A Palladium Complex as an Asymmetric π-Lewis Base Catalyst for Activating 1,3-Dienes

Here we report that palladium(0) complexes can coordinate in a η2 fashion to 1,3-dienes and significantly raise the energy of their highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) by donating the electrons from the d-orbitals to the empty antibonding molecular orbitals of double bonds (π*) via back-bonding. Thus, the uncoordinated double bond, as a more reactive partner on the basis of the principle of vinylogy, can directly attack imines, furnishing a formal hydrodienylation reaction enantioselectively. A chemoselective cascade vinylogous addition/allylic alkylation difunctionalization process between 1,3-dienes and imines with a nucleophilic group is also compatible, by trapping in situ formed π-allylpalladium species after initial ene addition. This π-Lewis base catalytic mode, featuring simple η2coordination, vinylogous activation, and compatibility with both conjugated neutral polyenes and electron-deficient polyenes, is elucidated by control experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:143

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 143(2021), 12 vom: 31. März, Seite 4809-4816

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiao, Ben-Xian [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Ru-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Jian-Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Xin-Yue [VerfasserIn]
Ouyang, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Du, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ying-Chun [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 18.08.2021

Date Revised 18.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.1c01420

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NLM322874505