Unprecedented Multicomponent Organocatalytic Synthesis of Propargylic Esters via CO2 Activation
An efficient and straightforward organocatalytic method for the direct, multicomponent carboxylation of terminal alkynes with CO2 and organochlorides, towards propargylic esters, is reported for the first time. 1,3‐Di‐tert‐butyl‐1H‐imidazol‐3‐ium chloride, a simple, widely‐available, stable, and cos...
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Published in | ChemCatChem Vol. 11; no. 21; pp. 5379 - 5386 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Weinheim
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
07.11.2019
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Summary: | An efficient and straightforward organocatalytic method for the direct, multicomponent carboxylation of terminal alkynes with CO2 and organochlorides, towards propargylic esters, is reported for the first time. 1,3‐Di‐tert‐butyl‐1H‐imidazol‐3‐ium chloride, a simple, widely‐available, stable, and cost‐efficient N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) precursor salt was used as the (pre)catalyst. A wide range of phenylacetylenes, bearing electron‐withdrawing or electron‐donating substituents, react with allyl‐chlorides, benzyl chlorides, or 2‐chloroacetates, providing the corresponding propargylic esters in low to excellent yields. DFT calculations on the mechanism of this transformation indicate that the reaction is initiated with the formation of an NHC‐carboxylate, by addition of the carbene to a molecule of CO2. Then, the nucleophilic addition of this species to the corresponding chlorides has been computed to be the rate limiting step of the process.
NHC organocatalysis: A straightforward organocatalytic method for the direct carboxylation of terminal alkynes towards propargylic esters, is reported. A simple, widely‐available, stable, and cost‐efficient N‐heterocyclic carbene precursor salt was used as the (pre)catalyst. |
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ISSN: | 1867-3880 1867-3899 |
DOI: | 10.1002/cctc.201900207 |