PMID- 29251365 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20180321 LR - 20180321 IS - 1521-3765 (Electronic) IS - 0947-6539 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 11 DP - 2018 Feb 21 TI - Investigations of the Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Tetrahydroisoquinolines with Diethylzinc by a Combination of Mass Spectrometric and Electrochemical Methods. PG - 2663-2668 LID - 10.1002/chem.201704914 [doi] AB - The aerobic oxidative cross-coupling of tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) with diethylzinc catalyzed by CuCl(2) has been examined by means of electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Substrates, intermediates, and the product were readily detected. Particular emphasis has been placed on the role of CuCl(2) . Formation of the intermediate iminium species has been investigated in more detail by ESI-MS, electrochemistry-coupled ESI mass spectrometry (EC-MS), and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Our experiments have consistently revealed strong influences of the N-substituent of the THIQ derivative and its oxidation stability with respect to CuCl(2) . The results may help to expand the synthetic scope of the reaction, while also further establishing EC-MS as a valuable technique for linking mass spectrometry with cyclic voltammetry in mechanistic studies of organic redox reactions. CI - (c) 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Willms, J Alexander AU - Willms JA AD - Kekule-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany. FAU - Gleich, Hermann AU - Gleich H AD - Kekule-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany. FAU - Schrempp, Michael AU - Schrempp M AD - Kekule-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany. FAU - Menche, Dirk AU - Menche D AD - Kekule-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany. FAU - Engeser, Marianne AU - Engeser M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6987-4126 AD - Kekule-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, 53121, Bonn, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180126 PL - Germany TA - Chemistry JT - Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) JID - 9513783 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cu catalysis OT - cross-coupling OT - cyclic voltammetry OT - electrospray mass spectrometry OT - tetrahydroisoquinoline EDAT- 2017/12/19 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/19 06:01 CRDT- 2017/12/19 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/chem.201704914 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemistry. 2018 Feb 21;24(11):2663-2668. doi: 10.1002/chem.201704914. Epub 2018 Jan 26.