Li vs Na: Divergent Reaction Patterns between Organolithium and Organosodium Complexes and Ligand-Catalyzed Ketone/Aldehyde Methylenation

Nathan Davison; Claire L. McMullin; Lu Zhang; Shu-Xian Hu; Paul G. Waddell; Corrine Wills; Casey Dixon; Erli Lu

doi:10.1021/jacs.3c01033

Li vs Na: Divergent Reaction Patterns between Organolithium and Organosodium Complexes and Ligand-Catalyzed Ketone/Aldehyde Methylenation

Nathan Davison, Claire L. McMullin, Lu Zhang, Shu-Xian Hu, Paul G. Waddell, Corrine Wills, Casey Dixon, Erli Lu

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Organosodium chemistry is underdeveloped compared with organolithium chemistry, and all the reported organosodium complexes exhibit similar, if not identical, reactivity patterns to their lithium counterparts. Herein, we report a rare organosodium monomeric complex, namely, [Na(CH ₂SiMe ₃)(Me ₆Tren)] (1-Na) (Me ₆Tren: tris[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]amine) stabilized by a tetra-dentate neutral amine ligand Me ₆Tren. Employing organo-carbonyl substrates (ketones, aldehydes, amides, ester), we demonstrated that 1-Na features distinct reactivity patterns compared with its lithium counterpart, [Li(CH ₂SiMe ₃)(Me ₆Tren)] (1-Li). Based on this knowledge, we further developed a ligand-catalysis strategy to conduct ketone/aldehyde methylenations, using [NaCH ₂SiMe ₃] _∞ as the CH ₂ feedstock, replacing the widely used but hazardous/expensive C═O methylenation methods, such as Wittig, Tebbe, Julia/Julia-Kocieński, Peterson, and so on.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6562-6576
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	145
Issue number	11
Early online date	8 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c01033
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2023

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