RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Homocoupling of Alkynes: Full Mechanistic Characterization of a More Complex Oxidase-Type Behavior A1 Toledo Pérez, Alberto A1 Funes Ardóiz, Ignacio A1 Masera Cuni, Feliu A1 Albéniz Jiménez, Ana Carmen K1 Chemistry K1 Catalysis K1 Aalkyne K1 C-C coupling K1 Oxygen K1 Oxidase K1 Palladium K1 Reaction mechanisms AB A combined experimental and computationalapproach has been used to shed light on the mechanism of thePd-catalyzed oxidative homocoupling of alkynes using oxygen asthe oxidant. Mechanistic understanding is important because ofthe synthetically relevant direct involvement of oxygen in theoxidative coupling and because of the presence of related pro-cesses as undesired side reactions in cross-coupling reactionsinvolving terminal alkynes. A low-ligated [Pd(PPh3)(alkyne)] com-plex is key in the process, and it can be conveniently generated fromallylic palladium(II) complexes in the presence of a base or fromPd(I) allylic dimers as precatalysts. The catalytic coupling occursby alkyne metalation to give an anionic [Pd(PPh3)(alkynyl)]−complex that is then oxidized by oxygen. The interaction withoxygen occurs only on this electron-rich Pd(0) anionic species and leads to a (κO,κO-peroxo)palladium(II) singlet intermediate that undergoes subsequent protonolysis to give a (κO-hydroperoxo)palladium(II) complex and then hydrogen peroxide. The second alkyne metalation occurs on a Pd(II) derivative to give a bis(alkynyl)palladium(II) complex that evolves to the product by reductive elimination as the product-forming step. This reaction is an oxidase-type process that, in contrast to most Pd-catalyzed oxidative processes, occurs without separation of the substrate transformation and the catalyst oxidation, with these two processes being intertwined and dependent on one another. PB American Chemical Society YR 2018 FD 2018 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31482 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31482 LA eng NO ACS Catalysis, 2018, vol. 8, p. 7495−7506 DS UVaDOC RD 21-nov-2024