Catalyzed bond activation

Metallocycles as intermediates in synthesis of heterocycles by transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions under C—H bond activation 99AG(E)1698. 

Musaev G, Morokuma K (2005) Transition Metal Catalyzed s-Bond Activation and Formation Reactions. 12 1-30... 

So far, progress on the late transition metal-catalyzed reactions utilizing S-H bond activation has been surveyed. Finally, the recent advancement of chiral Lewis... 

To my knowledge, the first transition metal-catalyzed reaction utilizing S-S bond activation was reported by Holmquist el al. in 1960 [14]. The reaction of (PhS)2 with CO (950 atm) in the presence of chromium oxide on AI2O3 at 275°C furnished thioester 57 in 31% yield (Eq. 7.42). 

In 1999, it was reported that the palladium catalyzed azathiolatiori, that is, the addition of the S-N bond of sulfenamide 115 to carbon monoxide can be catalyzed by palladium(O) complexes in pyridine to provide the thiocarbamate 116 in good yields (Eq. 7.69) [67]. Contrary to the other S-X bond activations described so far, where X has the same electronegativity as S (i.e. X = S) or lower (X = H, B, Si, Ge, and P), the S-N bond has a strong S -N bond character and shows unique reactivity. 

Murahashi S-I, Nakae T, Terai H, Komiya N (2008) Ruthenium-catalyzed oxidative cyana-tion of tertiary amines with molecular oxygen or hydrogen peroxide and sodium cyanide sp3 C-H bond activation and carbon-carbon bond formation. J Am Chem Soc 130 11005-11012... 

Based on the extraordinary selectivity in hydrosilylation reactions when an alkyne competes with other groups for a silicon-bonded active hydrogen, further derivatisation can be carried out. The hydrosilylation of 2-methyl-3-butynol, which works very well with polymeric siloxanes, gives hydroxyal-kenylsilicon compounds - a l-silylalkenyl/2-silylalkenyl mixture from cis-addition across the triple bond. Elimination of water from the tert. alcohol produced, catalyzed by traces of a strong acid, results in isoprenylic siloxanes in more than 90 % overall yield (Eq. 8). 

Another important reaction principle in modem organic synthesis is carbon-hydrogen bond activation [159]. Bergman, Ellman, and coworkers have introduced a protocol that allows otherwise extremely sluggish inter- and intramolecular rhodium-catalyzed C-H bond activation to occur efficiently under microwave heating conditions. In their investigations, these authors found that heating of alkene-tethered benzimidazoles in a mixture of 1,2-dichlorobenzene and acetone in the presence of di-//-... 

Intramolecular arylation of G-H bonds gives cyclic aromatic compounds. In this intramolecular arylation, the carbon-palladium cr-bond is first formed by the oxidative addition of Pd(0) species and then the resulting electrophilic Pd(n) species undergoes the intramolecular G-H bond activation leading to the formation of the palladacycle, which finally affords the cyclic aromatic compounds via reductive elimination.87 For example, the fluoroanthene derivative is formed by the palladium-catalyzed reaction of the binaphthyl triflate, as shown in Scheme 8.88 This type of intramolecular arylation is applied to the construction of five- and six-membered carbocyclic and heterocyclic systems.89 89 89 ... 

Among the very few catalytic systems that allow not only C-H bond activation but also functionalization are those based on platinum(II) catalysts. Soon after the discovery that platinum salts in aqueous solution catalyze H/D exchange in hydrocarbons (9,10 a hydrocarbon functionalization cycle was developed on the basis of this system (11). This cycle is depicted in Scheme 2. 

Several iridium-catalyzed dehydrogenations of HCXH (X = O, N) linkages have been reported by pincer-iridium complexes. While these dehydrogenations are not generally considered as C-H bond activations or functionalizations, it is generally not known if they proceed via initial activation of the X-H or C-H bond [65, 66]. 

In 2005, the same authors reported that the iridium(III) complex with tropolo-nato ligands (25) shows faster C-H bond activation rates than the analogs with acetato ligands (20)[104]. For example, 25-Me catalyzes H/D exchange with a mixture of C (J toluene- ig 50 times faster than the acetato analog. However, hydroarylation catalyzed by 25-Ph is slightly less effective than with the acetato analog [105]. 

Intramolecular C-N bond coupling in arylazides via C-H bond activation catalyzed by [Ir(COD)(OMe)]2 was recently reported [131]. The intermediate iridium nitrenoid complex (50) formed after the extrusion of dinitrogen is proposed as a reactive species, which can cleave the benzylic C-H bond to yield indoline derivatives (31). 

Late transition-metal hydroamination is the method of choice for the atom economical and functional group-tolerant construction of C—N bonds, and in this context Ir plays a central role (indeed, homogenous transition-metal-catalyzed OHA was discovered with Rh and Ir). However, there is a strong need for the development of better OHA catalyst systems that are applicable to a wider range of substrates and conditions. The characteristics of current Ir based catalyst systems to function via N—H bond activation, though, is a potential handicap to achieve this goal, since it implies highly reactive Ir intermediates that are prone... 

Fluorosilylsubstituted aryl derivatives were found to be useful reagents for carbon-carbon bond formation via palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling with aryl halides in the presence of fluoride anions as Si—C bond activator in dimethylformamide (DMF), as well as rhodium-catalyzed 1,4-addition to a, 3-unsaturated ketones in the presence of a fluoride anion source (Equation 14.11) [66, 69, 70],... 

Having set out the properties of tantalum and zirconium hydride toward C-H bond activation of alkanes we now describe the catalytic hydrogenolysis of C-C bonds. It was previously shown in the laboratory that supported-hydrides of group 4 metals, and particularly of zirconium, catalyze the hydrogenolysis of alkanes [21] and even polyethylene [5] into an ultimate composition of methane and ethane. However, to our initial surprise, these zirconium hydrides did not cleave ethane. (=SiO)2Ta-H also catalyzes the hydrogenolysis of acyclic alkanes such as propane, butane, isobutane and neopentane. But, unlike the group 4 metals, it can also cleave ethane [10], Figure 3.7 illustrates this difference of behavior between (=SiO)2Ta(H) and [(=SiO)(4.j,)Zr(H) ], x= or 2). With Ta, propane is completely transformed into methane by successive reactions, while with Zr only equimolar amounts of methane and ethane are obtained. 

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