A Cu(II)-catalyzed oxidative substitution of pyrazole C–H bonds.pdfVIP

Inorganic Chemistry Communications 11 (2008) 961–964 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Inorganic Chemistry Communications journal homepage: /locate/inoche A Cu(II)-catalyzed oxidative substitution of pyrazole C–H bonds afforded the first halogenated pyrazolecarboxylato-based copper(II) coordination complexes Lan-Fen Chen, Xin-Yi Cao, Zhao-Ji Li, Jian-Kai Cheng, Qi-Pu Lin, Yuan-Gen Yao * State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, PR China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: A Cu(II)-catalyzed oxidative substitution of pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylic acid (H pdc) C–H bonds by bromo/ 3 Received 21 March 2008 iodo nucleophiles in a self-assembly process under hydrothermal conditions afforded the first haloge- Accepted 8 May 2008 nated pyrazolecarboxylato-based linear trinuclear copper(II) coordination complexes. Available online 13 May 2008 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V. Keywords: C–H activation Pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylate Cu(II) complex Halogenated Recent years the molecular self-assembly in the crystal engi- [14]. In this report, we present an interesting example of Cu(II)-cat- neering has emerged as an attractive approach to construct novel alyzed oxidat