Arylations pyrazoles, palladium acetate

The palladium-catalysed reaction of the pyrazolo-pyrimidine derivative (141) with 3-bromotoluene may result in arylation at the 3-position in the pyrazole ring or at an sp hybridized site in the 7-methyl side-chain depending on the base and ligands used. After initial insertion of the palladium catalyst into the aryl halide bond, palladation of (141) occurs by a concerted metalation-deprotonation pathway and is followed by reductive elimination. Concerted metalation-deprotonation is also likely in the palladium-acetate-catalysed reaction of imidazo[l,2-a]pyridines with aryl bromides to give 3-substituted derivatives such as (142). A careful mechanistic study of the arylation of pyridine A-oxide by bromotoluene, catalysed by palladium acetate and t-butylphosphine, has shown that direct reactions of an aryl palladium complex with... 

Pyrazole was selectively C-arylated via catalytic C-H bond functionalization using iodobenzene and palladium(ii) acetate in the presence of triphenylphosphine and magnesium oxide to give 3(5)-phenyl-l//-pyrazole 213 (Equation 38) <2003JA5274>. 

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