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Wu L, Li L, Zhao Y, Rui J, Zhan Y, Zhang L, Chen R, Zhou JS, Zhu C, Wu X. Nonactivated Aziridine Synthesis by Intermolecular Polarity-Mismatched Carboamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Unactivated Alkyl Halides. Org Lett 2024; 26:5609-5613. [PMID: 38949378 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
Abstract
A general intermolecular polarity-mismatched carboamination reaction of unactivated alkenes with unactivated alkyl halides has been developed. A series of nonactivated alkyl-substituted aziridines were constructed in exclusive regioselectivity. The dual polarity-mismatched mechanism might be involved.
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- Linlin Wu
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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Lee WCC, Zhang XP. Metalloradical Catalysis: General Approach for Controlling Reactivity and Selectivity of Homolytic Radical Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202320243. [PMID: 38472114 PMCID: PMC11097140 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202320243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Since Friedrich Wöhler's groundbreaking synthesis of urea in 1828, organic synthesis over the past two centuries has predominantly relied on the exploration and utilization of chemical reactions rooted in two-electron heterolytic ionic chemistry. While one-electron homolytic radical chemistry is both rich in fundamental reactivities and attractive with practical advantages, the synthetic application of radical reactions has been long hampered by the formidable challenges associated with the control over reactivity and selectivity of high-energy radical intermediates. To fully harness the untapped potential of radical chemistry for organic synthesis, there is a pressing need to formulate radically different concepts and broadly applicable strategies to address these outstanding issues. In pursuit of this objective, researchers have been actively developing metalloradical catalysis (MRC) as a comprehensive framework to guide the design of general approaches for controlling over reactivity and stereoselectivity of homolytic radical reactions. Essentially, MRC exploits the metal-centered radicals present in open-shell metal complexes as one-electron catalysts for homolytic activation of substrates to generate metal-entangled organic radicals as the key intermediates to govern the reaction pathway and stereochemical course of subsequent catalytic radical processes. Different from the conventional two-electron catalysis by transition metal complexes, MRC operates through one-electron chemistry utilizing stepwise radical mechanisms.
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- Wan-Chen Cindy Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 (USA)
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Wang J, Luo MP, Gu YJ, Liu YY, Yin Q, Wang SG. Chiral Cp x Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Aziridination of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202400502. [PMID: 38279683 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Chiral cyclopentadienyl-rhodium(III) Cpx Rh(III) catalysis has been demonstrated to be competent for catalyzing highly enantioselective aziridination of challenging unactivated terminal alkenes and nitrene sources. The chiral Cpx Rh(III) catalysis system exhibited outstanding catalytic performance and wide functional group tolerance, yielding synthetically important and highly valuable chiral aziridines with good to excellent yields and enantioselectivities (up to 99 % yield, 93 % ee). This protocol presents a novel and effective strategy for synthesizing enantioenriched aziridines from simple alkenes. Various transformations were performed on the aziridine products, illustrating the versatility and synthetic potential of this protocol for constructing highly functionalized compounds.
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- Juanjuan Wang
- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Gross P, Im H, Laws D, Park B, Baik MH, Blakey SB. Enantioselective Aziridination of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes Using a Planar Chiral Rh(III) Indenyl Catalyst. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:1447-1454. [PMID: 38170978 PMCID: PMC10797617 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Chiral aziridines are important structural motifs found in natural products and various target molecules. They serve as versatile building blocks for the synthesis of chiral amines. While advances in catalyst design have enabled robust methods for enantioselective aziridination of activated olefins, simple and abundant alkyl-substituted olefins pose a significant challenge. In this work, we introduce a novel approach utilizing a planar chiral rhodium indenyl catalyst to facilitate the enantioselective aziridination of unactivated alkenes. This transformation exhibits a remarkable degree of functional group tolerance and displays excellent chemoselectivity favoring unactivated alkenes over their activated counterparts, delivering a wide range of enantioenriched high-value chiral aziridines. Computational studies unveil a stepwise aziridination mechanism in which alkene migratory insertion plays a central role. This process results in the formation of a strained four-membered metallacycle and serves as both the enantio- and rate-determining steps in the overall reaction.
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- Patrick Gross
- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Center
for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Center
for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Center
for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Ward RM, Hu Y, Tu NP, Schomaker JM. Solvent Effects on the Chemo- and Site-Selectivity of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions: Alternatives to Chlorinated Solvents. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202300964. [PMID: 37696772 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
Abstract
Transition metal-catalyzed, non-enzymatic nitrene transfer (NT) reactions to selectively transform C-H and C=C bonds to new C-N bonds are a powerful strategy to streamline the preparation of valuable amine building blocks. However, many catalysts for these reactions use environmentally unfriendly solvents that include dichloromethane, chloroform, 1,2-dichloroethane and benzene. We developed a high-throughput experimentation (HTE) protocol for heterogeneous NT reaction mixtures to enable rapid screening of a broad range of solvents for this chemistry. Coupled with the American Chemical Society Pharmaceutical Roundtable (ACSPR) solvent tool, we identified several attractive replacements for chlorinated solvents. Selected catalysts for NT were compared and contrasted using our HTE protocol, including silver supported by N-dentate ligands, dinuclear Rh complexes and Fe/Mn phthalocyanine catalysts.
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- Robert M Ward
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Discovery Chemistry and Technology, AbbVie Inc., 1 N. Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, Illinois, 60064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Fanourakis A, Phipps RJ. Catalytic, asymmetric carbon-nitrogen bond formation using metal nitrenoids: from metal-ligand complexes via metalloporphyrins to enzymes. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12447-12476. [PMID: 38020383 PMCID: PMC10646976 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04661c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The introduction of nitrogen atoms into small molecules is of fundamental importance and it is vital that ever more efficient and selective methods for achieving this are developed. With this aim, the potential of nitrene chemistry has long been appreciated but its application has been constrained by the extreme reactivity of these labile species. This liability however can be attenuated by complexation with a transition metal and the resulting metal nitrenoids have unique and highly versatile reactivity which includes the amination of certain types of aliphatic C-H bonds as well as reactions with alkenes to afford aziridines. At least one new chiral centre is typically formed in these processes and the development of catalysts to exert control over enantioselectivity in nitrenoid-mediated amination has become a growing area of research, particularly over the past two decades. Compared with some synthetic methods, metal nitrenoid chemistry is notable in that chemists can draw from a diverse array of metals and catalysts , ranging from metal-ligand complexes, bearing a variety of ligand types, via bio-inspired metalloporphyrins, all the way through to, very recently, engineered enzymes themselves. In the latter category in particular, rapid progress is being made, the rate of which suggests that this approach may be instrumental in addressing some of the outstanding challenges in the field. This review covers key developments and strategies that have shaped the field, in addition to the latest advances, up until September 2023.
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- Alexander Fanourakis
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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Reek JNH, de Bruin B, Pullen S, Mooibroek TJ, Kluwer AM, Caumes X. Transition Metal Catalysis Controlled by Hydrogen Bonding in the Second Coordination Sphere. Chem Rev 2022; 122:12308-12369. [PMID: 35593647 PMCID: PMC9335700 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are typically the result of the interplay between ligand and metal properties. As the ligand can be chemically altered, a large research focus has been on ligand development. More recently, it has been recognized that further control over activity and selectivity can be achieved by using the "second coordination sphere", which can be seen as the region beyond the direct coordination sphere of the metal center. Hydrogen bonds appear to be very useful interactions in this context as they typically have sufficient strength and directionality to exert control of the second coordination sphere, yet hydrogen bonds are typically very dynamic, allowing fast turnover. In this review we have highlighted several key features of hydrogen bonding interactions and have summarized the use of hydrogen bonding to program the second coordination sphere. Such control can be achieved by bridging two ligands that are coordinated to a metal center to effectively lead to supramolecular bidentate ligands. In addition, hydrogen bonding can be used to preorganize a substrate that is coordinated to the metal center. Both strategies lead to catalysts with superior properties in a variety of metal catalyzed transformations, including (asymmetric) hydrogenation, hydroformylation, C-H activation, oxidation, radical-type transformations, and photochemical reactions.
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- Joost N H Reek
- Homogeneous and Supramolecular Catalysis, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,InCatT B.V., Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Homogeneous and Supramolecular Catalysis, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Homogeneous and Supramolecular Catalysis, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Homogeneous and Supramolecular Catalysis, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- InCatT B.V., Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Peng X, Bai R, Liu S, Li Z, Jiao L. Substitution of diarylphosphoryl azides with aliphatic amines catalyzed by simple rare‐earth metal salts: Efficient and novel preparation of phosphoryl amides. Appl Organomet Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xin‐Hua Peng
- School of Chemical Engineering Northwest University Xi'an China
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- School of Chemical Engineering Northwest University Xi'an China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shaanxi University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- School of Chemical Engineering Northwest University Xi'an China
- International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base for Clean Utilization of Hydrocarbon Resources, Chemical Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advance Use Technology of Shanbei Energy, Shaanxi Research Center of Engineering Technology for Clean Coal Conversion, Collaborative Innovation Center for Development of Energy and Chemical Industry in Northern Shaanxi Xi'an China
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- School of Chemical Engineering Northwest University Xi'an China
- International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base for Clean Utilization of Hydrocarbon Resources, Chemical Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advance Use Technology of Shanbei Energy, Shaanxi Research Center of Engineering Technology for Clean Coal Conversion, Collaborative Innovation Center for Development of Energy and Chemical Industry in Northern Shaanxi Xi'an China
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Shioiri T, Ishihara K, Matsugi M. Cutting edge of diphenyl phosphorazidate (DPPA) as a synthetic reagent – A fifty-year odyssey. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qo00403h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Recent developments of diphenyl phosphorazidate (DPPA, (C6H5O)2P(O)N3) has been reviewed.
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- Takayuki Shioiri
- Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
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Deng T, Mazumdar W, Yoshinaga Y, Patel PB, Malo D, Malo T, Wink DJ, Driver TG. Rh 2(II)-Catalyzed Intermolecular N-Aryl Aziridination of Olefins Using Nonactivated N Atom Precursors. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:19149-19159. [PMID: 34748699 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The development of the first intermolecular Rh2(II)-catalyzed aziridination of olefins using anilines as nonactivated N atom precursors and an iodine(III) reagent as the stoichiometric oxidant is reported. This reaction requires the transfer of an N-aryl nitrene fragment from the iminoiodinane intermediate to a Rh2(II) carboxylate catalyst; in the absence of a catalyst only diaryldiazene formation was observed. This N-aryl aziridination is general and can be successfully realized by using as little as 1 equiv of the olefin. Di-, tri-, and tetrasubstituted cyclic or acylic olefins can be employed as substrates, and a range of aniline and heteroarylamine N atom precursors are tolerated. The Rh2(II)-catalyzed N atom transfer to the olefin is stereospecific as well as chemo- and diastereoselective to produce the N-aryl aziridine as the only amination product. Because the chemistry of nonactivated N-aryl aziridines is underexplored, the reactivity of N-aryl aziridines was explored toward a range of nucleophiles to stereoselectively access privileged 1,2-stereodiads unavailable from epoxides, and removal of the N-2,4-dinitrophenyl group was demonstrated to show that functionalized primary amines can be constructed.
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- Tianning Deng
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States.,Hinsdale South High School, 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien, Illinois 60561, United States
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- Hinsdale South High School, 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien, Illinois 60561, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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Ju M, Schomaker JM. Nitrene transfer catalysts for enantioselective C–N bond formation. Nat Rev Chem 2021; 5:580-594. [PMID: 37117585 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-021-00291-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Transition-metal-catalysed, non-enzymatic transformations of C-H and C=C bonds to C-N bonds through nitrene transfer (NT) are powerful synthetic tools to prepare valuable amine building blocks. Although the first examples of racemic NT were reported more than 50 years ago, catalysts that mediate enantioselective NT with a broad substrate scope have been slow to emerge. However, the past ten years have seen the discovery of several first-row, second-row and third-row transition metal catalysts for asymmetric NT. This Review covers recent developments in asymmetric aziridination and C-H bond amination reactions. We describe catalyst design principles, re-evaluate traditional catalyst architectures, show how the scope of nitrene precursors has expanded and present new mechanistic insights. Following this, we highlight remaining opportunities and challenges to developing more practical and general synthetic methodologies. Realizing chemoselective, site-selective and enantioselective intermolecular NT will streamline amine synthesis and allow us to explore new chemical space.
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Kalra A, Bagchi V, Paraskevopoulou P, Das P, Ai L, Sanakis Y, Raptopoulos G, Mohapatra S, Choudhury A, Sun Z, Cundari TR, Stavropoulos P. Is the Electrophilicity of the Metal Nitrene the Sole Predictor of Metal-Mediated Nitrene Transfer to Olefins? Secondary Contributing Factors as Revealed by a Library of High-Spin Co(II) Reagents. Organometallics 2021; 40:1974-1996. [PMID: 35095166 PMCID: PMC8797515 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Recent research has highlighted the key role played by the electron affinity of the active metal-nitrene/imido oxidant as the driving force in nitrene additions to olefins to afford valuable aziridines. The present work showcases a library of Co(II) reagents that, unlike the previously examined Mn(II) and Fe(II) analogues, demonstrate reactivity trends in olefin aziridinations that cannot be solely explained by the electron affinity criterion. A family of Co(II) catalysts (17 members) has been synthesized with the assistance of a trisphenylamido-amine scaffold decorated by various alkyl, aryl, and acyl groups attached to the equatorial amidos. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, cyclic voltammetry and EPR data reveal that the high-spin Co(II) sites (S = 3/2) feature a minimal [N3N] coordination and span a range of 1.4 V in redox potentials. Surprisingly, the Co(II)-mediated aziridination of styrene demonstrates reactivity patterns that deviate from those anticipated by the relevant electrophilicities of the putative metal nitrenes. The representative L4Co catalyst (-COCMe3 arm) is operating faster than the L8Co analogue (-COCF3 arm), in spite of diminished metal-nitrene electrophilicity. Mechanistic data (Hammett plots, KIE, stereocontrol studies) reveal that although both reagents follow a two-step reactivity path (turnover-limiting metal-nitrene addition to the C b atom of styrene, followed by product-determining ring-closure), the L4Co catalyst is associated with lower energy barriers in both steps. DFT calculations indicate that the putative [L4Co]NTs and [L8Co]NTs species are electronically distinct, inasmuch as the former exhibits a single-electron oxidized ligand arm. In addition, DFT calculations suggest that including London dispersion corrections for L4Co (due to the polarizability of the tert-Bu substituent) can provide significant stabilization of the turnover-limiting transition state. This study highlights how small ligand modifications can generate stereoelectronic variants that in certain cases are even capable of overriding the preponderance of the metal-nitrene electrophilicity as a driving force.
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- Anshika Kalra
- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States; Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 15771, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States; College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Physicochemical Processes, Nanotechnology and Microsystems, NCSR "Demokritos", Athens 15310, Greece
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 15771, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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Riart-Ferrer X, Sang P, Tao J, Xu H, Jin LM, Lu H, Cui X, Wojtas L, Zhang XP. Metalloradical activation of carbonyl azides for enantioselective radical aziridination. Chem 2021; 7:1120-1134. [PMID: 33869888 DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Organic azides have been increasingly employed as nitrogen sources for catalytic olefine aziridination due to their ease of preparation and generation of benign N2 as the only byproduct. Among common organic azides, carbonyl azides have not been previously demonstrated as effective nitrogen sources for intermolecular olefin aziridination despite the synthetic utilities of N-carbonyl aziridines. As a new application of metalloradical catalysis, we have developed a catalytic system that can effectively employ the carbonyl azide TrocN3 for highly asymmetric aziridination of alkenes at room temperature. The resulting enantioenriched N-Trocaziridines have been shown as valuable chiral synthons for stereoselective synthesis of other chiral aziridines and various chiral amines. The Co(II)-based metalloradical system, which proceeds with distinctive stepwise radical mechanism, may provide a general method for asymmetric synthesis of chiral aziridines from alkenes with organic azides.
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- Xavier Riart-Ferrer
- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
- These authors contributed equally
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
- These authors contributed equally
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
- These authors contributed equally
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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Fanourakis A, Docherty PJ, Chuentragool P, Phipps RJ. Recent Developments in Enantioselective Transition Metal Catalysis Featuring Attractive Noncovalent Interactions between Ligand and Substrate. ACS Catal 2020; 10:10672-10714. [PMID: 32983588 PMCID: PMC7507755 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Enantioselective transition metal catalysis is an area very much at the forefront of contemporary synthetic research. The development of processes that enable the efficient synthesis of enantiopure compounds is of unquestionable importance to chemists working within the many diverse fields of the central science. Traditional approaches to solving this challenge have typically relied on leveraging repulsive steric interactions between chiral ligands and substrates in order to raise the energy of one of the diastereomeric transition states over the other. By contrast, this Review examines an alternative tactic in which a set of attractive noncovalent interactions operating between transition metal ligands and substrates are used to control enantioselectivity. Examples where this creative approach has been successfully applied to render fundamental synthetic processes enantioselective are presented and discussed. In many of the cases examined, the ligand scaffold has been carefully designed to accommodate these attractive interactions, while in others, the importance of the critical interactions was only elucidated in subsequent computational and mechanistic studies. Through an exploration and discussion of recent reports encompassing a wide range of reaction classes, we hope to inspire synthetic chemists to continue to develop asymmetric transformations based on this powerful concept.
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- Alexander Fanourakis
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Baek Y, Das A, Zheng SL, Reibenspies JH, Powers DC, Betley TA. C-H Amination Mediated by Cobalt Organoazide Adducts and the Corresponding Cobalt Nitrenoid Intermediates. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:11232-11243. [PMID: 32456423 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Treatment of (ArL)CoBr (ArL = 5-mesityl-1,9-(2,4,6-Ph3C6H2)dipyrrin) with a stoichiometric amount of 1-azido-4-(tert-butyl)benzene N3(C6H4-p-tBu) furnished the corresponding four-coordinate organoazide-bound complex (ArL)CoBr(N3(C6H4-p-tBu)). Spectroscopic and structural characterization of the complex indicated redox innocent ligation of the organoazide. Slow expulsion of dinitrogen (N2) was observed at room temperature to afford a ligand functionalized product via a [3 + 2] annulation, which can be mediated by a high-valent nitrene intermediate such as a CoIII iminyl (ArL)CoBr(•N(C6H4-p-tBu)) or CoIV imido (ArL)CoBr(N(C6H4-p-tBu)) complex. The presence of the proposed intermediate and its viability as a nitrene group transfer reagent are supported by intermolecular C-H amination and aziridination reactivities. Unlike (ArL)CoBr(N3(C6H4-p-tBu)), a series of alkyl azide-bound CoII analogues expel N2 only above 60 °C, affording paramagnetic intermediates that convert to the corresponding Co-imine complexes via α-H-atom abstraction. The corresponding N2-released structures were observed via single-crystal-to-crystal transformation, suggesting formation of a Co-nitrenoid intermediate in solid-state. Alternatively, the alkyl azide-bound congeners supported by a more sterically accessible dipyrrinato scaffold tBuL (tBuL = 5-mesityl-(1,9-di-tert-butyl)dipyrrin) facilitate intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition as well as C-H amination to furnish 1,2,3-dihydrotriazole and substituted pyrrolidine products, respectively. For the C-H amination, we observe that the temperature required for azide activation varies depending on the presence of weak C-H bonds, suggesting that the alkyl azide adducts serve as viable species for C-H amination when the C-H bonds are (1) proximal to the azide moiety and (2) sufficiently weak to be activated.
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- Yunjung Baek
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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Jiao LY, Zhang Z, Yin XM, Li Z, Ma XX. Copper catalyzed synthesis of aryl/alkyl mixed phosphates from diphenylphosphoryl azides and aliphatic alcohols under mild conditions. J Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2019.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Isbill SB, Chandrachud PP, Kern JL, Jenkins DM, Roy S. Elucidation of the Reaction Mechanism of C 2 + N 1 Aziridination from Tetracarbene Iron Catalysts. ACS Catal 2019; 9:6223-6233. [PMID: 31534826 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b01306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A combined computational and experimental study was undertaken to elucidate the mechanism of catalytic C2 + N1 aziridination supported by tetracarbene iron complexes. Three specific aspects of the catalytic cycle were addressed. First, how do organic azides react with different iron catalysts and why are alkyl azides ineffective for some catalysts? Computation of the catalytic pathway using density functional theory (DFT) revealed that an alkyl azide needs to overcome a higher activation barrier than an aryl azide to form an iron imide, and the activation barrier with the first-generation catalyst is higher than the activation barrier with the second-generation variant. Second, does the aziridination from the imide complex proceed through an open-chain radical intermediate that can change stereochemistry or, instead, via an azametallacyclobutane intermediate that retains stereochemistry? DFT calculations show that the formation of aziridine proceeds via the open-chain radical intermediate, which qualitatively explains the formation of both aziridine diastereomers as seen in experiments. Third, how can the formation of the side product, a metallotetrazene, be prevented, which would improve the yield of aziridine at lower alkene loading? DFT and experimental results demonstrate that sterically bulky organic azides prohibit formation of the metallotetrazene and, thus, allow lower alkene loading for effective catalysis. These multiple insights of different aspects of the catalytic cycle are critical for developing improved catalysts for C2 + N1 aziridination.
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- Sara B. Isbill
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Liu Q, Sun L, Li S, Li X, Qu L, Lan Y, Wei D. Insights into N‐Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of 2H‐Azirine with Aldehyde. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:2000-2007. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Qiuli Liu
- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- Basic Teaching DepartmentHuanghe Jiaotong University No. 333 Yingbin Road Wuzhi Henan 454950 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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- The College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou University No. 100 Kexue Street Zhengzhou Henan 450001 P. R. China
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Singh GS. Advances in synthesis and chemistry of aziridines. ADVANCES IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aihch.2018.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bagchi V, Kalra A, Das P, Paraskevopoulou P, Gorla S, Ai L, Wang Q, Mohapatra S, Choudhury A, Sun Z, Cundari TR, Stavropoulos P. Comparative Nitrene-Transfer Chemistry to Olefinic Substrates Mediated by a Library of Anionic Mn(II) Triphenylamido-Amine Reagents and M(II) Congeners (M = Fe, Co, Ni) Favoring Aromatic over Aliphatic Alkenes. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Vivek Bagchi
- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou 15771, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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Tian D, Peng H, Liu Z, Tang W. Optically active N-alkyl aziridines via stereospecific reductive cyclization of α-mesylated acetamides. Org Chem Front 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8qo00774h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An efficient method for the synthesis of optically active N-alkyl aziridines has been realized for the first time by stereospecific reductive cyclization of optically active α-mesylated acetamides. A series of optically active N-alkyl aziridines are prepared in moderate to good yields and excellent ees.
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- Duanshuai Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 200032
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 200032
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 200032
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 200032
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Kuijpers PF, van der Vlugt JI, Schneider S, de Bruin B. Nitrene Radical Intermediates in Catalytic Synthesis. Chemistry 2017; 23:13819-13829. [PMID: 28675476 PMCID: PMC5656926 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nitrene radical complexes are reactive intermediates with discrete spin density at the nitrogen-atom of the nitrene moiety. These species have become important intermediates for organic synthesis, being invoked in a broad range of C-H functionalization and aziridination reactions. Nitrene radical complexes have intriguing electronic structures, and are best described as one-electron reduced Fischer type nitrenes. They can be generated by intramolecular single electron transfer to the "redox non-innocent" nitrene moiety at the metal. Nitrene radicals generated at open-shell cobalt(II) have thus far received most attention in terms of spectroscopic characterization, reactivity screening, catalytic nitrene-transfer reactions and (computational and experimental) mechanistic studies, but some interesting iron and precious metal catalysts have also been employed in related reactions involving nitrene radicals. In some cases, redox-active ligands are used to facilitate intramolecular single electron transfer from the complex to the nitrene moiety. Organic azides are among the most attractive nitrene precursors in this field, typically requiring pre-activated organic azides (e.g. RSO2 N3 , (RO)2 P(=O)N3 , ROC(=O)N3 and alike) to achieve efficient and selective catalysis. Challenging, non-activated aliphatic organic azides were recently added to the palette of reagents useful in synthetically relevant reactions proceeding via nitrene radical intermediates. This concept article describes the electronic structure of nitrene radical complexes, emphasizes on their usefulness in the catalytic synthesis of various organic products, and highlights the important developments in the field.
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- Petrus F Kuijpers
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr. 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Wang H, Yang JC, Buchwald SL. CuH-Catalyzed Regioselective Intramolecular Hydroamination for the Synthesis of Alkyl-Substituted Chiral Aziridines. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:8428-8431. [PMID: 28594548 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This report details a general and enantioselective means for the synthesis of alkyl-substituted aziridines. This protocol offers a direct route for the synthesis of alkyl-substituted chiral aziridines from achiral starting materials. Readily accessed allylic hydroxylamine esters undergo copper hydride-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination with a high degree of regio- and enantiocontrol to afford the aziridine products in good to excellent yields in highly enantioenriched form. The utility of the products derived from this method is further demonstrated through derivatization of the chiral aziridine products to obtain a diverse array of functionalized enantioenriched amines.
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- Haoxuan Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Miyabe H. Unique Strategies for Controlling Enantioselective Stereochemistry of Cyclizations via Radical Intermediates. European J Org Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201700036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Hideto Miyabe
- School of Pharmacy; Hyogo University of Health Sciences; 650-8530 Minatojima, Chuo-ku Kobe Japan
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Jiang H, Lang K, Lu H, Wojtas L, Zhang XP. Intramolecular Radical Aziridination of Allylic Sulfamoyl Azides by Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Effective Construction of Strained Heterobicyclic Structures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:11604-8. [PMID: 27511474 PMCID: PMC5014589 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2016] [Revised: 06/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cobalt(II)-based metalloradical catalysis (MRC) has been successfully applied for effective construction of the highly strained 2-sulfonyl-1,3-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane structures in high yields through intramolecular radical aziridination of allylic sulfamoyl azides. The resulting [3.1.0] bicyclic aziridines prove to be versatile synthons for the preparation of a diverse range of 1,2- and 1,3-diamine derivatives by selective ring-opening reactions. As a demonstration of its application for target synthesis, the metalloradical intramolecular aziridination reaction has been incorporated as a key step for efficient synthesis of a potent neurokinin 1 (NK1 ) antagonist in 60 % overall yield.
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- Huiling Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA
- The Institute of Chemistry & Biomedical Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA.
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Jiang H, Lang K, Lu H, Wojtas L, Zhang XP. Intramolecular Radical Aziridination of Allylic Sulfamoyl Azides by Cobalt(II)‐Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Effective Construction of Strained Heterobicyclic Structures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201605238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Huiling Jiang
- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida Tampa FL 33620 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center Boston College Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida Tampa FL 33620 USA
- The Institute of Chemistry & Biomedical Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing 210093 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida Tampa FL 33620 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center Boston College Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida Tampa FL 33620 USA
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Room Temperature Activation of Aryloxysulfonyl Azides by [Co(II)(TPP)] for Selective Radical Aziridination of Alkenes via Metalloradical Catalysis. Tetrahedron Lett 2015; 56:3431-3434. [PMID: 26139944 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.01.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Aryloxysulfonyl azides can be effectively activated by commercially available cobalt(II) complex of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin ([Co(TPP)]) at room temperature under neutral and nonoxidative conditions for selective radical aziridination of alkenes via metalloradical catalysis. The [Co(TPP)]-catalyzed radical aziridination system is suitable for different combinations of olefin substrates and aryloxysulfonyl azides, producing various N-aryloxysulfonyl aziridine derivatives in good to excellent yields. In addition to generating the environmentally benign N2 as the only byproduct, this Co(II)-based metalloradical aziridination process features mild reaction conditions and operational simplicity.
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