Aryl halides vinylation

Pda2[(5-Toi)3p]2 aryl halide, vinylic halide or triflate TL 27 955 (1986)... 

R X = aryl halide, vinyl halide, vinyl triflate... 

Dicarborative 1,2-additions of aryl halides, vinyl halides or enol triflates and stabilized carbanions to allenes in the presence of similar palladium catalyst systems reportedly occur with high EfZ stereoselectivity70. They have been applied in an intramolecular version36 and in a two-step synthesis of a steroidal skeleton 1. 

Hexamethyl- and Hexabutylditin. These ditins undergo cross-coupling with a variety of organohalides and pseudohalides (such as aryl halides, vinyl triflates, acyl chlorides, and allyl halides) in this protocol to give the correponding tin compounds. The reaction is particularly useful for preparation of organotins with labile functionalities that are not compatible with other procedures. 

In Grignard reactions, iodine is used as a reaction initiator, and other Grignard reagents, 1,2-bromoethane and methyl iodide are also used as the initiator [4,15,21]. Diethyl ether is used as an ordinary solvent. Tetrahydrofuran, for which the electron donor ability is higher than in ethyl ether, is suitable for low reactive aryl halides, vinyl halides and chlorides. In contrast, diethyl ether, for which the electron donor ability is low, suppresses the coupling reaction of the organic group. Hence diethyl ether is preferable for the reaction of reactive alkyl iodides or allyl halides [15]. 

Acid chlorides and bromides, allyl halides, a-halo-ketones, esters, amides and nitriles react at 25° within 3 minutes. Vinyl and aryl halides are inert. 

In the reaction of Q,/3-unsaturated ketones and esters, sometimes simple Michael-type addition (insertion and hydrogenolysis, or hydroarylation, and hydroalkenylation) of alkenes is observed[53,54]. For example, a simple addition product 56 to methyl vinyl ketone was obtained by the reaction of the heteroaromatic iodide 55[S5]. The corresponding bromide affords the usual insertion-elimination product. Saturated ketones are obtained cleanly by hydroarylation of o,/3l-unsaturated ketones with aryl halides in the presence of sodium formate, which hydrogenolyses the R—Pd—I intermediate to R— Pd—H[56]. Intramolecular hydroarylation is a useful reaction. The diiodide 57 reacts smoothly with sodium formate to give a model compound for the afla-toxin 58. (see Section 1.1.6)[57]. Use of triethylammonium formate and BU4NCI gives better results. 

The Suzuki coupling of arylboronic acids and aryl halides has proven to be a useful method for preparing C-aryl indoles. The indole can be used either as the halide component or as the boronic acid. 6-Bromo and 7-bromoindolc were coupled with arylboronic acids using Pd(PPh3)4[5]. No protection of the indole NH was necessary. 4-Thallated indoles couple with aryl and vinyl boronic acides in the presence of Pd(OAc)j[6]. Stille coupling between an aryl stannane and a haloindole is another option (Entry 5, Table 14.3). 

Vinylic halides and aryl halides do not form carbocations under conditions of the Friedel-Crafts reaction and so cannot be used in place of an alkyl halide or an acyl halide... 

The order of halide reactivity is I > Br > Cl > F and alkyl halides are more reac tive than aryl and vinyl halides Indeed aryl and vinyl chlorides do not form Grignard reagents m diethyl ether When more vigorous reaction conditions are required tetrahy drofuran (THF) is used as the solvent... 

A key step in the reaction mechanism appears to be nucleophilic attack on the alkyl halide by the negatively charged copper atom but the details of the mechanism are not well understood Indeed there is probably more than one mechanism by which cuprates react with organic halogen compounds Vinyl halides and aryl halides are known to be very unreactive toward nucleophilic attack yet react with lithium dialkylcuprates... 

Preparation of alkanes using lithium di alkylcuprates (Section 14 11) Two alkyl groups may be coupled together to form an alkane by the reaction of an alkyl hal ide with a lithium dialkylcuprate Both alkyl groups must be primary (or meth yl) Aryl and vinyl halides may be used in place of alkyl halides... 

The reaction is of the 8 2 type and works best with primary and secondary alkyl halides Elimination is the only reaction observed with tertiary alkyl halides Aryl and vinyl halides do not react Dimethyl sulfoxide is the preferred solvent for this reaction but alcohols and water-alcohol mixtures have also been used... 

The carbon-halogen bonds of aryl halides are both shorter and stronger than the carbon-halogen bonds of alkyl halides In this respect as well as m their chemical behavior they resemble vinyl halides more than alkyl halides A hybridization effect seems to be responsible because as the data m Table 23 1 indicate similar patterns are seen for both carbon-hydrogen bonds and carbon-halogen bonds An increase m s... 

These will not react with benzene under Friedel-Crafts conditions Vinylic halide Aryl halide... 

Unlike elimination and nucleophilic substitution reactions, fonnation of organo-lithium compounds does not require that the halogen be bonded to 5/) -hybiidized car bon. Compounds such as vinyl halides and aryl halides, in which the halogen is bonded to sp -hybiidized carbon, react in the sane way as alkyl halides, but at somewhat slower rates. 

Nucleophilic substitution by cyanide ion (Sections 8.1, 8.13) Cyanide ion is a good nucleophile and reacts with alkyl halides to give nitriles. The reaction is of the S m2 type and is limited to primary and secondary alkyl halides. Tertiary alkyl halides undergo elimination aryl and vinyl halides do not react. 

Closely related to the Heck reaction is the Sonogashira reaction i.e. the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of a vinyl or aryl halide 20 and a terminal alkyne 21 ... 

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