Vanadium(V) Complexes Containing Unsymmetrical N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Highly Efficient Synthesis and Catalytic Behavior towards Ethylene/Propylene Copolymerization

The highly efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of NHC·VOCl_(3) containing symmetrical or unsymmetrical Nheterocyclic carbene(NHC) ligands by the transmetallation reaction of NHC·AgCl with VOCl_(3).The total isolated yield of VOCl_(3)[1,3-(2,4,6-Me_(3)C_(6)H_(2))_(2)(NCH=)_(2)C:](V4') reached 86% by transmetallation reaction,which is much higher than that(48%) by direct coordination method.This methodology has also been used to synthesize the novel vanadium complexes containing unsymmetrical NHC ligands of VOCl_(3)[PhCH_(2)NCH=CHNR)C:](V5',R=2,4,6-Me_(3)C_(6)H_(2);V6',R=2,4-Me_(2)-6-Ph-C_(6)H_(2);V7',R=2,6-^(i)Pr_(2)-C_(6)H_(3)) with high yield,which could not be obtained by direct coordination method.The catalytic activity and copolymerization ability would be improved by introducing unsymmetrical NHC ligands due to their less steric bulky effect.The vanadium complex V5' containing unsymmetrical NHC ligand exhibits higher catalytic activity(3.7×10^(5)g_(copolymer)·mol^(-1) of V·h^(-1)) than that of V4' containing symmetrical NHC ligand.Moreover,the higher propylene incorporation ratio(45.6 mol%) in the copolymers of ethylene with propylene could be obtained by using V5' than that(39.9%) by using V4'.The results would provide a highly efficient strategy for the synthesis of early transition metal complexes containing versitile NHC ligands,affording the catalyst with both high catalytic activity and copolymerization ability for the synthesis of high performance polyolefin elastomers.

Enantioselective Alkylation of Aldehydes with Organoborons Enabled by Nickel/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis

Transition-metal-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation of aldehydes represents a straightforward strategy for the synthesis of chiral secondary alcohols.However,efficient methods using organoborons as coupling reagents are rare.Herein,we report a highly enantioselective nickel-catalyzed alkylation reaction of aldehydes,using readily available alkylborons as nucleophiles.A wide variety of chiral secondary alcohols were prepared from commercially available aldehydes with high yields.The key to the excellent enantioselectivity and chemoselectivity was the employment of a bulky C2-symmetric chiral NHC ligand.This protocol features excellent enantiocontrol,mild conditions,and good functional group compatibility.

Axially Chiral C2-Symmetric N-Heterocyclic Carbene （NHC） Palladium Complex-Catalyzed Asymmetric Fluorination and Amination of Oxindoles

Chiral C2-symmetric N-heterocyclic carbene （NHC） palladium diaquo complex 5b prepared from （S）-BINAM was found to be a fairly effective catalyst for the enantioselective asymmetric fluorination of oxindoles to give the corresponding products in moderate enantioselectivities along with good to excellent yields.

Carbene-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring-Opening Reaction of Biaryl Lactams to Access Axially Chiral Biaryls

Axially chiral biaryls represent the most important class of atropisomers,and they widely exist in natural products and biologically active molecules.They also constitute a unique scaffold for chiral ligands and catalysts in organic synthesis.The development of synthetic methods to obtain such chiral compounds has received widespread attention,among which catalytically atroposelective ring-opening of configurationally labile compounds represents one of the most attractive strategies.Various substrates with strained cyclic structures,such as the renowned Bringmann's lactones,can undergo asymmetric transformation into stable atropisomers.Known advancement primarily relies on metal catalyst combined with well-designed chiral ligands,the approaches utilizing organocatalysis as a critical resolution strategy are notably scarce.In this study,we disclosed a N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening reaction of biaryl lactams via direct atroposelective nucleophilic activation.The optimized bulky carbene catalyst ensures that the reaction can proceed under mild conditions,affording the desired product with good to excellent yields and atroposelectivity.

Acyclic Palladium（Ⅱ）-N-heterocyclic Carbene Metallacrown Ether Complexes： Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Activity

Novel acyclic Pd（II）-N-heterocyclic carbene （NHC） metallacrown ethers 5a, 5b have been synthesized. Reaction of the imidazolium salts hearing a long polyether chain with Ag2O afforded Ag-NHC complexes, which then reacted as carbene transfer agent with PdCl2（MeCN）2 to give the desired acyelic Pd（Ⅱ）-NHC metallacrown ether complexes 5a and 5b. The 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra show fia and fib exist as mixtures ofcis and trans isomers in solution. The trans isomer of 5a was characterized by X-ray diffraction, which clearly demonstrated two pseudo-crown ether cavities in trans-5a. Pd（Ⅱ）-NHC complexes 5a and 5b have been shown to be highly effective in the Suzuki-Miyaura reactions of a variety of aryl bromides in neat water without the need of inert gas protection.

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of an Indenylnickel(II) NHC Complex (Ind)NiBr(1,3-bisbenzylimidazol-2-ylidene)

The complex （Ind）NiBr（1,3-bisbenzylimidazol-2-ylidene） （Ind = indenyl） 1 has been prepared in ca. 65% yield via the reaction of （Ind）2Ni with an equivalent of 1,3-bis-benzylimidazolium bromide in THF/CH2Cl2 at 45℃, supported by elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystal determination. The crystal belongs to the triclinic system, space group Pi with a = 7.072（1）, b = 11.264（2）, c = 14.541（3）°A, α = 102.21（3）,β = 93.44（3）,γ = 90.81（3）°, V = 1129.7（4）°A^3, Z = 2, Mr = 502.08, Dc = 1.476 g/cm^3, F（000） = 512, μ= 2.642 mm^-1, R = 0.0490 and wR = 0.1137 for 3913 observed reflections （I〉 2σ（I））. The center nickel atom is coordinated by a bromide ligand, a carbene carbon and three carbon atoms of the five-membered indenyl group to form either a highly distorted square pyramid or a highly distorted square plane.

Palladium/Imadazolium Salt Mediated Cyclisations for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds

The use of intramolecular reactions involving palladium/imidazolium salts to synthesize hetero-cyclic compounds is described. Reactivity of phenyl, ethyl and methyl substituents leading to isolation of various isomeric products is also illustrated. Rearrangement of phenyl intermediates to furnish benzoxazoles is also mentioned.

ANIPE配体促进的铜催化联烯与亚胺和联硼试剂的不对称碳硼化反应

发展了温和条件下铜催化联烯与亚胺、联硼试剂的非对映选择性和对映选择性的碳硼化反应.该策略基于手性ANIPE-铜催化剂,提供了一个简便而有效的合成含两个相邻立体中心的手性高烯丙基胺的方法,具有优秀的对映和非对映选择性.此外,以醛亚胺酯和酮亚胺酯为亲电试剂时,可以制备手性α-氨基酯类化合物.

铜催化α-重氮酮对硼氢键的不对称插入反应

手性有机硼化合物在有机合成、医药、材料等诸多领域中有广泛的应用,发展该类化合物的高效合成方法一直广受关注.此前,我们发展了过渡金属催化卡宾对硼氢键(B—H)的插入反应,并实现了α-重氮酯对B—H键的不对称插入反应.本文以手性螺环双噁唑啉配体和铜的络合物作为催化剂,首次实现了α-重氮酮对膦-硼烷加合物的B—H键不对称插入反应,获得了较高的收率和高达83%ee的对映选择性.该研究成果是为数不多的以α-重氮酮作为卡宾前体的不对称杂原子氢键插入反应,为手性α-硼取代酮化合物这类新的有机硼化合物的合成提供了有效方法.

C_(1)-对称手性氮杂环卡宾(NHC)配体的不对称合成及其催化性能研究

以喹啉醛与芳胺化合物的不对称还原胺化为关键步骤,设计合成了一类C_(1)-对称且兼具手性并环与大位阻N-取代基两种优势结构单元的手性氮杂环卡宾配体.进一步以钯催化的分子内α-芳基化反应和铜催化的功能化烯烃质子硼化反应为模型反应,详细研究了该类配体的结构与催化性能的关系,发现四氢喹啉骨架上的8-位取代基以及大位阻手性N-取代基均对提升配体的手性诱导能力具有重要作用.

Highly efficient NHC-iridium-catalyzedβ-methylation of alcohols with methanol at low catalyst loadings

The methylation of alcohols is of great importance since a broad number of bioactive and pharmaceutical alcohols contain methyl groups.Here,a highly efficientβ-methylation of primary and secondary alcohols with methanol has been achieved by using bis-N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(bis-NHC-Ir)complexes.Broad substrate scope and up to quantitative yields were achieved at low catalyst loadings with only hydrogen and water as by-products.The protocol was readily extended to theβ-alkylation of alcohols with several primary alcohols.Control experiments,along with DFT calculations and crystallographic studies,revealed that the ligand effect is critical to their excellent catalytic performance,shedding light on more challenging Guerbet reactions with simple alcohols.

Cooperative Dual Organocatalytic Asymmetric Decarboxylative[4+3]Annulations with Benzoxazinanones

The cooperative catalysis of an achiral Lewis base and a chiral N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)enables a highly enantioselective[4+3]annulation of benzoxazinanones with isatin-derived enals.DMAP serves as a nucleophilic Lewis base to promote decarboxylation of benzoxazinanones,which leads to azaortho-xylylene intermediates that undergo[4+3]annulations with NHC-bound homoenolates.This method breaks the substrate scope limitation of transition-metal-catalyzed variants,thus a broader range of benzoxazinanones are tolerated,and provides a straightforward entry to enantioenriched spirooxindoles in high structural diversity.