electrophile
coupling
(XEC)
between
aryl
halides
and
alkyl
is
a
streamlined
approach
for
C(sp
2
)−C(sp
3
)
bond
construction,
which
highly
valuable
in
medicinal
chemistry.
Based
on
key
Ni
II
amido
intermediate,
we
developed
selective
scalable
Ni‐catalyzed
electrochemical
XEC
reaction
(hetero)aryl
primary
secondary
halides.
Experimental
computational
mechanistic
studies
indicate
that
an
amine
ligand
slows
down
the
oxidative
addition
process
of
Ni‐polypyridine
catalyst
to
bromide
intermediate
formed
situ
during
process.
The
relatively
slow
beneficial
enhancing
selectivity
reaction.
stabilizes
–aryl
species
prevent
aryl–aryl
homo‐coupling
side
reactions
acts
as
activate
substrates.
This
electrosynthesis
system
provides
facile,
practical,
platform
formation
(hetero)aryl–alkyl
bonds
using
standard
catalysts
under
mild
conditions.
insights
from
this
work
could
serve
great
foundation
future
cross‐couplings.
Inorganics,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
13(2), С. 41 - 41
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025
Six
N^C^N
cyclometalated
Ni(II)
complexes
[Ni(N^C^N)Cl]
or
[Ni(N^C^N’)Br]
with
symmetric
non-symmetric
N^C^N’
ligands
in
which
the
peripheral
N-groups
were
varied
pyridine
(Py),
4-thiazole
(4Tz),
2-thiazole
(2Tz),
and
2-benzothiazole
(2Btz)
complementing
previously
reported
di(2-pyridyl)phenide
[Ni(Py(Ph)Py)X]
X
=
Cl
Br.
The
synthesized
from
NiBr2
N^CH^N’
protoligands
through
base-assisted
nickelation,
while
received
N^C(Cl)^N
[Ni(COD)2]
(COD
1,5-cyclooctadiene).
Introduction
of
4Tz
on
both
sides
shifted
electrochemical
gap
ΔEexp
Eox–Ered
long
wavelength
UV-vis
absorption
maxima
to
higher
energies,
2Tz
leads
a
shift
lower
energies.
When
introducing
only
one
as
groups,
remaining
PhPy
moiety
dominates
electronic
properties
electrochemistry
photophysics
are
very
similar
Py(Ph)Py
derivatives.
In
contrast
this,
introduction
2Btz
shifts
values
regardless
two
groups
character
frontier
molecular
orbitals
complexes,
DFT
calculations
show.
Long-wavelength
absorptions
vary
416
443
nm,
their
energies
correlate
well
first
reduction
potentials.
Negishi-type
C–C
cross-coupling
reactions
gave
total
yields
ranging
1
60%
44%.
reactivities
roughly
Facilitated
(E
around
–2
higher)
goes
generally
along
improved
performance,
making
thiazole-containing
interesting
candidates
for
such
catalysis.
Alkyl
substituted
nitrogen
heterocycles
are
important
building
blocks
in
drug
molecules,
agrochemicals,
and
materials.
Herein
we
report
a
simple
efficient
way
to
prepare
such
compounds
by
coupling
alkyl
halides
with
heteroarenium
salts.
Detailed
experimental
computational
studies
indicate
that
this
reaction
goes
through
radical
avoids
the
formation
of
undesired
homocoupling
salts
via
recycling
dimers
C–C
bond
cleavage
under
blue
light.