Acetylenes copper-catalyzed halides

The majority of preparative methods which have been used for obtaining cyclopropane derivatives involve carbene addition to an olefmic bond, if acetylenes are used in the reaction, cyclopropenes are obtained. Heteroatom-substituted or vinyl cydopropanes come from alkenyl bromides or enol acetates (A. de Meijere, 1979 E. J. Corey, 1975 B E. Wenkert, 1970 A). The carbenes needed for cyclopropane syntheses can be obtained in situ by a-elimination of hydrogen halides with strong bases (R. Kdstcr, 1971 E.J. Corey, 1975 B), by copper catalyzed decomposition of diazo compounds (E. Wenkert, 1970 A S.D. Burke, 1979 N.J. Turro, 1966), or by reductive elimination of iodine from gem-diiodides (J. Nishimura, 1969 D. Wen-disch, 1971 J.M. Denis, 1972 H.E. Simmons, 1973 C. Girard, 1974),... 

Copper(I) halide-catalyzed coupling reactions of perfluoro Gngnard reagents with allyl and propargyl halides have been reported [256], The acetylenic copper compound may be an intermediate in these reactions. 

The first mechanism is. in fact, reminiscent of the well-known copper-catalyzed dimerization of acetylene viny(acetylene being the main by-product of this process. This side reaction can, however, be inhibited to some extent by the use of cobalt salts as additives [IS]. The cyanation of acetylene and of alkenyl halides is also promoted by Co and Ni cyanides and Pd catalysis. A reducing reagent, such as Zn or NaBll4, has been used in conjunction with cobalt cyanide complexes, and the formation of. succinonitrile has been reported to result from the basebase-catalyzed hydrocyanation of acrylonitrile. 

The metal-catalyzed coupling of terminal acetylenes with aryl halides remains one of the most powerful ways to make aryl-acetylene linkages. While most protocols require the use of an organic solvent for a successful reaction, a recent report outlined a solvent-free palladium-catalyzed protocol using microwave heating (Scheme 2.6). The authors were able to remove the traditional copper cocatalyst from the reaction... 

The palladium-copper-catalyzed cross-coupling of acetylenic systems with aryl halide has been used successfully to homopolymerize p-bromoethynylbenzene (eq 4) [8]. The poly-p-ethynylbenzene was isolated as a white pol3nmer of relatively low molecular weight. The coupling of acetylenic reagents with aryl halides has been noted to lead to explosions and therefore due care should be exercised. 

In 2008 Bhanage s team reported on a copper-catalyzed carbonylative Sonogashira reaction of aryl iodides [68]. In this procedure, copper bis(2,2,6,6-tetra-methyl-3,5-heptanedionate) [Cu(TMHD)2] was used as the catalyst for this transformation and using NEta as a base. Alkynones were produced in good yields (Scheme 5.33). A nickel-catalyzed carbonylation of allyl halides and acetylenes was reported on by Moreto and colleagues [69]. Cyclopentane skeletons were produced in high yields and with controlled stereochemistry. 

Triazoks were synthesized from simple starting materials without the need for additional catalyst. Organic azides, generated in situ from alkyl halides and sodium azide, were reacted with acetylenes using the copper-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cydoaddition. 

Tamoxifen 449 is known as an estrogen antagonist and effective for metastatic breast cancer. Tamoxifen is the typical regiment for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in premenopausal women, and it was developed by ICI Pharmaceuticals (now AstraZeneca, London, U.K.) under the trade names of Nolvadex, Istubal, and Valodex. While the previous synthetic approaches involved stoichiometric reagents or a multistep synthetic manipulations, Taniguchi applied his stereoselective copper-catalyzed alkyne functionalization to introduce halide and sulfide groups (Scheme 46.51) and to provide an access to 447. " In this approach, tamoxifen 449 was prepared in three steps from diphenyl acetylene 445 as a starting material with 51% overall yield 7JE = 93/7). 

There are many other transition-metal catalyzed coupling reactions that are based on organic halides in aqueous media. One example is the coupling of terminal alkyne with aryl halides, the Sonogashira coupling, which has been discussed in detail in the chapter on alkynes (Chapter 4). An example is the condensation of 2-propynyl or allyl halides with simple acetylenes in the presence of copper salts. 

It is important to mention the pioneering work of Reppe and co-workers who discovered as early as 1938 the industrial preparation of acrylic acid by car-bonylation of acetylene [28]. The reaction was conducted at 200-230 °C and 100 bar of CO and catalyzed by Ni(CO)4 in the presence of a copper halide. Selectivity of 90 and 85% were reached in acrylic acid with regard to acetylene and carbon monoxide, respectively [29]. 

S)-(-)-CITRONELLOL from geraniol. An asymmetrically catalyzed Diels-Alder reaction is used to prepare (1 R)-1,3,4-TRIMETHYL-3-C YCLOHEXENE-1 -CARBOXALDEHYDE with an (acyloxy)borane complex derived from L-(+)-tartaric acid as the catalyst. A high-yield procedure for the rearrangement of epoxides to carbonyl compounds catalyzed by METHYLALUMINUM BIS(4-BROMO-2,6-DI-tert-BUTYLPHENOXIDE) is demonstrated with a preparation of DIPHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE from stilbene oxide. A palladium/copper catalyst system is used to prepare (Z)-2-BROMO-5-(TRIMETHYLSILYL)-2-PENTEN-4-YNOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER. The coupling of vinyl and aryl halides with acetylenes is a powerful carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction, particularly valuable for the construction of such enyne systems. 

Halogenation and dehalogenation are catalyzed by substances that exist in more than one valence state and are able to donate and accept halogens freely. Silver and copper halides are used for gas-phase reactions, and ferric chloride commonly for liquid phase. Hydrochlorination (the absorption of HCl) is promoted by BiCl3 or SbCl3 and hydrofluorination by sodium fluoride or chromia catalysts that form fluorides under reaction conditions. Mercuric chloride promotes addition of HCl to acetylene to make vinyl chloride. Oxychlori-nation in the Stauffer process for vinyl chloride from ethylene is catalyzed by CuCl2 vwth some KCl to retard its vaporization. 

An elegant method for linking terminal alkynes with aromatic compounds and olefins is the Sonogashira reaction [15]. The palladium-catalyzed reaction enables the simultaneous introduction of two or even more alkyne units and thereby makes it possible to synthesize acetylene derivatives, for example hexaalkynyl-benzenes [16], (eq. (7)), which can be obtained only with difficulty by other methods. It has been shown by Herrmann, Beller, and co-workers that the copper reagent is not necessary as a co-catalyst for the coupling of terminal alkynes with sp -carbon halides. By using phosphapalladacyclic catalysts 1 the... 

The applied nickel catalyst, promoted by copper halides, required rather severe reaction conditions T = 220 °C, F = 10 MPa), but gave good AA yields up to 90% based on acetylene. This so-called catalytic Reppe process was commercially operated in Germany, the USA, and Japan. Due to the limited availability of cheap acetylene as feedstock and the severe reaction conditions involved in the carbonylation process, this process has lost the competition with (heterogeneously catalyzed) oxidation of readily available propene, even though a perfect selectivity to AA is not achieved in the latter process. 

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