Issue 30, 2022

Iridium-catalyzed α-selective deuteration of alcohols

Abstract

The development of chemoselective C(sp3)-H deuteration is of particular interest in synthetic chemistry. We herein report the α-selective, iridium(III)-bipyridonate-catalyzed hydrogen(H)/deuterium(D) isotope exchange of alcohols using deuterium oxide (D2O) as the primary deuterium source. This method enables the direct, chemoselective deuteration of primary and secondary alcohols under basic or neutral conditions without being affected by coordinative functional groups such as imidazole and tetrazole. Successful substrates for deuterium labelling include the pharmaceuticals losartan potassium, rapidosept, guaifenesin, and diprophylline. The deuterated losartan potassium shows higher stability towards the metabolism by CYP2C9 than the protiated analogue. Kinetic and DFT studies indicate that the direct deuteration proceeds through dehydrogenation of alcohol to the carbonyl intermediate, conversion of [IrIII–H] to [IrIII−D] with D2O, and deuteration of the carbonyl intermediate to give the α-deuterated product.

Graphical abstract: Iridium-catalyzed α-selective deuteration of alcohols

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
29 mar 2022
Accepted
29 jun 2022
First published
06 jul 2022
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., 2022,13, 8744-8751

Iridium-catalyzed α-selective deuteration of alcohols

M. Itoga, M. Yamanishi, T. Udagawa, A. Kobayashi, K. Maekawa, Y. Takemoto and H. Naka, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 8744 DOI: 10.1039/D2SC01805E

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