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- Title
Carbene Formation or Reduction of the Diazo Functional Group? An Unexpected Solvent‐Dependent Reactivity of Cyclic Diazo Imides.
- Authors
Hussain, Yaseen; Empel, Claire; Koenigs, Rene M.; Chauhan, Pankaj
- Abstract
The control of the reactivity of diazo compounds is commonly achieved by the choice of a suitable catalyst, e.g. via stabilization of singlet carbenes or radical intermediates. Herein, we report on the light‐promoted reactivity of cyclic diazo imides with thiols, where the choice of solvent results in two fundamentally different reaction pathways. In dichloromethane (DCM), a carbene is formed initially and engages in a cascade C−H functionalization/thiolation reaction to deliver indane‐fused pyrrolidines in good to excellent yields. When switching to acetonitrile solvent, the carbene pathway is shut down and an unusual reduction of the diazo compound occurs under otherwise identical reaction conditions, where the aryl thiol acts as reductant. A combined set of experimental and computational studies was carried out to obtain mechanistic understanding and to support that indane formation proceeds via the insertion of a triplet carbene, while the reduction of diazo imides proceeds via an electron transfer process.
- Subjects
IMIDES; FUNCTIONAL groups; PYRROLIDINE synthesis; CHARGE exchange; DICHLOROMETHANE; CARBENE synthesis; DIAZO compounds; ACETONITRILE; CARBENES
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2023, Vol 135, Issue 40, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202309184