Aryl transfer between Pd(II) centers or Pd(IV) intermediates in Pd-catalyzed domino reactions

A computational study has been performed to determine the mechanism of the key steps of Pd-catalyzed domino reactions in which C(sp2)-C(sp2) are formed from aryl and alkenyl halides. DFT calculations were done on model complexes of the proposed intermediates, with PH3 and H2O as ancillary ligands, to explore two possible mechanisms: the oxidative addition of aryl or alkenyl halides to palladacycles to give Pd(IV) intermediates, and the transmetalation-type reaction of aryl or alkenyl ligands between two Pd(II) centers, a palladacycle, and a Pd(II) complex formed by oxidative addition of aryl or alkenyl halides to Pd0. We have shown that oxidative addition of iodoethylene to Pd0 precursors is more favorable than oxidative addition to Pd(II) palladacycles, whereas transmetalation-type reactions between Pd(II) complexes are facile. Similar results were obtained with iodobenzene instead of iodoethylene and formamide as the ancillary ligand. These results suggest that Pd(IV) intermediates are not involved in these reactions.     

Use of ferrocenyl chelated palladacycles as catalysts for the Heck reaction

Two ferrocenyl palladacycles with bi-and tridentate (C,N) and (C,N,N) ligands were tested as possible catalysts for the Heck reaction. The latter complex efficiently catalyzed reactions of aryl halides with ethyl acrylate.     

Of the ortho effect in palladium/norbornene-catalyzed reactions: a theoretical investigation

Mechanistic questions concerning palladium and norbornene catalyzed aryl-aryl coupling reactions are treated in this paper: how aryl halides react with the intermediate palladacycles, formed by interaction of the two catalysts with an aryl halide, and what is the rational explanation of the "ortho effect" (caused by an ortho substituent in the starting aryl halide), which leads to aryl-aryl coupling with a second molecule of aryl halide rather than to aryl-norbornyl coupling. Two possible pathways have been proposed, one involving aryl halide oxidative addition to the palladacycle, the other passing through a palladium(II) transmetalation, also involving the palladacycle, as previously proposed by Cardenas and Echavarren. Our DFT calculations using M06 show that, in palladium-catalyzed reaction of aryl halides, not containing ortho substituents, and norbornene, the intermediate palladacycle formed has a good probability to undergo transmetalation, energetically favored over the oxidative addition leading to Pd(IV). The unselective sp(2)-sp(2) and sp(2)-sp(3) coupling, experimentally observed in this case, can be explained in the framework of the transmetalation pathway since the energetic difference between aryl attack onto the aryl or norbornyl carbon of the palladacycle intermediate is quite small. On the other hand, according to the experimentally observed "ortho effect", selective aryl-aryl coupling only occurs in the reactions of ortho-substituted metallacycles. The present work offers the first possible rationalization of this finding. These in situ formed palladacycles containing an ortho substituent could more easily undergo oxidative addition of an aryl halide rather than reductive elimination from the transmetalation intermediate as a result of a steric clash in the transition state of the latter. The now energetically accessible Pd(IV) intermediate, featuring a Y-distorted trigonal bipyramidal structure, can account for the reported selective aryl-aryl coupling through a reductive elimination which is easier than aryl-norbornyl coupling. Thus, the steric effect represents the main factor that dictates the energetic convenience of the system to follow the Pd(IV) or the transmetalation pathway. Ortho substituents cause a higher energy transition state for reductive elimination from the transmetalation intermediate than for oxidative addition to the metallacycle palladium(II) and the pathway based on the latter predominates.     

Highly active oxime-derived palladacycle complexes for Suzuki-Miyaura and Ullmann-type coupling reactions

Oxime-derived chloro-bridged palladacycles 12 and 13 are efficient complexes for the Suzuki-Miyaura reactions of aryl-, allyl-, and benzyl halides with arylboronic acids. The isolated catalysts are thermally stable, not sensitive to air or moisture, and easily accessible from inexpensive starting materials. The reaction can be performed under aerobic conditions with aryl bromides and chlorides, displaying turnover numbers (TON) of up to 5 x 10(5) and turnover frequencies (TOF) of up to 198 000 h(-1) for aryl bromides. Aryl chlorides undergo the Suzuki reaction with arylboronic acids with TON of up to 4700 and TOF up to 4700 h(-1). Even inexpensive and readily available benzyl and allyl chlorides undergo the coupling reaction with good turnover numbers. Complexes of 12 catalyze the syntheses of symmetrical biaryls in good yields via reductive coupling of iodoarenes in the presence of Hünig's base.     

Tricyclohexylphosphine-cyclopalladated ferrocenylimine complexes: synthesis, crystal structures and application in Suzuki and Heck reactions

A series of novel tricyclohexylphosphine (PCy(3))-cyclopalladated ferrocenylimine complexes 2c-2g have been easily synthesized. These new palladacycles are thermally stable and are not sensitive to air and moisture. Their detailed structures have been determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis and six different types of intermolecular hydrogen bonds are found to be existed in the crystals of these complexes. The use of 2c-2g as catalysts for Suzuki and Heck reactions was examined. They were found to be very efficient for the Suzuki reaction of aryl chlorides with phenylboronic acid. Typically, using 0.1 mol% of catalyst in the presence of 1.5 equivalent of Cs(2)CO(3) as base in dioxane at 100 degrees C provided coupled products in excellent yields. These complexes also displayed good activity in the Heck reaction of a range of aryl bromides with acrylic acid ethyl ester although they were not particularly useful for the activation of aryl chlorides.     

Biaryl synthesis from two different aryl halides with tri(2-furyl)germane

[reaction: see text] The coupling reaction of germanium compounds with aryl halides has been developed. The Pd(0)-catalyzed reaction of aryl halides with tri(2-furyl)germane provides aryltri(2-furyl)germanes in good yield. The cross-coupling reaction of aryltri(2-furyl)germanes with aryl halides is achieved. This allows facile synthesis of unsymmetrical biaryls from two different aryl halides.     

Enantioselective synthesis of six-membered palladacycles having metal-bound stereogenic carbons: isolation and reactivity of palladacycles containing readily accessible beta-hydrogens

Five enantiopure palladacycles containing palladium bonded to a stereogenic carbon and an N-coordinated oxindole were synthesized by the reaction of alkenyl aryl triflates 2 and 9 with Pd(0) bisphosphine complexes. Two palladacyclic complexes, 3beta and 10alpha, were characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The reactivity of neutral palladacycles 3beta and 10beta was studied in detail. These unusual palladium alkyls, which have three accessible beta-hydrogens, are thermally stable at temperatures as high as 120 degrees C. At higher temperature, or at room temperature in the presence of weak acids, these complexes epimerize at the stereogenic carbon bonded to palladium. The mechanism of the acid-promoted epimerization was studied in detail. During this epimerization, cationic palladium alkyls 13/14 and 33 and cationic palladium hydride alkene complexes 31 and 32 are in rapid equilibrium.     

Kinetics and mechanistic aspects of the Heck reaction promoted by a CN-palladacycle

In the Heck reaction between aryl halides and n-butyl acrylate, the palladacycle {Pd[kappa(1)-C, kappa(1)-N-C=(C(6)H(5))C(Cl)CH(2)NMe(2)](mu-Cl)}(2), 1, is merely a reservoir of the catalytically active Pd(0) species [1](Pd colloids or highly active forms of low ligated Pd(0) species) that undergoes oxidative addition of the aryl halide on the surface with subsequent detachment, generating homogeneous Pd(II) species. The main catalytic cycle is initiated by oxidative addition of iodobenzene to [1], followed by the reversible coordination of the olefin to the oxidative addition product. All the unimolecular subsequent steps are indistinguishable kinetically and can be combined in a single step. This kinetic model predicts that a slight excess of alkene relative to iodobenzene leads to a rapid rise in the Pd(0) concentration while when using a slight excess of iodobenzene, relative to alkene, the oxidative addition product is the resting state of the catalytic cycle. Competitive experiments of various bromoarenes and iodoarenes with n-butyl acrylate catalyzed by 1 and CS, CP, and NCN palladacycles gave the same rho value (2.4-2.5 for Ar-Br and 1.7-1.8 for Ar-I) for all palladacycles employed, indicating that they generate the same species in the oxidative addition step. The excellent fit of the slope with the sigma(0) Hammett parameter and the entropy of activation of -43 +/- 8 J mol(-1) K(-1) are consistent with an associative process involving the development of only a partial charge in the transition state for the oxidative step of iodobenzene.     

Efficient imidazolium salts for palladium-catalyzed Mizoroki-Heck and Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions

The system, Pd(OAc)2/imidazolium salts (L2), was found as an efficient catalyst in the Heck coupling reaction of olefins with aryl halides and Suzuki reactions of various aryl halides with aryl boronic acids under aerobic condition. This catalytic system demonstrates great tolerance to a wide range of groups on all substrates of aryl halides, alkenes and aryl boronic acids.     

Zinc trimethylsilylamide as a mild ammonia equivalent and base for the amination of aryl halides and triflates

[reaction: see text] We report that Zn[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2) is a mild ammonia equivalent and base for the palladium-catalyzed amination of aryl halides and triflates. In contrast to LiN(SiMe(3))(2), the combination of Zn[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2) and LiCl coupled with aryl halides and triflates containing base-sensitive functionality in high yields. In addition, aryl bromides coupled with aryl and alkylamines with the combination of Zn[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2) and LiCl as base. These aminations occurred without racemization of the enolizable stereocenter of an optically active ester.     

Pd-catalyzed ring opening of oxa- and azabicyclic alkenes with aryl and vinyl halides: efficient entry to 2-substituted 1,2-dihydro-1-naphthols and 2-substituted 1-naphthols

An efficient syntheses of 2-substituted 1,2-dihydro-1-naphthols and 2-substituted 1-naphthols has been developed that involves the sequential palladium-catalyzed ring opening of oxabicyclic alkenes with aryl and vinyl halides followed by oxidation of with IBX. In the first step of the sequence, a combination of Pd(OAc)2, PPh3, Zn, and PMP in dry DMF was employed to catalyze the ring opening of 7-oxabenzonorbornadienes with aryl and vinyl halides to afford the corresponding cis-2-substituted 1,2-dihydronaphthols in good to excellent yields. These reactions occurred under very mild conditions with a variety of aryl halides bearing electron-withdrawing or -donating groups. Similarly, a 7-azabenzonorbornadiene substituted with an electron-withdrawing group on the nitrogen atom underwent facile ring-opening reaction with aryl halides to provide cis-2-substituted (1,2-dihydro-1-naphthyl)carbamates in excellent yields. Oxidation of the intermediate 1,2-dihydro-1-naphthols using IBX yielded the corresponding 2-substituted 1-naphthols in good to excellent yields.     

Cross-coupling reactions of (1-fluorovinyl)methydiphenylsilane(1) with aryl halides and aryl triflates

The cesium fluoride (CsF)-assisted cross-coupling reaction of (1-fluorovinyl)methyldiphenylsilane (1) with aryl halides and aryl triflates was examined. The reaction with aryl iodides smoothly proceeded to afford the corresponding (1-fluorovinyl)arenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of CuI and Pd(PPh(3))(4) in aprotic polar solvents such as DMF, DMI, DMA, and NMP in good yields. A variety of functional groups (nitro, ester, ketone, and ether) on the aromatic rings can be tolerated under these mild conditions. Aryl iodides are superior to aryl bromides as the coupling reaction partner. The cross-coupling reaction of 1 with aryl triflates instead of aryl halides was also accomplished in the presence of tetrabutylammonium iodide (n-Bu(4)NI) as the additive under similar conditions.     

Single‐Electron‐Transfer‐Induced Coupling of Arylzinc Reagents with Aryl and Alkenyl Halides

Arylzinc reagents, prepared from aryl halides/zinc powder or aryl Grignard reagents/zinc chloride, were found to undergo coupling with aryl and alkenyl halides without the aid of transition‐metal catalysis to give biaryls and styrene derivatives, respectively. In this context, we have already reported the corresponding reaction using aryl Grignard reagents instead of arylzinc reagents. Compared with the Grignard cross‐coupling, the present reaction features high functional‐group tolerance, whereby electrophilic groups such as alkoxycarbonyl and cyano groups are compatible as substituents on both the arylzinc reagents and the aryl halides. Aryl halides receive a single electron and thereby become activated as the corresponding anion radicals, which react with arylzinc reagents, thus leading to the cross‐coupling products.     

碘化亚铜/乙二胺催化氮杂环化合物的N-芳基化反应

以碘化亚铜/乙二胺为催化体系,研究了卤代芳烃和氮杂环化合物的Ullmann反应。 结果表明,氮杂环化合物的pKa越小,芳基化反应越容易进行,p-π共轭形成的富电子卤代芳烃有利于反应,非p-π共轭的富电子卤代芳烃使反应变难。     

Mild and general cross-coupling of (alpha-Alkoxyvinyl)silanols and -silyl hydrides

(alpha-Alkoxyvinyl)silanols and (alpha-alkoxyvinyl)silyl hydrides are efficiently converted to aryl vinyl ethers by a palladium(0)-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction with aryl halides in the presence of tetrabutylammonium fluoride or hydroxide. Yields are generally high, and the reaction is compatible with a wide range of functional groups.     

Transition-metal-free Suzuki-type coupling reactions: scope and limitations of the methodology

The scope and limitations of the transition-metal-free Suzuki-type coupling of aryl halides and arylboronic acids to form biaryls are presented. Confirmation that the reaction is indeed metal-free is presented. The effects of changing base, solvent, reaction temperature, phase-transfer catalyst, and substrate are shown and the implications of these results discussed in terms of their impact on the synthetic versatility of the methodology. The main findings are that the reaction works well for aryl bromides, water is necessary as a solvent for the reaction, the optimum temperature for the reaction is 150 degrees C, the reaction is best performed by using microwave promotion with the exception of an electron-poor aryl bromide example where conventional heating may be used, only limited boronic acids can be used as coupling partners, sodium carbonate is the best base for the reaction, tetrabutylammonium bromide proves to be the best phase-transfer catalyst for the reaction, the reaction is limited to couplings between aryl halides and aryl boronic acids with sp(2)-sp(3) couplings proving ineffective, and NaBPh(4) can be used in the place of phenylboronic acid as a phenylating agent.     

Sulfur-containing palladacycles as catalyst precursors for the Heck reaction

[formula: see text] The air, water, and highly thermally stable sulfur-containing palladacycles, mainly derived from the ortho-palladation of benzylic thioethers, are exceptional catalyst precursors for the Heck reaction. The reaction can be performed with aryl lodides, bromides, and chlorides, with acrylic esters and styrene, leading to turnover numbers up to 1,850,000.     

Visible‐Light‐Promoted Nickel‐ and Organic‐Dye‐Cocatalyzed Formylation Reaction of Aryl Halides and Triflates and Vinyl Bromides with Diethoxyacetic Acid as a Formyl Equivalent

A simple formylation reaction of aryl halides, aryl triflates, and vinyl bromides under synergistic nickel‐ and organic‐dye‐mediated photoredox catalysis is reported. Distinct from widely used palladium‐catalyzed formylation processes, this reaction proceeds by a two‐step mechanistic sequence involving initial in situ generation of the diethoxymethyl radical from diethoxyacetic acid by a 4CzIPN‐mediated photoredox reaction. The formyl‐radical equivalent then undergoes nickel‐catalyzed substitution reactions with aryl halides and triflates and vinyl bromides to form the corresponding aldehyde products. Significantly, besides aryl bromides, less reactive aryl chlorides and triflates and vinyl halides serve as effective substrates for this process. Since the mild conditions involved in this reaction tolerate a plethora of functional groups, the process can be applied to the efficient preparation of diverse aromatic aldehydes.     

Synthesis of Complex Phenols Enabled by a Rationally Designed Hydroxide Surrogate

The conversion of aryl halides to phenols under mild reaction conditions is a longstanding and formidable challenge in organic chemistry. Herein, we report the rational design of a broadly applicable Pd‐catalyzed method to prepare phenols with benzaldehyde oxime as a hydroxide surrogate. These reactions occur under mildly basic conditions and enable the late‐stage hydroxylation of several functionally‐dense drug‐like aryl halides.     

Palladium β-diketonate complex catalyzed synthesis of monosubstituted arylferrocenes

Palladium β-diketonate complexes are reported as efficient catalysts for the selective synthesis of monosubstituted arylferrocenes by a cross-coupling reaction of bis(ferrocenyl)mercury with aryl halides. The present protocol was applicable to aryl halides providing good to excellent yields of the desired products.