Carbon–phosphorus coupling from C^N cyclometalated AuIII complexes
Carbon–phosphorus coupling from C^N cyclometalated AuIII complexes
With the aim of exploiting new organometallic species for cross-coupling reactions, we report here on the AuIII-mediated Caryl−P bond formation occurring upon reaction of C^N cyclometalated AuIII complexes with phosphines. The [Au(C^N)Cl2] complex 1 featuring the bidentate 2-benzoylpyridine (CCON) scaffold was found to react with PTA (1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane) under mild conditions, including in water, to afford the corresponding phosphonium 5 through C−P reductive elimination. A mechanism is proposed for the title reaction based on in situ 31P{1H} NMR and HR-ESI-MS analyses combined with DFT calculations. The C−P coupling has been generalized to other C^N cyclometalated AuIII complexes and other tertiary phosphines. Overall, this work provides new insights into the reactivity of cyclometalated AuIII compounds and establishes initial structure–activity relationships to develop AuIII-mediated C−P cross-coupling reactions.
carbon–phosphorous bond, cross-coupling, density functional calculations, gold(III) cyclometalated compounds, reductive elimination
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Bonsignore, Riccardo
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Bonsignore, Riccardo, Thomas, Sophie R., Klooster, Wim T., Coles, Simon J., Jenkins, Robert L., Bourissou, Didier, Barone, Giampaolo and Casini, Angela
(2020)
Carbon–phosphorus coupling from C^N cyclometalated AuIII complexes.
Chemistry - A European Journal, 26 (19), .
(doi:10.1002/chem.201905392).
Abstract
With the aim of exploiting new organometallic species for cross-coupling reactions, we report here on the AuIII-mediated Caryl−P bond formation occurring upon reaction of C^N cyclometalated AuIII complexes with phosphines. The [Au(C^N)Cl2] complex 1 featuring the bidentate 2-benzoylpyridine (CCON) scaffold was found to react with PTA (1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane) under mild conditions, including in water, to afford the corresponding phosphonium 5 through C−P reductive elimination. A mechanism is proposed for the title reaction based on in situ 31P{1H} NMR and HR-ESI-MS analyses combined with DFT calculations. The C−P coupling has been generalized to other C^N cyclometalated AuIII complexes and other tertiary phosphines. Overall, this work provides new insights into the reactivity of cyclometalated AuIII compounds and establishes initial structure–activity relationships to develop AuIII-mediated C−P cross-coupling reactions.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 January 2020
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carbon–phosphorous bond, cross-coupling, density functional calculations, gold(III) cyclometalated compounds, reductive elimination
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Riccardo Bonsignore
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