Acrylic Heck-type reactions

A new type of triaryl phosphine-functionalized imidazolium salt containing cations such as (6) has been prepared. Palladium complexes of (6) generated in situ have been used successfully in Heck-type reactions of aryl halides with acrylates and of 4-bromotoluene with styrene derivatives.34 The first Heck-type reaction of aryl halides with allenes has been reported. 1,3-Double arylations were observed with 3-substituted-l,2-allenyl sulfones, while 1-monoarylation was favoured with 3,3-disubstituted-l,2-allenyl sulfones.35 It has been shown that the a-arylation of methane-sulfonamides (7) may be achieved using palladium catalysis reaction proceeds through the sulfonamide enolates.36 It is also reported that palladium cross-coupling of alkynes with /V - (3 - i odophe n y I an i I i ncs) may lead to the formation of substituted carbazoles.37... 

A rhodium(l)-catalyzed system in THF is also effective in the Mizoroki-Heck-type reaction of arylsilanediols with acrylates (Scheme 4).53 Interestingly, the use of aqueous THF switches the reaction to 1,4-addition forming /3-arylated esters. The proposed catalytic cycles for these reactions involve 1,4-addition of an arylrhodium species to an acrylate. The change of the reaction pathway is probably because, in aqueous THF, the resultant Rh enolate 6 undergoes protonolysis rather than /3-elimination. Similar Rh-catalyzed 1,4-additions to a,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds have been achieved with arylsilicones,54 arylchlorosilanes,55 and aryltrialkoxysilanes.56,57 The use of a cationic Rh-binap complex leads to highly enantioselective 1,4-additions of alkenyl- and arylsilanes.58 583... 

Iridium complexes as well as [Rh(OH)(cod)]2 can catalyze the Mizoroki-Heck-type reaction of arylsilanediols with acrylates. Aryltrialkoxysilanes activated by TBAF also work as the aryl donor in the presence of H20. In contrast to the Rh-catalyzed reaction, this reaction does not form / -arylated saturated esters even in aqueous media.69... 

Further investigations by Jeffery indicated the rate- and selectivity-enhancing ability of tetraalkylammonium salts in Heck-type reactions [7]. In particular, tetra-butylammonium chloride, bromide and hydrogensulfate are extensively applied in aqueous DMF and acetonitrile, resulting in the fast and clean conversion of phenyl iodide with acrylic acid in 96% yield. 

Reaction of organic halides with alkenes catalyzed by palladium compounds (Heck type reaction) is known to be a useful method for carbon-carbon bond formation at unsubstituted vinylic positions. The first reports of the application of MW methodology to this type of reaction were published by Hallberg et al. in 1996 [109] and by Diaz-Ortiz et al. in 1997 [llOj both used in triethylamine solutions. Later, Ville-min et al. studied the possibility of Heck coupling of iodoarenes with methyl acrylate in aqueous solution under pressurized conditions [111]. The reactions were conducted in a Teflon autoclave under the action of MW irradiation in the presence of palladium acetate, different phosphine ligands, and tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate (TBAHS) as PTC catalyst, to afford the desired coupling products in 40 to 90% yield. 

This reaction is applied to a wide range of alkenes such as acrylic esters, styrene, ethylene, 1-alkene, 1,3-dienes, allyl chloride, allyl acetate, and vinyl ethers [122]. Tolerance of the arylmercury compounds to polar functional groups in the substrate renders the reaction applicable to the synthesis of many functionalized styrene derivatives. A ferrocenyl mercury compound undergoes addition to alkene via the Heck type reaction of methyl methacrylate (Eq. 5.29) [123]. 

Intramolecular or intermolecular Heck-type reactions were also used in the synthesis of poly-substituted quinoline compounds. Palladium-catalyzed reaction between vinyl or aryl halides and ortAo-allyl-substituted-A -tosyl-anilides produces dihydroquinolines in an intermolecular fashion, where reaction of acrylates intramolecularly affords 4-quinolones. ° ° ... 

In recent years there have been a number of reports on the use of nonpalladium catalysts in the Heck-type reaction. An example of a Cu-catalyzed arylation of methyl acrylate is presented in entry 49. ... 

Intramolecular Heck-type reactions can be used to synthesise indoles,but it is not clear whether the palladium-mediated cyclisations of anilino-acrylates and related sytems operate by this mechanism or via an electrophilic pallada-tion. 

Based on a transformation described by Catellani and coworkers [80], Lautens s group [81] developed a series of syntheses of carbocycles and heterocycles from aryl iodide, alkyl halides and Mizoroki-Heck acceptors. In an early example, the authors described a three-component domino reaction catalysed by palladium for the synthesis of benzo-annulated oxacycles 144 (Scheme 8.37). To do so, they used an m-iodoaryl iodoalkyl ether 143, an alkene substimted with an electron-withdrawing group, such as t-butyl acrylate and an iodoalkane such as -BuI in the presence of norbomene. It is proposed that, after the oxidative addition of the aryliodide, a Mizoroki-Heck-type reaction with nor-bornene and a C—H activation first takes place to form a palladacycle PdCl, which is then alkylated with the iodoalkane (Scheme 8.37). A second C—H activation occurs and then, via the formation of the oxacycle OCl, norbomene is eliminated. Finally, the aryl-palladium species obtained reacts with the acrylate. The alkylation step of palladacycles of the type PdCl and PdCl was studied in more detail by Echavarren and coworkers [82] using computational methods. They concluded that, after a C—H activation, the formation of a C(sp )—C(sp ) bond between the palladacycle PdCl and an iodoalkane presumably proceeds by oxidative addition to form a palladium(IV) species to give PdC2. This stays, in contrast with the reaction between a C(sp )—X electrophile (vinyl or aromatic halide) and PdCl, to form a new C(sp )—C(sp ) bond which takes place through a transmetallation. 

Accordingly, catalytic and stoichiometric amounts of cuprous salts were employed for Mizoroki-Heck-type reactions of various conjugated alkenes [ 19]. Intermolecular catalytic arylations of methyl acrylate (1, not shown) and styrene (2) were accomplished under ligand-free conditions using CuBr (3) or Cul (4) as catalyst in A-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP) as solvent various aryl iodides could be employed (Scheme 10.2). On the contrary, aryl bromides and chlorides, as well as aliphatic halides, were found to be unsuitable substrates. The reactions employing an alkenyl bromide, methylmethacrolein or methyl methacrylate required stoichiometric amounts of copper salts. 

A heterogeneous arylation of ethyl acrylates and styrene (2) was successfully catalysed by CU/AI2O3 (15). This catalytic system proved applicable to aryl iodides with both electron-withdrawing and -donating substituents [24]. Subsequently, a silica-supported poly-y-aminopropylsilane Cu(II) complex was used for Mizoroki-Heck-type reactions of three aryl iodides with methyl acrylate (1), acrylic acid (16) and styrene (2) [23, 25]. 

The use of pyridine (31) as additive allowed for more selective and efficient nickel-catalysed arylations of styrenes (Scheme 10.10) [32, 33]. Aryl and alkyl bromides gave good yields of isolated products. With respect to the latter, secondary alkyl bromides proved superior to primary ones. However, use of methyl acrylate (1) as substrate yielded predominantly products originating from conjugate additions, rather than Mizoroki-Heck-type reactions. 

Cobalt-catalysed electrochemical arylation reactions of acrylates were achieved by Gosmini and coworkers. The presence of 2,2 -bipyridine (Bpy, 63) was found crucial to reduce the formation of conjugate addition products in this transformation. Notably, this Mizoroki-Heck-type reaction proved applicable to aryl iodides and bromides and to an alkenyl chloride (Scheme 10.22) [48]. 

A heterogeneous cobalt catalyst was employed for arylations of styrene (2) and two acrylates with aryl iodides. Generally, isolated yields were significantly lower than those observed for heterogeneous nickel catalysts [24]. Further, a silica-supported poly-y-aminopropylsilane cobalt(II) complex was reported as a highly active and stereoselective catalyst for Mizoroki-Heck-type reactions of styrene (2) and acrylic acid (16) using aryl iodides [23,25]. 

Recently, cobalt hollow nanospheres were successfully used in stereoselective Mizoroki-Heck-type reactions of acrylates with aryl bromides and iodides [49]. The recyclable catalyst was most efficient when using NMP and K2CO3 as solvent and base respectively (Scheme 10.23). 

As part of comparative studies, Iyer [47] reported the use of Vaska s complex [IrCl(CO)(PPh3)2l (92) in intermolecular Mizoroki-Heck-type reactions of methyl acrylate (1) and styrene (2). Aryl iodides could be used as electrophiles, while bromobenzene, chlorobenzene and aliphatic halides gave no desired product. The catalytic activity was found to be lower than that observed when using Wilkinson s complex [RhCl(PPh3)3] (84). Thus, a higher reaction temperature of 150 °C was mostly required. In contrast to the corresponding cobalt-catalysed reaction, however, Vaska s complex (92) proved applicable to orf/io-substituted aryl iodides (Scheme 10.33). 

Studies on the use of complexes immobilized on quinoline-carboimine-functionalized FSM-16 mesoporous silica for Mizoroki-Heck-type reactions between methyl acrylate (1) and various aryl iodides highlighted the superior catalytic activity of a mthenium(III) catalyst compared with the corresponding platinum(IV) complex [44]. 

With a,p-unsaturated esters, a similar rhodium-catalyzed Heck-type reaction of arylboronic acids was reported by Zou et al. [33]. t-Butyl acrylate (46a) reacted with phenylboronic acid (2m) in the presence of the RhCl3(H20)3, which is a rhodium precursor of choice, and PPh3 in a 3 1 toluene-water mixture at 100 °C for 20 h to give a 83% yield of trons-cinnamate (47am) (Scheme 4.19). The reaction of methyl acrylate... 

Catellani and Lautens have independently reported unique palladium/ norbornene-catalyzed reactions of aryl halides, which mechanistically involve a reversible alkene insertion/p-carbon elimination process [11]. For example, iodobenzene reacted with 1-iodobutane and methyl acrylate to form the multiply-alkylated benzene 29 (Scheme 7.9) [12]. The following mechanism is proposed oxidative addition of phenyl iodide onto palladium generates phenylpalladium(ll) iodide. A double bond of norbornene inserts into the C-Pd bond to form an alkylpalladium species, which cleaves a C-H bond nearby to form the palladacycle 25. -Butyl iodide then reacts with 25 to form the Pd(IV) intermediate 26, which undergoes reductive elimination. Repetition of the cyclometalation/alkylation process leads to the formation of 27. Then, P-carbon elimination affords the arylpalladium species 28 together with norbornene. Subsequently, a Heck-type reaction takes place with methyl acrylate, giving rise to 29. 

Scheme 3 Heck-type phenylation reaction of ethyl acrylate with Ph3Bi...

Similar to alkenyliodonium salts (see Sect. 6.3), aryliodonium salts are highly reactive substrates in Heck-type olefination and other palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions. Aryliodonium salts can serve as very efficient reagents in the palladium-catalyzed arylations of acrylic acid 101 [75], organotin compounds 102 [76], sodium tetraphenylborate 103 [77], and copper acetylide 104 [78] (Scheme 45). 

Arenediazonium o-benzenesulfonamide 89 was found to be a new and efficient reagent for the Heck-type arylation reactions of some common substrates containing C-C multiple bonds, i.e., ethyl acrylate, acrylic acid, acroleine, styrene, and cyclopentene <2006T3146>. The reactions are carried out in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 and afford arylated products, for example ethyl cinnamates, cinnamic acids, cinnamic aldehydes, and stilbenes, possessing an ( -configuration, and 1-arylcyclopentenes, in good to excellent yields (Equation 27). 

Oxidative addition of the carbon-halogen bond is a well-documented reaction for Group 10 transition metal complexes, but it is relatively limited for ruthenium. The example given here involves the reversible oxidative addition of allyl halide to RuCp(CO)2X to produce RuCp(p -allyl)X2 [78]. Oxidative addition of allyl halide to a Ru(0) complex Ru(l,5-COD)(l,3,5-COT) is also reported, but the product yield was poor [79]. Nevertheless, a catalytic Heck-type alkenylation of bromostyrene with methyl acrylate by Ru(l,5-COD)(l,3,5-COT) proceeded smoothly [80]. A cross-coupling reaction of alkenyl halide with Grignard reagents or alkyl lithium also pro-... 

The synthetic potential of these catalysts has been investigated in Heck-type coupling reactions treatment of l-bromo-4-nitrobenzene with n-butyl acrylate in isopropyl alcohol in the presence of 2.5 mol% of catalyst and tetrabutylammonium acetate afforded the unsaturated ester in an excellent... 

A standard Heck reaction, as shown in the example below, involves the palladium-catalysed reaction of a halide with an alkene, most commonly an electron-deficient aUcene such as an acrylate, but other types can also be used. Heck-type cyclisation onto olefins is a useful reaction for ring synthesis. 

The facile intramolecular oxidative addition of aryl halide which leads to Pd(IV) complex 22 (see Scheme 2.5) provided the basis for the development ofa special type of Pd(II)/Pd(IV) Heck reaction [58,109]. Although 22 fails to react with methylacrylate at room temperature, an insertion reaction leading to the corresponding Heck product takes place in the presence of AgCl04, which removes a iodide ligand generating the required coordination vacancy. Thus, complex 22 (10 mol%), or its Pd(II) precursor 20, catalyzes a Heck-type couphng of 2-iodobenzoic acid with methyl acrylate, driven by iodide precipitation with silver salts (Eq. (2.10)). The reaction is completed within about 3.5 h at room temperature and, in contrast with the... 

---