Dehydrogenative coupling of 4-substituted pyridines mediated by a zirconium(ii) synthon: reaction pathways and dead
Lukas S Merz1, Hubert Wadepohl1, Eric Clot2
1Anorganisch Chemisches Institut , Universität Heidelberg , Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 , 69120 Heidelberg , Germany .
Abstract:
The mechanism of the reductive homocoupling of pyridine derivatives mediated by the ZrII synthon [(PNP)Zr(η6-toluene)Cl] (1) has been investigated. Selective transformation into three different types of product complexes has been observed, depending on the N-heterocyclic substrate employed: the bipyridyl complexes 3-R (R = Me, Et, Bu, Bn, Ph, CHCHPh), which are the homocoupling products, the η2-((4-dimethylamino)pyridyl) complex 4 as well as the bis(isoquinolinyl) complex 5. By deuterium labelling experiments the participation of the ligand backbone in the pyridine coupling reaction via potential cyclometallation steps was ruled out. Based on DFT modelling of the possible reaction sequences a reaction mechanism for the coupling sequence could be identified. The latter is initiated by a reductive syn C-C coupling rather than based on an initial C-H activation of the pyridine substrate.
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