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Continuous Flow Chemistry: Reaction of Diphenyldiazomethane with p-Nitrobenzoic Acid
Published on: November 15, 2017
Exploiting the radical reactivity of diazaphosphinanes in hydrodehalogenations and cascade cyclizations
Jingjing Zhang1, Jin-Dong Yang1, Jin-Pei Cheng1,2
1Center of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China jdyang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn jinpei_cheng@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The remarkable reducibility of diazaphosphinanes has been extensively applied in various hydrogenations, based on and yet limited by their well-known hydridic reactivity. Here we exploited their unprecedented radical reactivity to implement hydrodehalogenations and cascade cyclizations originally inaccessible by hydride transfer. These reactions feature a broad substrate scope, high efficiency and simplicity of manipulation. Mechanistic studies suggested a radical chain process in which a phosphinyl radical is generated in a catalytic cycle via hydrogen-atom transfer from diazaphosphinanes. The radical reactivity of diazaphosphinanes disclosed here differs from their well-established hydridic reactivity, and hence, opens a new avenue for diazaphosphinane applications in organic syntheses.
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