Mixed effect of the supporting electrolyte and the zinc anode in the electrochemical homocoupling of 2-bromopyridines catalyzed by nickel complexes in an undivided cell.
[reactions: see text] Nickel-catalyzed electroreductive homocoupling of 2-bromomethylpyridines and 2-bromopyridine has been investigated in an undivided cell in the presence of a zinc sacrificial anode. A series of reactions were performed with various types and concentrations of supporting electrolyte. It was observed that a key step in this process is the formation of an arylzinc through a nickel-zinc transmetalation. This intermediate can be transformed back to the reactive arylnickel species to afford the homocoupling as the final product. The back process from the arylzinc intermediate is, however, suppressed in the presence of high concentration (0.2 M) of tetraalkylammonium salts. On the contrary, with NaI, the formation of the dimer is not prevented, whatever the NaI concentration.
de França
Kelnner W R
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Departamento de Química Fundamental, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CCEN, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Oliveira
Jadson de Lira
Jde L
Florêncio
Tupolevck
T
da Silva
Aderivaldo P
AP
Navarro
Marcelo
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Léonel
Eric
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Nédélec
Jean-Yves
JY