Intramolecular aromatic amination through iron-mediated nitrene transfer
Intramolecular aromatic amination through iron-mediated nitrene transfer
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200351605
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Que, L
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作者:
Jensen, MP;Mehn, MP;Que, L
Much attention has been concentrated on metal-catalyzed atom and group transfers to organic molecules as a strategy for carbon–heteroatom bond formation in synthetic organic chemistry. Similar to isolobal epoxidation reactions,[1] nitrene (that is, RN=) transfer to olefins (that is, aziridination) can be catalyzed by metalloporphyrins,[2] iron corroles,[3] as well as low-coordinate copper complexes and salts.[4] Nitrene insertions to give aliphatic CÀH bond aminations have also been effected by metalloporphyrins or cytochromeP450.[5, 6] In contrast, metal-catalyzed arene amination is practically unknown,[6] even though free organonitrenes will readily add to aromatics.[7] Substoichiometric and unselective naphthalene amination by an uncharacterized adduct of iron (ii) chloride and chloramine-T has been reported,[8] along with a handful of possibly analogous organometallic ligand transformations.[9] By analogy to oxoiron species that mediate heme monooxygenase chemistry,[10] high-valent imido complexes are typically invoked as reactive intermediates in these amination reactions,[2, 11] although imido complexes of iron are generally very rare.[12] Recently, we reported the efficient intramolecular ortho-hydroxylation of an α-phenyl substituent on a non-heme iron (ii) complex of modified tris (2-pyridylmethyl) amine (TPA),[(6-PhTPA) FeII (NCCH3) 2]-(ClO4) 2, driven by added tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBuOOH).[13] Indirect evidence suggested the formation of an oxoiron (iv) reactive hydroxylating species. Given the precedence for the use of iodonium ylides as oxene and nitrene precursors,[14] specifically including the conversion of [(TMC) FeII (OTf) 2] to [(TMC) FeIV= O](OTf) 2 (TMC= tetra-N-methylcyclam),[15] we investigated the reactivity of [(6-PhTPA) FeII (NCCH3) 2](ClO4) 2 with iodosobenzene (PhIO) and phenyl-N-tosylimidoiodinane (PhINTs). We report herein efficient and selective ortho-hydroxylation and amination reactions of the α-aromatic substituent afforded by these respective reagents (Scheme 1).[16, 17] Aliquots of a stock solution of [(6-PhTPA)-FeII (NCCH3) 2] 2+(1.0 mm in acetonitrile) were added to solid samples of the PhI= X (X= O, NTs) reagents, and the resulting suspensions were stirred vigorously at room temperature, either anaerobically or in air. The initially pale-yellow solutions turned dark blue as the solids dissolved; this required about 1–2min for PhINTs, and 20–30min for PhIO. UV/Vis spectra of the stable endpoint chromophores were recorded, revealing distinct FeIII ligand-to-metal chargetransfer (LMCT) bands suggestive of differential ortho substitutions of the phenyl substituent (Figure 1). The intensities of these bands were found to depend on the stoichiometric ratio, with maxima obtained at approximately 1.6: 1.0 PhI= X/FeII for both reagents, irrespective of the presence of oxygen, thus supporting the stoichiometry of Scheme1. Further addition of iodonium reagents resulted in irreversible bleaching of these chromophores. The PhIO product chromophore was entirely consistent with the formation of [(6-(oOC 6H4)-TPA) FeIII (NCCH3)] 2+, as observed in the tBuOOH reaction, and the maximum extinction was consistent with a 65% yield.[13] The PhINTsderived chromophore was assigned to formation of [(6-(o-TsN-C6H4)-TPA) FeIII (NCCH3)] 2+, the tosylanilide analogue of the previously characterized ortho-phenolate complex. Precipitation of the TsNIPh product solution with cold toluene afforded an amorphous blue powder, the sulfur content of which was consistent with! 63% incorporation of