Copper-catalyzed reactions for organic synthesis
Olivier Riant, Université Catholique de Louvain
Catalysis with transition metal complexes occupies a central place in organic synthesis and has enabled the development of a number of remarkably efficient reactions. Among all transition metals, copper has proven to be one of the most versatile one. In addition to its abundancy and its low cost, copper can accommodate a wide variety of ligands and its accessible oxidation states ranging from 0 to III allow the catalysis of a broad range of processes. They notably include cross-coupling reactions for the formation of carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds, (enantioselective) additions to multiple bonds and nucleophilic substitutions, radical processes, selective oxidations, cyclopropanations, cycloadditions, aziridinations... The unique coordination and inorganic properties of copper complexes are in addition also central to their use as chiral Lewis acids or photoredox catalysts.
Most of these copper-catalyzed reactions are commonly utilized both in academia and industry: they are at the core of this thematic issue that will highlight the key role played by copper catalysis in contemporary organic synthesis.
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Synthesis of aryl cyclopropyl sulfides through copper-promoted S-cyclopropylation of thiophenols using cyclopropylboronic acid
- Emeline Benoit,
- Ahmed Fnaiche and
- Alexandre Gagnon
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1162–1171, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.113
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthetic uses of aryl cyclopropyl sulfides 1.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of aryl cyclopropyl sulfides.
Scheme 3: Substrate scope in the copper-promoted S-cyclopropylation of thiophenols 14 using cyclopropylboroni...
Scheme 4: Copper-catalyzed S-cyclopropylation of 4-tert-butylbenzenethiol (14a) using potassium cyclopropyl t...
Combination of multicomponent KA2 and Pauson–Khand reactions: short synthesis of spirocyclic pyrrolocyclopentenones
- Riccardo Innocenti,
- Elena Lenci,
- Gloria Menchi and
- Andrea Trabocchi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 200–211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.23
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of representative approved drugs containing a spirocyclic moiety.
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies for accessing pyrrolocyclopentenone derivatives, including the novel couple/pa...
Scheme 2: Couple/pair approach using combined KA2 and Pauson–Khand multicomponent reactions.
Scheme 3: Follow-up chemistry on compound 5 taking advantage of the enone chemistry. Reaction conditions. (i)...
Figure 2: Top: Selected NOE contacts from NOESY 1D spectra of compound 36; bottom: low energy conformer of 36...
Figure 3: PCA plot resulting from the correlation between PC1 vs PC2, showing the positioning in the chemical...
Figure 4: PMI plot showing the skeletal diversity of compounds 3–39 (blue diamonds) with respect to the refer...
Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of organometallic reagents to challenging Michael acceptors
- Delphine Pichon,
- Jennifer Morvan,
- Christophe Crévisy and
- Marc Mauduit
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 212–232, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.24
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Scheme 1: Competitive side reactions in the Cu ECA of organometallic reagents to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.
Scheme 2: Cu-catalyzed ECA of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with phosphoramidite- (a) and phosphine-based ligands...
Scheme 3: One-pot Cu-catalyzed ECA/organocatalyzed α-substitution of enals.
Scheme 4: Combination of copper and amino catalysis for enantioselective β-functionalizations of enals.
Scheme 5: Optimized conditions for the Cu ECAs of R2Zn, RMgBr, and AlMe3 with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.
Scheme 6: CuECA of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated thioesters and their application in the asymmetric to...
Scheme 7: Improved Cu ECA of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated thioesters, and their application in the as...
Scheme 8: Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of vicinal dialkyl arrays via Cu ECA of Grignard reagents to γ...
Scheme 9: 1,6-Cu ECA of MeMgBr to α,β,γ,δ-bisunsaturated thioesters: an iterative approach to deoxypropionate...
Scheme 10: Tandem Cu ECA/intramolecular enolate trapping involving 4-chloro-α,β-unsaturated thioester 22.
Scheme 11: Cu ECA of Grignard reagents to 3-boronyl α,β-unsaturated thioesters.
Scheme 12: Cu ECA of alkylzirconium reagents to α,β-unsaturated thioesters.
Scheme 13: Conversion of acylimidazoles into aldehydes, ketones, acids, esters, amides, and amines.
Scheme 14: Cu ECA of dimethyl malonate to α,β-unsaturated acylimidazole 31 with triazacyclophane-based ligand ...
Scheme 15: Cu/L13-catalyzed ECA of alkylboranes to α,β-unsaturated acylimidazoles.
Scheme 16: Cu/hydroxyalkyl-NHC-catalyzed ECA of dimethylzinc to α,β-unsaturated acylimidazoles.
Scheme 17: Stereocontrolled synthesis of 3,5,7-all-syn and anti,anti-stereotriads via iterative Cu ECAs.
Scheme 18: Stereocontrolled synthesis of anti,syn- and anti,anti-3,5,7-(Me,OR,Me) units via iterative Cu ECA/B...
Scheme 19: Cu-catalyzed ECA of dialkylzinc reagents to α,β-unsaturated N-acyloxazolidinones.
Scheme 20: Cu/phosphoramidite L16-catalyzed ECA of dialkylzincs to α,β-unsaturated N-acyl-2-pyrrolidinones.
Scheme 21: Cu/(R,S)-Josiphos (L9)-catalyzed ECA of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated amides.
Scheme 22: Cu/Josiphos (L9)-catalyzed ECA of Grignard reagents to polyunsaturated amides.
Scheme 23: Cu-catalyzed ECA of trimethylaluminium to N-acylpyrrole derivatives.
Copper-promoted/copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylselenolation reactions
- Clément Ghiazza and
- Anis Tlili
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 305–316, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.30
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Scheme 1: Process for the formation of C(sp3)–SeCF3 bonds with [(bpy)CuSeCF3]2 developed by the group of Weng....
Scheme 2: Trifluoromethylselenolation of vinyl and (hetero)aryl halides with [(bpy)CuSeCF3]2 by the group of ...
Scheme 3: Trifluoromethylselenolation of terminal alkynes using [(bpy)CuSeCF3]2 by the group of You and Weng.
Scheme 4: Trifluoromethylselenolation of carbonyl compounds with [(bpy)CuSeCF3]2 by the group of Weng.
Scheme 5: Trifluoromethylselenolation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with [(bpy)CuSeCF3]2 by the group of Weng.
Scheme 6: Trifluoromethylselenolation of acid chlorides with [(bpy)CuSeCF3]2 by the group of Weng.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 2-trifluoromethylselenylated benzofused heterocycles with [(bpy)CuSeCF3]2 by the group...
Scheme 8: Difunctionalization of terminal alkenes and alkynes with [(bpy)CuSeCF3]2 by the group of Liang.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of Me4NSeCF3.
Scheme 10: Oxidative trifluoromethylselenolation of terminal alkynes and boronic acid derivatives with Me4NSeCF...
Scheme 11: Trifluoromethylselenolation of diazoacetates and diazonium salts with Me4NSeCF3 by the group of Goo...
Scheme 12: Trifluoromethylselenolation with ClSeCF3 by the group of Tlili and Billard.
Scheme 13: Trifluoromethylselenolation with TsSeCF3 by the group of Tlili and Billard.
Scheme 14: Copper-catalyzed synthesis of a selenylated analog 30 of Pretomanid developed by the group of Tlili...
Scheme 15: One-pot procedures for C–SeCF3 bond formations developed by Hor and Weng, Deng and Xiao, and Ruepin...
Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes
- Mingbing Zhong,
- Xavier Pannecoucke,
- Philippe Jubault and
- Thomas Poisson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42
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Scheme 1: [Cu(I)(dap)2]Cl-catalyzed ATRA reaction under green light irradiation.
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic allylation of α-haloketones.
Scheme 3: [Cu(I)(dap)2]Cl-photocatalyzed chlorosulfonylation and chlorotrifluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 4: Photocatalytic perfluoroalkylchlorination of electron-deficient alkenes using the Sauvage catalyst.
Scheme 5: Photocatalytic synthesis of fluorinated sultones.
Scheme 6: Photocatalyzed haloperfluoroalkylation of alkenes and alkynes.
Scheme 7: Chlorosulfonylation of alkenes catalyzed by [Cu(I)(dap)2]Cl. aNo Na2CO3 was added. b1 equiv of Na2CO...
Scheme 8: Copper-photocatalyzed reductive allylation of diaryliodonium salts.
Scheme 9: Copper-photocatalyzed azidomethoxylation of olefins.
Scheme 10: Benzylic azidation initiated by [Cu(I)(dap)2]Cl.
Scheme 11: Trifluoromethyl methoxylation of styryl derivatives using [Cu(I)(dap)2]PF6. All redox potentials ar...
Scheme 12: Trifluoromethylation of silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of annulated heterocycles upon oxidation with the Sauvage catalyst.
Scheme 14: Oxoazidation of styrene derivatives using [Cu(dap)2]Cl as a precatalyst.
Scheme 15: [Cu(I)(dpp)(binc)]PF6-catalyzed ATRA reaction.
Scheme 16: Allylation reaction of α-bromomalonate catalyzed by [Cu(I)(dpp)(binc)]PF6 following an ATRA mechani...
Scheme 17: Bromo/tribromomethylation reaction using [Cu(I)(dmp)(BINAP)]PF6.
Scheme 18: Chlorotrifluoromethylation of alkenes catalyzed by [Cu(I)(N^N)(xantphos)]PF6.
Scheme 19: Chlorosulfonylation of styrene and alkyne derivatives by ATRA reactions.
Scheme 20: Reduction of aryl and alkyl halides with the complex [Cu(I)(bcp)(DPEPhos)]PF6. aIrradiation was car...
Scheme 21: Meerwein arylation of electron-rich aromatic derivatives and 5-exo-trig cyclization catalyzed by th...
Scheme 22: [Cu(I)(bcp)(DPEPhos)]PF6-photocatalyzed synthesis of alkaloids. aYield over two steps (cyclization ...
Scheme 23: Copper-photocatalyzed decarboxylative amination of NHP esters.
Scheme 24: Photocatalytic decarboxylative alkynylation using [Cu(I)(dq)(binap)]BF4.
Scheme 25: Copper-photocatalyzed alkylation of glycine esters.
Scheme 26: Copper-photocatalyzed borylation of organic halides. aUnder continuous flow conditions.
Scheme 27: Copper-photocatalyzed α-functionalization of alcohols with glycine ester derivatives.
Scheme 28: δ-Functionalization of alcohols using [Cu(I)(dmp)(xantphos)]BF4.
Scheme 29: Photocatalytic synthesis of [5]helicene and phenanthrene.
Scheme 30: Oxidative carbazole synthesis using in situ-formed [Cu(I)(dmp)(xantphos)]BF4.
Scheme 31: Copper-photocatalyzed functionalization of N-aryl tetrahydroisoquinolines.
Scheme 32: Bicyclic lactone synthesis using a copper-photocatalyzed PCET reaction.
Scheme 33: Photocatalytic Pinacol coupling reaction catalyzed by [Cu(I)(pypzs)(BINAP)]BF4. The ligands of the ...
Scheme 34: Azide photosensitization using a Cu-based photocatalyst.
Aerobic synthesis of N-sulfonylamidines mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) catalysts
- Faïma Lazreg,
- Marie Vasseur,
- Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
- Catherine S. J. Cazin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 482–491, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.43
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Formation of sulfonyltriazoles and sulfonamidines.
Figure 1: Catalytic systems used in this study.
Scheme 2: Synthetic access to complexes 4–6 [30].
Scheme 3: Variation of sulfonylazides. Reaction conditions: phenylacetylene (0.5 mmol), sulfonyl azide (0.6 m...
Scheme 4: Variation of alkynes. Reaction conditions: alkyne (0.5 mmol), tosyl azide (0.6 mmol), diisopropylam...
Scheme 5: Variation of the amine substrate. Reaction conditions: phenylacetylene (0.5 mmol), tosyl azide (0.6...
Scheme 6: Reactivity of “non-sulfonyl” azide [33]. Reaction conditions: phenylacetylene (0.5 mmol), benzyl azide ...
Scheme 7: Reactivity of diphenylphosphoryl azide. Reaction conditions: phenylacetylene (0.5 mmol), diphenylph...
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for the formation of sulfonamidine.
Scheme 9: Stoichiometric reaction between 6 and 8.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of copper-acetylide intermediate A via [Cu(Cl)(Triaz)].
Scheme 11: Catalytic reaction involving copper-acetylide complex A.
Controlling alkyne reactivity by means of a copper-catalyzed radical reaction system for the synthesis of functionalized quaternary carbons
- Goki Hirata,
- Yu Yamane,
- Naoya Tsubaki,
- Reina Hara and
- Takashi Nishikata
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 502–508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.45
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Scheme 1: Reaction modes of alkyne.
Figure 1: Substrate scope of 1 and 2. aConducted at 80 °C for 24 h in MeCN with CuBr (10 mol %), 1,10-Phen (2...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 3: Control experiment.
Scheme 4: Reaction of 2a and 4a.
Figure 2: Substrate scope of 2 and 4. aConducted at 100 °C for 20 h in 1,4-dioxane with CuI (10 mol %), 1,10-...
Copper-catalyzed O-alkenylation of phosphonates
- Nuria Vázquez-Galiñanes,
- Mariña Andón-Rodríguez,
- Patricia Gómez-Roibás and
- Martín Fañanás-Mastral
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 611–615, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.56
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of mixed alkyl alkenyl phosphonates.
Scheme 2: Scope of the copper-catalyzed alkenylation of dialkyl phosphonates. Reactions run on a 0.2 mmol sca...
Recent advances in Cu-catalyzed C(sp3)–Si and C(sp3)–B bond formation
- Balaram S. Takale,
- Ruchita R. Thakore,
- Elham Etemadi-Davan and
- Bruce H. Lipshutz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 691–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.67
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Scheme 1: Pharmaceuticals possessing a silicon or boron atom.
Scheme 2: The first Cu-catalyzed C(sp3)–Si bond formation.
Scheme 3: Conversion of benzylic phosphate 6 to the corresponding silane.
Scheme 4: Conversion of alkyl triflates to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 5: Conversion of secondary alkyl triflates to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 6: Conversion of alkyl iodides to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 7: Trapping of intermediate radical through cascade reaction.
Scheme 8: Radical pathway for conversion of alkyl iodides to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 9: Conversion of alkyl ester of N-hydroxyphthalimide to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 10: Conversion of gem-dibromides to bis-silylalkanes.
Scheme 11: Conversion of imines to α-silylated amines (A) and the reaction pathway (B).
Scheme 12: Conversion of N-tosylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 13: Screening of diamine ligands.
Scheme 14: Conversion of N-tert-butylsulfonylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 15: Conversion of aldimines to nonracemic α-silylated amines.
Scheme 16: Conversion of N-tosylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 17: Reaction pathway [A] and conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols [B].
Scheme 18: Conversion of aldehydes to benzhydryl silyl ethers.
Scheme 19: Conversion of ketones to 1,2-diols (A) and conversion of imines to 1,2-amino alcohols (B).
Scheme 20: Ligand screening (A) and conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols (B).
Scheme 21: Conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols.
Scheme 22: 1,4-Additions to α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 23: 1,4-Additions to unsaturated ketones to give β-silylated derivatives.
Scheme 24: Additions onto α,β-unsaturated lactones to give β-silylated lactones.
Scheme 25: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated to β-silylated lactams.
Scheme 26: Conversion of N-arylacrylamides to silylated oxindoles.
Scheme 27: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to silylated tert-butylperoxides.
Scheme 28: Catalytic cycle for Cu(I) catalyzed α,β-unsaturated compounds.
Scheme 29: Conversion of p-quinone methides to benzylic silanes.
Scheme 30: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketimines to regio- and stereocontrolled allylic silanes.
Scheme 31: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketimines to enantioenriched allylic silanes.
Scheme 32: Regioselective conversion of dienedioates to allylic silanes.
Scheme 33: Conversion of alkenyl-substituted azaarenes to β-silylated adducts.
Scheme 34: Conversion of conjugated benzoxazoles to enantioenriched β-silylated adducts.
Scheme 35: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl indoles to α-silylated N-alkylated indoles.
Scheme 36: Conversion of β-amidoacrylates to α-aminosilanes.
Scheme 37: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketones to enantioenriched β-silylated ketones, nitriles, and nitro d...
Scheme 38: Regio-divergent silacarboxylation of allenes.
Scheme 39: Silylation of diazocarbonyl compounds, (A) asymmetric and (B) racemic.
Scheme 40: Enantioselective hydrosilylation of alkenes.
Scheme 41: Conversion of 3-acylindoles to indolino-silanes.
Scheme 42: Proposed mechanism for the silylation of 3-acylindoles.
Scheme 43: Silyation of N-chlorosulfonamides.
Scheme 44: Conversion of acyl silanes to α-silyl alcohols.
Scheme 45: Conversion of N-tosylaziridines to β-silylated N-tosylamines.
Scheme 46: Conversion of N-tosylaziridines to silylated N-tosylamines.
Scheme 47: Conversion of 3,3-disubstituted cyclopropenes to silylated cyclopropanes.
Scheme 48: Conversion of conjugated enynes to 1,3-bis(silyl)propenes.
Scheme 49: Proposed sequence for the Cu-catalyzed borylation of substituted alkenes.
Scheme 50: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of nonracemic allylic boronates.
Scheme 51: Cu–NHC catalyzed synthesis of α-substituted allylboronates.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of α-chiral (γ-alkoxyallyl)boronates.
Scheme 53: Cu-mediated formation of nonracemic cis- or trans- 2-substituted cyclopropylboronates.
Scheme 54: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of γ,γ-gem-difluoroallylboronates.
Scheme 55: Cu-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization of internal alkenes and vinylarenes.
Scheme 56: Cu-catalyzed Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov borylation of alkenes.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed borylation/ortho-cyanation/Cope rearrangement.
Scheme 58: Borylfluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 59: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of tertiary nonracemic alcohols.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of densely functionalized and synthetically versatile 1,2- or 4,3-borocyanated 1,3-butadi...
Scheme 61: Cu-catalyzed trifunctionalization of allenes.
Scheme 62: Cu-catalyzed selective arylborylation of arenes.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric borylative coupling between styrenes and imines.
Scheme 64: Regio-divergent aminoboration of unactivated terminal alkenes.
Scheme 65: Cu-catalyzed 1,4-borylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 66: Cu-catalyzed protodeboronation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 67: Cu-catalyzed β-borylation of α,β-unsaturated imines.
Scheme 68: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of β-trifluoroborato carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 69: Asymmetric 1,4-borylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 70: Cu-catalyzed ACB and ACA reactions of α,β-unsaturated 2-acyl-N-methylimidazoles.
Scheme 71: Cu-catalyzed diborylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 72: Umpolung pathway for chiral, nonracemic tertiary alcohol synthesis (top) and proposed mechanism for...
Scheme 73: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-hydroxyboronates.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed borylation of ketones.
Scheme 75: Cu-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl halides.
Scheme 76: Cu-catalyzed borylation of allylic difluorides.
Scheme 77: Cu-catalyzed borylation of cyclic and acyclic alkyl halides.
Scheme 78: Cu-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl chlorides and bromides.
Scheme 79: Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative borylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 80: Cu-catalyzed borylation of benzylic, allylic, and propargylic alcohols.
Copper catalysis with redox-active ligands
- Agnideep Das,
- Yufeng Ren,
- Cheriehan Hessin and
- Marine Desage-El Murr
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 858–870, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.77
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Scheme 1: Copper complexes with amidophenolate type benzoxazole ligands for alcohol oxidations.
Scheme 2: Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols and representative substrate scope.
Scheme 3: Introduction of H-bonding network in the ligand coordination sphere.
Scheme 4: Well-defined isatin copper complexes.
Scheme 5: Catalyst control in the biomimetic phenol ortho-oxidation.
Scheme 6: Structural diversity accessible by direct functionalization.
Scheme 7: Copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of heteroaromatics with redox-active iminosemiquinone ligands....
Scheme 8: Reversal of helical chirality upon redox stimuli and enantioselective Michael addition with a redox...
Scheme 9: Interaction of guanidine-copper catalyst with oxygen and representative coupling products. a4 mol %...
Scheme 10: Access to 1,2-oxy-aminoarenes by copper-catalyzed phenol–amine coupling.
Scheme 11: Copper-catalyzed aziridination through molecular spin catalysis with redox-active iminosemiquinone ...
Scheme 12: Nitrogen-group and carbon-group transfer in copper-catalyzed aziridination and cyclopropanation thr...
Copper-catalysed alkylation of heterocyclic acceptors with organometallic reagents
- Yafei Guo and
- Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1006–1021, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.90
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Scheme 1: Copper-catalysed ACA of organometallics to piperidones. A) addition of organozinc reagents; B) addi...
Scheme 2: Copper-catalysed ACA of alkenylalanes to N-substituted-2,3-dehydro-4-piperidones.
Scheme 3: Copper-catalysed asymmetric addition of dialkylzinc reagents to N-acyl-4-methoxypyridinium salts fo...
Scheme 4: Copper-catalysed ACA of organozirconium reagents to N-substituted 2,3-dehydro-4-piperidones and lac...
Scheme 5: Copper-catalysed ACA of Grignard reagents to chromones and coumarins and further derivatisation of ...
Scheme 6: Copper-catalysed ACA of Grignard reagents to N-protected quinolones.
Scheme 7: Copper-catalysed ACAs of organometallics to conjugated unsaturated lactams.
Scheme 8: Copper-catalysed ACA of Et2Zn to 5,6-dihydro-2-pyranone.
Scheme 9: Copper-catalysed ACA of Grignard reagents to pyranone and 5,6-dihydro-2-pyranone.
Scheme 10: Copper-catalysed AAA of an organozirconium reagent to heterocyclic acceptors.
Scheme 11: Copper-catalysed ring opening of an oxygen-bridged substrate with trialkylaluminium reagents.
Scheme 12: Copper-catalysed ring opening of oxabicyclic substrates with organolithium reagents (selected examp...
Scheme 13: Copper-catalysed ring opening of polycyclic meso hydrazines.
Scheme 14: Copper-catalysed ACA of Grignard reagents to alkenyl-substituted aromatic N-heterocycles.
Scheme 15: Copper-catalysed ACA of Grignard reagents to β-substituted alkenylpyridines.
Scheme 16: Copper-catalysed ACA of organozinc reagents to alkylidene Meldrum’s acids.
Copper-based fluorinated reagents for the synthesis of CF2R-containing molecules (R ≠ F)
- Louise Ruyet and
- Tatiana Besset
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1051–1065, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.92
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of the first isolable (NHC)CuCF2H complexes from TMSCF2H and their application for the sy...
Scheme 2: Pioneer works for the in situ generation of CuCF2H from TMSCF2H and from n-Bu3SnCF2H. Phen = 1,10-p...
Scheme 3: A Sandmeyer-type difluoromethylation reaction via the in situ generation of CuCF2H from TMSCF2H. a ...
Scheme 4: A one pot, two-step sequence for the difluoromethylthiolation of various classes of compounds via t...
Scheme 5: A copper-mediated oxidative difluoromethylation of terminal alkynes via the in situ generation of a...
Scheme 6: A copper-mediated oxidative difluoromethylation of heteroarenes.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of difluoromethylphosphonate-containing molecules using the in situ-generated CuCF2PO(OEt)...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of difluoromethylphosphonate-containing molecules using in situ-generated CuCF2PO(OEt)2 s...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of difluoromethylphosphonate-containing molecules using in situ-generated CuCF2PO(OEt)2 s...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (diethylphosphono)difluoromethylthiolated molecules using in situ-generated CuCF2PO(OE...
Scheme 11: Access to (diethylphosphono)difluoromethylthiolated molecules via the in situ generation of CuCF2PO...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of (phenylsulfonyl)difluoromethyl-containing molecules via the in situ generation of CuCF2...
Scheme 13: Copper-mediated 1,1-difluoroethylation of diaryliodonium salts by using the in situ-generated CuCF2...
Scheme 14: Pioneer works for the pentafluoroethylation and heptafluoropropylation using a copper-based reagent...
Scheme 15: Pentafluoroethylation of (hetero)aryl bromides using the (Phen)CuCF2CF3 complex. 19F NMR yields wer...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of pentafluoroethyl ketones using the (Ph3P)Cu(phen)CF2CF3 reagent. 19F NMR yields were g...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of (Phen)2Cu(O2CCF2RF) and functionalization of (hetero)aryl iodides.
Scheme 18: Pentafluoroethylation of arylboronic acids and (hetero)aryl bromides via the in situ-generated CuCF2...
Scheme 19: In situ generation of CuCF2CF3 species from a cyclic-protected hexafluoroacetone and KCu(Ot-Bu)2. 19...
Scheme 20: Pentafluoroethylation of bromo- and iodoalkenes. Only examples of isolated compounds were depicted.
Scheme 21: Fluoroalkylation of aryl halides via a RCF2CF2Cu species.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of perfluoroorganolithium copper species or perfluroalkylcopper derivatives from iodoperf...
Scheme 23: Formation of the PhenCuCF2CF3 reagent by means of TFE and pentafluoroethylation of iodoarenes and a...
Scheme 24: Generation of a CuCF2CF3 reagent from TMSCF3 and applications.
