Keto–Enol thermodynamics of Breslow intermediates

Paul, Mathias ; Breugst, Martin ; Neudörfl, Jorg-Martin ; Sunoj, Raghavan B. ; Berkessel, Albrecht (2016) Keto–Enol thermodynamics of Breslow intermediates Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138 (15). pp. 5044-5051. ISSN 0002-7863

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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.5b13236

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b13236

Abstract

Breslow intermediates, first postulated in 1958, are pivotal intermediates in carbene-catalyzed umpolung. Attempts to isolate and characterize these fleeting amino enol species first met with success in 2012 when we found that saturated bis-Dipp/Mes imidazolidinylidenes readily form isolable, though reactive diamino enols with aldehydes and enals. In contrast, triazolylidenes, upon stoichiometric reaction with aldehydes, gave exclusively the keto tautomer and no isolable enol. Herein, we present the synthesis of the “missing” keto tautomers of imidazolidinylidene-derived diamino enols and computational thermodynamic data for 15 enol–ketone pairs derived from various carbenes/aldehydes. Electron-withdrawing substituents on the aldehyde favor enol formation, the same holds for N,N′-Dipp [2,6-di(2-propyl)phenyl] and N,N′-Mes [2,4,6-trimethylphenyl] substitution on the carbene component. The latter effect rests on stabilization of the diamino enol tautomer by Dipp substitution, and could be attributed to dispersive interaction of the 2-propyl groups with the enol moiety. For three enol–ketone pairs, equilibration of the thermodynamically disfavored tautomer was attempted with acids and bases but could not be effected, indicating kinetic inhibition of proton transfer.

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