Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 10, Issue 21, Pages 12881-12887Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02867
Keywords
palladium catalysis; cross-coupling; ketenimine; isocyanides; DFT calculations
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- NSFC [21961130376, 21871043]
- Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province [20180101185JC, 20190701012GH, 20200801065GH]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2412019ZD001, 2412020ZD003]
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Diazo compounds and isocyanides are reactive functionalities and valuable building blocks commonly utilized in organic synthesis. Their cross-coupling for the synthesis of useful isolable ketenimines remains an unsolved challenge in synthetic chemistry. Herein, we report a general method for the preparation of ketenimines via a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of easily accessible diazo compounds with isocyanides. The reaction benefits from the use of readily available starting materials, a wide substrate scope, high functional group tolerance, and a high yield in products, and the resultant ketenimines are amenable to further functionalization. Experimental findings and DFT calculations unambiguously corroborate the initial formation of a Pd(II)-isocyanide complex as the active catalytic species, which enables the cross-coupling reaction via a migratory insertion of Pd(II)-carbene into isocyanide, with evidence suggesting that the oxidation state of Pd(II) remains unchanged during the reaction.
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