Author： Döhlert Peter Weidauer Maik Enthaler Stephan
Publisher： Swiss Chemical Society
ISSN： 0009-4293
Source： CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, Vol.69, Iss.6, 2015-06, pp. : 327-330
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Abstract
The formation of carbon–carbon bonds is one of the fundamental transformations in chemistry. In this regard the application of palladium-based catalysts has been extensively investigated during recent years, but nowadays research focuses on iron catalysis, due to sustainability, costs and toxicity issues; hence numerous examples for iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have been established, based on the coupling of electrophiles (R1-X, X = halide) with nucleophiles (R2-MgX). Only a small number of protocols deals with the iron-catalyzed oxidative coupling of nucleophiles (R1-MgX + R2-MgX) with the aid of oxidants (1,2-dihaloethanes). However, some issues arise with these oxidants; hence more recently the potential of the industrial waste product nitrous oxide (N2O) was investigated, because the unproblematic side product N2 is formed. Based on that, we demonstrate the catalytic potential of easily accessible iron complexes in the oxidative coupling of Grignard reagents. Importantly, nitrous oxide was essential to obtain yields up to >99% at mild conditions (
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