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Iron Catalysis in Synthetic Chemistry SUJOY RANA, ATANU MODAK, SOHAM MAITY, TUHIN PATRA, AND DEBABRATA MAITI Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. ADDITION REACTIONS A. Cycloadditions 1. The [2 + 2] Cycloaddition 2. The [3 + 2] Cycloaddition 3. The [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition 4. The [4 + 2] Cycloaddition B. Cyclopropanation C. Aziridination and Aziridine Ring-Opening Reactions D. Carbometalation of C-C Unsaturated Bond E. Michael Addition F. Barbier-Type Reaction G. Kharasch Reaction III. THE C-C BOND FORMATIONS VIA C-H FUNCTIONALIZATION A. The C-H Arylation 1. Direct Arylation With Organometallic Reagents 2. Direct Arylation With Aryl Halides B. The C-C Bond Formation Via Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling 1. The CDC Between Two sp3 C-H Bonds 2. The CDC Between sp3 and sp2 C-H Bonds 3. The CDC Between sp3 and sp C-H Bonds C. The C-C Bond Formation via Cross-Decarboxylative Coupling D. The C-C Bond Formation via Alkene Insertion E. OxidativeCOPYRIGHTED Coupling of Two C-H Bonds MATERIAL IV. THE C-H BOND OXIDATION A. Hydroxylation Progress in Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 59, First Edition. Edited by Kenneth D. Karlin. 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1 2 SUJOY RANA ET AL. B. Epoxidation C. cis-Dihydroxylation V. CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS A. Alkenyl Derivatives as Coupling Partners B. Aryl Derivatives as Coupling Partners C. Alkyl Derivatives as Coupling Partners 1. Low-Valent Iron Complex in Cross-Coupling Reactions D. Acyl Derivatives as Coupling Partners E. Iron-Catalyzed C-O, C-S, and C-N Cross-Coupling Reaction F. Iron-Catalyzed Mizoraki–Heck Reaction G. Iron-Catalyzed Negishi Coupling Reaction H. Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reaction I. Sonogashira Reaction J. Mechanism of Cross-Coupling Reactions K. Hydrocarboxylation L. Enyne Cross-Coupling Reaction VI. DIRECT C-N BOND FORMATION VIA C-H OXIDATION VII. IRON-CATALYZED AMINATION A. Allylic Aminations B. Intramolecular Allylic Amination VIII. SULFOXIDATIONS AND SYNTHESIS OF SULFOXIMINES, SULFIMIDES, AND SULFOXIMIDES A. Sulfoxidation B. Synthesis of Sulfoximines, Sulfimides, and Sulfoximides 1. Mechanism IX. REDUCTION REACTIONS A. Hydrosilylation of Alkenes B. Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones C. Hydrogenation of C-C Unsaturated Bonds D. Hydrogenation of Ketones E. Hydrogenation of Imines F. Reduction of Nitroarene to Anilines G. Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide and Bicarbonate H. Amide Reduction I. Reductive Aminations X. TRIFLUOROMETHYLATION XI. CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS REFERENCES IRON CATALYSIS IN SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY 3 I. INTRODUCTION During the last few decades, transition metal catalysts, especially those on precious metals [e.g., palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), and ruthe- nium (Ru)] have proven to be efficient for a large number of applications. The success of transition metal based organometallic catalysts lies in the easy modification of their environment by ligand exchange. A very large number of different types of ligands can coordinate to transition metal ions. Once the ligands are coordinated, the reactivity of the metals may change dramatically. However, the limited availability of these metals, in order of decreasing risk (depletion): Au > Ir, Rh, Ru > Pt, Re, Pd), as well as their high price (Fig. 1) and significant toxicity, makes it desirable to search for more economical and environmental friendly alternatives. A possible solution to this problem could be the increased use of catalysts based on first-row transition metals, especially iron (Fe) (1). In contrast to synthetic precious metal catalysts, iron takes part in various biological systems as an essential key element and electron-transfer reactions. Due to its abundance, inexpensiveness, and environmentally benign nature, use of iron has increased significantly in the last two decades for synthetic transformation both in asymmetric synthesis and reaction methodology. This development encouraged us to summarize the use of iron catalysis in organic synthesis, which includes cycloadditions, C-C, C-N bond formation, redox, and other reactions. This chapter has been divided into different sections based on the reaction type. Figure 1. Comparison of prices for different transition metals (Sigma Aldrich). 4 SUJOY RANA ET AL. II. ADDITION REACTIONS A. Cycloadditions 1. The [2 + 2] Cycloaddition In 2001, Itoh and co-workers (2) demonstrated the [2 + 2] cyclodimerization of trans-anethol catalyzed by alumina supported iron(III) perchlorate. A C2 symmet- ric cyclobutane derivative was obtained in excellent yield (92%) at room tempera- ture (rt), though longer reaction time was required. They applied the same catalytic system for the cycloaddition of styrenes and quinones. However, 2,3-dihydro- benzofuran derivatives were obtained in excellent yields in place of the desired [2 + 2] cycloadduct (Scheme 1) (3). Earlier, in 1982, Rosenblum and Scheck (4) showed that the CpFe(CO)2 cation, where Cp = cyclopentadienyl, could afford the unsaturated bicycle through the reaction of alkenes and methyl tetrolate, though the yields obtained were inferior. Significant improvement in iron-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloaddition was achieved in 2006 by Chirik and co-workers (5). They reported an intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition of the dienes resulting in the formation of [0.2.3] heptane derivatives catalyzed by a bis(imino)-pyridine iron(II) bis(dinitrogen) complex and only cis product was obtained. Further, labeling experiments confirmed the reaction to be stereospecific. A number of dienes containing different amine and ester functional groups reacted efficiently, but the presence of secondary amine and an SiMe2 group inhibited the reaction. This reaction can also be performed in the dark, clearly indicating the process to be thermally driven, rather than a photochemical one. A mechanism of this catalytic process was proposed where iron is assumed to maintain its ferrous oxidation state throughout the reaction with the help of redox active iPrPDI ligand (Scheme 2). MeO OMe MeO alumina–Fe(ClO4)3 MeCN, rt Me Me Me C O 2 symmetric 3 mol% Fe(ClO4)3/ Al2O3 O R Ar + Ar MeCN, rt OH O R Scheme 1. Early examples of iron-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloaddition. IRON CATALYSIS IN SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY 5 H 2– II cat (iPrPDI) Fe (N2)2 E E H 2– II (iPrPDI) Fe (N2)2 –[(iPrPDI)2– FeII] H 2– II (iPrPDI) Fe E (iPrPDI)0FeII E H Me Me N iPrPDI = Me N N Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Scheme 2. Plausible mechanism involving the iron(II) oxidation state [PDI = (N,N,E,´ N,N,E)-´ N,N´- (1,1´)-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bis(ethan-1-yl-1-ylidine))bis(2,6-diisopropylaniline)]. A combination of ethylene and butadiene resembles a thermally allowed [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction, namely, the Diels–Alder reaction. Using their redox-active bis(imino)-pyridine supported iron catalysts, Chirik and co-workers (6) reported the more challenging [2 + 2] cycloaddition from the same set of starting materials that furnished vinylcyclobutane in an excellent 95% yield. The protocol turned out to be substrate specific, as with insertion of a methyl group in the 2- position of diene, no cycloadduct was observed; rather it resulted in a 1,4-addition product. To shed light on their plausible mechanism, several labeling experiments were carried out with different substrates. They were successful in intercepting one iron metallocyclic intermediate, which resulted from ethylene insertion into the coor- dinated diene. The same species was also prepared by reacting vinylcyclobutane, the product of the [2 + 2] cycloaddition, with the iron catalyst. Thus the reaction proved to be reversible with iron metallocycle as an intermediate, and the backward reaction demonstrated a rare example of sp3–sp3 C-C bond activation with an iron catalyst under mild conditions. Isolation of the metallocycle interme- diate and labeling experiments led to a proposed mechanism for [2 + 2] cyclo- addition and 1,4-addition. The reaction initiated by displacement of dinitrogen ligands by diene an η4 complex, and ethylene insertion, which furnished the isolable metallocycle intermediate. In the next step, butadiene-induced reductive- elimination resulted in vinylcyclobutane along with regeneration of an iron butadi- ene intermediate. However, with isoprene, β-hydrogen elimination followed by C-H reductive elimination resulted in the 1,4-addition product (Scheme 3). 6 SUJOY RANA ET AL. Me Me Ar N Me N Fe R Reductive elimination Me Me N Ar Me Ar N R = H H H N Ligand-induced Oxidative H H Fe reductive coupling R elimination H Me N Me Ar R = Me N β-H elimination N Fe R Me N Scheme 3. Proposed mechanism for [2 + 2] cycloaddition of ethylene and butadiene. 2. The [3 + 2] Cycloaddition In 2012, Plietker and co-workers (7) reported an iron-catalyzed [3 + 2] cyclo- addition of vinylcyclopropanes (VCP) and activated olefins or N-tosyl imines to generate functionalized vinylcyclopentanes and cyclopyrrolidines in high yields and regioselectivities. The activation of VCP by the electron-rich ferrate, Bu4N- [Fe(CO)3(NO)] (TBAFe) (TBA = tetrabutylammonium), resulted in the formation of an intermediate allyl–Fe complex, which can be regarded as an a1, a3, d5-synthon (Scheme 4). Subsequent Michael addition onto activated olefins generated another carbanion, which readily attacked the carbocationic part of the intermediate to generate VCP derivatives. The scope of VCPs was tested with 1,1-bis(phenyl- sulfonyl)ethylene as the Michael acceptor where different functional groups like esters, nitriles, and amides were tested. Likewise, a variety of Michael acceptors containing esters, sulfones, nitriles, amides, and ketones were successfully employed in this reaction. Further, they tried to incorporate imines as the Michael acceptor to extend their methodology. However, only N-tosylarylimines reacted successfully while N-Ph and N-Boc protected imines gave no or undesired products. Notably, activation of a carbon–carbon bond of VCP by an inexpensive iron catalyst would encourage further investigation on other strained systems (e.g., cyclobutanes, aziridines, and oxiranes).