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CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
Volume 17, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200807
Keywords
Cross dehydrogenative coupling; catechols; radicals; molecular oxygen; quaternary carbons
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- RIKEN [22H02214, 22H05019]
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This study investigates the oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction of monomers and dimers. The reactivity of the monomers is found to be lower than that of the dimers under aerobic conditions. The reactivity of the monomers can be significantly improved by using a modified catalyst, enabling them to undergo the oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction with catechols.
Persistent radicals, which are generated from 2-oxindole or benzofuranone dimers, are useful tools for designing the radical-based cross-coupling reaction to provide molecules containing a quaternary carbon. The persistent radical is accessible from both the dimer and monomer; however, the reactivity difference between these substrates for the oxidative cross-coupling reaction is not fully understood, most likely because of the mechanistic complexity. Here, we present details of an aerobic cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction using various monomers and catechols. UV-Vis analysis and mechanistic control experiments showed that the monomer is less reactive than the dimer under aerobic conditions. Our Pd(II)-BINAP-mu-hydroxo complex significantly improved the reactivity of the monomers for the aerobic CDC reaction with catechols, yielding results comparable to those of the corresponding dimer. The procedure, which enables the generation of the persistent radical in situ, is particularly useful when employing the monomer that is not readily converted to the corresponding dimer.
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