title: Why platinum catalysts involving ligands with large bite angle are so efficient in the allylation of amines: design of a highly active catalyst and comprehensive experimental and DFT study.
abstract: The platinum-catalyzed allylation of amines with allyl alcohols was studied experimentally and theoretically. The complexes [Pt(eta(3)-allyl)(dppe)]OTf (2) and [Pt(eta(3)-allyl)(DPP-Xantphos)]PF(6) (5) were synthesized and structurally characterized, and their reactivity toward amines was explored. The bicyclic aminopropyl complex [Pt(CH(2)CH(2)CH(2)NHBn-kappa-C,N)(dppe)]OTf (3) was obtained from the reaction of complex 2 with an excess of benzylamine, and this complex was shown to be a deactivated form of catalyst 2. On the other hand, reaction of complex 5 with benzylamine and allyl alcohol led to formation of the 16-VE platinum(0) complex [Pt(eta(2)-C(3)H(5)OH)(DPP-Xantphos)] (7), which was structurally characterized and appears to be a catalytic intermediate. A DFT study showed that the mechanism of the platinum-catalyzed allylation of amines with allyl alcohols differs from the palladium-catalyzed process, since it involves an associative ligand-exchange step involving formation of a tetracoordinate 18-VE complex. This DFT study also revealed that ligands with large bite angles disfavor the formation of platinum hydride complexes and therefore the formation of a bicyclic aminopropyl complex, which is a thermodynamic sink. Finally, a combination of 5 and a proton source was shown to efficiently catalyze the allylation of a broad variety of amines with allyl alcohols under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Hétéroéléments et coordination, DCPH, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128, Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: Guilhem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Piechaczyk
authors.forename: Romaric
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Houdard
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mézailles
authors.forename: Xavier-Frederic
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Le Goff
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: le Floch
mesh_terms: D000498:Allyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D000498:Allyl Compounds; D000588:Amines; D008024:Ligands; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D010984:Platinum