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Dual Roles for Potassium Hydride in Haloarene Reduction: CSNAr and Single Electron Transfer Reduction via Organic Electron Donors Formed in Benzene
Barham, Joshua P.,Dalton, Samuel E.,Allison, Mark,Nocera, Giuseppe,Young, Allan,John, Matthew P.,McGuire, Thomas,Campos, Sebastien,Tuttle, Tell,Murphy, John A.
supporting information, p. 11510 - 11518 (2018/09/12)
Potassium hydride behaves uniquely and differently than sodium hydride toward aryl halides. Its reactions with a range of haloarenes, including designed 2,6-dialkylhaloarenes, were studied in THF and in benzene. In THF, evidence supports concerted nucleophilic aromatic substitution, CSNAr, and the mechanism originally proposed by Pierre et al. is now validated through DFT studies. In benzene, besides this pathway, strong evidence for single electron transfer chemistry is reported. Experimental observations and DFT studies lead us to propose organic super electron donor generation to initiate BHAS (base-promoted homolytic aromatic substitution) cycles. Organic donor formation originates from deprotonation of benzene by KH; attack on benzene by the resulting phenylpotassium generates phenylcyclohexadienylpotassium that can undergo (i) deprotonation to form an organic super electron donor or (ii) hydride loss to afford biphenyl. Until now, BHAS reactions have been triggered by reaction of a base, MOtBu (M = K, Na), with many different types of organic additive, all containing heteroatoms (N or O or S) that enhance their acidity and place them within range of MOtBu as a base. This paper shows that with the stronger base, KH, even a hydrocarbon (benzene) can be converted into an electron-donating initiator.
KOtBu: A Privileged Reagent for Electron Transfer Reactions?
Barham, Joshua P.,Coulthard, Graeme,Emery, Katie J.,Doni, Eswararao,Cumine, Florimond,Nocera, Giuseppe,John, Matthew P.,Berlouis, Leonard E. A.,McGuire, Thomas,Tuttle, Tell,Murphy, John A.
supporting information, p. 7402 - 7410 (2016/07/06)
Many recent studies have used KOtBu in organic reactions that involve single electron transfer; in the literature, the electron transfer is proposed to occur either directly from the metal alkoxide or indirectly, following reaction of the alkoxide with a solvent or additive. These reaction classes include coupling reactions of halobenzenes and arenes, reductive cleavages of dithianes, and SRN1 reactions. Direct electron transfer would imply that alkali metal alkoxides are willing partners in these electron transfer reactions, but the literature reports provide little or no experimental evidence for this. This paper examines each of these classes of reaction in turn, and contests the roles proposed for KOtBu; instead, it provides new mechanistic information that in each case supports the in situ formation of organic electron donors. We go on to show that direct electron transfer from KOtBu can however occur in appropriate cases, where the electron acceptor has a reduction potential near the oxidation potential of KOtBu, and the example that we use is CBr4. In this case, computational results support electrochemical data in backing a direct electron transfer reaction.
Palladium-catalyzed arylation of simple arenes with iodonium salts
Storr, Thomas E.,Greaney, Michael F.
supporting information, p. 1410 - 1413 (2013/05/09)
The development of an arylation protocol for simple arenes with diaryliodonium salts using the Herrmann-Beller palladacycle catalyst is reported. The reaction takes simple aromatic feedstocks and creates valuable biaryls for use in all sectors of the chem
