Cao WX, Zhu L, He Y, Wang R, Liu M, Ouyang Q, Xiao Q. Copper-Catalyzed Aryne Insertion into the Carbon-Iodine Bond of Heteroaryl Iodides.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023;
62:e202305146. [PMID:
37571857 DOI:
10.1002/anie.202305146]
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Abstract
Aryne insertions into the carbon-iodine bond of heteroaryl iodides has been achieved for the first time. This novel reaction provides an efficient pathway for the synthesis of valuable building blocks 2-iodoheterobiaryls from heteroaryl iodides and o-silylaryl triflates in excellent regioselectivity. The copper(I) catalyst, which bears a N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand, is essential to accomplish the reaction. Control reactions and DFT calculations indicate that the coordination of copper, as a Lewis acid, with nitrogen atoms of heteroaryl iodides mediates the insertion of arynes into heteroaryl carbon-iodine bonds.
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