Alkyl-alkynyl coupling

A direct and satisfactory procedure for tertiary alkyl-alkynyl coupling has been developed by Negishi and Baba, who used trialkynylaluminums readily obtainable from the corresponding alkynyllithiums and anhydrous AICI3 [92]. For instance, tris(l-hexynyl)aluminum underwent a remarkably clean reaction with 1-adamantyl bromide to produce cross-coupled product 96 in 96 % yield. It is noteworthy that the reaction enables novel geminal alkyl-alkynylation of ketones this reaction should find a considerable application in natural product synthesis (Sch. 60). 

No general method is available for tert-alkyl-alkynyl-coupling based on sodium or lithium alkynylide reagents because of prevalent elimination. However, trialkyn-ylalanes obtained from the corresponding alkynyllithiums and anhydrous aluminum trichloride undergo clean reaction with tert-halides to produce rert-alkyl substituted... 

Negishi E, Baba S (1975) Convenient method for the tertiary alkyl-alkynyl coupling via organoalanes. J Am Chem Soc 97 7385-7387... 

The efficiency of activation of tert-alkyl fluorides by alkylaluminums can be extended to the successful tert-alkyl-alkynyl coupling with dialkylaluminum acetylides, in which selective transfer of the alkynyl group smoothly occurred to give (3) under mild conditions (Scheme 6.1). 

A direct procedure for tert-alkyl-alkynyl coupling using tert-alkyl chloride or bromide was reported by Negishi and Baba. The reaction provides successive geminal alkyl-alkynylation of ketones (Scheme 6.6) [6]. 

Reaction of methyl iododifluoroacetate with copper in HMPA affords the carboalkoxydifluoromethylene copper reagent, which couples with aryl, alkenyl, alkyl, alkynyl and allyl halides to give the corresponding 2,2-difluoroester derivatives [261] (Scheme 87). 

Cross-coupling of alkyl + alkynyl groups Potassium hydroxide-18-Crown-6, 258 Cross-coupling of alkyl + allyl groups Crotyltrimethylsilane, 86 Dimethyl(methylthiosulfonium) tetra-fluoroborate, 121 Lithium, 157... 

Castle and Widdowson were first to disclose alkyl-alkyl Kumada coupling reactions catalyzed by Pd(dppf)Cl2 [195]. This report was later questioned and corrected by Scott [196]. Matsubara and colleagues established formal Stille-type coupling reactions of perfluoroalkyl halides with allyl, alkynyl, or vinyl stannanes catalyzed by 10 mol% of Pd(PPh3)4, which have to be considered, however, better as radical addition/elimination reactions rather than as coupling reactions (see Sect. 3.1) [184],... 

It has proven possible to couple alkynyl iodides and bromides with a wide variety of zinc cyanocuprates. Coupling tolerates a number of functional groups on both the alkyne and the cuprate, including alkynyl ethers and propargyl ethers (equations 46 and 47). The cuprate partners have been primary alkyl, vinyl and aryl based59-61, whereas secondary alkyl organometallics couple in some cases and reduce the alkynyl halide in others. 

Abstract The use of organoaluminum-based Lewis acids (A1R X3 R = alkyl, alkynyl, X = halide or pseudohalide) in the period 2000 to mid-2011 is overviewed with a focus on (1) stoichiometric reactions in which one of the organoaluminum substituents is transferred to the substrate (e.g., the opening of epoxides, 1,2-additions to carbonyl compounds, coupling with C-X, and Reissert chemistry) and (2) asymmetric, often catalytic, reactions promoted by Lewis acid catalysts derived from organoaluminum species (e.g., use of auxiliaries with alanes, Diels-Alder, and related cycloaddition reactions, additions to aldehydes and ketones, and skeletal rearrangement reactions). 

Aryl, allyl, alkyl, alkynyl-palladium species being formed under the various conditions stated above might be subject of a reduction to yield a carbon-hydrogen bond. In some cases, reduction is a serious side-product in cross-coupling reactions. The reduction of allyl complexes has been discussed on page 800. 

Alkyl- and aryl-pyridazines can be prepared by cross-coupling reactions between chloropyridazines and Grignard reagents in the presence of nickel-phosphine complexes as catalysts. Dichloro[l,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane]nickel is used for alkylation and dichloro[l,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]nickel for arylation (78CPB2550). 3-Alkynyl-pyridazines and their A-oxides are prepared from 3-chloropyridazines and their A-oxides and alkynes using a Pd(PPh3)Cl2-Cu complex and triethylamine (78H(9)1397). 

In a reaction closely related to the latter, pyranylidene derivatives are obtained by the intermolecular radical coupling of alkynyl- or alkenylcarbene complexes and epoxides. Good diastereoselectivities are observed when cyclic epoxides are used. Moreover, the best results are reached by the generation of the alkyl radical using titanocene monochloride dimer [90] (Scheme 43). 

Alkenylboranes (R2C=CHBZ2 Z — various groups) couple in high yields with vinylic, alkynyl, aryl, benzylic, and allylic halides in the presence of tetra-kis(triphenylphosphine)palladium, Pd(PPh3)4, and a base to give R C CHR. 9-Alkyl-9-BBN compounds (p. 1013) also couple with vinylic and aryl halides " as well as with a-halo ketones, nitriles, and esters.Aryl halides couple with ArB(IR2 ) species with a palladium catalyst. ... 

Unsymmetrical coupling of vinylic, alkynyl, and arylmercury compounds was achieved in moderate-to-good yields by treatment with alkyl and vinylic dialkylcopper reagents (e.g., PhCH=CHHgCl -t- Mc2CuLi PhCH=CHMe). Unsymmetrical biaryls were prepared by treating a cyanocuprate ArCu(CN)Li (prepared from ArLi and CuCN) with an aryllithium Ar Li. ... 

Anionic complexes of boron (boronates, borinates, etc.) have been introduced as convenient reagents in cross-coupling reactions of broad scope, particularly interesting for the transfer of alkynyl and primary alkyl residues, which cannot be accomplished using the standard protocols of the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction. Readily available Ph4BNa can be used as a convenient reagent for phenylation in place of the much more expensive PhB(OH)2, and all four phenyl groups can be utilized when the reaction is carried out with a phosphine-free catalyst in aqueous solutions.244... 

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