Issue 43, 2021

Cross-dehydrogenative N–N couplings

Abstract

The relatively high electronegativity of nitrogen makes N–N bond forming cross-coupling reactions particularly difficult, especially in an intermolecular fashion. The challenge increases even further when considering the case of dehydrogenative N–N coupling reactions, which are advantageous in terms of step and atom economy, but introduce the problem of the oxidant in order to become thermodynamically feasible. Indeed, the oxidizing system must be designed to activate the target N–H bonds, while at the same time avoid undesired N–N homocoupling as well as C–N and C–C coupled side products. Thus, preciously few intermolecular hetero N–N cross-dehydrogenative couplings exist, in spite of the central importance of N–N bonds in organic chemistry. This review aims at analyzing these few rare cases and provides a perspective for future developments.

Graphical abstract: Cross-dehydrogenative N–N couplings

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
15 7 2021
Accepted
10 9 2021
First published
19 10 2021
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 14343-14352

Cross-dehydrogenative N–N couplings

A. Tabey, P. Y. Vemuri and F. W. Patureau, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 14343 DOI: 10.1039/D1SC03851F

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