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Reactions of benzyltriphenylphosphonium salts under photoredox catalysis
Boldt, Andrew M.,Dickinson, Sidney I.,Ramirez, Jonathan R.,Benz-Weeden, Anna M.,Wilson, David S.,Stevenson, Susan M.
, p. 7810 - 7815 (2021/09/28)
The development of benzyltriphenylphosphonium salts as alkyl radical precursors using photoredox catalysis is described. Depending on substituents, the benzylic radicals may couple to form C-C bonds or abstract a hydrogen atom to form C-H bonds. A natural product, brittonin A, was also synthesized using this method.
Discovery and mechanistic investigation of Pt-catalyzed oxidative homocoupling of benzene with PhI(OAc)2
Abu-Omar, Mahdi M.,Nabavizadeh, S. Masoud,Niroomand Hosseini, Fatemeh,Park, Chan,Wu, Guang
supporting information, p. 2477 - 2486 (2020/03/05)
We present a Pt-catalyzed direct coupling of benzene to biphenyl. This catalytic reaction employs a cyclometalated platinum(ii) complex [PtMe(bhq)(SMe2)] (bhq = benzo[h]quinolate) with PhI(OAc)2 as an oxidant and does not require an acid, a co-catalyst or a solvent. The reaction kinetics and characterization of potential catalytic species are reported. The reaction is first-order in Pt and second-order in benzene, which implicates the second C-H activation step as rate-determining. A Pt(ii)/Pt(iv) catalytic cycle is suggested. The reaction commences by oxidation of the Pt(ii) complex to give the platinum(iv) species [Pt(bhq)(SMe2)(OAc)2](OAc) followed by C-H activation of benzene to afford the intermediate [PtPh(bhq)(SMe2)(OAc)](OAc) concurrently with the release of HOAc. A second benzene molecule reacts similarly to give the diphenyl intermediate [PtPh2(bhq)(SMe2)](OAc). C-C bond forming reductive elimination ensues to regenerate Pt(ii) and complete the catalytic cycle. The proposed mechanism has been examined by DFT computations, which provide support to experimental findings.
Visible-Light-Driven Self-Coupling of Methylarenes Catalyzed by Ni2P?Cd0.5Zn0.5S Nanoparticles
Yang, Dan-Dan,Hu, Jia-Jun,Zhang, Hong,Lv, Xiao-Jun,Chen, Yong,Fu, Wen-Fu
, p. 1384 - 1392 (2020/01/08)
The Ni2P?Cd0.5Zn0.5S nanoparticles photocatalyzed self-coupling of p-xylene was reported here, and the corresponding coupling product 1,2-di-p-tolylethane was obtained. The reaction could be extended to toluene derivatives with electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents. Ni2P?Cd0.5Zn0.5S nanoparticles had already been characterized by XRD, ICP-AES, SEM, TEM, UV/Vis, FL, XPS. The Mott–Schottky curves of Ni2P?Cd0.5Zn0.5S were made through electrochemical methods. An active carbon free-radical was captured through ESR measurement under irradiation. The research demonstrated this photocatalytic system feasible for the self-coupling reaction of toluene derivatives.
