Synthesis and reductive elimination of arylPd(ii ) trifluoromethyl complexes: a remarkable concentration effect on chemoselectivity
Autor: | Zhu-Qin Deng, Song-Lin Zhang |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Trifluoromethyl
010405 organic chemistry Xantphos Trifluoromethylation Aryl General Physics and Astronomy 010402 general chemistry Photochemistry 01 natural sciences Medicinal chemistry Reductive elimination 0104 chemical sciences chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Nucleophile Elementary reaction Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Chemoselectivity |
Zdroj: | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18:32664-32667 |
ISSN: | 1463-9084 1463-9076 |
Popis: | Reductive elimination from Pd(II) aryl trifluoromethyl complexes is a challenging and elusive step which is accompanied by a number of kinetically more favorable side reactions giving rising to a complex mixture. We report herein the synthesis and isolation of several arylPd(II) trifluoromethyl complexes (2a–c) and study their electronic structures, photophysical properties and reductive elimination reactivities. A remarkable concentration effect on chemoselectivity is observed for thermal decomposition of (Xantphos)Pd(II)(Ar)(CF3) (2c) that favors the formation of Ar–CF3 at lower concentrations, but gives increasingly more Ar–Ar homocoupling product to a dominant extent as the concentration of 2c increases. This is solid evidence for the involvement of an intermolecular Ar/CF3 ligand exchange/Ar–Ar reductive elimination mechanism that has been proposed based on DFT computational studies. The interplay between theory and experiment provides valuable insights into the mechanism and kinetics of the key elementary reaction of reductive elimination at Pd(II), and may thus prompt the design of more efficient Pd-mediated nucleophilic trifluoromethylation reactions. |
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