Palladium-catalyzed oxidative carbocyclizations

Palladium-catalyzed oxidative carbon-carbon bond-forming annulations, that is, carbocyclization reactions, have recently emerged as efficient and atom-economical routes to carbo- and heterocycles, whereby less functionalized substrates and fewer synthetic steps are needed to obtain a target molecule compared with traditional non-oxidative carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. In this review, the synthetic efforts in palladium-catalyzed oxidative carbocyclization reactions are summarized.     

The utility of indium in aqueous medium radical reactions

Indium-mediated radical reactions proceed in the absence of toxic tin hydride, providing a new carbon-carbon bond-forming method in aqueous media. Herein, the results of experiments to probe the utility of indium as a radical initiator in reactions in aqueous media are reported. The indium-mediated tandem reactions also proceed smoothly via two carbon-carbon bond-forming processes for the preparation of various types of functionalized cyclic compounds.     

A novel and efficient route to diarylmethanes catalyzed by nickel(II) ion on nanoporous carbon

Much improved catalytic carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions between aryl chlorides and Grignard reagents has been achieved using nickel(II) ion on nanoporous carbon.     

Acid-base bifunctional catalysis of silica-alumina-supported organic amines for carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions

Acid-base bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts were prepared by the reaction of an acidic silica-alumina (SA) surface with silane-coupling reagents possessing amino functional groups. The obtained SA-supported amines (SA-NR2) were characterized by solid-state 13C and 29Si NMR spectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The solid-state NMR spectra revealed that the amines were immobilized by acid-base interactions at the SA surface. The interactions between the surface acidic sites and the immobilized basic amines were weaker than the interactions between the SA and free amines. The catalytic performances of the SA-NR2 catalysts for various carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions, such as cyano-ethoxycarbonylation, the Michael reaction, and the nitro-aldol reaction, were investigated and compared with those of homogeneous and other heterogeneous catalysts. The SA-NR2 catalysts showed much higher catalytic activities for the carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions than heterogeneous amine catalysts using other supports, such as SiO2 and Al2O3. On the other hand, homogeneous amines hardly promoted these reactions under similar reaction conditions, and the catalytic behavior of SA-NR2 was also different from that of MgO, which was employed as a typical heterogeneous base. An acid-base dual-activation mechanism for the carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions is proposed.     

Organosulfur compounds: electrophilic reagents in transition-metal-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions

Transition-metal-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions are among the most powerful methods in organic synthesis and play a crucial role in modern materials science and medicinal chemistry. Recent developments in the area of ligands and additives permit the cross-coupling of a large variety of reactants, including inexpensive and readily available sulfonyl chlorides. Their desulfitative carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions (Negishi, Stille, carbonylative Stille, Suzuki-Miyaura, and Sonogashira-Hagihara-type cross-couplings and Mizoroki-Heck-type arylations) are reviewed together with carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions with other organosulfur compounds as electrophilic reagents.     

N-Boc-L-valine-connected amidomonophosphane rhodium(I) catalyst for asymmetric arylation of N-tosylarylimines with arylboroxines

A catalytic asymmetric arylation of sterically tuned imines with arylboroxines was developed by using N-Boc-l-valine-connected amidomonophosphane rhodium(I) catalyst in n-PrOH. The TMS group used for the steric tuning of imines is convertible to other functionalities that are applicable as a key foothold for the carbon-carbon bond-forming coupling reactions.     

Indium-mediated tandem radical addition-cyclization-trap reactions in aqueous media

[reaction: see text] Tandem carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions were studied by using indium as a single-electron-transfer radical initiator. The radical addition-cyclization-trap reaction of a substrate having a vinyl sulfonamide group and an olefin moiety proceeded smoothly in aqueous media. The radical addition-cyclization reaction of hydrazone gave the functionalized cyclic products.     

Stannyl radical addition-cyclization of oxime ethers connected with olefins

Stannyl radical addition-cyclization of oxime ethers connected with olefin moieties was studied. The radical reactions proceeded effectively by the use of triethylborane as a radical initiator to provide the functionalized pyrrolidines via a carbon-carbon bond-forming process.     

Catalytic Addition of Simple Alkenes to Carbonyl Compounds Using Group 10 Metals

Recent advances using nickel complexes in the activation of unactivated monosubstituted olefins for catalytic intermolecular carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions with carbonyl compounds, such as simple aldehydes, isocyanates, and conjugated aldehydes and ketones, are discussed. In these reactions, the olefins function as vinyl- and allylmetal equivalents, providing a new strategy for organic synthesis. Current limitations and the outlook for this new strategy are also discussed.     

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions in total synthesis

In studying the evolution of organic chemistry and grasping its essence, one comes quickly to the conclusion that no other type of reaction plays as large a role in shaping this domain of science than carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The Grignard, Diels-Alder, and Wittig reactions are but three prominent examples of such processes, and are among those which have undeniably exercised decisive roles in the last century in the emergence of chemical synthesis as we know it today. In the last quarter of the 20th century, a new family of carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions based on transition-metal catalysts evolved as powerful tools in synthesis. Among them, the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are the most prominent. In this Review, highlights of a number of selected syntheses are discussed. The examples chosen demonstrate the enormous power of these processes in the art of total synthesis and underscore their future potential in chemical synthesis.     

Solid-phase synthesis of indolecarboxylates using palladium-catalyzed reactions

Polymer-supported, palladium-catalyzed cyclization reactions effectively synthesized indolecarboxylates. Palladium-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions of immobilized enaminoesters followed by transesterification yielded indole 2- or 3-carboxylates with various functional groups on the benzene ring. Indolecarboxylates were efficiently cyclized via an intramolecular palladium-catalyzed amination reaction of immobilized N-substituted dehydrohalophenylalanines, and immobilized N-acetyl-dehydroalanines were efficiently converted into indolecarboxylates via tandem Heck-amination reactions.     

Formation of polycyclic lactones through a ruthenium-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis/hetero-Pauson-Khand reaction sequence

Processes that form multiple carbon-carbon bonds in one operation can generate molecular complexity quickly and therefore be used to shorten syntheses of desirable molecules. We selected the hetero-Pauson-Khand (HPK) cycloaddition and ring-closing metathesis (RCM) as two unique carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions that could be united in a tandem ruthenium-catalyzed process. In doing so, complex polycyclic products can be obtained in one reaction vessel from acyclic precursors using a single ruthenium additive that can catalyze sequentially two mechanistically distinct transformations.     

Oxime Palladacycles: Stable and Efficient Catalysts for Carbon-Carbon Coupling Reactions

Oxime palladacycles are thermally stable complexes not sensitive to air or moisture, easily prepared from very cheap materials, which can be used as versatile and very efficient catalysts for different carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions.     

From the design of a chiral Lewis acid catalyst to metal-catalyzed coupling reactions

In this perspective, I describe my group's nonobvious path from an interest in chiral Lewis acid catalysis to a project focused on the development of new palladium and nickel catalysts for carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions.     

Iron-catalyzed regioselective direct oxidative aryl-aryl cross-coupling

Regioselective iron-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of two aromatic compounds using tert-BuOOH as oxidant under mild conditions has been reported. The direct oxidative coupling reaction is selective toward creation of a carbon-carbon bond at the position ortho to the functional groups of the substrates, completely preventing the homocoupled products. The C-C bond-forming reaction makes the method versatile, leading to functionalized 2,2' -disubstituted biaryls.     

Hydrophobic polymer-supported scandium catalyst for carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions in water

It has been revealed that a hydrophobic polymer-supported scandium(III) catalyst prepared from sulfonated polystyrene resin is an effective catalyst for carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions such as Mukaiyama aldol reactions in water. According to studies on loading levels of scandium, hydrophobicity of the catalyst is a key for the efficient catalysis. The scandium catalyst was successfully recovered and reused. Several ketones instead of aldehydes were also used as substrates in the aldol reactions. Some 1,4-addition reactions also occurred using the scandium catalyst in water.     

Novel intermolecular carbon radical addition to a nitrone: asymmetric synthesis of alpha-amino acids

A nitrone was used as a synthetically useful radical acceptor in carbon-carbon bond-forming radical reactions; the intermolecular addition of alkyl radicals to chiral glyoxylic nitrone was studied; a high degree of stereocontrol in radical addition to glyoxylic nitrone was achieved to provide a new method for asymmetric synthesis of alpha-amino acids.     

手性自负载催化剂研究新进展

催化剂的负载和回收再利用是提高其使用效率、降低反应成本和减少金属离子对产物污染的一条有效途径。与传统的负载模式不同, 手性自负载催化剂通过含双或多官能团的手性配体与金属通过自组装形成一类有机-无机聚合物,因此无需使用任何载体,即能够有效地实现手性催化剂的回收和再利用。近年来,手性自负载催化剂作为一种新的负载模式,已经成功地应用于一些非均相催化的不对称反应中。本文概述了手性自负载催化剂的在一些不对称催化反应研究中取得的新进展。     

Total synthesis of (±)-platencin

A novel route to (±)-platencin is reported, in which the highly stereoselective alkylative quaternization of a cyclohexenone scaffold via 1,4-diastereoinduction and two radical carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions that involve titanium(III)-mediated cyclization and stannyl-radical-mediated skeletal rearrangement are utilized.     

Palladium-catalyzed carboiodination of alkenes: carbon-carbon bond formation with retention of reactive functionality

We report a palladium-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction between aryl iodides and alkenes. In contrast to traditional cross-coupling reactions, two new bonds are formed, and all of the atoms in the starting materials are incorporated into the product. The use of a palladium catalyst with bulky phosphine ligands is found to be crucial for reactivity.