Rhodium-Catalyzed C–H Activation of Phenacyl Ammonium Salts Assisted by an Oxidizing C–N Bond: A Combination of Experimental and Theoretical Studies
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- 21 January 2015
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 137 (4), 1623-1631
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja511796h
Abstract
Rh(III)-catalyzed C-H activation assisted by an oxidizing directing group has evolved to a mild and redox-economic strategy for the construction of heterocycles. Despite the success, these coupling systems are currently limited to cleavage of an oxidizing N-O or N-N bond. Cleavage of an oxidizing C-N bond, which allows for complementary carbocycle synthesis, is unprecedented. In this article, α-ammonium acetophenones with an oxidizing C-N bond have been designed as substrates for Rh(III)-catalyzed C-H activation under redox-neutral conditions. The coupling with α-diazo esters afforded benzocyclopentanones, and the coupling with unactivated alkenes such as styrenes and aliphatic olefins gave ortho-olefinated acetophenoes. In both systems the reactions proceeded with a broad scope, high efficiency, and functional group tolerance. Moreover, efficient one-pot coupling of diazo esters has been realized starting from α-bromoacetophenones and triethylamine. The reaction mechanism for the coupling with diazo esters has been studied by a combination of experimental and theoretical methods. In particular, three distinct mechanistic pathways have been scrutinized by DFT studies, which revealed that the C-H activation occurs via a C-bound enolate-assisted concerted metalation-deprotonation mechanism and is rate-limiting. In subsequent C-C formation steps, the lowest energy pathway involves two rhodium carbene species as key intermediates.Keywords
Funding Information
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21272231, 21372266, 21472186, 51302327)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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