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Nickel-Catalyzed NO Group Transfer Coupled with NO Conversion
Sudakar Padmanaban1, Jonghoon Choi1, Hugo Vazquez-Lima2
1Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Nitrogen oxide (NO) conversion is an important process for balancing the global nitrogen cycle. Distinct from the biological NO transformation, we have devised a synthetic approach to this issue by utilizing a bifunctional metal catalyst for producing value-added products from NO. Here, we present a novel catalysis based on a Ni pincer system, effectively converting Ni-NO to Ni-NO via deoxygenation with CO(g). This is followed by transfer of the in situ generated nitroso group to organic substrates, which favorably occurs at the flattened Ni(I)-NO site via its nucleophilic reaction. Successful catalytic production of oximes from benzyl halides using NaNO2 is presented with a turnover number of >200 under mild conditions. In a key step of the catalysis, a nickel(I)-•NO species effectively activates alkyl halides, which is carefully evaluated by both experimental and theoretical methods. Our nickel catalyst effectively fulfills a dual purpose, namely, deoxygenating NO anions and catalyzing C-N coupling.
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