Alkenyl-aryl cross-coupling alkylation

Aryl-alkenyl cross-coupling is straightforward. Simple alkylmagnesium reagents (Me, Et, CH2SiMe3, etc.) can be easily involved in Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling (27),139,140 while more complex alkyl halides—particularly branched ones prone to /3-hydride elimination—require Pd catalysts with bidentate phosphines, such as dppf, to achieve good selectivity (Section 9.6.3.4.7). 

The same ligand allowed the cross-coupling of various boronic acids (aryl, alkenyl, alkyl) with alkyl bromides in the system (Pd(OAc)2/PMe Bu2, BuOK. amyl alcohol, r.t.).411... 

Recently, with a view to overcome the difficulty on the preparation of aryl or alkenyl halides or sulfonates, thioamides and their S-alkyl derivatives have been proposed as a new class of electrophilic partners. This palladium cross-coupling methodology was developed by Liebeskind and mostly applied to heteroaromatic templates.118 121... 

Nickel(II) salts are able to catalyze the coupling of Grignard reagents with alkenyl and aryl hahdes. A soluble bis-phosphine comples, Ni(dppe)2Cl2, is a particularly effective catalyst.167 168 The main distinction between this reaction and Pd-catalyzed cross coupling is that the nickel reaction can be more readily applied to saturated alkyl groups because of a reduced tendency for /(-elimination. 

Aryl and alkyl organozincate reagents, generated in situ by reaction of Grignard reagents and sub-stoichiometric amounts of ZnCl2, cross-couple smoothly in refluxing THF with functionalized aryl and alkenyl as well as primary and secondary alkyl chlorides in the presence of Pd(dppf)Cl2. ... 

Stereoselective synthesis of 1,4-dienes This Pd complex markedly catalyzes the cross-coupling of alkenyl and aryl metals containing Al, Zr, or Zn with allylic halides, but not of alkyl metals. The coupling is markedly stereo- and regioseleclive. Examples ... 

Three transmetallation reactions are known. The reaction starts by the oxidative addition of halides to transition metal complexes to form 206. (In this scheme, all ligands are omitted.) (i) The C—C bonds 208 are formed by transmetallation of 206 with 207 and reductive elimination. Mainly Pd and Ni complexes are used as efficient catalysts. Aryl aryl, aryl alkenyl, alkenyl-alkenyl bonds, and some alkenyl alkyl and aryl-alkyl bonds, are formed by the cross-coupling, (ii) Metal hydrides 209 are another partner of the transmetallation, and hydrogenolysis of halides occurs to give 210. This reaction is discussed in Section 3.8. (iii) C—M bonds 212 are formed by the reaction of dimetallic compounds 211 with 206. These reactions are summarized in Schemes 3.3-3.6. 

Various aryl, alkenyl and even alkylborane reagents of different reactivity can be used for coupling with aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl and some alkyl halides, offering very useful synthetic methods. The cross-coupling of aryl and heteroarylboronic acids with aryl and heterocyclic halides and triflates provide useful synthetic routes to various aromatic and heteroaromatic derivatives. Sometimes, the reaction proceeds in the... 

The Suzuki Coupling, which is the palladium-catalysed cross coupling between organoboronic acid and halides. Recent catalyst and methods developments have broadened the possible applications enormously, so that the scope of the reaction partners is not restricted to aryls, but includes alkyls, alkenyls and alkynyls. Potassium trifluoroborates and organoboranes or boronate esters may be used in place of boronic acids. Some pseudohalides (for example triflates) may also be used as coupling partners. 

The insight that zinc ester enolates can be prepared prior to the addition of the electrophile has largely expanded the scope of the Reformatsky reaction.1-3 Substrates such as azomethines that quaternize in the presence of a-halo-esters do react without incident under these two-step conditions.23 The same holds true for acyl halides which readily decompose on exposure to zinc dust, but react properly with preformed zinc ester enolates in the presence of catalytic amounts of Pd(0) complexes.24 Alkylations of Reformatsky reagents are usually difficult to achieve and proceed only with the most reactive agents such as methyl iodide or benzyl halides.25 However, zinc ester enolates can be cross-coupled with aryl- and alkenyl halides or -triflates, respectively, in the presence of transition metal catalysts in a Negishi-type reaction.26 Table 14.2 compiles a few selected examples of Reformatsky reactions with electrophiles other than aldehydes or ketones.27... 

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