Reductive samarium (electro)catalysis enabled by SmIII-alkoxide protonolysis

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Boyd, Emily A.; Shin, Chungkeun; Charboneau, David J.; Peters, Jonas C.; Reisman, Sarah E.
• 署名单位: California Institute of Technology
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-10384
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adp5777
• 发表日期: 2024-08-23
• 页码: 847-853
• 关键词: reducing power; mediated reactions; diiodide; esters; electrosynthesis

摘要

Samarium diiodide (SmI2) is a privileged, single-electron reductant deployed in diverse synthetic settings. However, generalizable methods for catalytic turnover remain elusive because of the well-known challenge associated with cleaving strong Sm-III-O bonds. Prior efforts have focused on the use of highly reactive oxophiles to enable catalyst turnover. However, such approaches give rise to complex catalyst speciation and intrinsically limit the synthetic scope. Herein, we leveraged a mild and selective protonolysis strategy to achieve samarium-catalyzed, intermolecular reductive cross-coupling of ketones and acrylates with broad scope. The modularity of our approach allows rational control of selectivity based on solvent, pK( a) (where K- a is the acid dissociation constant), and the samarium coordination sphere and provides a basis for future developments in catalytic and electrocatalytic lanthanide chemistry.