Highly linear selective cobalt-catalyzed addition of aryl Imines to styrenes : reversing intrinsic regioselectivity by ligand elaboration

Highly linear selective, imine-directed hydroarylation of styrene has been achieved with cobalt-based catalytic systems featuring bis(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)(phenyl)phosphine and either 2-methoxypyridine or DBU as a ligand and a Lewis base additive, respectively, thus affording a variety of 1,2-diaryle...

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Main Authors: Xu, Wengang, Yoshikai, Naohiko
Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103943
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24637
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Highly linear selective, imine-directed hydroarylation of styrene has been achieved with cobalt-based catalytic systems featuring bis(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)(phenyl)phosphine and either 2-methoxypyridine or DBU as a ligand and a Lewis base additive, respectively, thus affording a variety of 1,2-diarylethanes (bibenzyls) in good yields under mild reaction conditions. The triarylphosphine controls the regioselectivity, while the Lewis base significantly accelerates the reaction. Ligand screening and deuterium-labeling studies provide implications about the roles of the ligand and the Lewis base in the crucial C[BOND]C reductive elimination step.