Hypervalent Activation as Key Step for Dehydrogenative ortho C-C Coupling of Iodoarenes

<p> Building on earlier results, a direct metal-free &alpha;- arylation of substituted cyclic 1,3-diones using ArI(O<sub><font size="2">2</font></sub>CCF<sub><font size="2">3</font></sub>)<sub><font size="2&q...

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Authors: Wu, Yichen, Arenas, Ismael, Broomfield, Lewis, Martin, Eddy, Shafir, Alexandr
Format: article
Publication Date:2015
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/305930
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/305930
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201503987
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:arylation
C-H functionalization
cross-coupling
cross-dehydrogenative coupling
hypervalent iodine
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Summary:<p> Building on earlier results, a direct metal-free &alpha;- arylation of substituted cyclic 1,3-diones using ArI(O<sub><font size="2">2</font></sub>CCF<sub><font size="2">3</font></sub>)<sub><font size="2">2</font></sub> reagents has been developed; unlike other arylative approaches, the arylated products retain the iodine substituent <em>ortho</em> to the newly formed C-C bond. The mechanism is explored by using DFT calculations, which show a vanishingly small activation barrier for the C-C bond-forming step. In fact, taking advantage of an efficient in situ hypervalent activation, the iodoarenes are shown to undergo a cross- dehydrogenative C-C coupling at the C-H <em>ortho</em> to the iodine. When Oxone is used as terminal oxidant, the process is found to benefit from a rapid initial formation of the hypervalent ArI(OR)<sub><font size="2">2</font></sub> species and the sulfate-accelerated final coupling with a ketone. This method complements the <em>ipso</em> selectivity obtained in the metal-catalyzed &alpha;-arylation of carbonyl compounds.</p>