[Co(MeTAA)] Metalloradical Catalytic Route to Ketenes via Carbonylation of Carbene Radicals
Andrei Chirila; Kaj M. van Vliet; Nanda D. Paul; Bas de Bruin
文献索引：10.1002/ejic.201800101
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摘要
An efficient synthetic strategy towards beta‐lactams, amides, and esters involving “in situ” generation of ketenes and subsequent trapping with nucleophiles is presented. Carbonylation of carbene radical intermediates using the cheap and highly active cobalt(II) tetramethyltetraaza[14]annulene catalyst [Co(MeTAA)] provides a convenient one‐pot synthetic protocol towards substituted ketenes. N‐tosylhydrazones are used as carbene precursors, thereby bridging the gap between aldehydes and ketenes. Activation of these carbene precursors by the metalloradical cobalt(II) catalyst affords CoIII‐carbene radicals, which subsequently react with carbon monoxide to form ketenes. In the presence of a nucleophile (imine, alcohol, or amine) in the reaction medium the ketene is immediately trapped, resulting in the desired products in a one‐pot synthetic protocol. The β‐lactams formed upon reaction with imines are produced in a highly trans‐selective manner.