Chromium(II)-Catalyzed Diastereoselective and Chemoselective Csp2-Csp3 Cross-Couplings Using Organomagnesium Reagents

J Am Chem Soc. 2019 Nov 13;141(45):18127-18135. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b08586. Epub 2019 Nov 1.

Abstract

A simple protocol for performing chromium-catalyzed highly diastereoselective alkylations of arylmagnesium halides with cyclohexyl iodides at ambient temperature has been developed. Furthermore, this ligand-free CrCl2 enables efficient electrophilic alkenylations of primary, secondary, and tetiary alkylmagnesium halides with readily available alkenyl acetates. Moreover, this chemoselective C-C coupling reaction with stereodefined alkenyl acetates proceeds in a stereoretentive fashion. A wide range of functional groups on alkyl iodides and alkenyl acetates are well tolerated, thus furnishing functionalized Csp2-Csp3 coupling products in good yields and high diastereoselectivity. Detailed mechanistic studies suggest that the in situ generated low-valent chromium(I) species might be the active catalyst for these Csp2-Csp3 cross-couplings.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkylation
  • Catalysis
  • Chromium / chemistry*
  • Cyclohexanes / chemical synthesis
  • Cyclohexanes / chemistry*
  • Hydrocarbons, Iodinated / chemistry*
  • Indicators and Reagents / chemistry*
  • Magnesium / chemistry
  • Models, Chemical
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Cyclohexanes
  • Hydrocarbons, Iodinated
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Chromium
  • Magnesium