42372-45-2Relevant articles and documents
A general copper-catalyzed radical C(sp3)?C(sp2) cross-coupling to access 1,1-diarylalkanes under ambient conditions
Su, Xiao-Long,Jiang, Sheng-Peng,Ye, Liu,Xu, Guo-Xing,Chen, Ji-Jun,Gu, Qiang-Shuai,Li, Zhong-Liang,Liu, Xin-Yuan
supporting information, (2021/05/06)
A general copper-catalyzed C(sp3)?C(sp2) cross-coupling of (hetero)benzyl bromides with the air- and moisture-stable aryl nucleophiles has been developed, providing a facile access to pharmaceutically useful 1,1-di(hetero)arylalkane and 1-aryl-1-heteroarylalkane scaffolds. Critical to the success is the utilization of a proline-based N,N,P-ligand to enhance the reducing capability of copper, thus easily converting benzyl bromides to the corresponding radical species via a single-electron transfer process under ambient conditions. The reaction features a broad substrate scope, covering (hetero)arylboronate esters, oxadiazoles, and benzo[d]oxazoles, as well as primary and secondary (hetero)benzyl bromides with excellent functional group tolerance.
Iron-catalysed enantioconvergent Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling to afford enantioenriched 1,1-diarylalkanes
Tyrol, Chet C.,Yone, Nang S.,Gallin, Connor F.,Byers, Jeffery A.
, p. 14661 - 14664 (2020/12/02)
The first stereoconvergent Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction was developed to afford enantioenriched 1,1-diarylalkanes. An iron-based complex containing a chiral cyanobis(oxazoline) ligand framework was best to obtain enantioenriched 1,1-diarylalkanes from cross-coupling reactions between unactivated aryl boronic esters and benzylic chlorides. Enhanced yields were obtained when 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene was used as an additive, which is hypothesized to extend the lifetime of the iron-based catalyst. Exceptional enantioselectivities were obtained with challenging ortho-substituted benzylic chlorides. This journal is
Synthesis of 1,1′-diarylethanes and related systems by displacement of trichloroacetimidates with trimethylaluminum
Mahajani, Nivedita S.,Chisholm, John D.
, p. 4131 - 4139 (2018/04/14)
Benzylic trichloroacetimidates are readily displaced by trimethylaluminum under Lewis acid promoted conditions to provide the corresponding methyl substitution product. This method is a convenient way to access 1,1′-diarylethanes and related systems, which play a significant role in medicinal chemistry, with a number of systems owing their biological activity to this functionality. Most benzylic substrates undergo ready displacement, with electron deficient systems being the exception. The use of an enantiopure imidate showed significant racemization, implicating the formation of a cationic intermediate.
