Aryl-palladium-bromide complex

Abstraction of chloride from a vinylpalladium complex by silver acetate has been reported,45 as well as halide abstraction by silver triflate from arylpalladium halides.46 More interestingly in the context of creating C-C bonds, silver perchlorate was able to promote the reaction of (r -aryl)palladium bromide with dienes. Silver-promoted bromide abstraction led to the formation of (r 1-r 2-enyl)palladium complexes, which evolved further through the regioselective formation of a C-C bond between the aryl group and the former diene. Reactions with nonconjugated dienes suggested that the reaction proceeds via carbometallation of the less crowded double bond. Isomerization and (3 elimination led to a (ri3-allyl)palladium complex (Scheme 10.26).47... 

This first plan for a decarboxylative cross-coupling carried with it certain weaknesses for potential industrial applications. It was to be expected that the salt metathesis between alkali metal carboxylates and late transition metal halides would be thermodynamically disfavored. We expected the formation of a palladium benzoate complex i from palladium bromide complexes c and potassium benzoate (g) to proceed well only in the presence of a stoichiometric quantity of silver to capture bromide ions [27]. However, we did not like the idea of using stoichiometric quantities of silver salts or of expensive aiyl triflates in the place of aryl halides. Finally, the published substrate scope of the oxidative Heck reactimi led to concerns that palladium catalysts mediate the decarboxylation rally of a narrow range of carboxylates, precluding use of this reaction as a general synthetic strategy. 

Palladium(II) complexes provide convenient access into this class of catalysts. Some examples of complexes which have been found to be successful catalysts are shown in Scheme 11. They were able to get reasonable turnover numbers in the Heck reaction of aryl bromides and even aryl chlorides [22,190-195]. Mechanistic studies concentrated on the Heck reaction [195] or separated steps like the oxidative addition and reductive elimination [196-199]. Computational studies by DFT calculations indicated that the mechanism for NHC complexes is most likely the same as that for phosphine ligands [169], but also in this case there is a need for more data before a definitive answer can be given on the mechanism. 

A palladium catalyst with a less electron-rich ligand, 2,2-dipyridyl-methylamine-based palladium complexes (4.2), is effective for coupling of aryl iodides or bromides with terminal alkynes in the presence of pyrrolidine and tetrabutylammonium acetate (TBAB) at 100°C in water.37 However, the reactions were shown to be faster in NMP solvent than in water under the reaction conditions. Palladium-phosphinous acid (POPd) was also reported as an effective catalyst for the Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction of aryl alkynes with aryl iodides, bromides, or chlorides in water (Eq. 4.18).38... 

A similar approach was taken for the synthesis of 45 by Miyaura. " Shaughnessy and Booth synthesized the water-soluble alkylphosphine 46, and found it to provide very active palladium catalysts for the reaction of aryl bromides or chlorides with boronic acids. The more sterically demanding ligand 47 was shown to promote the reactions of aryl chlorides with better results than 46. Najera and co-workers recently reported on the synthesis of di(2-pyridyl)-methylamine-palladium dichloride complexes 48a and 48b, and their use in the coupling of a variety of electrophiles (aryl bromides or chlorides, allyl chlorides, acetates or carbonates) with alkyl- or arylboronic acids very low catalyst loadings at Palladium-oxime catalysts 8a and 8b) have also been developed. In conjunction with... 

The same year, Herrmann and co-workers prepared a series of mixed palladium(ii) complexes bearing A -heterocyclic carbenes and alkyl or arylphosphines. Complex 59 was identified as the most active catalyst for the coupling of aryl bromides, but failed in the case of aryl chlorides. 

Arylation of olefins can also be achieved312 by treatment with an arylpalladium reagent that can be generated in situ by several313 methods (1) by treatment of an aryl bromide with a palladium-triarylphosphine complex (ArBr —> ArPdBr") 114 (2) by treatment of an aryl iodide315 with palladium acetate316 in the presence of a base such as tributylamine or... 

Polystyrene-bound secondary aliphatic amines and /V-alkyl amino acids can be ally-lated by treatment with a diene and an aryl iodide or bromide in the presence of palla-dium(II) acetate (Entry 14, Table 10.3). As the diene, 1,3-, 1,4-, and 1,5-dienes can be used, and, besides aryl halides, heteroaryl bromides have also been successfully used [63], This remarkable reaction is likely to proceed via the formation of an aryl palladium complex, with subsequent insertion of an alkene into the C-Pd bond. The resulting organopalladium compound does not undergo ( -elimination (as in the Heck reaction), but isomerizes to an allyl palladium complex, which reacts with the amine to give the observed allyl amines. 

Over 35 years ago, Richard F. Heck found that olefins can insert into the metal-carbon bond of arylpalladium species generated from organomercury compounds [1], The carbopalladation of olefins, stoichiometric at first, was made catalytic by Tsutomu Mizoroki, who coupled aryl iodides with ethylene under high pressure, in the presence of palladium chloride and sodium carbonate to neutralize the hydroiodic acid formed (Scheme 1) [2], Shortly thereafter, Heck disclosed a more general and practical procedure for this transformation, using palladium acetate as the catalyst and tri-w-butyl amine as the base [3], After investigations on stoichiometric reactions by Fitton et al. [4], it was also Heck who introduced palladium phosphine complexes as catalysts, enabling the decisive extension of the ole-fination reaction to inexpensive aryl bromides [5],... 

Terminal alkynes can be alkenylated by alkenyl triflates (bromides, iodides) in the presence of catalytic amounts of a palladium(O) complex (or a precursor thereof) and usually an additional substoichiometric amount of copper(I) iodide (Cul), and they can be arylated by aryl triflates (bromides, iodides). These reactions are called Cacchi coupling reactions if triflate reagents are employed, and Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reactions if halides are used. 

The Suzuki reaction of aryl bromides and chlorides is efficiently catalyzed by palladium/ phosphite complexes generated in situ. The influence of the ligand, base, and various additives was examined. The process tolerates various functional groups, and catalyst turnovers of up to 820,000 were obtained, even with deactivated aryl bromides [94]. 

Certain alkenes can be alkenylated by alkenyl triflates (bromides, iodides) and ary-lated by aryl triflates (bromides, iodides) even though they do not contain a metal. For these so called Heck reactions to occur, catalytic amounts of palladium(II) acetate and triphenylphosphine, as well as stoichiometric amounts of triethylamine, need to be added to the mixture of the starting materials. The amine serves to reduce Pd(II) to the catalytically active Pd(0) complex (cf. Section 13.3.4). The amine also has an important second role in that it neutralizes the strong acid formed in the reaction (TfOH, HBr, and HI). Apart from that, there also exists a variation of the Heck reaction that works without triphenylphosphine (examples in Figures 13.27 and 13.29). 

Carbon—carbon coupling reactions of aryl halides are commonly catalyzed by palladium triarylphosphine complexes and proceed well for aryl bromides and iodides while aryl chlorides are generally unreactive. More basic chelating trialkylphosphines, however, render palladium sufficiently electrophilic to undergo rapid oxidative addition with chlorobenzene ... 

The palladium(ll) complexes were used in the Heck reaction between aryl halides and styrene using either water or DMF as the solvent. Whenever comparison is possible, the yields for the aryl bromides were significantly better than for the analogous chlorides. It may be interesting to note that the dimeric ft-chloride bridged palladium complex is not coplanar, but displays a butterfiy structure with respect to its two square planar palladium environments. 

Increased reaction rates for the coupling of aryl bromide with diphenylamine were also observed with isolated binuclear palladium(I) complexes containing a biphenyl dialkyl-phosphine102. 

The aryl palladium complexes that are formed via oxidative coupling of aryl halides with palladium(O) can undergo the Heck reaction.238,239 -p e Heck reaction is the coupling of aryl halides or aryl sulfonate esters with alkenes.340 The reaction proceeds with formation of a palladium species such as 401, with elimination of palladium to give arylated alkene derivatives.241 Aryl halides differ greatly in their reactivity, Arl being the most reactive, followed by aryl bromides. In general, aryl chlorides are very unreactive in the Heck... 

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