Linear-Organic-Polymer-Supported Iridium Complex as a Recyclable Auto-Tandem Catalyst for the Synthesis of Quinazolinones via Selective Hydration/Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling from o-Aminobenzonitriles

Org Lett. 2021 Apr 2;23(7):2553-2558. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00475. Epub 2021 Mar 17.

Abstract

A linear-organic-polymer-supported iridium complex Cp*Ir@P4VP, which is designed and synthesized by the coordinative immobilization of [Cp*IrCl2]2 on poly(4-vinylpyridine), was proven to be an efficient heterogeneous autotandem catalyst for synthesizing quinazolinones via selective hydration/acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling from o-aminobenzonitriles. Furthermore, the synthesized catalyst was recycled five times without an obvious decrease in the catalytic activity.