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DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610204
Radical-type Reactions Controlled by Cobalt: From Carbene Radical Reactivity to the Catalytic Intermediacy of Reactive o-Quinodimethanes
Financial support from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-CW VICI project 016.122.613) and the University of Amsterdam (Research Priority Area Sustainable Chemistry) is gratefully acknowledged.Publication History
Received: 17 May 2018
Accepted: 05 June 2018
Publication Date:
19 July 2018 (online)
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Dedicated to Professor Michael P. Doyle, in recognition of hisexcellent contributions to the field of metallo-carbene chemistry.
Abstract
In this account, we summarize our recent efforts in the fields of ‘open-shell organometallic chemistry’ and ‘metalloradical catalysis’. We focus in particular on the use of so-called ‘carbene radicals’ for the synthesis of a variety of useful synthons for organic chemistry. We further show that unexpected reactivity arises from catalytic synthesis of unusual o-quinone methide and o-quinodimethane intermediates that undergo subsequent rearrangements to uncommon products.
1 Introduction
2 General (Fischer-Type) Carbene and Nitrene Reactivity and Their Relation to Carbene and Nitrene Radical Reactivity
3 Carbene and Nitrene (Radical) Precursors
4 Formation and Intrinsic Radical-Type Reactivity of Carbene and Nitrene Radicals
5 Types of Cobalt Catalysts Used in Reactions Involving Carbene and Nitrene Radicals
6 Applications of Cobalt-Catalyzed Ring-Closure Reactions via Carbene Radicals
7 Intermediacy of o-Quinone Methide and o-Quidodimethanes in Carbene Ring-Closing Reactions
8 Conclusion
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