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An Original L‐shape, Tunable N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Platform for Efficient Gold(I) Catalysis
Author(s) -
Tang Yue,
Benaissa Idir,
Huynh Mathieu,
Vendier Laure,
Lugan Noël,
Bastin Stéphanie,
Belmont Philippe,
César Vincent,
Michelet Véronique
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201901090
Subject(s) - carbene , chemistry , steric effects , catalysis , cationic polymerization , domino , ligand (biochemistry) , combinatorial chemistry , stereochemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor
Abstract The synthesis and characterization of original NHC ligands based on an imidazo[1,5‐ a ]pyridin‐3‐ylidene (IPy) scaffold functionalized with a flanking barbituric heterocycle is described as well as their use as tunable ligands for efficient gold‐catalyzed C−N, C−O, and C−C bond formations. High activity, regio‐, chemo‐, and stereoselectivities are obtained for hydroelementation and domino processes, underlining the excellent performance (TONs and TOFs) of these IPy‐based ligands in gold catalysis. The gold‐catalyzed domino reactions of 1,6‐enynes give rise to functionalized heterocycles in excellent isolated yields under mild conditions. The efficiency of the NHC gold 5 Me complex is remarkable and mostly arises from a combination of steric protection and stabilization of the cationic Au I active species by ligand 1 Me .