Double carbonylation of aryl iodides with diethylamine catalyzed by dinuclear palladium complexes

Dinuclear palladium complexes bridged by a novel PNNP ligand, N,N′-bis[(2-diphenylphosphino)phenylformamidinate (dpfam), were found to be very efficient and selective catalysts for the double carbonylation of iodobenzene with diethylamine using K₃PO₄ as base and 1,4-dioxane as solvent with a TON up to 10⁵ and selectivity of 96%.     

Synthesis of conjugated enediynes via palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of potassium alkynyltrifluoroborates

An efficient synthesis of cross-conjugated enediynes has been developed utilizing the palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of 1,1-dibromo-1-alkenes with potassium alkynyltrifluoroborates under mild conditions.     

An improved general method for palladium catalyzed alkenylations and alkynylations of aryl halides under microwave conditions

Palladium catalyzed facile method for alkenylation and alkynylation of arylhalides in good to excellent yield under microwave condition is reported.     

Palladium‐catalyzed carbonylation of primary amines in supercritical carbon dioxide

The chemoselectivity of the palladium‐catalyzed carbonylation of amines was affected by the addition of MeOH in supercritical carbon dioxide. The results show different selectivity in supercritical carbon dioxide CO₂(sc) from that in alcohol. Methyl carbamate and its derivatives were obtained in high yields in CO₂(sc).     

The palladium-phenanthroline catalyzed carbonylation of nitroarenes to diarylureas: Effect of chloride and diphenylphosphinic acid

The application of the palladium-phenanthroline catalytic system to the carbonylation of nitrobenzene in the presence of aniline to afford diphenylurea has been investigated. The reaction is best performed with equimolar amounts of the two reagents. Use of higher concentrations of either aniline or nitrobenzene or an increase in temperature in the range 120-170 °C leads to the formation of higher amounts of azo- and azoxybenzene. The latter were found to contain exclusively the aryl moiety deriving from nitrobenzene, with no inclusion of that derived from aniline. The addition of a small amount of diphenylphosphinic acid doubles the conversion and improves the selectivity in diphenylurea, but the effect is attenuated for larger amounts of acid. Small amounts of chloride, of the order of 10-30 mol% with respect to palladium, improve both rate and selectivity, but only inhibiting effects are detected when chloride is added to the reaction mixture for the carbonylation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene to dimethyl 2,4-toluenedicarbamate. The data obtained and that previously reported in the literature has been analyzed in the context of a unifying mechanism and an explanation for some apparent contradictions has been given.     

Isolation and characterization of an iodide bridged dimeric palladium complex in carbonylation of methanol

Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of methanol in presence of iodide promoters was investigated. Iodide bridged palladium dimeric complex, [PPh₃CH₃]₂[Pd₂I₆] was isolated from the carbonylation reaction mixture and characterized using X-ray crystallography. Reaction mechanism was proposed based on IR and UV spectroscopic characterizations of catalytic species involved in the catalytic cycle. The isolated dimeric palladium species, [Pd₂I₆]²⁻ underwent carbonylation to give monomeric species [PdI₃CO]⁻ at atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide. It was also observed that PPh₃ plays an important role to avoid catalyst deactivation at higher temperatures. Turnover frequency (TOF) of 1052 h⁻¹ was achieved using Pd(OAc)₂-HI-PPh₃ catalyst system at 175 °C.     

Fe(III)EDTA作为氧化羰化苯酚合成碳酸二苯酯一种有效的氧化还原催化助剂

研究了氧化羰化苯酚合成碳酸二苯酯反应。发现了Fe(III)EDTA 在PdCl2/Fe(III)EDTA/1,4 苯醌/ 四丁基溴化铵催化体系中具有很好的助催化效果。讨论了上述催化体系中的每一组分的作用，并提出了一个催化反应机理。氧化羰化苯酚合成碳酸二苯酯反应的最佳温度为100℃～120℃。当反应在100℃、PCO=2.0MPa、PO2=0.5MPa、苯酚 0.5mol、 PdCl2 0.28mmol、n(PdCl2)∶n(Fe(III)EDTA)∶n(苯醌)∶n(四丁基溴化铵)=1∶1∶10∶40、 4A 分子筛 5.0g、 4h进行时，碳酸二苯酯的产率和选择性分别为8.35%和97.5%。压力越高对生成碳酸二苯酯越有利。     

A convenient palladium catalyzed synthesis of symmetric biaryls, biheterocycles and biaryl chiral diamides

A series of symmetrical diamido biaryls has been synthesized in good yield by direct homocoupling of iodoarylbenzamides by palladium-catalysis. No cross product has been isolated from the reaction mixture of two different iodoarylbenzamides under similar conditions. However, only in the case of 2-iodo-N-phenylbenzamide, the intramolecularly coupled product phenanthridone has been isolated as a minor product along with the major intermolecularly coupled product. Biphenyl chiral diamides have been synthesized by this coupling method. This coupling reaction also works well with the reductive dimerization of functionalized heterocyclic compounds. Thus 6,6′-dipivaloylamino-3,3′-bipyridine and 6,6′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine have been efficiently synthesized. In two cases, the X-ray crystal structures have been solved to establish the structures of symmetrical and chiral diamido biaryls and their supramolecular networks.     

First structurally characterized triazinyl palladium complexes via oxidative addition of cyanuric chloride derivatives

The reaction of cyanuric chloride and two disubstituted derivatives with [Pd(PPh₃)₄] is described, leading to the trans-triazinyl complexes [(PPh₃)₂Pd(C₃N₃R₂)Cl] 2a-c (R = Ph (a), t-Bu (b), Cl (c)) in good to excellent yield via oxidative addition. The complexes were fully characterized including X-ray structure determination.     

Protonation of palladium(II)-allyl and palladium(0)-olefin complexes containing 2-pyridyldiphenylphosphine

The pendant nitrogen atom of the Ph₂PPy ligand in the Pd(II)-allyl complexes [PdCl(η³-2-CH₃-C₃H₄)(Ph₂PPy)] (1) and [Pd(η³-2-CH₃-C₃H₄)(Ph₂PPy)₂]BF₄ (3) has been protonated with methanesulfonic acid to afford the corresponding pyridinium salts [PdCl(η³-2-CH₃-C₃H₄)(Ph₂PPyH)](CH₃SO₃) (1a) and [Pd(η³-2-CH₃-C₃H₄)(Ph₂PPyH)₂](CH₃SO₃)₂(BF₄) (3a).Protonation strongly influences the ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectral parameters of the allyl moieties of 1a and 3a whose signals resonate at lower fields with respect to the parent species indicating that upon protonation Ph₂PPy becomes a weaker σ-donor and a stronger Π-acceptor. The allyl moiety, which in 1 is static, becomes dynamic in 1a, the observed syn-syn and anti-anti exchange being due to deligation of the protonated phosphine from the metal centre. Treatment of complex 3 with diethylamine in the presence of fumaronitrile gives the new Pd(0)-olefin complex [Pd(η²-fumaronitrile)(PPh₂Py)₂] (4) which has been characterized by elemental analysis and NMR spectroscopy. Low temperature protonation of 4 with methanesulfonic acid leads to the bis-protonated species [Pd(η²-fumaronitrile)(Ph₂PPyH)₂](CH₃SO₃)₂ (4a) which is stable only at temperatures <0 °C.     

Design and synthesis of chiral 1,10-phenanthroline ligand,and application in palladium catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition reactions

Pd-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of phenylboronic acid to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds was developed using chiral 1,10-phenanthroline derivative as ligand. Good yields (up to 97%), and high enantioselectivities (up to 97% ee) were achieved.     

Ab initio study on the mechanism of rhodium-complex- catalyzed carbonylation of methanol to acetic acid

The whole catalytic cycle of the carbonylation of methanol to acetic acid catalyzed by Rh complex is theoretically studied. All structural geometries of reactant, intermediates, transition states and product are optimized at HF/LANL2DZ level under the ECP approximation. The potential energy profiles for elementary reactions of carbonylation are calculated respectively. The transition states are further confirmed by having one and only one imaginary vibrational frequency. The results indicate that the activation energy values of CH3I oxidative addition, carbonyl insertion and CH3COI reductive elimination fundamental steps are 216.03, 128.10 and 126.55 kJ/mol, respectively; and that the CH3I oxidative addition step is predicted to be the rate-determining one.     

Application of ionic liquids in palladium(II) catalyzed homogenous transfer hydrogenation

The first application of palladium(II) catalyzed homogenous transfer hydrogenations in ionic liquids is described. Cinnamic acid and its derivatives were reduced in high yields under mild conditions using ammonium formate as hydrogen donor.     

Schiff bases containing ferrocenyl and thienyl units and their utility in the palladium catalyzed allylic alkylation of cinnamyl acetate

The synthesis and characterization of two new ferrocenyl Schiff bases: [Fc-CHN-(CH₂)_n-(C₄H₃S)] (2) {Fc represents (η⁵-C₅H₅)Fe(η⁵-C₅H₄)- and n = 1(2a) or 2(2b)} containing the thienyl (C₄H₃S) group are reported. NMR studies indicate that 2 have the anti-(E) conformation in solution and the X-ray crystal structure of 2a confirms that it also adopts the anti-(E) form in the solid state. Ligands 2 have been tested in the palladium catalyzed allylic alkylation of (E)-3-phenyl-2-propen-1-yl (cinnamyl) acetate using sodium diethyl 2-methylmalonate as nucleophile. The reaction of 2 with [Pd(η³-1-Ph-C₃H₄)(μ-Cl)]₂ in the presence of a slight excess K[PF₆] produced [Pd(η³-1-Ph-C₃H₄){Fc-CHN-(CH₂)_n-(C₄H₃S)}][PF₆] {n = 1(5a) or 2(5b)}, which are the intermediates of this catalytic process. NMR studies of 5 reveal the coexistence of several isomers in solution. The stoichiometric reactions of 5 with the nucleophile are also reported. The comparison of the results obtained for 2, [Fc-CHN-(C₆H₄-2SMe)] (1a) and [(2,4,6-Me₃-C₆H₂)-CHN-(C₆H₄-2SMe)] (1b) has allowed to establish the importance of the nature of the substituents on the imine group on the regioselectivity of the process.     

Cobalt-catalyzed photopromoted carbonylation of chloroalkanes in the presence of KI

<正>The photopromoted carbonylation of chloroalkanes with carbon monoxide catalyzed by cobalt compounds[Co(OAc)_2,CoCl_2] in the presence of KI was carried out under ambient conditions.The results revealed that the catalytic activity of Co(OAc)_2 was higher than that of CoCl_2.A basic additive NaOAc was beneficial to the reaction.Interestingly,with NaOAc as an additive, Co(OAc)_2 and CoCl_2 exhibited similar catalytic activity.Preliminary work showed that the role of iodide ion was initially to form active iodoalkanes via substituting chloride ion in chloroalkanes in situ,and then,the carbonylation of iodoalkanes proceeded under irradiation.     

Fe(III)EDTA作为氧化羰化苯酚合成碳酸二苯酯一种有效的氧化还原催化助剂(英文)

研究了氧化羰化苯酚合成碳酸二苯酯反应。发现了Fe(III)EDTA在PdCl2/Fe(III)EDTA/1,4-苯醌/四丁基溴化铵催化体系中具有很好的助催化效果。讨论了上述催化体系中的每一组分的作用,并提出了一个催化反应机理。氧化羰化苯酚合成碳酸二苯酯反应的最佳温度为100℃~120℃。当反应在100℃、PCO=2.0 MPa、PO2=0.5 MPa、苯酚0.5 mol、PdCl20.28 mmol、n(PdCl2)∶n(Fe(III)EDTA)∶n(苯醌)∶n(四丁基溴化铵)=1∶1∶10∶40、4A分子筛5.0 g、4 h进行时,碳酸二苯酯的产率和选择性分别为8.35%和97.5%。压力越高对生成碳酸二苯酯越有利。     

Computational and experimental studies on the mechanism of the photochemical carbonylation of group 6 Fischer carbene complexes

The photocarbonylation reaction of Group 6 Fischer carbene complexes has been studied by DFT and experimental procedures. The process occurs by intersystem crossing (ISC) from the lowest excited singlet state (S1) to the lowest triplet state (T1), the latter structure being decisive for the outcome of the reaction. Methylenepentacarbonylchromium(0) complexes, alkoxypentacarbonylchromium(0)carbene complexes, and alkoxyphosphinetetracarbonylchromium(0) carbene complexes have coordinatively unsaturated chromacyclopropanone T1 structures with a biradical character. The evolution of the metallacyclopropanone species occurs by a jump (spin inversion) to the S(0) hypersurface by coordination of a molecule of the solvent, leading to ketene-derived products in the presence of ketenophiles or reverting to the starting carbene complex in their absence. The T1 excited states obtained from methylenephosphinetetracarbonylchromium(0) complexes and pentacarbonyltungsten(0)carbene complexes are unable to produce the carbonylation. The reaction with ketenophiles is favored in coordinating solvents, which has been tested experimentally in the reaction of alkoxypentacarbonylchromium(0) complexes and imines.     

IRC analysis of methanol carbonylation reaction catalyzed by rhodium complex

In the reaction cycle for methanol carbonylation catalyzed by Rh complex, the structure geometries of the reactant, intermediates, transition states and product of each elemental reaction have been studied by using the energy gradient method at HF/LANL2DZ level, and the changes of their potential profiles have also been calculated. Through IRC analyses of the transition states for each elemental reaction, it is confirmed that the various structure geometries obtained are stationary points on the cycle reaction pathway of methanol carbonylation catalyzed by Rh complex, and the changes are given in energies and structure geometries of the reactant molecules along the reaction pathway of lowest energy. It has been proposed that the geometrical conversions of intermediates play an important role during the cycle reaction. Through analyses of structure geometries, it has been suggested that, in addition to cis- and trans-structure exchange linkage of catalysis reactive species, the two pathways, cis- and tra     

A new route for isoquinolines catalyzed by palladium

3-Bromopyridine-4-carbaldehyde is tethered with suitably electron withdrawing group substituted alkenes via Heck coupling followed by aldol reaction in dioxane at 150 °C under a catalytic system of Pd(OAc)₂/PPh₃/NaOAc to afford the corresponding isoquinolines in good yields.