Rhodium(I)-N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst for selective coupling of N-vinylpyrazoles with alkynes via C-H activation

The complex [Rh(μ-Cl)(IPr)(η2-coe)]2 {IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-carbene, coe = cis-cyclooctene} efficiently catalyzes the coupling of alkynes and N-vinylpyrazole via C–H activation, leading to Markovnikov-selective butadienylpyrazole derivatives under mild conditions. A straight...

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Autores: Azpíroz, Ramón, Rubio-Pérez, Laura, Giuseppe, Andrea di, Passarelli, Vincenzo, Lahoz, Fernando J., Castarlenas, Ricardo, Pérez-Torrente, Jesús J., Oro, Luis A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/133820
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/133820
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:C−H activation
C−C coupling
N-heterocyclic carbene
Pyrazole
Rhodium
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Sumario:The complex [Rh(μ-Cl)(IPr)(η2-coe)]2 {IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-carbene, coe = cis-cyclooctene} efficiently catalyzes the coupling of alkynes and N-vinylpyrazole via C–H activation, leading to Markovnikov-selective butadienylpyrazole derivatives under mild conditions. A straightforward approach to cross-conjugated acyclic trienes is also operative through a one-pot alkyne dimerization-hydrovinylation tandem reaction. The proposed mechanism involves C–H activation of vinylpyrazole directed by nitrogen coordination to the metallic center. Subsequent alkyne coordination, insertion, and reductive elimination steps lead to the coupling products. Several key intermediates participating in the catalytic cycle have been detected and characterized, including a κ-N, η2-C═C coordinated vinylpyrazole complex and a RhIII-hydride-alkenyl species resulting from the C–H activation of the vinylpyrazole.