Polynuclear Copper(I) Complexes with Chelating Bis- and Tris-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Catalytic Activity in Nitrene and Carbene Transfer Reactions

Autor: Riccardo Gava, Andrea Volpe, Elena Scattolin, Pedro J. Pérez, M. Mar Díaz-Requejo, Andrea Biffis, Cristina Tubaro, Marino Basato
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2012:1367-1372
ISSN: 1434-193X
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101480
Popis: Di- and trinuclear complexes of copper(I) bearing bis- or tris-N-heterocyclic carbene ligands have been prepared and evaluated as catalysts in nitrene transfer reactions from PhI=NTs to unsaturated and saturated substrates (olefin aziridination and C–H bond amidation) and carbene transfer reactions from diazo compounds to olefins. The complexes exhibited moderate-to-high catalytic activity in both processes. The tosylamidation of C–H bonds, previously unreported with a NHC-containing copper catalyst, was promoted by the dinuclear complexes.
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