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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-Catalyzed Secondary Benzylic Imidoylative Reactions
Chenglong Wang1, Licheng Wu1, Wentao Xu1
1Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
Abstract:
Reported herein is a palladium-catalyzed secondary benzylic imidoylative Negishi reaction leveraging the sterically bulky aromatic isocyanides as the imine source. This method allows the facile access of alkyl-, (hetero)aryl-, and alkynylzinc reagents to afford various α-substituted phenylacetone products under mild acidic hydrolysis, which are ubiquitous motifs in many pharmaceuticals and biologically active compounds. The diastereoselective reduction of imine can be accomplished to provide the expedient conversion of secondary benzylic halide into α-substituted phenethylamine derivatives with high atom economy.
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