Synthesis 2022; 54(01): 92-110
DOI: 10.1055/a-1577-7638
short review

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Dearomatization of Electron-Deficient Heteroarenes

Jie Jia
a   West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China
,
Fangdong Hu
b   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, P. R. of China
,
Ying Xia
a   West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. of China
› Author Affiliations
This work is supported by the “Thousand Youth Talents Plan” (Grant No. 15-YINGXIA), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 22001180), and with start-up funding from Sichuan University (Grant No. YJ201965). F.H. acknowledges the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21801109), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. ZR2018BB019), and the Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (Grant No. J17KA099) for financial support.


Abstract

In recent decades, transition-metal-catalyzed nucleophilic dearomatization of electron-deficient heteroarenes, such as pyridines, quinolines, isoquinolines and nitroindoles, has become a powerful method for accessing unsaturated heterocycles. This short review summarizes nucleophilic dearomatizations of electron-deficient hetero­arenes with carbon- and heteroatom-based nucleophiles via transition-metal catalysis. A significant number of functionalized heterocycles are obtained via this transformation. Importantly, many of these reactions are carried out in an enantioselective manner by means of asymmetric catalysis, providing a unique method for the construction of enantio­enriched heterocycles.

1 Introduction

2 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Dearomatization of Hetero­arenes via Alkynylation

3 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Dearomatization of Heteroarenes­ via Arylation

4 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Dearomatization of Heteroarenes­ with Other Nucleophiles

5 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Dearomatization with Nucleophiles Formed In Situ

6 Conclusion and Outlook



Publication History

Received: 23 June 2021

Accepted after revision: 03 August 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
03 August 2021

Article published online:
09 September 2021

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