Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Jun 19;54(50):6891-6894. doi: 10.1039/c8cc02623h.
Catalytic oxidative nitrene transfer from azides with the early transition metals is rare, and has not been observed without the support of redox noninnocent spectator ligands. Here, we report the formal [2+2+1] coupling of azides and alkynes via TiII/TiIV redox catalysis from simple Ti halide imido precatalysts. These reactions yield polysubstituted N-alkyl pyrroles, including N-benzyl protected pyrroles and rare examples of very electron rich pentaalkyl pyrroles. Mechanistic analysis reveals that [2+2+1] reactions with bulky azides have different mechanistic features from previously-reported reactions using azobenzene as a nitrene source.
氮烯从叠氮化物向早期过渡金属的催化氧化转移很少见,并且如果没有氧化还原非中性 spectator 配体的支持,这种转移就不会发生。在这里,我们报告了通过简单的 Ti 卤化物亚胺前催化剂从 TiII/TiIV 氧化还原催化作用下,叠氮化物和炔烃的形式[2+2+1]偶联。这些反应生成了多取代的 N-烷基吡咯,包括 N-苄基保护的吡咯和非常富电子的五烷基吡咯的罕见实例。机理分析表明,具有大体积叠氮化物的[2+2+1]反应具有与以前报道的使用偶氮苯作为氮烯源的反应不同的机理特征。