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Direct deoxygenation of active allylic alcohols via metal-free catalysis
Han, Feng,Ji, Na,Liu, Qiaowen,Miao, Chengxia,Zhang, Tong,Zhuang, Hongfeng
, p. 1680 - 1689 (2022/03/02)
Direct metal-free deoxygenation of highly active allylic alcohols catalyzed by a Br?nsted acid was achieved, which avoids tedious reaction steps and eliminates metal contamination. By examining a series of Br?nsted acids, alcohols, reaction temperatures and so on, up to 94% yield was obtained with 10 mol% TsOH·H2O as the catalyst and 2 equiv. of p-methylbenzyl alcohol as the reductant at 80 °C for 2 h. The system was mainly suitable for aromatic allylic alcohols, and the yield was excellent as determined via gram-scale synthesis. The main product was double bond near the side of a more electron-rich aryl group when allylic alcohols featuring different substituents at the 1 and 3 positions were used as the substrates. Deuterium-labelled experiments clearly demonstrated that the hydrogen source was the methylene of p-methylbenzyl alcohol and other control experiments indicated the existence of two ether intermediates. Interestingly, in situ hydrogen transfer of allylic benzyl ether is a key process, but kinetic isotopic effect studies (kH/kD = 1.28) showed that the C-H bond cleavage was not the rate-determining step. A possible mechanism involving carbocations, ether intermediates and hydrogen transfer is proposed.
Photo-induced Decarboxylative Heck-Type Coupling of Unactivated Aliphatic Acids and Terminal Alkenes in the Absence of Sacrificial Hydrogen Acceptors
Cao, Hui,Jiang, Heming,Feng, Hongyu,Kwan, Jeric Mun Chung,Liu, Xiaogang,Wu, Jie
supporting information, p. 16360 - 16367 (2018/11/27)
1,2-Disubstituted alkenes such as vinyl arenes, vinyl silanes, and vinyl boronates are among the most versatile building blocks that can be found in every sector of chemical science. We herein report a noble-metal-free method of accessing such olefins through a photo-induced decarboxylative Heck-type coupling using alkyl carboxylic acids, one of the most ubiquitous building blocks, as the feedstocks. This transformation was achieved in the absence of external oxidants through the synergistic combination of an organo photo-redox catalyst and a cobaloxime catalyst, with H2 and CO2 as the only byproducts. Both control experiments and DFT calculations supported a radical-based mechanism, which eventually led to the development of a selective three-component coupling of aliphatic carboxylic acids, acrylates, and vinyl arenes. More than 90 olefins across a wide range of functionalities were effectively synthesized with this simple protocol.
Coupling of arylboronic acids with benzyl halides or mesylates without adding transition metal catalysts
Wu, Guojiao,Xu, Shuai,Deng, Yifan,Wu, Chaoqiang,Zhao, Xia,Ji, Wenzhi,Zhang, Yan,Wang, Jianbo
, p. 8022 - 8030 (2016/11/19)
We report herein a transition-metal-free coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with benzyl halides and mesylates for the construction of C(sp2)[sbnd]C(sp3) bonds. A unique feature of this coupling reaction is the formation regioisomers in some cases. Mechanistic studies suggest that this reaction may proceed via an unprecedented Friedel–Crafts-type reaction pathway under base conditions with the assistance of boronic acid moiety.
