71510-41-3Relevant articles and documents
Gold N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts for the Hydrofluorination of Alkynes Using Hydrofluoric Acid: Reaction Scope, Mechanistic Studies and the Tracking of Elusive Intermediates
Bédard, Sandrine,Cavallo, Luigi,Falivene, Laura,Gauthier, Rapha?l,Nolan, Steven P.,Paquin, Jean-Fran?ois,Saab, Marina,Tzouras, Nikolaos V.,Van Hecke, Kristof,Zhang, Ziyun
supporting information, (2021/12/09)
An efficient and chemoselective methodology deploying gold-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes as catalysts in the hydrofluorination of terminal alkynes using aqueous HF has been developed. Mechanistic studies shed light on an in situ generated catalyst, formed by the reaction of Br?nsted basic gold pre-catalysts with HF in water, which exhibits the highest reactivity and chemoselectivity. The catalytic system has a wide alkyl substituted-substrate scope, and stoichiometric as well as catalytic reactions with tailor-designed gold pre-catalysts enable the identification of various gold species involved along the catalytic cycle. Computational studies aid in understanding the chemoselectivity observed through examination of key mechanistic steps for phosphine- and NHC-coordinated gold species bearing the triflate counterion and the elusive key complex bearing a bifluoride counterion.
Electrochemistry Broadens the Scope of Flavin Photocatalysis: Photoelectrocatalytic Oxidation of Unactivated Alcohols
Zhang, Wen,Carpenter, Keith L.,Lin, Song
supporting information, p. 409 - 417 (2019/11/25)
Riboflavin-derived photocatalysts have been extensively studied in the context of alcohol oxidation. However, to date, the scope of this catalytic methodology has been limited to benzyl alcohols. In this work, mechanistic understanding of flavin-catalyzed oxidation reactions, in either the absence or presence of thiourea as a cocatalyst, was obtained. The mechanistic insights enabled development of an electrochemically driven photochemical oxidation of primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols using a pair of flavin and dialkylthiourea catalysts. Electrochemistry makes it possible to avoid using O2 and an oxidant and generating H2O2 as a byproduct, both of which oxidatively degrade thiourea under the reaction conditions. This modification unlocks a new mechanistic pathway in which the oxidation of unactivated alcohols is achieved by thiyl radical mediated hydrogen-atom abstraction.
Cobaloxime-catalyzed hydration of terminal alkynes without acidic promoters
Hou, Shengtai,Yang, Hongjian,Cheng, Bin,Zhai, Hongbin,Li, Yun
, p. 6926 - 6929 (2017/07/10)
Cobaloxime (Co(dmgBF2)2·2H2O), an inexpensive first-row transition-metal complex, catalyzed hydration of terminal alkynes gave the corresponding methyl ketones in good to excellent yields under neutral conditions (additional protic acids and silver salts are not required). A wide range of functional groups, such as allyl ether, benzyl ethers, carboxylic esters, imides, amides, nitro, and halogens, were tolerated. The mild reaction conditions together with the inexpensive feature and easy availability of the catalyst well address the current challenges in the field of alkyne hydration.