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Prof. James Stambuli, The Ohio State University
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Prof. James Stambuli, The Ohio State University
C-H Activation Reactions Promoted by Iridium and Palladium
Organic Chemistry Seminar Series
In recent years, the activation of C-H bonds has been transformed from an undesired step that deactivates a catalyst, to one that is synthetically useful. Many of these transformations involve the functionalization of arenes or allylic systems via their C-H bonds. We have developed several C-H activation reactions, but this talk will focus on the intermolecular allylic oxidation of vinylsilanes using low catalyst loadings of Pd(OAc)2 to produce the corresponding allylic acetates. Interestingly, trans-vinylsilanes are unreactive, whereas allylic oxidation reactions of cis-vinylsilanes proceed in good yields giving a single diastereo- and regioisomer of the branched allylic acetate trans-vinylsilane when benzoquinone (BQ) is employed. The use of PhI(OAc)2 as oxidant in place of BQ provides the branched, cis-vinylsilane as the major product. Intramolecular allylic etherifications of cis-vinylsilanes that give the corresponding vinyl tetrahydrofurans and –pyrans will also be presented. Our current efforts toward a mild, regioselective dehydrogenation of unactivated alkanes to alkenes using novel iridium complexes will also be discussed.
For more information contact Prof. Stefan France (404-385-1796).
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- Created By:Shirley Tomes
- Created:02/20/2012
- Modified By:Fletcher Moore
- Modified:10/07/2016
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