Amines copper-catalyzed coupling

In addition to the commercially available 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, di-tert-alkylamines have been prepared by Rathke7 by the copper-catalyzed coupling of acetylenic amines with acetylenic chlorides in an improvement of the procedure of Hennion.8 Di-tert-butylamine has been synthesized by the reaction of 2-methyl-2-nitropropane with sodium, followed by reduction. ... 

Antilla, J. C., Buchwald, S. L. Copper-Catalyzed Coupling of Arylboronic Acids and Amines. Org. Lett. 2001,3, 2077-2079. 

Although thiols are generally stronger nucleophiles than alcohols and amines, the sensitivity of sulfides towards oxidation as well as the formation of disulfide made the cross-coupling between aryl halides and thiols difficult. From all previously reported results, it was foimd that only aryl iodides were suitable for this copper-catalyzed coupling process. 

Mechanism of Copper-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Halides with Amines, Alcohols, and Thiols... 

Reaction of Alkyl Amines Copper-catalyzed cross-coupling of aliphatic amines with aryl halides has made considerable progress. Several methods have used Ctil with p-amino alcohols L58 [42], amino acids L59, L60 [43], Al,Al-diethyl saUcylaldehyde L61 [44], or p-diketones L62-L65 [45] (Fig. 20.3). Among these, the protocol using p-diketones exhibited the superior results catalyzing the reaction even at room temperature (Scheme 20.19). 

Recently, Ma et al. developed a three-component reaction for the synthesis of 2-A -substituted benzothiazoles 107 via the copper-catalyzed coupling of 2-iodoanilines, carbon disulfide, and secondary amines (Scheme 3.56) [149]. In these reactions, the condensation of CS with an amine in the presence of a base generates dithiocarbamate salts XXXV, which undergo coupling with 2-iodoanilines to give XXXVI and subsequent intramolecular condensation and elimination to afford the substituted benzothiazoles 107. 

The copper-catalyzed coupling of l//-pyrazolo[3,4-fc]pyridin-3-amines with arylboronic acids affords N-arylated products in good to excellent yields (Scheme 3.101) [103]. The chemistry was insensitive to the electronic composition of the arylboronic acid, and an array of electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups were well tolerated. One of the most attractive aspects of this chemistry was the ability to carry out the arylation reaction under air at room temperature. 

This chapter covers the C(aryl)-N bond formation via copper-catalyzed coupling of nitrogen nucleophiles (N-heterocycles, amines, anilines, amides, ammonia, azides, hydroxylamines, nitrite salts, phosphonic amides) with aryl hahdes. The C(aryl)-N bond formation as a result of the coupling between these nucleophiles and arylboronic acids (the Chan-Lam reaction) will be presented, too. 

Next, reductive amination (step 4 in scheme 1) was exchanged with copper catalyzed palladium coupling (step 2 in scheme 1). Atomic absorption analysis for palladium in RWJ-26240 samples prepared by scheme 2 indicated that the level of palladium was reduced to an acceptable level. This improvement may be due to the two reduction steps subsequent to the use of palladium in scheme 2.177 The final major modification to the reaction scheme was the substitution of NaBH4 for NaBH3CN. The yield of product (60%) was determined by HPLC (Method 2). Reductive alkylation with formalin/NaBH4 afforded a pharmaceutically acceptable drug substance. 

Most of the work on the C-N bond-forming crosscoupling reactions has concentrated on the formation of aromatic C-N bonds. Recent studies show that the application of cross-coupling reactions to alkenyl halides or triflates furnished enamines (Scheme 19) (for palladium-catalyzed reaction, see 28,28a-28d, and for copper-catalyzed reaction, see 28e-28g). Brookhart et al. studied the palladium-catalyzed amination of 2-triflatotropone 109 for the synthesis of 2-anilinotropone 110.28 It was found that the reaction of 109 proceeded effectively in the presence of racemic BINAP and a base. As a simple method for the synthesis of enamines, the palladium-catalyzed reactions of alkenyl bromide 111 with secondary amine were achieved under similar conditions.2841 The water-sensitive enamine 112 was isolated as pure compound after dilution with hexane and filtration through Celite. The intramolecular cyclization of /3-lactam 113, having a vinyl bromide moiety, was investigated by Mori s... 

In certain cases, when the palladium or nickel catalyzed coupling is not efficient or fails completely, an alternate solution is provided by the use of copper based catalyst systems. The 5-iodouracil derivative shown in 7.77. was unreactive towards imidazole using either the Buchwald-Hartwig conditions or the copper(I) triflate promoted the carbon-nitrogen bond formation reported by Buchwald98 These latter conditions, however, were effective in coupling the iodouracil with a series of other amines (7.77.), The optimal catalyst system consisted of copper(I) triflate, phenantroline and dibenzylideneacetone (dba).99... 

The results show that a number of ruthenium carbonyl complexes are effective for the catalytic carbonylation of secondary cyclic amines at mild conditions. Exclusive formation of N-formylamines occurs, and no isocyanates or coupling products such as ureas or oxamides have been detected. Noncyclic secondary and primary amines and pyridine (a tertiary amine) are not effectively carbonylated. There appears to be a general increase in the reactivity of the amines with increasing basicity (20) pyrrolidine (pKa at 25°C = 11.27 > piperidine (11.12) > hexa-methyleneimine (11.07) > morpholine (8.39). Brackman (13) has stressed the importance of high basicity and the stereochemistry of the amines showing high reactivity in copper-catalyzed systems. The latter factor manifests itself in the reluctance of the amines to occupy more than two coordination sites on the cupric ion. In some of the hydridocar-bonyl systems, low activity must also result in part from the low catalyst solubility (Table I). 

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