Computed Properties of C9H13NO2On May 31, 2020, de Azambuja, Francisco; Yang, Ming-Hsiu; Feoktistova, Taisiia; Selvaraju, Manikandan; Brueckner, Alexander C.; Grove, Markas A.; Koley, Suvajit; Cheong, Paul Ha-Yeon; Altman, Ryan A. published an article in Nature Chemistry. The article was 《Connecting remote C-H bond functionalization and decarboxylative coupling using simple amines》. The article mentions the following:
Transition metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization and decarboxylative coupling are two of the most notable synthetic strategies developed in the past 30 years. Here, we connect these two reaction pathways using bases and a simple Pd-based catalyst system to promote a para-selective C-H functionalization reaction from benzylic electrophiles [e.g., I → II (82%, 75% isolated) in presence of Pd(PPh3)4 and Et3N in toluene at 110°]. Exptl. and computational mechanistic studies suggest a pathway that involves an uncommon Pd-catalyzed dearomatization of the benzyl moiety followed by a base-enabled rearomatization through a formal 1,5-hydrogen migration. This reaction complements ‘C-H activation’ strategies that convert inert C-H bonds into C-metal bonds prior to C-C bond formation. Instead, this reaction exploits an inverted sequence and promotes C-C bond formation prior to deprotonation. These studies provide an opportunity to develop general para-selective C-H functionalization reactions from benzylic electrophiles and show how new reactive modalities may be accessed with careful control of the reaction conditions. The experimental part of the paper was very detailed, including the reaction process of Ethyl 1-cyanocyclopentane-1-carboxylate(cas: 28247-14-5Computed Properties of C9H13NO2)
Ethyl 1-cyanocyclopentane-1-carboxylate(cas: 28247-14-5) is a member of cyclopentanes. Although cyclopentane itself doesn’t have a single highly favoured conformation, a substituent on the cyclopentane ring can upset the balance of strains thereby favouring either the envelope or the half-chair.Computed Properties of C9H13NO2
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