Radical and Heck cyclizations of diastereomeric o-haloanilide atropisomers

The outcomes of radical cyclizations and Heck reactions of N-(cyclohex-2-enyl)-N-(2-iodophenyl)acetamides depend critically on the configurations of the chiral axis and the stereocenter. In substrates without an ortho-methyl group, the diastereomeric precursors interconvert slowly at ambient temperatures. Cyclization of enriched mixtures of diastereomers provided similar yields of acetyl tetrahydrocarbazoles or dihydrocarbazoles, suggesting that interconversion of the radical or organometallic intermediates also occurs. Diastereomers of N-(cyclohex-2-enyl)-N-(2-iodo-4,6-dimethylphenyl)acetamides with an additional ortho-methyl group did not interconvert at ambient temperatures and were readily resolved. In radical cyclizations, syn diastereomers were prone to cyclize, while anti isomers were not. Strikingly, Heck reactions gave the opposite result; anti isomers were prone to cyclization and syn isomers were not. Heck reactions of allylic acetates occur with β-hydride elimination when acetate is trans to palladium and with β-acetoxy elimination when acetate is cis. This is surprising because prior studies have suggested that a trans relationship of palladium and acetoxy is essential for acetate elimination. Analyses of the results provide insights into mechanisms for radical cyclization and for insertion and elimination in the Heck reaction.     

Aliphatic Radical Relay Heck Reaction at Unactivated C(sp3)−H Sites of Alcohols

The Mizoroki–Heck reaction is one of the most efficient methods for alkenylation of aryl, vinyl, and alkyl halides. Given its innate nature, this protocol requires the employment of compounds possessing a halogen atom at the site of functionalization. However, the accessibility of organic molecules possessing a halogen atom at a particular site in aliphatic systems is extremely limited. Thus, a protocol that allows a Heck reaction to occur at a specific nonfunctionalized C(sp³)?H site is desirable. Reported here is a radical relay Heck reaction which allows selective remote alkenylation of aliphatic alcohols at unactivated β‐, γ‐, and δ‐C(sp³)?H sites. The use of an easily installed/removed Si‐based auxiliary enables selective I‐atom/radical translocation events at remote C?H sites followed by the Heck reaction. Notably, the reaction proceeds smoothly under mild visible‐light‐mediated conditions at room temperature, producing highly modifiable and valuable alkenol products from readily available alcohols feedstocks.     

Synthesis of the benzophenone fragment of balanol via an intramolecular cyclization event

Studies are reported on the use of either a 7-exo radical cyclization or an intramolecular Heck reaction as the key step for the construction of the benzophenone fragment of the PKC inhibitor, balanol. Whereas, the former approach was unsuccessful, the Heck reaction proved to be viable for the coupling of two fully functionalized aryl subunits affording regioselectively a biaryl seven-membered lactone with an exocyclic alkene as the major component, in contrast to the competing eight-membered ring lactone. Hydrolysis of the lactone followed by oxidative cleavage of the alkene with ruthenium tetraoxide completed this short synthesis of the benzophenone unit.     

Synthesis of pyrrolo- and pyrido[1,2-a]xanthene [1,9-de]azepines: a study of the azepine ring construction

Pentacyclic pyrrolo- and pyrido[1,2-a]xanthene[1,9-de]azepines were synthesized in various oxidation states by assembling the azepine ring following two strategies: 7-endo-trig cyclization of the aryl radical derived from a gamma-methylene lactam and cyclodehydration of aldehydes. Other strategies examined (Heck reaction and intramolecular acylation) did not afford azepines, but six-membered nitrogenated rings.     

Rhenium‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Tri‐/Difluoromethylation of Styrenes with Fluorinated Carboxylic Acid‐Derived Hypervalent Iodine Reagents

Herein, unprecedented rhenium‐catalyzed decarboxylative oxytri‐/difluoromethylation and Heck‐type trifluoromethylation of styrenes have been developed by using hypervalent iodine(III) reagents derived from cheap, stable, and easy‐handling fluorinated carboxylic acids. Mechanistic studies revealed a radical decarboxylative trifluoromethylation pathway occurring in these reactions.     

Diastereoselective Access to Tetracyclic Eight-Membered Lactams through a Dearomative Heck Reaction and an Alkylative Ring-Opening Driven by Photoexcited Spiroindolines

An external-photocatalyst-free, light-driven alkylative ring-opening of stable spiroindolines was developed to construct indolo- and benzoannulated eight-membered lactams. The spiroindolines were prepared from tetrahydro-β-carbolines by a dearomative Heck reaction. Mechanistic experimental studies on the alkylative ring opening suggested that a photoredox pathway was involved, in which the spiroindoline performed as both reagent and photosensitizer. DFT calculations showed that the radical addition toward a cyclic alkene was the key to the diastereoselective formation of tetracyclic medium-sized lactams.     

Silylstannylation of highly functionalized acetylenes. synthesis of precursors for annulations via radical or Heck reactions

[reaction: see text] Pd-catalyzed silylstannylation of acetylenes tolerates a variety of reactive functional groups (aldehydes, nonterminal acetylenes, epoxides, activated and unactivated olefins), providing easy access to precursors that can be converted into carbocyclic and heterocyclic compounds via free radical or Heck reactions. Examples of the synthesis of pyrrolidines, bicyclic beta-lactams, hydrindanes, and tetrahydrofurans are described.     

Nickel‐Catalyzed Heck‐Type Monofluoroacetation of Styrenes for Facile Synthesis of Allylic Fluorides

An efficient nickel‐catalyzed Heck‐type reaction between styrenes and fluoroalkyl iodine has been developed. This novel transformation has demonstrated a broad substrate scope, mild reaction conditions and excellent E‐stereoselectivity. This efficient synthetic method has been applied to the late‐stage monofluoroacetation of biologically active molecules. Mechanistic investigations indicate that a monofluoroalkyl radical is involved in the catalytic cycle.     

Visible Light Induced Brønsted Acid Assisted Pd-Catalyzed Alkyl Heck Reaction of Diazo Compounds and N-Tosylhydrazones

A mild visible light-induced palladium-catalyzed alkyl Heck reaction of diazo compounds and N-tosylhydrazones is reported. A broad range of vinyl arenes and heteroarenes with high functional group tolerance, as well as a range of different diazo compounds, can efficiently undergo this transformation. This method features Brønsted acid-assisted generation of hybrid palladium C(sp³)-centered radical intermediate, which allowed for new selective C?H functionalization protocol.     

Polymer‐supported polymerization catalysts via romp

Recent developments in the synthesis of heterogeneous catalytic supports are reported. In combination with grafting and precipitation polymerization techniques, ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) has been applied to the synthesis of surface‐functionalized inorganic and organic supports. Applications of these well‐defined heterogeneous catalytic supports in C‐C coupling reactions (Heck couplings) as well as in atom‐transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) are reported.     

Silver‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation of Difluoroarylacetic Acids with Allyl Sulfones in Water

A practical silver‐catalyzed decarboxylative allylation of α,α‐difluoroarylacetic acids with allyl sulfones is described, which provides a variety of β,β‐difluorinated alkenes in good yields. Notably, the reaction proceeds smoothly in water with good functional group tolerance. The practicality and synthetic value of this process was demonstrated by scaled‐up experiment and elaboration of the products via reduction or Heck reaction. Primary mechanism investigations suggest that a radical process might be involved.     

UV-induced catalyst-free intramolecular formal Heck reaction

A catalyst-free intramolecular formal Heck reaction has been developed, affording 9-benzylidene-9H-fluorene derivatives under UV irradiation. This reaction probably proceeds via UV-induced homolytic cleavage of CI bond, addition of the aryl radical to the alkene moiety, single electron oxidation of alkyl radical intermediate into carbocation species, and deprotonation.     

Synthesis of profluorescent isoindoline nitroxides via palladium-catalysed Heck alkenylation

The synthesis of a new structural class of isoindoline nitroxides (aminoxyls), accessible via the palladium-catalysed Heck reaction, is presented. Reaction of the aryl bromoamine, 5-bromo-1,1,3,3-tetramethylisoindoline (4) or dibromoamine, 5,6-dibromo-1,1,3,3-tetramethylisoindoline (5) or the analogous bromonitroxides 6 and 7 with methyl acrylate gives the acrylate substituted tetramethylisoindoline amines 8 and 10 and nitroxides 12 and 14. Similarly, the reaction of the aryl bromides and dibromides 4-7 with methyl 4-vinylbenzoate gives the carboxystyryl substituted tetramethylisoindoline amines 9 and 11 and the analogous nitroxides 13 and 15. The carboxystyryl tetramethylisoindoline nitroxides demonstrate strongly suppressed fluorescence, which is revealed upon removal of the free radical by reduction or radical coupling.     

Highly efficient synthesis of linear pyrrole oligomers by twofold Heck reactions

The twofold Heck reaction of the vinylpyrroles 3a and 3b with the iodobenzenes 4a-c led to the linear pyrrole oligomers 5, 6, and 7. The synthesis of both symmetrical and unsymmetrical oligomers, such as 10a and 10b, was also accomplished by a Heck reaction of 8 and 9 and by a Heck reaction of 3a and 11 followed by a Wittig reaction and a second Heck reaction with 8. The pentacyclic oligomers 14 and 19 were prepared by a twofold Heck reaction of 13 with 4 and by a twofold Heck reaction of 15 with 16 followed by a Wittig reaction and a twofold Heck reaction with 8.     

负载型Heck反应催化剂的研究进展

Heck反应是一类重要的C-C偶联反应,传统的均相Heck反应催化剂存在分离和回收困难等问题;近年来负载型Heck反应催化剂的研究引起了人们的广泛关注.本文综述了钯基和非钯基负载型Heck反应催化剂的研究进展,评述了不同载体上催化活性组分对Heck反应的特点,并展望了其发展趋势.     

A Brush‐Gel/Metal‐Nanoparticle Hybrid Film as an Efficient Supported Catalyst in Glass Microreactors

A polymer‐brush‐based material was applied for the formation and in situ immobilization of silver and palladium nanoparticles, as a catalytic coating on the inner wall of glass microreactors. The brush film was grown directly on the microchannel interior by means of atom‐transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), which allows control over the polymer film thickness and therefore permits the tuning of the number of nanoparticles formed on the channel walls. The wide applicability of the catalytic devices is demonstrated for the reduction of 4‐nitrophenol and for the Heck reaction.     

A novel approach to functionalized (E)-1,4-diaryl-1-butenes by Heck reaction and their applications for the construction of dibenzylbutyrolactone lignan skeletons by radical cyclization

A highly regio- and stereoselective [Pd(allyl)Cl]₂ catalyzed Heck reaction of aryl iodides and electronically neutral terminal olefins generated in situ by fluoride induced protiodesilylation of alkenylsilanol derivatives under mild conditions has been developed. The products, viz. terminally substituted styrenes and (E)-1,4-diaryl-1-butenes were obtained in very good yields. The dibenzylbutyrolactone lignan skeletons have been prepared employing two regio- and stereoselective Bu₃SnH-mediated radical cyclization routes.     

Heck reaction with an acyl synthon: new coupling reaction between α-halo vinyl ether and alkene

α-Halo vinyl ethers were successfully applied to palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction. Reactions of α-halo vinyl ether with alkenes under various Heck conditions form a new carbon-carbon bond along with a vinyl ether functionality, which can be further manipulated. This is the first synthetic methodology for the coupling of an acyl synthon with alkene employing Heck reaction.     

Pd-catalyzed efficient one-pot sequential cross-coupling reactions of aryl dihalides

The palladium complex containing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands catalyzes one-pot sequential Heck/Suzuki, Heck/Heck, and Heck/Sonogashira coupling reactions of aryl dihalides to afford unsymmetrically substituted arenes in excellent yields.     

A ligand-free Heck reaction catalyzed by the in situ-generated palladium nanoparticles in PEG-400

<正>A ligand-free Heck reaction catalyzed by in situ-generated palladium nanoparticles in PEG-400 has been developed.This catalytic system is a simple and active protocol for the Heck reaction of aryl halides under mild conditions.Comparative experiments demonstrated that the Heck reaction catalyzed by the palladium nanoparticles in situ-generated under the Heck reaction conditions was carried out much quicker than that by the in ex situ-generated ones.