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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages 1788-1796Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0dt04082g
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- Ege University [FBG-2020-21867]
- Council of Higher Education [YoK 100/2000]
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A series of backbone-modified N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes of iridium(I) have been synthesized and used as catalysts for the alpha-alkylation of arylacetonitriles. The catalytic activities of these complexes can be controlled by modifying the N-substituents and backbone of the NHC ligands, with one complex showing the highest catalytic activity. Through a borrowing hydrogen pathway, various alpha-alkylated nitriles and aminoquinolines were obtained in high yields.
A series of backbone-modified N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes of iridium(I) (1d-f) have been synthesized and characterized. The electronic properties of the NHC ligands have been assessed by comparison of the IR carbonyl stretching frequencies of the in situ prepared [IrCl(CO)(2)(NHC)] complexes in CH2Cl2. These new complexes (1d-f), together with previously prepared 1a-c, were applied as catalysts for the alpha-alkylation of arylacetonitriles with an equimolar amount of primary alcohols or 2-aminobenzyl alcohol. The catalytic activities of these complexes could be controlled by modifying the N-substituents and backbone of the NHC ligands. The NHC-Ir-I complex 1f bearing 4-methoxybenzyl substituents on the N-atoms and 4-methoxyphenyl groups at the 4,5-positions of imidazole exhibited the highest catalytic activity in the alpha-alkylation of arylacetonitriles with primary alcohols. Various alpha-alkylated nitriles and aminoquinolines were obtained in high yields through a borrowing hydrogen pathway by using 0.1 mol% 1f and a catalytic amount of KOH (5 mol%) under an air atmosphere within significantly short reaction times.
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