A general and practical bifunctional cobalt catalytic system for N-heterocycle assembly via acceptorless dehydrogenation was written by Tian, Haitao;Xue, Wenxuan;Wu, Jingtao;Yang, Ziguang;Lu, Hongcheng;Tang, Conghui. And the article was included in Organic Chemistry Frontiers in 2022.Reference of 19959-77-4 This article mentions the following:
A novel and highly-efficient N-heterocycle assembly methodol. catalyzed by a cobalt-N,N-bidentate complex had been established. The cobalt complex was unprecedented, phosphine-free and easily-prepared, and was used in the synthesis of pyrimidines such as I [R = NH2, Ph; Ar1 = Ph, 2-MeOC6H4, 2-naphthyl, etc.; Ar2 = Ph, 2-thienyl, 4-MeC6H4, etc.], quinolines such as II [R1 = H, 8-Me; R2 = H, Me; R3 = t-Bu, Ph, 2-naphthyl, etc.], imidazoles III [R4 = H, Me; R5 = H, Me, Cl; R6 = H, Me, Cl; R5R6 = CH=CH-CH=CH; Ar3 = Ph, 2-MeC6H4, 3-ClC6H4, etc.], quinoxalines such as IV [R7 = H, 5-Me, 6,7-di-Me, 6,7-di-Cl] and indole from readily available alcs. and amines via acceptorless dehydrogenation. More importantly, all N-heterocycles were obtained under nearly identical reaction conditions, which further demonstrated the generality and practicability of the catalytic system. Mechanistically, this cobalt complex formed a catalytic active species upon base treatment and was capable of realizing the alc. AD process via metal-ligand cooperation. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 2-(5-Methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine (cas: 19959-77-4Reference of 19959-77-4).
2-(5-Methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine (cas: 19959-77-4) belongs to pyrazole derivatives. The strategies for the synthesis of pyrazoles generally can be applied for the construction of indazoles. The presence of both electronegative nitrogen atoms in the pyrazole ring reduces the electron density of the C3- and C5-positions leaving electron density of C4-position unaltered. Thus the C4-position is vulnerable to electrophilic attack. The C3 electrophilic-position may undergo deprotonation in the presence of a strong base leading to ring opening.Reference of 19959-77-4
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