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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
Volume 8, Issue 23, Pages 6710-6719Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01269j
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- Excellent Young Scientists Fund [22022815]
- Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, CAS [IAGM2020C13]
- Zhengzhou High Level Talent Certificate [20180200052]
- K. C. Wong Education Foundation [GJTD-2018-04]
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The alkylation of nitroarenes with alkanols catalyzed by a phosphinesulfonate chelated ruthenium complex [Ru-1] exhibits diverse reactivity and chemoselectivity depending on the acidic-basic conditions. This catalyst can promote the formation of secondary and tertiary anilines under neutral or acidic conditions, while enabling N-monoalkylation of nitroarenes with primary alkanols under alkaline conditions through a concerted approach. Mechanistic studies showed that the O-H activation of alkanols assisted by the sulfonate ligand is crucial in the novel reactivity observed under alkaline-free conditions.
The alkylation of nitroarenes with alkanols catalysed by a phosphinesulfonate chelated ruthenium complex [Ru-1] was developed. It exhibits very different reactivity and chemoselectivity depending on acidic-basic conditions. Under either neutral or acidic conditions, nitroarenes were converted to secondary and tertiary anilines, respectively, with secondary and primary alkanols. By contrast, the same catalyst promotes the N-monoalkylation of nitroarenes with primary alkanols under alkaline conditions, while both N-monoalkylation with secondary alkanols and N-dialkylation with primary alkanols are inhibited. Mechanistic studies demonstrated that the novel reactivity under alkaline-free conditions is attributed to the sulfonate ligand-assisted O-H activation of alkanols, thus enabling the reduction of nitroarenes and nucleophilic C-N coupling in a concerted approach. Furthermore, it follows the traditional two-step approach, taking the corresponding imines as the intermediates, under alkaline conditions. Based on such features, diverse secondary and tertiary anilines were obtained directly from nitroarenes using the same catalyst [Ru-1].
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