Benzoate Cyclometalation Enables Oxidative Addition of Haloarenes at a Ru(II) Center

Overview

Journal J Am Chem Soc

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2018 Aug 24

PMID 30134657

Citations 4

Authors

Marco Simonetti

Rositha Kuniyil

Stuart A Macgregor

Igor Larrosa

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Abstract

The first Ru(II)-catalyzed arylation of substrates without a directing group was recently developed. Remarkably, this process only worked in the presence of a benzoate additive, found to be crucial for the oxidative addition step at Ru(II). However, the exact mode of action of the benzoate was unknown. Herein, we disclose a mechanistic study that elucidates the key role of the benzoate salt in the C-H arylation of fluoroarenes with aryl halides. Through a combination of rationally designed stoichiometric experiments and DFT studies, we demonstrate that the aryl-Ru(II) species arising from initial C-H activation of the fluoroarene undergoes cyclometalation with the benzoate to generate an anionic Ru(II) intermediate. The enhanced lability of this intermediate, coupled with the electron-rich anionic Ru(II) metal center renders the oxidative addition of the aryl halide accessible. The role of an additional (NMe)OC(CF) additive in facilitating the overall arylation process is also shown to be linked to a shift in the C-H pre-equilibrium associated with benzoate cyclometalation.

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