Volume 135, Issue 17 e202301006
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Site-Selective C−H Alkenylation of N-Heteroarenes by Ligand-Directed Co/Al and Co/Mg Cooperative Catalysis**

Yuri Saito

Yuri Saito

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan

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Dr. Jun Kikuchi

Dr. Jun Kikuchi

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan

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Prof. Chen Wang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Chen Wang

Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Alternative Technologies for Fine Chemical Process, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000 P. R. China

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Prof. Naohiko Yoshikai

Corresponding Author

Prof. Naohiko Yoshikai

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan

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Dedicated to Professor Shigeru Yamago on the occasion of his 60th birthday
First published: 01 March 2023
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A previous version of this manuscript has been deposited on a preprint server (https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-qf1k5).

Abstract

We report herein the design and development of Co/Al and Co/Mg bimetallic catalysts, supported by a phosphine/secondary phosphine oxide (PSPO) bifunctional ligand, for the site-selective C−H alkenylation of nitrogen-containing heteroarenes with alkynes. These catalysts enable the alkenylation of pyridine, pyridone, and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives at the C−H site proximal to the Lewis basic nitrogen or oxygen atom, which represents a selectivity profile distinct from that of the previously developed cobalt-diphosphine/aluminum catalyst. The alkenylated products were obtained in moderate to good yields using various heterocycles and differently substituted internal alkynes. Kinetic isotope effect experiments suggest the irreversibility of the C−H activation step, the relevance of which to the rate-limiting step depends on the reaction conditions. Density functional theory calculations indicate that ligand-to-ligand hydrogen transfer is the common mechanism of C−H activation.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available in the Supporting Information of this article.

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