Selective reductive cross-coupling of N-heteroarenes by an unsymmetrical PNP-ligated manganese catalyst was written by Tan, Zhenda;Xiong, Biao;Yang, Jian;Ci, Chenggang;Jiang, Huanfeng;Zhang, Min. And the article was included in Journal of Catalysis in 2020.Electric Literature of C7H5N3 This article mentions the following:
Herein, by developing an unprecedented manganese catalyst ligating with an unsym. 2-aminotetrahydronaphthyridyl PNP-ligands e.g., I, a new reductive cross-coupling of indoles II (R = H, 5-MeO, 7-Me, 2,5-di-Me, etc.)/1H-pyrrole, 2,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole and N-heteroarenes III (R1 = H, 2,3-di-Me, 4-chlorophenyl, thiophen-2-yl, etc.; X = CH, N) was achieved. Mechanistic investigations show that the catalyst-enabled in situ capture of the partially reduced intermediates by interruption of the second transfer hydrogenation of N-heteroarenes constitutes the key to success for the present reaction. The developed chem. proceeds with good substrate and functional group compatibility, high step and atom efficiency, and excellent chemo and regioselectivity, and is applicable for late-stage modification of pyridine-containing biomedical mols., which has established a new platform allowing the linkage of aromatic systems into functional frameworks, and further development of unsym. PNP organometallic complexes and related catalytic transformations. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, Pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazine (cas: 322-46-3Electric Literature of C7H5N3).
Pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazine (cas: 322-46-3) belongs to pyrazine derivatives. Pyrazine is a symmetrical molecule with point group D2h. Pyrazine is less basic than pyridine, pyridazine and pyrimidine. Pyrazine heterocycles and their benzo derivatives possess many interesting properties, including chemical reactivity profiles, and have diverse applications in total synthesis, medicine, chemical biology, materials, dyes, and imaging.Electric Literature of C7H5N3