Regioselectivity in C-H activation: reagent control in cyclometallation of 2-(1-naphthyl)-pyridine.
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Summary, in English
2-(1-Naphthyl)-pyridine () possesses sp(2) C-H bonds in both the γ- and δ-positions and is therefore a suitable substrate for studying the cyclometallation selectivity with different reagents and conditions. Such selectivity studies are reported. Based on deuterium-exchange experiments it is concluded that cycloruthenation with RuCl2(p-cymene) dimer is reversible with kinetic and thermodynamic preference for γ-substitution. Electrophilic cycloborylation, on the other hand, shows unusual δ-substitution. The previously published cyclopalladation and cycloauration of the substrate was studied in detail and was shown to be irreversible; they proceed under kinetic control and give γ- and δ-substitution for palladium and gold, respectively.
Department/s
Publishing year
2016
Language
English
Pages
525-531
Publication/Series
Dalton Transactions
Volume
45
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Topic
- Organic Chemistry
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1477-9234