title: Picolinamides as effective ligands for copper-catalysed aryl ether formation: structure-activity relationships, substrate scope and mechanistic investigations.
abstract: The use of picolinic acid amide derivatives as an effective family of bidentate ligands for copper-catalysed aryl ether synthesis is reported. A fluorine-substituted ligand gave good results in the synthesis of a wide range of aryl ethers. Even bulky phenols, known to be very challenging substrates, were shown to react with aryl iodides with excellent yields using these ligands. At the end of the reaction, the first examples of end-of-life Cu species were isolated and identified as Cu(II) complexes with several of the anionic ligands tested. A preliminary mechanistic investigation is reported that suggests that the substituents on the ligands might have a crucial role in determining the redox properties of the metal centre and, consequently, its efficacy in the coupling process. An understanding of these effects is important for the development of new efficient and tunable ligands for copper-based chemistry.
authors.affiliation: iPRD, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT (UK).
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sambiagio
authors.forename: Rachel H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Munday
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Marsden
authors.forename: A John
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blacker
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: McGowan
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D004987:Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010848:Picolinic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D004987:Ethers; D008024:Ligands; D010848:Picolinic Acids; D003300:Copper; C003142:picolinamide
keywords: N ligands; aryl ethers; copper; cross-coupling; structure-activity relationships