Palladium-catalyzed amination

The allyl bromides formed by method (A) contain 25% of the undesired (Z)-isomer. The selectivity of the palladium-catalyzed amination can be steered by the application of polymer-bound systems (see section 2.6.3 B. M. Trost, 1978),... 

Thus, in contrast to benzothiepins, dibenzo compounds can be synthesized by direct acid-catalyzed elimination of water from hydroxy derivatives, or of amines from amino derivatives, at elevated temperatures due to their thermal stability. As in the case of benzothiepins, dibenzo derivatives can also be prepared by base-catalyzed elimination from the corresponding halo derivatives however, the yields are somewhat lower compared to the acid-catalyzed reactions. As a special case, an aziridine derivative was deaminated by palladium-catalyzed hydrogenation to afford the corresponding dibenzothiepin.69... 

Palladium-catalyzed aminations of aryl halides is now a well-documented process [86-88], Heo et al. showed that amino-substituted 2-pyridones 54 and 55 can be prepared in a two-step procedure via a microwave-assisted Buchwald-Hartwig amination reaction of 5- or 6-bromo-2-benzyloxypyri-dines 50 and 51 followed by a hydrogenolysis of the benzyl ether 52 and 53, as outlined in Fig. 9 [89]. The actual microwave-assisted Buchwald-Hartwig coupling was not performed directly at the 2-pyridone scaffold, but instead at the intermediate pyridine. Initially, the reaction was performed at 150 °C for 10 min with Pd2(dba)3 as the palladium source, which provided both the desired amino-pyridines (65% yield) as well as the debrominated pyridine. After improving the conditions, the best temperature and time to use proved... 

The N-substituted aminoacids required could be prepared by microwave-assisted reductive amination of aminoacid methyl esters with aldehydes, and although in the Westman report soluble NaBH(OAc)3 was used to perform this step, other reports have shown how this transformation can be performed in using polymer-supported borohydrides (such as polymer-supported cyanoborohydride) under microwave irradiation [90]. An additional point of diversity could be inserted by use of a palladium-catalyzed reaction if suitably substituted aldehydes had been used. Again, these transformations might eventually be accomplished using supported palladium catalysts under microwave irradiation, as reported by several groups [91-93]. 

Independently, Antane reported that arylisonipecotic acids were obtained from aryl bromides in a two-step process involving microwave-assisted palladium-catalyzed amination with ethyl isonipecotate followed by ester hydrolysis with KOH (Scheme 91) [96]. Interestingly, toluene, which is the standard solvent for Buchwald-Hartwig aminations under conventional heating, was used as the sole reaction medium, although it is a very weak... 

Grubbs reported the synthesis of several N, N -aryl substituted imidazolinium salts 35 from chiral Ar,AT -aryl diamines obtained by palladium-catalyzed amination of the appropriate aryl bromide with (li, 2i )-diaminocyclohexane... 

In conclusion, N,N -dialkyl-N,N -di(l-deoxyglucityl)alkylenediamines (2) are prepared in good yield and purity by palladium-catalyzed reductive coupling of straight chain N-alkyl-(l-deoxyglucityl)amines with glyoxal. A wide variety of 2 with moderate to high hydrophobicity is readily accessible. 

Phosphine ligands based on the ferrocene backbone are very efficient in many palladium-catalyzed reactions, e.g., cross-coupling reactions,248 Heck reaction,249 amination reaction,250 and enantioselective synthesis.251 A particularly interesting example of an unusual coordination mode of the l,l -bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf) ligand has been reported. Dicationic palladium(II) complexes, such as [(dppf)Pd(PPh3)]2+[BF4 ]2, were shown to contain a palladium-iron bond.252,253 Palladium-iron bonds occur also in monocationic methyl and acylpalladium(II) complexes.254 A palladium-iron interaction is favored by bulky alkyl substituents on phosphorus and a lower electron density at palladium. 

Reactions of heterocyclic amines 208 with 2-chloro-3-iodopyridine 209 in the presence of a palladium catalyst provide dipyridoimidazole and its benzo- and aza-analogues 210. The synthesis represents the first tandem double palladium-catalyzed amination reaction (Equation 23) <2004CC2466>. 

With the exception of intramolecular amination reactions, all of the early aryl halide aminations were catalyzed by palladium complexes containing the sterically hindered P(o-tol)3. In papers published back-to-back in 1996, amination chemistry catalyzed by palladium complexes of DPPF and BINAP was reported.36,37 These catalysts allowed for the coupling of aryl bromides and iodides with primary alkyl amines, cyclic secondary amines, and anilines. 

Figure 1 Chelating and hemilabile ligands used in palladium-catalyzed amination of aryl halides.

Activated aryl chlorides, which are close in reactivity to unactivated aryl bromides, underwent reaction with the original P(o-tol)3-ligated catalyst.58 Nickel complexes, which catalyze classic C—C bond-forming cross-couplings of aryl chlorides, 9-64 also catalyzed aminations of aryl chlorides under mild conditions.65,66 However, the nickel-catalyzed chemistry generally occurred with lower turnover numbers and with a narrower substrate scope than the most efficient palladium-catalyzed reactions. 

Palladium-catalyzed aromatic C—O bond formation is less developed than palladium-catalyzed aryl amination. Except when the aryl halide is strongly electron deficient,107-110 catalysts ligated by the conventional aryl phosphines such as DPPF and BINAP are ineffective for coupling of... 

To investigate the feasibility of employing 3-oxidopyridinium betaines as stabilized 1,3-dipoles in an intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition to construct the hetisine alkaloid core (Scheme 1.8, 77 78), a series of model cycloaddition substrates were prepared. In the first (Scheme 1.9a), an ene-nitrile substrate (i.e., 83) was selected as an activated dipolarophile functionality. Nitrile 66 was subjected to reduction with DIBAL-H, affording aldehyde 79 in 79 % yield. This was followed by reductive amination of aldehyde x with furfurylamine (80) to afford the furan amine 81 in 80 % yield. The ene-nitrile was then readily accessed via palladium-catalyzed cyanation of the enol triflate with KCN, 18-crown-6, and Pd(PPh3)4 in refluxing benzene to provide ene-nitrile 82 in 75 % yield. Finally, bromine-mediated aza-Achmatowicz reaction [44] of 82 then delivered oxidopyridinium betaine 83 in 65 % yield. 

Ene-nitrile oxidoisoquinolinium betaine 131 was readily prepared from vinyl triflate aldehyde 79 (Scheme 1.14). Palladium-catalyzed cyanation of vinyl triflate 79 with Zn(CN)2 in DMF at 60 °C produced ene-nitrile aldehyde 129 in 85 % yield [54]. Using the previously developed Staudinger-aza-Wittig reduction sequence, aldehyde 129 was coupled with cyclic ketal azide 121 to afford a 79 % yield of amine 130. The cyclic ketal amine 130 was then treated with 9 1 mixture of CH2CI2/TFA to provide ene-nitrile oxidoisoquinolinium betaine 131 in 93 % yield. 

A variety of triazole-based monophosphines (ClickPhos) 141 have been prepared via efficient 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of readily available azides and acetylenes and their palladium complexes provided excellent yields in the amination reactions and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions of unactivated aryl chlorides <06JOC3928>. A novel P,N-type ligand family (ClickPhine) is easily accessible using the Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction and was tested in palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation reactions <06OL3227>. Novel chiral ligands, (S)-(+)-l-substituted aryl-4-(l-phenyl) ethylformamido-5-amino-1,2,3-triazoles 142,... 

Scheme 6.58 Palladium-catalyzed amination reactions (Buchwald-Hartwig).

Following the pioneering work by Alterman, several microwave-assisted palladium-catalyzed aminations have been reported for a number of different substrates, using different types of palladium sources and ligands. The examples shown in Scheme 6.59 include bromoquinolines [124], aryl triflates [125], and intramolecular aminations in the synthesis of benzimidazoles [126]. In all cases, the use of micro-wave irradiation dramatically reduced the required reaction times and in many cases also improved the yields. Several authors have also found that the microwave-driven reaction required significantly less catalyst than its conventionally heated counterpart [126]. 

Scheme 6.59 Inter- and intramolecular palladium-catalyzed amination reactions of aryl bromides and triflates.

Scheme 6.60 Synthesis of aryl aminobenzophenones using palladium-catalyzed aminations.

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