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Radical and ionic mechanisms in rearrangements of o-tolyl aryl ethers and amines initiated by the Grubbs-stoltz reagent, et3SiH/KOtbu
Kolodziejczak, Krystian,Murphy, John A.,Stewart, Alexander J.,Tuttle, Tell
, (2021/12/04)
Rearrangements of o-tolyl aryl ethers, amines, and sulfides with the Grubbs-Stoltz reagent (Et3SiH + KOtBu) were recently announced, in which the ethers were converted to o-hydroxydiarylmethanes, while the (o-tol)(Ar)NH amines were transformed into dihydroacridines. Radical mechanisms were proposed, based on prior evidence for triethylsilyl radicals in this reagent system. A detailed computational investigation of the rearrangements of the aryl tolyl ethers now instead supports an anionic Truce-Smiles rearrangement, where the initial benzyl anion can be formed by either of two pathways: (i) direct deprotonation of the tolyl methyl group under basic conditions or (ii) electron transfer to an initially formed benzyl radical. By contrast, the rearrangements of o-tolyl aryl amines depend on the nature of the amine. Secondary amines undergo deprotonation of the N-H followed by a radical rearrangement, to form dihydroacridines, while tertiary amines form both dihydroacridines and diarylmethanes through radical and/or anionic pathways. Overall, this study highlights the competition between the reactive intermediates formed by the Et3SiH/KOtBu system.
A Highly Active Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine for Palladium-Catalyzed Aminations of Aryl Chlorides
Weber, Philip,Scherpf, Thorsten,Rodstein, Ilja,Lichte, Dominik,Scharf, Lennart T.,Goo?en, Lukas J.,Gessner, Viktoria H.
supporting information, p. 3203 - 3207 (2019/01/09)
Ylide-functionalized phosphine ligands (YPhos) were rationally designed to fit the requirements of Buchwald–Hartwig aminations at room temperature. This ligand class combines a strong electron-donating ability comparable to NHC ligands with high steric demand similar to biaryl phosphines. The active Pd species are stabilized by agostic C?H???Pd rather than by Pd–arene interactions. The practical advantage of YPhos ligands arises from their easy and scalable synthesis from widely available, inexpensive starting materials. Benchmark studies showed that YPhos-Pd complexes are superior to the best-known phosphine ligands in room-temperature aminations of aryl chlorides. The utility of the catalysts was demonstrated by the synthesis of various arylamines in high yields within short reaction times.
NIXANTPHOS: A highly active ligand for palladium catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig amination of unactivated aryl chlorides
Mao, Jianyou,Zhang, Jiadi,Zhang, Shuguang,Walsh, Patrick J.
supporting information, p. 8690 - 8696 (2018/07/13)
Xantphos is one of the two most common ligands used in palladium catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig amination reactions, because of its broad scope and high probability of success. It does not, however, work well with unactivated aryl chlorides. Herein NIXANTPHOS is compared to Xantphos and an array of mono- and bidentate phosphines. NIXANTPHOS outperforms Xantphos and all other bidentate ligands examined. Under the optimal reaction conditions, unactivated aryl chlorides afford the expected products in good to excellent yield with as low as 0.05 mol% (500 ppm) palladium loading.
