Single‐Flask Multicomponent Palladium‐Catalyzed α,γ‐Coupling of Ketone Enolates: Facile Preparation of Complex Carbon Scaffolds

A three‐component palladium‐catalyzed reaction sequence has been developed in which γ‐substituted α,β‐unsaturated products are obtained in a single flask by an α‐alkenylation with either a subsequent γ‐alkenylation or γ‐arylation of a ketone enolate. Coupling of a variety of electronically and structurally different components was achieved in the presence of a Pd/Q‐Phos catalyst (2 mol %), usually at 22 °C with yields of up to 85 %. Most importantly, access to these products is obtained in one simple operation in place of employing multiple reactions.     

Morpholine catalyzed direct C3 alkenylation of indoles with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes

Organocatalytic direct C3 alkenylation of indoles has been developed. Simple and readily available morpholine trifluoroacetic acid salt is employed as an efficient catalyst in this oxidative dehydrogenative reaction. Simplicity and practicality constitute the most attractive advantages of this reaction.     

Surprisingly efficient catalytic Cr-mediated coupling reactions

[reaction: see text] With use of 1 mol % of Cr catalyst 5, surprisingly efficient Cr-mediated couplings of aldehydes with various types of nucleophiles have been realized. The catalyst set of Cr catalyst 5 and Ni catalyst 4 is used for alkenylation, alkynylation, and arylation, whereas the catalyst set of Cr catalyst 5 and CoPc (cobalt phthalocyanine) is used for 2-haloallylation, alkylation, and propargylation. Only the Cr catalyst 5 is required for allylation. The reaction rates in DME and THF have been found significantly faster than that in MeCN.     

Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral 1,4‐Enynes through Organocatalytic Alkenylation of Propargyl Alcohols with Trialkenylboroxines

A highly enantioselective synthesis of 1,4‐enynes is described that proceeds through an organocatalytic reaction between propargyl alcohols and trialkenylboroxines. Our strategy relies on acid‐mediated generation of the carbocationic intermediate from propargyl alcohols followed by enantioselective alkenylation with trialkenylboroxines. A range of chiral 1,4‐enynes were obtained in moderate to good yields with high levels of enantioselectivity. Use of a highly acidic chiral N‐triflyl phosphoramide catalyst, which has two distant Lewis basic oxygen atoms, was found to be crucial for both high reactivity and selectivity in the present reaction.     

Catalytic enantioselective alkenylation and phenylation of trifluoromethyl ketones

Catalytic enantioselective alkenylation and phenylation of trifluoromethyl ketones are described. High enantioselectivity (up to 84% ee) was produced in an alkenylation of aryl trifluoromethyl ketones using a CuF-DTBM-SEGPHOS complex as the catalyst (5-10 mol %) and alkenylsilanes as the nucleophile. This is the first example of catalytic enantioselective alkenylation of trifluoromethyl ketones. The products are versatile chiral building blocks, which contain a trifluoromethyl-substituted tertiary alcohol moiety.     

氧化铈改性多级孔Hβ分子筛催化对二甲苯与苯乙炔烯基化反应（英文）

烯基芳香化合物是重要的精细化学品及中间体,在医药、染料、农药、香料、新型高分子材料和天然产品等化学工业领域得到广泛应用.传统工艺采用芳香化合物与烯基化合物的反应合成烯基芳香化合物.但是,传统过程存在许多不足:(1)芳环需预活化,如卤代等;(2)伴生氢卤酸等废物,污染环境;(3)原子经济性差.因此,研究烯基芳香化合物的清洁、高原子经济性合成备受关注.采用芳香化合物与炔基化合物的烯基化,可以100%原子经济性地合成烯基芳香化合物,且芳环无需预活化,不产生废弃物.因此,通过芳香化合物与炔的烯基化路线来合成烯基芳香化合物引起了人们的极大兴趣.尤其是固体酸催化烯基化,工艺成本低,清洁无污染,颇具工业前景.然而,固体酸催化烯基化不同于烷基化,烯基阳离子稳定性很差,比碳正离子易于聚合,进而导致催化剂积碳失活.微孔沸石分子筛用于烯基化存在底物适用范围窄、催化效率低、选择性差和炔聚合严重的问题.本研究组开展了硫酸化的镧锆氧化物介孔固体超强酸、担载磷钨酸介孔固体酸催化烯基化.采用前者,合成有序的介孔镧锆氧化物较为困难;而采用后者,催化剂的再生需要大量有机溶剂,会造成环境污染.硅铝分子筛固体酸易于制备,且可以通过简单的焙烧来再生.多级孔分子筛具有微孔分子筛和介孔分子筛的双重优势,用于烯基化反应可望获得良好效果.本文采用碱、酸对商业微孔β沸石分子筛进行处理,通过脱硅、脱铝过程来合成多级孔β分子筛,并进行稀土金属铈改性,从而制备了氧化铈改性的多级孔β分子筛,研究了其催化对二甲苯与苯乙炔的烯基化反应.通过改变碱浓度和酸浓度,对所制备的多级孔β分子筛的织构性质和酸性质进行调控,在优化的条件下获得了良好的烯基化催化性能,得到95.8%的苯乙炔转化率和95.1%的目标产物α-2,5-二甲苯基苯乙烯的选择性,总的烯基化产物(α-和β-烯基芳香化合物)的选择性达到98%.相对于微孔β分子筛,所制备的多级孔β分子筛展示了显著增强的催化活性和稳定性,目标产物选择性也有所提高.显著提高的催化性能归因于多级孔分子筛的传质强化和酸性位的增多.氧化铈的改性使得多级孔β分子筛的弱、中等和强酸中心的数目减少,可能源于减少了表面暴露的B酸位,从而导致了催化稳定性的显著提高.可见,本文所制备的氧化铈改性多级孔β分子筛用于烯基化反应具有一定前景.     

Cobalt‐Catalyzed,Aminoquinoline‐Directed C(sp2)?H Bond Alkenylation by Alkynes

A method for cobalt‐catalyzed, aminoquinoline‐ and picolinamide‐directed C(sp²) H bond alkenylation by alkynes was developed. The method shows excellent functional‐group tolerance and both internal and terminal alkynes are competent substrates for the coupling. The reaction employs a Co(OAc)₂⋅4 H₂O catalyst, Mn(OAc)₂ co‐catalyst, and oxygen (from air) as a terminal oxidant.     

Cobalt‐Catalyzed,Aminoquinoline‐Directed C(sp2)H Bond Alkenylation by Alkynes

A method for cobalt‐catalyzed, aminoquinoline‐ and picolinamide‐directed C(sp²)? H bond alkenylation by alkynes was developed. The method shows excellent functional‐group tolerance and both internal and terminal alkynes are competent substrates for the coupling. The reaction employs a Co(OAc)₂?4 H₂O catalyst, Mn(OAc)₂ co‐catalyst, and oxygen (from air) as a terminal oxidant.     

Ruthenium (II) Catalyzed C(sp2)−H Bond Alkenylation of 2-Arylbenzo[d]oxazole and 2-Arylbenzo[d]thiazole with Unactivated Olefins

Functionalization of the bio-relevant heterocycles 2-arylbenzo[d]oxazole and 2-arylbenzo[d]thiazole has been achieved through Ru(II)-catalyzed alkenylation with unactivated olefins leading to selective formation of the mono-alkenylated products. This approach has a broad substrate scope with respect to the coupling partners, affords high yields, and works for gram scale synthesis using a readily available Ru-based catalyst. Mechanistic studies reveal a C−H activation pathway for the dehydrogenative coupling leading to the alkenylation. However, the results of the ESI-MS-guided deuterium kinetic isotope effect studies indicate that the C−H activation stage may not be the rate-determining step of the reaction. The use of a radical scavenging agent such as TEMPO did not show any detrimental effect on the reaction outcome, eliminating the possibility of the involvement of a free-radical pathway.     

Palladium-catalyzed C-H functionalization of pyridine N-oxides: highly selective alkenylation and direct arylation with unactivated arenes

Two catalytic protocols of the oxidative C-C bond formation have been developed on the basis of the C-H bond activation of pyridine N-oxides. Pd-catalyzed alkenylation of the N-oxides proceeds with excellent regio-, stereo-, and chemoselectivity, and the corresponding ortho-alkenylated N-oxide derivatives are obtained in good to excellent yields. Direct cross-coupling reaction of pyridine N-oxides with unactivated arene was also developed in the presence of Pd catalyst and Ag oxidant, which affords ortho-arylated pyridine N-oxide products with high site-selectivity.     

[Cu(NHC)]‐Catalyzed C−H Allylation and Alkenylation of both Electron‐Deficient and Electron‐Rich (Hetero)arenes with Allyl Halides

New reactivity of a [Cu(NHC)] (NHC=N‐heterocyclic carbene) catalyst is disclosed for the efficient C?H allylation of polyfluoroarenes using allyl halides in benzene at room temperature. The same catalyst system also promotes an isomerization‐induced alkenylation of initially the generated allyl arenes when the reaction is run in tetrahydrofuran. Significantly, not only electron‐deficient but also electron‐rich (hetero)arenes undergo this double‐bond migration process, thus leading to alkenylated products. The present system features mild reaction conditions, broad scope with respect to the arene substrates and allyl halide reactants, good functional‐group tolerance, and high stereoselectivity.     

Self-assembled poly(imidazole-palladium): highly active, reusable catalyst at parts per million to parts per billion levels

Metalloenzymes are essential proteins with vital activity that promote high-efficiency enzymatic reactions. To ensure catalytic activity, stability, and reusability for safe, nontoxic, sustainable chemistry, and green organic synthesis, it is important to develop metalloenzyme-inspired polymer-supported metal catalysts. Here, we present a highly active, reusable, self-assembled catalyst of poly(imidazole-acrylamide) and palladium species inspired by metalloenzymes and apply our convolution methodology to the preparation of polymeric metal catalysts. Thus, a metalloenzyme-inspired polymeric imidazole Pd catalyst (MEPI-Pd) was readily prepared by the coordinative convolution of (NH(4))(2)PdCl(4) and poly[(N-vinylimidazole)-co-(N-isopropylacrylamide)(5)] in a methanol-water solution at 80 °C for 30 min. SEM observation revealed that MEPI-Pd has a globular-aggregated, self-assembled structure. TEM observation and XPS and EDX analyses indicated that PdCl(2) and Pd(0) nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed in MEPI-Pd. MEPI-Pd was utilized for the allylic arylation/alkenylation/vinylation of allylic esters and carbonates with aryl/alkenylboronic acids, vinylboronic acid esters, and tetraaryl borates. Even 0.8-40 mol ppm Pd of MEPI-Pd efficiently promoted allylic arylation/alkenylation/vinylation in alcohol and/or water with a catalytic turnover number (TON) of 20,000-1,250,000. Furthermore, MEPI-Pd efficiently promoted the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction of a variety of inactivated aryl chlorides as well as aryl bromides and iodides in water with a TON of up to 3,570,000. MEPI-Pd was reused for the allylic arylation and Suzuki-Miyaura reaction of an aryl chloride without loss of catalytic activity.     

芳炔烯基化制烯基芳香化合物用硫酸化的介孔镧锆固体超强酸催化剂的织构和酸性质调控研究

烯基芳香化合物作为重要的精细化学品及中间体在医药、染料、农药、香料、新型高分子材料、天然产品等化学工业领域占据显著地位.芳香化合物与烯基化合物进行反应是该化合物的经典合成方法,但其存在诸多缺陷：(1)芳环需要预活化,如卤代、三氟甲磺酸取代等;(2)产生氢卤酸和无机盐废物,污染环境;(3)原子经济性差.如何高效绿色合成烯基芳香化合物已引起国际学术界的极大兴趣.近年来发现的芳香化合物与炔的烯基化,亦称炔的氢芳化,被认为是颇具应用前景的简单、清洁、原子经济的烯基芳香化合物合成新路线.与烯基芳香化合物的经典合成路线相比,经由芳香化合物与炔的烯基化来合成该目标化合物具有如下优点：(1)芳环无需预活化;(2)不产生氢卤酸和无机盐,合成过程环境友好;(3)原子经济性好(100%).因此,采用芳香化合物与炔的烯基化路线来合成烯基芳香化合物得到了国际学术界的广泛关注.芳香化合物与炔的烯基化反应主要经由两种路径：(1)活化芳环,形成σ-芳基金属络合物;(2)活化炔基,形成烯基阳离子.活化芳环烯基化催化剂的研究主要集中在贵金属盐、贵金属配合物或有机金属.采用贵金属或有机金属催化,活性高、选择性好,但存在价格高、多需昂贵配体、分离和催化剂回收困难、操作条件苛刻等问题,缺乏实用性.酸催化活化炔基是芳香化合物烯基化反应的另一途径.酸催化芳烃烷基化已得以广泛而深入地研究,并在化学工业中占据着突出的历史地位,但酸催化烯基化相关文献报道尚少.相对于酸催化的烷基化,烯基化面临更多挑战.尽管如此,成本低、实用性强的酸催化烯基化路线仍得到了国际学术界的极大关注.但是,仍存在腐蚀设备、污染环境、催化效率差、收率低、催化剂分离困难及炔聚合严重等不足之处.因此,开展清洁、高效、实用的新型烯基化固体酸催化剂的研究意义深远.微孔沸石分子筛克服了液体酸所固有的上述缺点,作为环境友好的固体酸催化剂在烷基化、酰基化等诸多反应中均得到了广泛应用,用于烯基化,存在底物适用范围窄、催化效率低、选择性差和炔聚合严重的问题.以介孔固体酸取代微孔沸石分子筛并结合催化剂微结构和酸性质调控,有望实现对反应底物和烯基化产品的扩散、炔的活化及芳烃与烯基阳离子之间的碰撞过程进行调控,从而解决现有固体酸催化该反应存在的问题.我们开展了芳烃与炔烃的付-克烯基化制烯基芳香化合物用硫酸化的介孔镧锆固体超强酸催化剂的织构和酸性质调控研究.通过介孔镧锆复合氧化物的制备过程参数,如模板剂和氨水的加入量、水热温度、水热时间的调节,来调控硫酸化的介孔镧锆固体超强酸催化剂的织构和酸性质,进而调控固体酸的烯基化催化性能.结果表明,介孔镧锆复合氧化物的制备过程参数对所制备的硫酸化的介孔镧锆固体超强酸催化剂的织构和酸性质影响显著,需要合适的模板剂和氨水的加入量、水热温度、水热时间,才能获得适宜的织构和酸性质.介孔镧锆复合氧化物的最佳制备条件为：模板剂与金属离子摩尔比0.18、氨水与金属离子摩尔比16、水热温度90oC、水热时间60 h.相对于研究组先前报道的硫酸化的介孔镧锆固体超强酸催化剂,经织构和酸性质调控优化的硫酸化的介孔镧锆固体超强酸催化剂的催化活性和稳定性均得以显著提升.采用本文所构筑的固体酸催化剂,用于不同芳香化合物的烯基化,也展示出了良好的催化性能.研究结果表明,具有适宜织构和酸性质的介孔固体酸用于芳香化合物与炔烃的烯基化,来制备烯基芳香化合物,具有很好的发展前景.     

Tandem catalytic carbene addition/bicyclization of enynes. One-step synthesis of fluorinated bicyclic amino esters by ruthenium catalysis

The reaction of diazo compounds with enynes, containing a fluorinated amino acid moiety, in the presence of the precatalyst Cp(Cl)Ru(COD) leads to fluorinated alkenyl bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane and [4.1.0]heptane amino acid derivatives. It is remarkable that the catalyst, in situ generated from ruthenium complex and diazo compound, completely inhibits the ring closing metathesis of enyne to the profit of tandem alkenylation/cyclopropanation with high stereoselectivity. The study shows that the Cp(Cl)Ru moiety in ruthenacyclobutane favors reductive elimination versus expected alkene metathesis. [reaction: see text]     

Palladium-catalyzed convenient one-pot synthesis of multi-substituted 2-pyrones via transesterification and alkenylation of enynoates

An efficient one-pot protocol for the synthesis of multi-substituted 2-pyrone derivatives from internal alkynes and unactivated alkenes is reported. The methodology involves difunctionalization of internal alkynes by using Pd(II) as a catalyst alongwith X-Phos as ligand via 6-endo transesterification and subsequent alkenylation pathway. Notable features include simple and easily available starting materials, including a range of unactivated alkenes, reduced synthetic steps and mild reaction conditions with high efficiency.     

Development of novel diastereoselective alkenylation of enolates using alkenylselenonium salts

[reaction: see text] A novel alkenylation of enolates using alkenylselenonium salts is described. A reaction of lithium enolates, which were prepared in situ by the reaction of LiHMDS and carbonyl compounds, with alkenylselenonium salts gave the ethenylation products of carbonyl compounds in high yield. Diastereoselective alkenylation was also accomplished by the reaction of the enolates derived from N-acyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-ones with the alkenylselenonium salt to afford good results (up to 92% yield and up to 95% de).     

Unprecedented Transformation of a Directing Group Generated In Situ and Its Application in the One‐Pot Synthesis of 2‐Alkenyl Benzonitriles

An unprecedented protocol for the transformation of benzoyl azides into benzonitrile derivatives via iminophosphoranes generated in situ is described. The strategy was successfully applied to the de‐novo synthesis of 2‐alkenylated benzonitrile derivatives from benzoyl azides through ortho C?H activation/alkenylation followed by subsequent rearrangement. The salient features of this protocol involve incorporation of two important functionalities through cyanation and olefination in one pot under mild reaction conditions by using a less expensive Ru catalyst. The mechanism was established by isolating and characterising (using ³¹P NMR) an intermediate with two ortho functionalities, iminophosphorane and olefin, under specific reaction conditions.     

多相CeO2催化剂上氧化吲哚与醛的选择性C3烯基化反应

本文报道了将市售CeO2作为一种高活性和可重复使用的催化剂用于无溶剂条件下氧化吲哚与醛的C3选择性烷基化反应.这种催化方法一般适用于不同的芳香族和脂肪族醛,得到3-烷基二烯-辛醇,产率高(87%–99%),立体选择性高(79%–93%为E-异构体).这是从氧化吲哚与各种脂肪族醛催化合成3-烯基氧化吲哚的首例.采用原位红外光谱研究了CeO2上Lewis酸位点与苯甲醛之间的Lewis酸-碱相互作用.不同粒径CeO2催化剂的构效关系研究表明,无缺陷CeO2表面是该反应的活性中心.     

Formal Total Synthesis of (−)‐Taxol through Pd‐Catalyzed Eight‐Membered Carbocyclic Ring Formation

A formal total synthesis of (?)‐taxol by a convergent approach utilizing Pd‐catalyzed intramolecular alkenylation is described. Formation of the eight‐membered carbocyclic ring has been a problem in the convergent total synthesis of taxol but it was solved by the Pd‐catalyzed intramolecular alkenylation of a methyl ketone affording the cyclized product in excellent yield (97 %), indicating the high efficiency of the Pd‐catalyzed intramolecular alkenylation. Rearrangement of the epoxy benzyl ether through a 1,5‐hydride shift, generating the C3 stereogenic center and subsequently forming the C1–C2 benzylidene, was discovered and utilized in the preparation of a substrate for the Pd‐catalyzed reaction.     

Ruthenium(II)‐Catalyzed Oxidative CH Alkenylations of Sulfonic Acids,Sulfonyl Chlorides and Sulfonamides

Twofold C?H functionalization of aromatic sulfonic acids was achieved with an in situ generated ruthenium(II) catalyst. The optimized cross‐dehydrogenative alkenylation protocol proved applicable to differently substituted arenes and a variety of alkenes, including vinyl arenes, sulfones, nitriles and ketones. The robustness of the ruthenium(II) catalyst was demonstrated by the chemoselective oxidative olefination of sulfonamides as well as sulfonyl chlorides. Mechanistic studies provided support for a reversible, acetate‐assisted C?H ruthenation, along with a subsequent olefin insertion.