Copper(I) complexes bearing mesoionic carbene ligands: influencing the activity in catalytic halo-click reactions
Lisa Suntrup1, Julia Beerhues2, Oliver Etzold1
1Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Fabeckstr. 34-36, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
Metal complexes of mesoionic carbene (MIC) ligands are known to catalyze a variety of chemical transformations. In this contribution, we report on the synthesis of a dicationic dicopper(i) complex containing a di-MIC ligand. Two routes are presented for the synthesis of the dicopper complex: Ag-mediated transmetalation and direct deprotonation. For the Ag-mediated transmetalation route, the detection and isolation of several Ag-containing intermediates that are relevant for the final formation of the aforementioned dicopper complex are reported. We then investigate a series of copper(i) complexes based on MIC ligands as precatalysts for the azide halo-alkyne (Click) cycloaddition reaction. In a comparative study, three different halide-containing (I, Br, Cl) substrates have been investigated with different catalysts to survey the behaviour for mono/di-copper-MIC complexes as well as neutral, mono- and di-cationic complexes. The cationic complexes proved to have superior activities compared to the neutral species. These are the first reports on the use of Cu-MIC complexes as precatalysts for the halo-Click reaction.
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