Catalytic Direct Dehydrogenative Cross-Couplings of C–H (Pro)Nucleophiles and Allylic Alcohols without an Additional Oxidant
Catalytic Direct Dehydrogenative Cross-Couplings of C–H (Pro)Nucleophiles and Allylic Alcohols without an Additional Oxidant
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DOI:
10.1021/cs501495g
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发表时间:
2015-01
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12.9
通讯作者:
Marcel Weiss;R. Peters
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作者:
Marcel Weiss;R. Peters
Transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions between sp2-hybridized C atoms are of prime importance in both target and diversity oriented synthesis. Ideal cross-coupling reactions would neither require any leaving groups nor stoichiometric reagents. In this article, we report the first direct dehydrogenative cross-couplings between aromatic C–H bonds (in most cases using indole substrates) and allylic alcohols, which do not require an additional classical stoichiometric oxidizing agent and provide β-arylketones as value-added products. Ruthenocene- or ferrocene-based bismetallacycles, in which either Pd(II) or Pt(II) are the catalytically active centers, were found to be particularly efficient catalysts. Control experiments suggest that the bismetallacycles initially transform the allylic alcohols into vinylketones, which then alkylate the aromatic substrate in the presence of the catalyst. The fact that the dehydrogenative coupling does not require a classical stoichiometric oxidizing agent is exp...