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Iridium Azocarboxamide Complexes: Variable Coordination Modes, C-H Activation, Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysis, and Mechanistic Insights
Albold, Uta,Chandra, Shubhadeep,Hazari, Arijit Singha,Kelm, Ola,Ko?mrlj, Janez,Sarkar, Biprajit,Urankar, Damijana
supporting information, p. 3907 - 3916 (2021/12/03)
Azocarboxamides, a special class of azo ligands, display intriguing electronic properties due to their versatile binding modes and coordination flexibility. These properties may have significant implications for their use in homogeneous catalysis. In the present report, half-sandwich Ir-Cp? complexes of two different azocarboxamide ligands are presented. Different coordination motifs of the ligand were realized using base and chloride abstracting ligand to give N∧N-, N∧O-, and N∧C-chelated monomeric iridium complexes. For the azocarboxamide ligand having methoxy substituted at the phenyl ring, a mixture of N∧C-chelated mononuclear (Ir-5) and N∧N,N∧C-chelated dinuclear complexes (Ir-4) were obtained by activating the C-H bond of the aryl ring. No such C-H activation was observed for the ligand without the methoxy substituent. The molecular identity of the complexes was confirmed by spectroscopic analyses, while X-ray diffraction analyses further confirmed three-legged piano-stool structure of the complexes along with the above binding modes. All complexes were found to exhibit remarkable activity as precatalysts for the transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl groups in the presence of a base, even at low catalyst loading. Optimization of reaction conditions divulged superior catalytic activity of Ir-3 and Ir-4 complexes in transfer hydrogenation over the other catalysts. Investigation of the influence of binding modes on the catalytic activity along with wide range substrates, tolerance to functional groups, and mechanistic insights into the reaction pathway are also presented. These are the first examples of C-H activation in azocarboxamide ligands.
σ-Bond Hydroboration of Cyclopropanes
Arifin,Itami, Kenichiro,Kato, Hiroki,Kobayashi, Chisa,Kondo, Hiroki,Matsushita, Kaoru,Miyamura, Shin,Yamaguchi, Junichiro,Yokogawa, Daisuke
supporting information, p. 11306 - 11313 (2020/07/13)
Hydroboration of alkenes is a classical reaction in organic synthesis in which alkenes react with boranes to give alkylboranes with subsequent oxidation resulting in alcohols. The double bond (π-bond) of alkenes can be readily reacted with boranes owing to its high reactivity. However, the single bond (σ-bond) of alkanes has never been reacted. To pursue the development of σ-bond cleavage, we selected cyclopropanes as model substrates since they present a relatively weak σ-bond. Herein, we describe an iridium-catalyzed hydroboration of cyclopropanes, resulting in β-methyl alkylboronates. These unusually branched boronates can be derivatized by oxidation or cross-coupling chemistry, accessing "designer"products that are desired by practitioners of natural product synthesis and medicinal chemistry. Furthermore, mechanistic investigations and theoretical studies revealed the enabling role of the catalyst.
Cooperative Mn(i)-complex catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of ketones and imines
Ganguli, Kasturi,Shee, Sujan,Panja, Dibyajyoti,Kundu, Sabuj
, p. 7358 - 7366 (2019/06/06)
The synthesis and reactivity of Mn(i) complexes bearing bifunctional ligands comprising both the amine N-H and benzimidazole fragments are reported. Among the various ligands, the N-((1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)methyl)aniline ligand containing Mn(i) complex presented higher reactivity in the transfer hydrogenation (TH) of ketones in 2-propanol. Experimentally, it was established that both the benzimidazole and amine N-H proton played a vital role in the enhancement of the catalytic activity. Utilizing this system a wide range of aldehydes and ketones were reduced efficiently. Notably, the TH of several imines, as well as chemoselective reduction of unsaturated ketones, was achieved in the presence of this catalyst. DFT calculations were carried out to understand the plausible reaction mechanism which disclosed that the transfer hydrogenation reaction followed a concerted outer-sphere mechanism.
