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Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis from Benzimidazolium Salts and Catalytic Activity in Carbon-carbon Bond-forming Reactions
Published on: July 30, 2017
Palladium aminopyridine complexes catalyzed selective benzylic C-H oxidations with peracetic acid
Dmitry P Lubov1, Oleg Yu Lyakin, Denis G Samsonenko
1Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Pr. Lavrentieva 5, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. bryliako@catalysis.ru.
Abstract:
Four palladium(ii) complexes with tripodal ligands of the tpa family (tpa = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine) have been synthesized and X-ray characterized. These complexes efficiently catalyze benzylic C-H oxidation of various substrates with peracetic acid, affording the corresponding ketones in high yields (up to 100%), at <1 mol% catalyst loadings. Complex [(tpa)Pd(OAc)](PF6) with the least sterically demanding ligand tpa demonstrates the highest substrate conversions and ketone selectivities. Preliminary mechanistic data provide evidence in favor of metal complex-mediated rate-limiting benzylic C-H bond cleavage by an electron-deficient oxidant.
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