Zhou Rong, Liu Haiwang, Tao Hairong, Yu Xingjian, Wu Jie
Department of Chemistry , National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3 , 117543 , Republic of Singapore . Email:
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Taiyuan University of Technology , Taiyuan , 030024 , China.
Chem Sci. 2017 Jun 1;8(6):4654-4659. doi: 10.1039/c7sc00953d. Epub 2017 Apr 28.
Despite notable recent efforts, a catalytic and convenient strategy for the direct alkylation of unactivated allylic or benzylic sp C-H bonds remains a formidable challenge facing the synthesis community. We herein report an unprecedented allylic/benzylic alkylation using only an organo-photoredox catalyst, which enables coupling of a broad scope of alkenes/arenes and electron-deficient alkenes in an atom- and redox-economic manner. A photoredox induced alkene/arene radical cation deprotonation is proposed to smoothly generate the key allylic and benzylic radical intermediates. It represents the first C-C bond formation radical cation deprotonation under visible light conditions. The resulting products can be easily scaled up and directly converted to γ,δ-unsaturated or α,β-diaryl-acids, -esters, -amides, -pyrazoles, -isoxazoles, as well as lactones, which enables this mild and selective sp C-H alkylation to rapidly access complex bioactive molecules.
尽管近期已做出显著努力,但对于未活化的烯丙基或苄基sp C-H键的直接烷基化而言,一种具有催化性且便捷的策略仍是合成领域面临的巨大挑战。我们在此报告了一种前所未有的烯丙基/苄基烷基化反应,该反应仅使用有机光氧化还原催化剂,能够以原子和氧化还原经济的方式实现多种烯烃/芳烃与缺电子烯烃的偶联。我们提出光氧化还原诱导的烯烃/芳烃自由基阳离子去质子化反应可顺利生成关键的烯丙基和苄基自由基中间体。这代表了在可见光条件下首次通过自由基阳离子去质子化形成C-C键。所得产物能够轻松放大规模,并直接转化为γ,δ-不饱和或α,β-二芳基酸、酯、酰胺、吡唑、异恶唑以及内酯,这使得这种温和且选择性的sp C-H烷基化反应能够快速构建复杂的生物活性分子。