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Development of Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Trifluoromethylation and Exploiting Cu/Cu2O Nanowires with Novel Catalytic Reactivity Dissertation by Huaifeng Li In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia June, 2014 2 EXAMINATION COMMITTEE APPROVALS FORM The dissertation of Huaifeng Li is approved by the examination committee. Committee Chairperson: Prof. Kuo-Wei Huang Committee Member: Prof. Jorg Eppinger Committee Member: Prof. Yu Han Committee Member: Prof. Zhiping Lai 3 June, 2014 Huaifeng Li All Rights Reserved 4 ABSTRACT Development of Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Trifluoromethylation and Exploiting Cu/Cu2O Nanowires with Novel Catalytic Reactivity Huaifeng Li This thesis is based on research in Cu-catalyzed electrophilic trifluoromethylation and exploiting Cu/Cu2O nanowires with novel catalytic reactivity for developing of catalytic and greener synthetic methods. A large number of biological active pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals contain fluorine substituents (-F) or trifluoromethyl groups (-CF3) because these moieties often result in profound changes of their physical, chemical, and biological properties, such as metabolic stability and lipophilicity. For this reason, the introduction of fluorine or trifluoromethyl groups into organic molecules has attracted intensive attention. Among them, transition metal-catalyzed trifluoromethylation reactions has proved to be an efficient and reliable strategy to construct carbon-fluorine (C-F) and carbon- trifluoromethyl (C-CF3) bond. We have developed a catalytic process for the first time for trifluoromethylation of terminal alkynes with Togni’s reagent, affording trifluoromethylated acetylenes in good to excellent yields. The reaction is conducted at room temperature and exhibits tolerance to a range of functional groups. Derived from this discovery, the extension of work of copper catalyzed electrophilic trifluoromethylation were investigated which include the 5 electrophilic trifluoromethylation of arylsulfinate salts and electrophilic trifluoromethylation of organotrifluoroborates. Because of growing environmental concern, the development of greener synthetic methods has drawn much attention. Nano-sized catalysts are environment-friendly and an attractive green alternative to the conventional homogeneous catalysts. The nano-sized catalysts can be easily separated from the reaction mixture due to their insolubility and thus they can be used recycled. Notably, because of the high reactivities of nano-sized metal catalysts, the use of ligands can be avoided and the catalysts loadings can be reduced greatly. Moreover, the nano-sized catalysts can increase the exposed surface area of the active component, thereby enhancing the contact between reactants and catalyst dramatically. Based on the above-mentioned concepts and with the aim of achieving one “green and sustainable” approach, C-S bond formation and click reactions catalyzed by Cu/Cu2O nanowires were investigated. It was found that the recyclable core-shell structured Cu/Cu2O nanowires could be applied as a highly reactive catalysts for the cross-coupling reaction between aryl iodides and the cycloaddition of terminal alkynes and azides under ligand-free conditions. Furthermore, these results were the first report for the cross- coupling reaction and click reaction catalyzed by one-dimensional (1D) copper nanowires. 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I heartily thank Professor Kuo-Wei Huang, my advisor for offering me the great opportunity to work in his lab over the years. I am extremely grateful to him for transmitting me great ideas in chemistry from his unfathomable both chemistry and philosophy knowledge. Along the way, he trained me how to think about chemical problems and design innovative solutions for them in simple, yet excellent ways. He showed me how to analyze the experiment data and get the useful information, instead of just robotic scientific research. This dissertation would not have been possible without his continual guidance, advice and kind support that he grants me. Moreover, I am deeply grateful to his help for my family. He has been not only a forever-supportive teacher and supervisor to me but also a great human being. I was fortunate enough to be the first Ph.D. student of Professor Huang, and from him I learned not only knowledge and experimental skills, but also the persistent pursuit of higher quality in both academic and personal life. I would also like to thank our collaborators, Professor Zhiqiang Weng at the Fuzhou University and Professor Zhiping Lai at KAUST for their helpful advice and invaluable assistance on my doctoral work. Without these help, much of my work would not be achieved. I must acknowledge my thesis committee members Professor Jorg Eppinger, Professor Yu Han, and Professor Zhiping Lai for their time, guidance and helpful discussions throughout the course of this research. I would like to express my gratitude to Professor 7 Jorg Eppinger for his helpful comments and his exceptional knowledge. I would like to thank Professor Yu Han, who is a brilliant and extremely helpful chemist with his expertise and insights in chemistry. Professor Zhiping Lai is to be thanked not only for his service as my Ph.D. committee members but also his mentorship during our coorperation in copper nanowires project. I am also grateful to one of my mentors, Professor Jinbo Hu at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) who set an outstanding model for me to pursue in my life and scientific research, for introducing me into organic chemistry and recommending me joining the research group led by Professor Huang. I would also take this opportunity to thank all the talent members in Professor Huang’s lab who have worked with me, namely, Dr. Tao Chen, Dr. Weiguo Jia, Dr. Liangfeng Yao, Dr. Dirong Gong, Dr. Xiaoyu Guan, Dr. Lipeng He, Dr. Xiao Han, Dr. Bin Zheng, Dr. Zhenhua Dong, Dr. Qianyi Zhao, Dr. Lei Hu, Dr. Yupeng Pan, Dr. Chenglin Pan, Dr. Yuan Wang, Dr. Shixiong Min, Dr. Limin Yang, Dr. Xianbing Liu, Dr. Amol Hengne, Richmond Lee, Davin Tan, XiaoZhi Lim, Ahmed Elshewy and Maha Alhaddad. Without their numerous help, it would have been impossible for me to finish some of my projects. They had given me a lot of assistance not only in chemistry but also in life. I especially thank Dr. Wei Chen who provide me the nanowire catalysts and characterize the materials. He gave me too much help during my research work. I also want to express my appreciation to the members of core lab at KAUST for technical support. I especially thank Dr. Xianrong Guo for NMR experiments, Dr. Liang 8 Li for X-ray characterization, Dr. Qingxiao Wang for microscopy characterization, Dr. Zeyad A. Al-Tallaand for HRMS, and Dr. Mustafa Altunkaya for element analysis. My appreciation also goes to my friends and colleagues and the department faculty and staff for making my time at KAUST a great experience. I would like to thank all my good friends in KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC) for their kind support. My deepest appreciation goes to my family for their selflessly support over the past years. Words cannot express my gratitude for their support. Without their help, I could not have completed this work. 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXAMINATION COMMITTEE APPROVALS FORM ............................................. 2 ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................... 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................. 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................. 9 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................ 12 LIST OF SCHEMES ...................................................................................................... 15 LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................ 19 LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................... 21 Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 23 Introduction of Copper-Mediated Reactions: A Short Survey from A Historical Contextual Perspective ................................................................................................... 23 1.1 Historical background ............................................................................................. 24 1.2 Renaissance of copper mediated reactions: progress in modern copper chemistry 30 1.2.1 Pioneering studies on the ligand effect for the copper catalyzed reactions ...... 31 1.2.2 Copper mediated regular cross-coupling reactions .......................................... 35 1.2.2.1 C-N bonds cross-coupling reactions .......................................................... 35 1.2.2.2 C-O bonds cross-coupling reactions .......................................................... 44 1.2.2.3 C-S bonds cross-coupling reactions ........................................................... 50 1.2.3 Copper mediated oxidative cross-coupling reactions ....................................... 53 1.2.4 Copper mediated Umpolung cross-coupling reactions using electrophilic nitrogen sources ........................................................................................................