Cu(II)-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization of Unactivated Alkynes via π-Lewis Acid Activation
Juntao Sun1, Thomas H Tugwell2, Mithun C Madhusudhanan2
1Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Abstract:
A copper(II)-catalyzed stereodivergent hydrooxygenation of electronically unactivated alkynes with carboxylic acids is reported. Regioselectivity and kinetic reactivity are facilitated by a bidentate auxiliary, and syn- or anti-stereoselectivity is controlled through the judicious tuning of reaction conditions. The method affords trisubstituted E- or Z-alkenes with an enol ester functionality in a highly selective manner. Beyond carboxylic acids, a variety of other OH- and NH-nucleophiles react smoothly to furnish enol ether, enamine, and alkylidene β-lactam building blocks. Mechanistic experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations shed light on the nature of π-Lewis acid activation with Cu(II) and support a catalytic cycle that features an inner-sphere nucleocupration mechanism via a six-membered transition state for syn-addition and a base-assisted outer-sphere nucleocupration mechanism for anti-addition.
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