Issue 23, 2020

CpCo(i) precatalysts for [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions: synthesis and reactivity

Abstract

The efficient synthesis and structural characterisation of a series of novel CpCo(I)–olefin–phosphite/phosphoramidite complexes and their evaluation in catalytic cyclotrimerisation reactions are reported. The protocol for precatalyst synthesis is widely applicable to different P-containing ligands, especially phosphites and phosphoramidites, as well as acyclic and cyclic olefins. A selection of the prepared complexes was investigated towards their catalytic performance in [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of diynes and nitriles, as well as triynes. While revealing significant differences in reactivity, the most reactive precatalysts work even already at 75 °C. One of these precatalysts also proved its potential in exemplary (co)cyclotrimerisations towards functionalised pyridines and benzenes. The energetics of complex formation and exemplary ligand exchange with a substrate diyne were elucidated by theoretical calculations and compared with the catalytic reactivity.

Graphical abstract: CpCo(i) precatalysts for [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions: synthesis and reactivity

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Apr 2020
Accepted
23 Sep 2020
First published
02 Oct 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020,10, 8005-8014

CpCo(I) precatalysts for [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions: synthesis and reactivity

F. Fischer, T. Pientka, H. Jiao, A. Spannenberg and M. Hapke, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 8005 DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00876A

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