Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China.
The State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032, China.
J Org Chem. 2018 Jan 19;83(2):1026-1032. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02634. Epub 2018 Jan 4.
Formal carbene dimerization is a convergent method for the synthesis of alkenes. Herein, we report a Ru(II)-catalyzed carbene dimerization of cyclopropenes and diazo compounds. The yields are up to 97% and the stereoselectivity are up to >20:1. Mechanistically, it has been experimentally demonstrated that the catalyst reacts with cyclopropene first to generate a Ru(II)-carbene species, which is attacked by nucleophilic diazo substrate, followed by dinitrogen extrusion to form the double bond.
偕二卤代烷的偶联反应是一种制备烯烃的有效方法。本文报道了首例钌催化的环丙烯与重氮化合物的卡宾二聚反应。该反应具有优秀的收率(最高达 97%)和立体选择性(最高大于 20:1)。反应机理研究表明,催化剂首先与环丙烯反应生成钌卡宾物种,随后被亲核性的重氮底物进攻,接着脱去氮气生成双键。