Issue 2, 2015

Catalytic oxygenation of sp3 “C–H” bonds with Ir(iii) complexes of chelating triazoles and mesoionic carbenes

Abstract

Cp*-Ir(III) complexes with additional chelating ligands are known active pre-catalysts for the oxygenation of C–H bonds. We present here eight examples of such complexes where the denticity of the chelating ligands has been varied from the well-known 2,2′-bpy through pyridyl-triazole, bi-triazole to ligands containing pyridyl-triazolylidene, triazolyl-triazolylidene and bi-triazolylidenes. Additionally, we also compare the catalytic results to complexes containing chelating cyclometallated ligands with additional triazole or triazolylidene donors. Single crystal X-ray structural data are presented for all the new complexes that contain one or more triazolylidene donors of the mesoionic carbene type. We present the first example of a metal complex containing a chelating triazole-triazolylidene ligand. The results of the catalytic screening show that complexes containing unsymmetrical donors of the pyridyl-triazole or pyridyl-triazolylidene types are the most potent pre-catalysts for the C–H oxygenation of cyclooctane in the presence of either m-CPBA or NaIO4 as a sacrificial oxidant. These pre-catalysts can also be used to oxygenate C–H bonds in other substrates such as fluorene and ethyl benzene. The most potent pre-catalysts presented here work with a lower catalyst loading and under milder conditions while delivering better product yields in comparison with related literature known Ir(III) pre-catalysts. These results thus point to the potential of ligands with unsymmetrical donors obtained through the click reaction in oxidation catalysis.

Graphical abstract: Catalytic oxygenation of sp3 “C–H” bonds with Ir(iii) complexes of chelating triazoles and mesoionic carbenes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Sep 2014
Accepted
30 Oct 2014
First published
30 Oct 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2015,44, 686-693

Catalytic oxygenation of sp3 “C–H” bonds with Ir(III) complexes of chelating triazoles and mesoionic carbenes

S. Hohloch, S. Kaiser, F. L. Duecker, A. Bolje, R. Maity, J. Košmrlj and B. Sarkar, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 686 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02879A

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