{"title":"Bifunctional Ruthenium Catalysts for endo-Selective Cycloisomerization of Nucleophile-Functionalized Terminal Alkynes","authors":"Hector A. Garcia Mayerstein, Datong Song","doi":"10.1021/acscatal.4c05245","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The catalytic cycloisomerization of nucleophile-functionalized alkynes is a useful method for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with 100% atom economy. Group 8 catalysts give high <i>endo</i>-selectivity in these transformations due to their ability to invoke metal-vinylidene intermediates. However, all known group 8 catalysts have relatively low activities and require high temperatures. Here, we report bifunctional ruthenium catalysts that enable the cycloisomerization of a large variety of substrates at low catalyst loadings and ambient temperature with turnover frequencies as high as 200 s<sup>–1</sup>.","PeriodicalId":9,"journal":{"name":"ACS Catalysis ","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Catalysis ","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c05245","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The catalytic cycloisomerization of nucleophile-functionalized alkynes is a useful method for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with 100% atom economy. Group 8 catalysts give high endo-selectivity in these transformations due to their ability to invoke metal-vinylidene intermediates. However, all known group 8 catalysts have relatively low activities and require high temperatures. Here, we report bifunctional ruthenium catalysts that enable the cycloisomerization of a large variety of substrates at low catalyst loadings and ambient temperature with turnover frequencies as high as 200 s–1.
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ACS Catalysis is an esteemed journal that publishes original research in the fields of heterogeneous catalysis, molecular catalysis, and biocatalysis. It offers broad coverage across diverse areas such as life sciences, organometallics and synthesis, photochemistry and electrochemistry, drug discovery and synthesis, materials science, environmental protection, polymer discovery and synthesis, and energy and fuels.
The scope of the journal is to showcase innovative work in various aspects of catalysis. This includes new reactions and novel synthetic approaches utilizing known catalysts, the discovery or modification of new catalysts, elucidation of catalytic mechanisms through cutting-edge investigations, practical enhancements of existing processes, as well as conceptual advances in the field. Contributions to ACS Catalysis can encompass both experimental and theoretical research focused on catalytic molecules, macromolecules, and materials that exhibit catalytic turnover.