Copper‐Assisted Amination of Boronic Acids for Synthesis of Bulky Diarylamines: Experimental and DFT Study

Abstract

Comparative investigation of copper-assisted oxidative and reductive amination showed that the latter was preferable for the synthesis of bulky diarylamines. DFT estimation of the mechanism of copper(I)-assisted reductive amination of boronic acids with aryl nitroso compounds was performed and possible active species were identified. DFT estimation of the steric penalty revealed that the barrier for the transmetalation step for the hindered nitroso compound was almost the same as that for the unsubstituted one, whereas a bulky group in the boronic acid increased the activation energy. A DFT study of the influence of the electronic properties of the substituents in both reactants on the activation energy revealed that the optimal combination for the synthesis of unsymmetrical diarylamines to provide better yields was an electron-rich aryl boronic acid and an electron-deficient nitroso compound. By using these helpful guidelines, a series of new bulky diarylamines were obtained and fully characterized.

Carbon-Heteroatom Cross-Coupling via an Electronically Excited Nickel (II) Complex

“…trifluoromethyl)phenyl)sulfane, 3ah.The title compound was prepared according to general procedure 2.1. Spectral analysis is consistent with previously published data 17. Yield: 243 mg, 75% yield Physical State: Clear oil.1 H NMR (500 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) 13 C NMR (126 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) TLC: Rf = 0.80 (9:1 Hexanes:EtOAc) SMILES: FC(C(C=C1)=CC=C1SC2=CC=C(C(F)(F)F)C=C2)(…”

Chameleonic Behavior of the α‐Methylcyclopropyl Group and Its Through‐Space Interactions: A Route to Stabilized Three Redox States in Diarylnitroxides

“…The unsymmetrical 4,4′‐derivative with the MCP‐ and CF 3 ‐groups was obtained using the Chan–Lam reaction . All 2,4′‐di‐substituted diphenyl amines were synthesized by reductive amination using arylnitroso compounds, which is preferable for the synthesis of bulky diarylamines . Diarylamines were isolated and fully characterized (see the Supporting Information).…”

Twisted Diarylnitroxides: An Efficient Route for Radical Stabilization

“…Diarylnitroxides can be obtained through oxidation of diarylamines by using H 2 O 2 /Na 2 WO 4 or m-chloroperbenzoic acid. [1,2] Diarylamines (see the previous paper [28] ) containing ortho-tertbutyl and trifluoromethyl groups were used as precursors for the corresponding nitroxides (Table 1). Scheme 1.…”