Synlett 2024; 35(16): 1893-1898
DOI: 10.1055/a-2259-3594
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Special Section 14th EuCheMS Organic Division Young Investigator Workshop

Spectroscopic Investigation of the Remote C–H Allylation of Amides via Photoredox and Nickel Dual Catalysis

Céline Bourgois
a   Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Institut de la Matière Condensée et des Nanosciences (IMCN), Molecular Chemistry, Materials and Catalysis (MOST), Place Louis Pasteur 1, bte L4.01.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Simon De Kreijger
a   Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Institut de la Matière Condensée et des Nanosciences (IMCN), Molecular Chemistry, Materials and Catalysis (MOST), Place Louis Pasteur 1, bte L4.01.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
,
Bin Xu
b   Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, USA
,
Uttam K. Tambar
b   Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, USA
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a   Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Institut de la Matière Condensée et des Nanosciences (IMCN), Molecular Chemistry, Materials and Catalysis (MOST), Place Louis Pasteur 1, bte L4.01.02, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
c   Wel Research Institute, Avenue Pasteur 6, 1300 Wavre, Belgium
› Author Affiliations
L.T.-G. is a Chercheur Qualifié of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS. C.B., S.D.K. and L.T.-G. gratefully acknowledge the Université catholique de Louvain for financial support. Financial support was provided to U.K.T by a W. W. Caruth, Jr. Endowed Scholarship, Welch Foundation (I-1748), the National Institutes of Health (R01GM102604), and Teva Pharmaceuticals Marc A. Goshko Memorial Grant (60011-TEV).


Abstract

The mechanistic details of a reported allylation reaction are investigated by means of Stern–Volmer experiments and nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Both reference substrates, i.e., an allylic chloride and a trifluoroacetamide, are inefficient quenchers but large quenching rate constants are observed upon the addition of Ni(COD)2 and a bisoxazoline ligand. The large quenching rate constants and absence of observable photoproducts are consistent with a mechanism that operates by energy transfer between the excited-state iridium photosensitizer and the nickel complex.

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Publication History

Received: 15 December 2023

Accepted after revision: 01 February 2024

Accepted Manuscript online:
01 February 2024

Article published online:
23 February 2024

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