Highly selective intramolecular carbene insertion into primary C-H bond of α-diazoacetamides mediated by a (p-cymene)ruthenium(II) carboxylate complex

Vanessa Kar Yan Lo; Zhen Guo; Matthew Kwok Wai Choi; Wing Yiu Yu; Jie Sheng Huang; Chi Ming Che

doi:10.1021/ja3006989

Highly selective intramolecular carbene insertion into primary C-H bond of α-diazoacetamides mediated by a (p-cymene)ruthenium(II) carboxylate complex

Vanessa Kar Yan Lo
, Zhen Guo
, Matthew Kwok Wai Choi
, Wing Yiu Yu
, Jie Sheng Huang
, Chi Ming Che

Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review

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Abstract

Complex [(p-cymene)Ru(η1-O2CCF3)2(OH2)] mediated transformation of α-diazoacetamides ArCH2N(C(CH3)3)C(O)CHN2to result in carbene insertion into the primary C-H bond exclusively, with the γ-lactam products being isolated in up to 98% yield. This unexpected reaction is striking in view of the presence of usually more reactive sites such as secondary C-H bonds in the substrates. DFT calculations based on proposed Ru-carbene species provide insight into this unique selectivity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7588-7591
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	134
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja3006989
Publication status	Published - 9 May 2012

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Highly selective intramolecular carbene insertion into primary C-H bond of α-diazoacetamides mediated by a (p-cymene)ruthenium(II) carboxylate complex

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