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- Title
Effective Activation of Strong C−Cl Bonds for Highly Selective Photosynthesis of Bibenzyl via Homo‐Coupling.
- Authors
Yang, Qingning; Li, Xiyi; Chen, Lu; Han, Xiaoyu; Wang, Feng Ryan; Tang, Junwang
- Abstract
Carbon‐carbon (C−C) coupling of organic halides has been successfully achieved in homogeneous catalysis, while the limitation, e.g., the dependence on rare noble metals, complexity of the metal‐ligand catalylst and the poor catalyst stability and recyclability, needs to be tackled for a green process. The past few years have witnessed heterogeneous photocatalysis as a green and novel method for organic synthesis processes. However, the study on C−C coupling of chloride substrates is rare due to the extremely high bond energy of C−Cl bond (327 kJ mol−1). Here, we report a robust heterogeneous photocatalyst (Cu/ZnO) to drive the homo‐coupling of benzyl chloride with high efficiency, which achieves an unprecedented high selectivity of bibenzyl (93 %) and yield rate of 92 % at room temperature. Moreover, this photocatalytic process has been validated for C−C coupling of 10 benzylic chlorides all with high yields. In addition, the excellent stability has been observed for 8 cycles of reactions. With detailed characterization and DFT calculation, the high selectivity is attributed to the enhanced adsorption of reactants, stabilization of intermediates (benzyl radicals) for the selective coupling by the Cu loading and the moderate oxidation ability of the ZnO support, besides the promoted charge separation and transfer by Cu species.
- Subjects
COUPLING reactions (Chemistry); COPPER; BENZYL chloride; HOMOGENEOUS catalysis; NONFERROUS metals; PHOTOCATALYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS catalysts
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2023, Vol 135, Issue 43, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202307907