Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (9): 3135-3145.DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202303002 Previous Articles     Next Articles

氮杂环卡宾催化合成氰基化合物的研究进展

蔡远林a, 吕亚a, 聂桂花a, 金智超a,*(), 池永贵a,b,*()   

  1. a 贵州大学精细化工研究开发中心 贵州大学绿色农药全国重点实验室 绿色农药与农业生物工程教育部重点实验室 贵阳 550025
    b 南洋理工大学化学化工与生物技术学院 新加坡 637371
  • 收稿日期:2023-03-01 修回日期:2023-04-10 发布日期:2023-05-05
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(21961006); 国家自然科学基金(32172459); 国家自然科学基金(22071036); 贵州省教育厅不对称合成与药物分子前沿科学中心(KY(2020)004); 贵州大学中国高校学科人才引进计划(D20023); 新加坡国家研究基金(NRFNRFI2016-06); 竞争研究计划(NRFCRP22-2019-0002); 新加坡教育部(RG7/20); 新加坡教育部(RG5/19); 新加坡教育部(MOE2019-T2-2-117); 及新加坡教育部(MOE2018-T3-1-003)

Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Cyanides Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis

Yuanlin Caia, Ya Lüa, Guihua Niea, Zhichao Jina(), Yonggui Chia,b()   

  1. a Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025
    b School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371
  • Received:2023-03-01 Revised:2023-04-10 Published:2023-05-05
  • Contact: E-mail: zcjin@gzu.edu.cn;robinchi@ntu.edu.sg
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(21961006); National Natural Science Foundation of China(32172459); National Natural Science Foundation of China(22071036); Frontiers Science Center for Asymmetric Synthesis and Medicinal Molecules, Department of Education, Guizhou Province(KY(2020)004); Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities of China at Guizhou University(D20023); Singapore National Research Foundation under Its NRF Investigatorship(NRFNRFI2016-06); Competitive Research Program(NRFCRP22-2019-0002); Singapore Ministry of Education under Its MOE AcRF Tier 1 Award(RG7/20); Singapore Ministry of Education under Its MOE AcRF Tier 1 Award(RG5/19); MOE AcRF Tier 2 Award(MOE2019-T2-2-117); MOE AcRF Tier 3 Award(MOE2018-T3-1-003)

Cyanide compounds are not only widely found in medicine and pesticide molecules, but also a class of important intermediates. The traditional method for the synthesis of cyano compounds is to use the simplest cyanide reagents such as sodium cyanide, potassium cyanide and hydrocyanic acid, but the toxicity and instability of cyanide reagents have limited its application in synthesis. Therefore, the development of organic cyanide reagents and cyanide-free reagents for the construction of cyano compounds has attracted much attention. N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) is a kind of effective small-molecule organocatalysts. A series of catalytic activation modes enabled by NHC have been developed for the formation of various carbon-carbon (C—C) and carbon-heteroatom (C—X) bonds. With the purpose of attracting much attention to this research field and bringing new ideas into the development of the NHC organocatalytic reactions, the catalytic reactions for the construction of cyano compounds enabled by NHC with organic cyanide reagents or cyanide-free reagents are summarized.

Key words: N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC), organic cyanide reagent, cyanide-free reagent, cyanation reaction, cyanide compound