Aryl derivatives reductive elimination reactions

Dehalogenation of monochlorotoluenes can be readily effected with hydrogen and noble metal catalysts (34). Conversion of -chlorotoluene to Ncyanotoluene is accompHshed by reaction with tetraethyl ammonium cyanide and zero-valent Group (VIII) metal complexes, such as those of nickel or palladium (35). The reaction proceeds by initial oxidative addition of the aryl haHde to the zerovalent metal complex, followed by attack of cyanide ion on the metal and reductive elimination of the aryl cyanide. Methylstyrene is prepared from -chlorotoluene by a vinylation reaction using ethylene as the reagent and a catalyst derived from zinc, a triarylphosphine, and a nickel salt (36). 

Intramolecular arylation of G-H bonds gives cyclic aromatic compounds. In this intramolecular arylation, the carbon-palladium cr-bond is first formed by the oxidative addition of Pd(0) species and then the resulting electrophilic Pd(n) species undergoes the intramolecular G-H bond activation leading to the formation of the palladacycle, which finally affords the cyclic aromatic compounds via reductive elimination.87 For example, the fluoroanthene derivative is formed by the palladium-catalyzed reaction of the binaphthyl triflate, as shown in Scheme 8.88 This type of intramolecular arylation is applied to the construction of five- and six-membered carbocyclic and heterocyclic systems.89 89 89 ... 

Another arylation method, in the case of nitrogen heterocycles, does not need a halogenated derivative but a heterocycle activated by triflic anhydride260,261 (reaction 22). Simple aryl halides usually do not react with phosphines and special methods therefore have to be used for their arylation. The most widely used is the complex salt method , in which an aryl halide is heated with a phosphine in the presence of a transition metal such as nickel (II)2e (reaction 23). The catalytic cycle probably takes place by means of a reduced nickel(I) complex, generated in situ from the starting nickel(II) salt this nickel(I) species could undergo an oxidative addition of the aryl halide to yield a transient nickel(III) adduct, which after the reductive elimination of the aryphosphonium affords the recovery of the first active-nickel(I) complex (reaction 24). 

The Murai reaction (Scheme 4), the replacement of an ortho-CH on an aromatic ketone by an alkyl group derived from a substrate olefin, is catalyzed by a variety of Ru complexes. This C bond formation occurs via chelate directed C-H bond activation (cyclometalation) in the first step, followed by alkene insertion into RuH and reductive elimination of the alkylated ketone. In a recent example of the use of a related cyclometalation in complex organic synthesis, Samos reports catalytic arylation (Suzuki reaction) and alkenylation (Heck reaction) of alkyl segments of a synthetic intermediate mediated by Pd(II). 

A radical species may also be generated by reduction of an electron-deficient compound and a classical entry to 4,4 -bipyridines is the reduction of a pyridine by sodium and subsequent rearomatization. Figure 8a illustrates the use of such a reduction in order to prepare the precursor of a sodium-ion molecular switch [30], A more general route, derived from the ancient copper-catalyzed Ullmann coupling, is the metal-induced dimerization of an aryl halide. The key step is a reductive elimination within the coordination sphere of the metal. A nickel(O) complex, in stoichiometric quantities, is usually selected for this purpose. Constable and Ward have used such a reaction to prepare a bis-terpyridine from an interesting synthon, which would have otherwise required a more specialized strategy with dedicated intermediates (Figure 8b) [31]. 

Numerous aryl bromides, iodides [203], borates [204] and triflates [205, 206] have been successfully carbonylated. Triflates could serve as a route for the synthesis of arenecarboxylic acid derivatives from phenols. This carbonylation using dppf in a catalytic mixture generally shows higher efficiency than PPhj or P(o-Tol)3 [207]. Poor performance is also noted for PPhj in a Pd-catalyzed vinyl substitution of aryl bromides [208]. Side-reactions involving the formation of [PPhjAr]Br and ArH are responsible. A system which is catalyzed effectively by PdCljfdppf) under 10 atm CO is the desulfonylation of 1-naphthalenesulfonyl chloride 58 in the presence of Ti(OiPr)4. Formation of isopropyl 1-naphthoate 59 can be explained in a sequence of oxidative addition, SOj extrusion, carbonylation and reductive elimination (Fig. 1-27) [209]. A notable side-product is di-l-naphthyl disulfide. 

Use of Tin Hydrides. From the mechanistic point of view, the reductive elimination of methyl xanthate derivatives of (3-hydroxy sulfones entails an interesting variation of the Julia reaction since an initial fragmentation of the C-0 bond through a Barton-McCombie-type radical deoxygenation takes place. Final aryl sulfonyl radical elimination affords the corresponding alkene (Eq. 52).98,99... 

Ru-catalyzed Suzuki-type cross-coupling reactions of aniline derivatives and organoboronates have been achieved via unreactive aryl C—N bond cleavage (Equation 11.48) [109]. The proposed reaction pathway is a sequence of oxidative addition of an unreactive aryl C—N bond to the late transition metal complex, followed by transmetalation between the Ru-NR2 species and organoboronates, and reductive elimination. 

Domino coupling reactions of aryl halides with norbornene and its derivatives provide a simple route to PAHs. In a four component sequence, norbornene (73) is arylated with an excess of iodobenzene to the terphenyl 74, that can be converted to the benz[e]pyrenes 75 and 76 by classical aromatic conversion reactions [131]. The domino sequence is a consequence of the fact that the five-membered intermediate palladacycle 77 a is able to add a second molecule of iodobenzene (77a —> 77b), and the intermediate arylpalladium halide resulting from reductive elimination in 77 b can even add a third molecule of iodobenzene before the final elimination of the Pd(0) complex PdL2 occurs (see Scheme 38). 

The general reaction mechanism has been shown to involve typical steps for cross-coupling [98, 113]. Oxidative addition of an aryl halide generates a Pd(II) species that undergoes transmetalation to form a Pd(II)-thiolate. C-S reductive elimination provides the aryl sulfide and regenerates the Pd(0) catalyst. More recently, Hartwig reported a detailed mechanistic analysis of the Pd/Josiphos system derived from different Pd precursors. The dominant Pd species were found to be off the catalytic cycle, which accounted for differences in rates between stoichiometric and catalytic reactions [114]. Thioketones are also effective thiolate nucleophiles for C-S bond formation. The reaction involves tandem Pd-catalyzed thioenolate alkylation, followed by 5-arylation (8) [102]. Presumably, the arylation process proceeds by a similar mechanism to related Pd-catalyzed transformations. 

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