Development of zinc alkyl/air systems as radical initiators for organic reactions.

Autor: Kubisiak M; Department of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland . Email: lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl ; ; Tel: +48 22 2347315., Zelga K; Department of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland . Email: lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl ; ; Tel: +48 22 2347315., Bury W; Department of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland . Email: lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl ; ; Tel: +48 22 2347315., Justyniak I; Institute of Physical Chemistry , Polish Academy of Sciences , Kasprzaka 44/52 , 01-224 Warsaw , Poland . Email: lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl ; Tel: +48 22 3432076., Budny-Godlewski K; Department of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland . Email: lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl ; ; Tel: +48 22 2347315., Ochal Z; Department of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland . Email: lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl ; ; Tel: +48 22 2347315., Lewiński J; Department of Chemistry , Warsaw University of Technology , Noakowskiego 3 , 00-664 Warsaw , Poland . Email: lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl ; ; Tel: +48 22 2347315.; Institute of Physical Chemistry , Polish Academy of Sciences , Kasprzaka 44/52 , 01-224 Warsaw , Poland . Email: lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl ; Tel: +48 22 3432076.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Chemical science [Chem Sci] 2015 May 01; Vol. 6 (5), pp. 3102-3108. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Mar 19.
DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00600g
Abstrakt: This paper reports a series of comparative experiments on the activity of carbon- and oxygen-centred radical species in a model reaction of the radical addition of THF to imines mediated by a series of zinc alkyl/air reaction systems. The study strongly contradicts the notion that generally R˙ radicals are the initiating species in organic reactions mediated by R n M/air systems, and simultaneously demonstrates that oxygen-centred radical species are the key intermediates responsible for the initiation process. In addition, a new efficient RZn(L)/air initiating system for radical organic reactions exampled by a model reaction of radical addition of THF to imines is developed. Moreover, the isolation and structural characterization of the first zinc alkylperoxide supported by a carboxylate ligand, [Zn 43 -OO t Bu) 34 -O)(O 2 CEt) 3 ] 2 , as well as the novel octanuclear zinc oxo(alkoxide) aggregate with entrapped O-THF species, [Zn 44 -O)(μ 3 -2-O-THF)(O 2 CEt) 5 ] 2 , provide clear mechanistic signatures for the mode of function of the RZn(O 2 CR')/air system.
Databáze: MEDLINE