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Title: C–H Amination Mediated by Cobalt Organoazide Adducts and the Corresponding Cobalt Nitrenoid Intermediates

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c04252· OSTI ID:1780826

Treatment of (ArL)CoBr (ArL = 5-mesityl-1,9-(2,4,6-Ph3C6H2)dipyrrin) with a stoichiometric amount of 1-azido-4-(tert-butyl)benzene N3(C6H4-p-tBu) furnished the corresponding four-coordinate organoazide-bound complex (ArL)CoBr(N3(C6H4-p-tBu)). Characterization of the complex by single crystal X-ray diffraction, solution IR spectroscopy, and EPR spectroscopy indicated redox innocent ligation of the organoazide. Slow expulsion of dinitrogen (N2) was observed at room temperature to afford a ligand functionalized product via a [3+2] annulation, which can be mediated by a high-valent nitrene intermediate such as a CoIII iminyl (ArL)CoBr(·N(C6H4-p-tBu)) or CoIV imido (ArL)CoBr(N(C6H4-p-tBu)) complex. The presence of the proposed intermediate and its viability as a nitrene group transfer reagent are supported by: (1) exclusive formation of the corresponding aniline-bound complex (ArL)CoBr(NH2(C6H4-p-tBu)) when excess 1,4-cyclohexadiene is added; (2) aziridination of styrene; and (3) allylic C–H bond amination of cyclohexene. Unlike (ArL)CoBr(N3(C6H4-p-tBu)), a series of alkyl azide-bound CoII analogues expel N2 only above 60 °C, affording paramagnetic interme-diates that convert to the corresponding Co-imine complexes via α-H–atom abstraction. The corresponding N2-released structures were observed via single-crystal-to-crystal transformation, suggesting formation of a Co-nitrenoid intermediate in solid-state. Alternatively, the alkyl azide-bound congeners supported by a more sterically accessible dipyrrinato scaffold tBuL (tBuL = 5-mesityl-(1,9-di-tert-butyl)dipyrrin) facilitate intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition as well as C–H amination to furnish 1,2,3-dihydrotriazole and substi-tuted pyrrolidine products, respectively. For the C–H amination, we observe that the temperature required for azide activation varies depending on the presence of weak C–H bonds, suggesting that loss of N2 is induced by the interaction of the azide moiety with both intra- and intermolecular C–H bonds. These results demonstrate that the alkyl azide-bound cobalt complexes serve as viable species for C–H amination when the C–H bonds are (1) proximal to the azide moiety and (2) sufficiently weak to be activated.

Research Organization:
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Dreyfus Foundation; Harvard University; Welch Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0018977; AC02-06CH11357; GM-115815; NSF/CHE-1346572; NSF/DMR-1531283
OSTI ID:
1780826
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 142, Issue 25; ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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