Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular alpha-arylation of N-protected 2-piperidinones

[reaction: see text] The alpha-arylation of the zinc enolate of N-protected 2-piperidinones with aryl bromides in the presence of a palladium catalyst is described as a general method.     

Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of esters and amides under more neutral conditions

Two procedures for the alpha-arylation of carbonyl compounds under conditions that are more neutral than those of reactions of aryl halides with alkali metal enolates are reported. The first procedure rests upon the development of catalysts bearing the hindered pentaphenylferrocenyl di-tert-butylphosphine (Q-phos) and the highly reactive dimeric Pd(I) complex {P(t-Bu)3]PdBr}2. By this procedure, zinc enolates prepared from alpha-bromo esters and amides react with aryl halides to form alpha-aryl esters and amides in high yields under mild conditions with 1-2 mol % catalyst and with remarkable functional group tolerance. By the second procedure, silyl ketene and silyl ketimine acetals react with aryl bromides in the presence of substoichiometric zinc fluoride, 1 mol % Pd(dba)2, and 2 mol % P(t-Bu)3 in DMF solvent at 80 degrees C. Reactions of zinc tert-butyl acetate and propionate enolates and trimethylsilyl ketene acetals of tert-butyl propionate and methyl isobutyrate with aryl bromides bearing electron-donating and potentially reactive, base-sensitive electron-withdrawing groups and with pyridyl bromides are reported. In addition, the diastereoselective coupling of phenyl bromide with an imide enolate bearing the Evans auxiliary is reported, and this study shows that racemization of base-sensitive stereocenters does not occur during the coupling process under these more neutral conditions.     

Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of oxindoles

A catalyst generated from Pd(dba)2 and the bulky electron-rich phosphine ligand 2-(dicyclohexylphosphino)-2',4', 6'-tri-i-propyl-1-1'-biphenyl is effective for the alpha-arylation of oxindoles. Generation of the potassium-enolates of a range of oxindoles allows coupling with aryl chlorides, bromides, and triflates. Significant variation of the substitution pattern on both the oxindole and aryl halide is possible.     

Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of sulfoximines

[reaction: see text] Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of N-benzoyl sulfoximine ethyl ester with various aryl bromides leads to alpha-arylated products that can easily be hydrolyzed, giving the corresponding N-protected benzyl phenyl sulfoximines. In this manner, new sulfoximine derivatives are accessible that have so far been difficult to prepare in enantiopure form.     

Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of esters

A new and simple one-pot procedure for the palladium-catalyzed intermolecular alpha-arylation of esters is described. A number of esters can be functionalized with a wide range of aryl bromides using Pd(OAc)(2) or Pd(2)(dba)(3) and bulky electron-rich o-biphenyl phosphines 1-3. Under the reaction conditions, using LiHMDS as base, alpha-arylation proceeds at room temperature or at 80 degrees C with very good yields and high selectivities for monoarylation. Important nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug derivatives such as (+/-)-naproxen tert-butyl ester and (+/-)-flurbiprofen tert-butyl ester can be prepared in 79% and 86% yield, respectively. The catalyst system based on the di-tert-butylphosphine (2) is also active for the alpha-arylation of esters using aryl chlorides. Furthermore, using (3) the alpha-arylation of trisubstituted ester enolates can be accomplished to provide compounds that have quaternary centers.     

Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric alpha-arylation of ketone enolates

An atropisomeric dipyridyldiphosphine, P-Phos, can effect highly enantioselective Ni-catalyzed alpha-arylation of ketone enolates with aryl halides to install an all-carbon quaternary stereogenic center in up to 98% ee and excellent yields.     

Palladium-catalyzed hydrophenylation of alkynes with sodium tetraphenylborate under mild conditions

In an aqueous solution of acetic acid, PdCl2(PPh3)2 showed high catalytic activity for the hydrophenylation of both terminal and internal alkynes with sodium tetraphenylborate (NaBPh4) under mild conditions, affording phenyl alkenes in moderate to excellent yields.     

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropanols with aryl halides under mild conditions

Intra- and intermolecular palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropanols with aryl halides can be achieved in good yields under mild conditions.     

Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of esters with chloroarenes

Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylations of esters with chloroarenes are reported. The reactions of chloroarenes with the sodium enolates of tert-butyl propionate and methyl isobutyrate occur in high yields with 0.2-1 mol % of {[P(t-Bu)3]PdBr}2 or the combination of Pd(dba)2 and P(t-Bu)3 as catalyst. The reactions of chloroarenes with the Reformatsky reagent of tert-butyl acetate were most challenging but occurred in high yields for chlorobenzene and electron-poor chloroarenes catalyzed by 1 mol % of Pd(dba)2 and pentaphenylferrocenyl di-tert-butylphosphine (Q-phos).     

Palladium-catalyzed denitrogenative cross-coupling of aryl halides with arylhydrazines under mild reaction conditions

Transition Metal Chemistry - A greener approach for the synthesis of various functionalized biaryl frameworks in good to excellent yield through palladium-catalyzed denitrogenative cross-coupling...     

Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular alpha-arylation of alpha-amino acid esters.

The Pd-catalyzed intramolecular alpha-arylation of alpha-amino acid esters is described. Starting from readily available amino acids, the synthesis of a variety of isoindolines and tetrahydroisoquinoline carboxylic acid esters has been accomplished. Additionally, fused tricyclic systems can be efficiently prepared from cyclic amino acid esters. Reaction conditions have been found that allow the use of tert-butyl ester and N-(benzyloxycarbonyl) protecting groups.     

Palladium-catalyzed oxidative carbonylation of alkyl and aryl indium reagents with CO under mild conditions

CO now can react with organoindium reagents. A novel palladium-catalyzed oxidative carbonylation reaction of organoindium reagents by CO gas with desyl chloride as oxidant was developed in supplementation with the classical methods for preparation of carboxylic acid derivatives. Primary, secondary alkyl indium reagents with beta-hydrogens and aryl indium reagents were suitable substrates, and the reaction could be carried out at 60 degrees C under 50 psi CO. Carbonylation of alkyl indium reagents can occur smoothly without additional base. Although the indium reagents were prepared from corresponding Grignard reagents (at low temperature), they displayed full compatibility with various functional groups under the protic reaction conditions. Preliminary mechanistic studies including stoichiometric and catalytic reaction examination provided evidence to support the operation of the mechanism consisted of oxidative addition of deslyl chloride to Pd(0) and quick tautomerization to give a palladium enolate species II (ROPdCl), displacement of the enolate group in II by R(2)OH, followed by CO insertion to give alkoxycarbonyl palladium complex V, which undergoes transmetalation with R(1)(3)In and reductive elimination to afford the product and a Pd(0) species. In this mechanism, the alkoxycarbonyl group was transferred to the palladium center prior to the alkyl group, different from traditional ways initiated from oxidative addition of alkyl halides to a Pd(0) species.     

Palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction of aryl chlorides under mild conditions promoted by organic ionic bases

An efficient Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction of aryl chlorides with olefins under mild conditions is described. High yields of products were achieved with n-Bu(4)N(+)OAc(-) as base. Significantly, the temperature of the Heck reaction of diverse nonactivated aryl chlorides can be lowered to 80 °C. The new reaction system can also tolerate a wider range of olefins.     

Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of azlactones to form quaternary amino acid derivatives

[reaction: see text] The synthesis of alpha-aryl-alpha-alkyl amino acid derivatives from alpha-amino acids by the arylation of azlactone derivatives is reported. Arylation of azlactones derived from alanine, valine, phenalanine, phenyl glycine, and leucine all provided good yields of the arylated product. Mechanistic studies of this reaction revealed that a stable complex containing a ligand formed by reaction of dba with the azlactone accounts for a new inhibiting effect of dba when reactions are initiated with Pd(dba)(2).     

Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrovinylation under mild conditions using monodentate chiral spiro phosphoramidite and phosphite ligands

Palladium complexes of chiral spiro phosphoramidite and phosphite ligands are effective catalysts in the asymmetric hydrovinylation of vinylarenes with ethylene. The hydrovinylation products were obtained in modest selectivity with enantioselectivities up to 92% ee. The structures of the palladium catalysts have been analyzed by X-ray diffraction. The active catalyst contained one monodentate ligand. A kinetic resolution accompanied the isomerization of the hydrovinylation product in the reaction.     

Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylation-carbonylation of allylic carbonates to give β,γ-unsaturated esters under mild conditions

Allylic carbonates undergo facile palladium-catalyzed decarboxylation-carbonylation under mild conditions to give β,γ-unsaturated esters in high yields using palladium-phosphine complex as a catalyst.     

Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation of ketone enolates

Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation of nonstabilized ketone enolates to generate quaternary centers has been achieved in excellent yield and enantioselectivity. Optimized conditions consist of performing the reaction in the presence of two equivalents of LDA as base, one equivalent of trimethytin chloride as a Lewis acid, 1,2-dimethoxyethane as the solvent, and a catalytic amount of a chiral palladium complex formed from pi-allyl palladium chloride dimer 3 and cyclohexyldiamine derived chiral ligand 4. Linearly substituted, acyclic 1,3-dialkyl substituted, and unsubstituted allylic carbonates function well as electrophiles. A variety of alpha-tetralones, cyclohexanones, and cyclopentanones can be employed as nucleophiles. The absolute configuration generated is consistent with the current model in which steric factors control stereofacial differentiation. The quaternary substituted products available by this method are versatile substrates for further elaboration.