Dirhodium(II)-Mediated Alkene Epoxidation with Iodine(III) Oxidants

Dirhodium(II) complexes and iodine(III) oxidants have found useful applications in synthetic nitrene chemistry. In this study, the combination of the dirhodium(II) complex Rh2(tpa)4 (tpa = triphenylacetate) with the iodine(III) oxidant PhI(OPiv)2 is shown to promote the epoxidation of alkenes in the...

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Autores: Nasrallah, Ali, Grelier, Gwendal, Lapuh, María Ivana, Duran, Fernando Javier, Darses, Benjamin, Dauban, Philippe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/87453
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/87453
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ALKENES
EPOXIDATION
HYPERVALENT IODINE
LEWIS ACIDS
RHODIUM
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4
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Sumario:Dirhodium(II) complexes and iodine(III) oxidants have found useful applications in synthetic nitrene chemistry. In this study, the combination of the dirhodium(II) complex Rh2(tpa)4 (tpa = triphenylacetate) with the iodine(III) oxidant PhI(OPiv)2 is shown to promote the epoxidation of alkenes in the presence of 2 equivalents of water. The reaction can be applied to diversely substituted alkenes and the corresponding epoxides are isolated with yields of up to 90 %. A possible mechanism involves the dirhodium(II) complex as a Lewis acid species that would tune the oxidizing character of the iodine(III) reagent.