Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 9, Issue 5, Pages 3800-3810Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04443
Keywords
aerobic copper catalysis; cross-dehydrogenative coupling; aryl ethers; catechols; phenols; alkaloids
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC) of Canada
- Fonds de Recherche Quebecois Nature et Technologies (FRQNT)
- McGill University Faculty of Science (Milton Leong Fellowship in Science)
- FRQNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis
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We describe a selective, catalytic aerobic cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction of phenols and catechols that creates aryl ethers. To avoid challenges of selectivity, we employ copper (Cu) coordination to confine substrate redox to the inner coordination sphere of the metal. This minimizes nonselective radical processes to provide high levels of selectivity for cross over homo coupling, by C-O instead of C-C bond formation. The method remains efficient on synthetically useful substrates and scales and enables a convergent synthesis of the tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid (S, S)-thalicarpine featuring diaryl ether formation in the late stages of the synthesis. Related molecules are difficult to prepare by traditional Ullman-type coupling and provide a benchmark for evaluating the potential utility of our methodology.
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