RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Non‐chelate‐assisted palladium‐catalyzed aerobic oxidative heck reaction of fluorobenzenes and other arenes: When does the C−H activation need help? A1 Villalba de Pando, Francisco A1 Albéniz Jiménez, Ana Carmen K1 Activación C-H K1 Olefination K1 Palladium K1 Ligand cooperation K1 Oxygen K1 23 Química K1 22 Física AB The pyridone fragment in the ligand [2, 2’-bipyridin]-6(1H)-one (bipy-6-OH) enables the oxidative Heck reaction of simple arenes with oxygen as the sole oxidant and no redox mediator. Arenes with either electron-donating or electron-withdrawing groups can be functionalized in this way. Experimental data on the reaction with toluene as the model arene shows that the C−H activation step is turnover limiting and that the ligand structure is crucial to facilitate the reaction, which supports the involvement of the pyridone fragment in the C−H activation step. In the case of fluoroarenes, the alkenylation of mono and 1,2-difluoro benzenes requires the presence of bipy-6-OH. In contrast, this ligand is detrimental for the alkenylation of 1,3-difluoro, tri, tetra and pentafluoro benzenes which can be carried out using just [Pd(OAc)2]. This correlates with the acidity of the fluoroarenes, the most acidic undergoing easier C−H activation so other steps of the reaction such as the coordination-insertion of the olefin become kinetically important for polyfluorinated arenes. The use of just a catalytic amount of sodium molybdate as a base proved to be optimal in all these reactions. PB Wiley SN 1615-4150 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49029 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49029 LA eng NO Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2021, vol. 363, p. 1-11 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 18-abr-2024