Synthesis of electrophilic N-heterocyclic carbenes based on azahelicene

Pierpaolo Morgante; Burjor Captain; Christopher D. Chouinard; Roberto Peverati; Norito Takenaka

doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152143

Synthesis of electrophilic N-heterocyclic carbenes based on azahelicene

Pierpaolo Morgante, Burjor Captain, Christopher D. Chouinard, Roberto Peverati, Norito Takenaka

Chemistry

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Abstract

Helical-chiral analogues of imidazopyridine-2-yilidene were synthesized from 2-aza[6]helicene. The energies of their frontier orbitals were analyzed by the density functional theory calculations. The exceedingly large extension of NHC's π system by helicene annelation significantly enhanced the π electron-accepting properties of the carbene center while the strong σ electron-donating properties of imidazopyridine-2-yilidenes were retained.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	152143
Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
Volume	61
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152143
State	Published - Jul 23 2020

Keywords

Catalyst design
Computational chemistry
Electronic properties
Helicene
N-heterocyclic carbenes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
Organic Chemistry

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