A selenium-coordinated palladium(<scp>ii</scp>) <i>trans</i>-dichloride molecular rotor as a catalyst for site-selective annulation of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-<i>a</i>]pyridines
Neha Meena, S. Sharma, Ramprasad Bhatt, Vikki N. Shinde, Anurag Prakash Sunda, Nattamai Bhuvanesh, Anil Kumar, Hemant Joshi
Abstract
for a roughly 4.5 Å-long rotor. The molecular rotor showed excellent catalytic activity with reverse regioselectivity for annulation of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines (yields: ∼53-78%) with only 1.5 mol% catalyst loading.
Topics & Concepts
AnnulationCatalysisChemistryPalladiumRegioselectivityRotor (electric)SeleniumCombinatorial chemistryMedicinal chemistryOrganic chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionMagnetism in coordination complexes