Substituent Effects and the Mechanism of Gold to Alkene Benzylidene Transfer Employing a Gold Sulfonium Benzylide Complex
Substituent Effects and the Mechanism of Gold to Alkene Benzylidene Transfer Employing a Gold Sulfonium Benzylide Complex
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金锍苯甲酰配合物金向烯烃苯亚甲基转移的取代效应及机理
DOI:
10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00097
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发表时间:
2022
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Widenhoefer, Ross A.
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作者:
Rivers, Mitch;Carden, Robert G.;Widenhoefer, Ross A.
Aliphatic and aromatic alkenes react rapidly and efficiently with the gold sulfonium benzylide complex [(P)AuCHPh(SPh2)]+{B [3,5-CF3C6H3]4}−[P= P (t-Bu)2o-biphenyl;1] at room temperature via the cationic two-coordinate gold benzylidene complex [(P)AuCHPh]+(I) to form phenyclyclopropanes. The reactivity ofp-substituted vinyl arenes towardIdecreased with the decreasing electron donor ability of the vinyl arene (ρ = −1.49 ± 0.15), and the reactivity of aliphatic alkenes towardIdepended strongly on the number of alkyl groups attached to the more substituted alkene terminus. Benzylidene transfer tocis- andtrans-β-methylstyrene occurred with complete retention of the alkene configuration. Benzylidene transfer to vinyl arenes led to predominant formation ofcis-cyclopropanes (dr = 4.1: 1 to 13.9:1), whereas benzylidene transfer to aliphatic alkenes was generally less selective (dr = 1.3:1 to 5.1:1). All our experimental observations were consistent with a concerted, asynchronous, electrophilic benzylidene transfer mechanism. The diastereoselectivity of benzylidene transfer was interpreted in the framework of a transition state model involving a nearanti-periplanar arrangement of the carbene Au═C and alkene C═C bonds.