Carbon-heteroatom coupling oxidative addition

The general catalytic cycle for this carbonylation coupling reaction is analogous to direct carbon-heteroatom coupling [scheme (39)] except that carbon monoxide insertion takes place after the oxidative addition step and prior to the nucleophilic attack of the amine [scheme (40)] ... 

In this Stille coupling, oxidative addition to 23 might take place in two positions. The carbon atom between the two ring heteroatoms has the more positive partial charge which makes its carbon-triflate bond more susceptible to oxidative addition thus providing product 24 regioselectively. 

Cross-coupling to form carbon heteroatom bonds occurs by oxidative addition of an organic halide, generation of an aryl- or vinylpalladium amido, alkoxo, tholato, phosphido, silyl, stannyl, germyl, or boryl complex, and reductive elimination (Scheme 2). The relative rates and thermodynamics of the individual steps and the precise structure of the intermediates depend on the substrate and catalyst. A full discussion of the mechanism for each type of substrate and each catalyst is beyond the scope of this review. However, a series of reviews and primary literature has begun to provide information on the overall catalytic process.18,19,22,23,77,186... 

The reaction of certain palladium-heteroatom complexes to alkenes and alkynes is a versatile tool for the synthesis of alkanes and alkene having heteroatoms attached. In particular, the various B-B, B-Si, and B-Sn compounds can be used for palladium-catalyzed borylation of alkenes and alkynes (Scheme 5-2). Borostannylation takes place at ambient temperature, whereas silylboration " only proceeds at a temperature above 80 °C due to the slow oxidative addition of a B-Si bond to a palladium(O) catalyst. Both reactions selectively provide cz j-products via addition of silicone or tin to the internal carbon and boron. The reactions are compatible with various functional groups for both terminal and internal alkynes. Cross-coupling reaction of boranes with organic halides selectively occurs at the terminal C-B bonds to provide regiodefined and stereodefined alkenylboron, alkenylsilicon, and alkenyltin compounds. 

The same transition metal systems which activate alkenes, alkadienes and alkynes to undergo nucleophilic attack by heteroatom nucleophiles also promote the reaction of carbon nucleophiles with these unsaturated compounds, and most of the chemistry in Scheme 1 in Section 3.1.2 of this volume is also applicable in these systems. However two additional problems which seriously limit the synthetic utility of these reactions are encountered with carbon nucleophiles. Most carbanions arc strong reducing agents, while many electrophilic metals such as palladium(II) are readily reduced. Thus, oxidative coupling of the carbanion, with concomitant reduction of the metal, is often encountered when carbon nucleophiles arc studied. In addition, catalytic cycles invariably require reoxidation of the metal used to activate the alkene [usually palladium(II)]. Since carbanions are more readily oxidized than are the metals used, catalysis of alkene, diene and alkyne alkylation has rarely been achieved. Thus, virtually all of the reactions discussed below require stoichiometric quantities of the transition metal, and are practical only when the ease of the transformation or the value of the product overcomes the inherent cost of using large amounts of often expensive transition metals. 

The coupling of an allyl or acyl moiety onto carbon atoms is achieved by anodic oxidation of a-heteroatom substituted organostannanes or Oj -acetals in the presence of allylsilanes or silyl enol ethers. The reaction probably involves carbocations as intermediates that undergo electrophilic addition to the double bond [245c]. 

DFT calculations combined with a distortion/interaction energy analysis showed that the anomalous Z selectivity observed in Wittig reactions of ( rt/j< -substituted benzalde-hydes is not caused by phosphoms-heteroatom interactions in the addition TS but is predominantly steric in nature. An efficient synthesis of olefins by the coupling of stabilized, semi-stabilized, and non-stabilized phosphorus ylides with various carbonyl compounds in the presence of silver carbonate has been reported. The first catalytic (in phosphane) Wittig reaction has been developed by utilizing an organosilane that chemoselectively reduces a phosphane oxide pre-catalyst to a phosphane. Sodium carbonate and A,A-diisopropyl-ethylamine have been employed as bases. The kinetic E/Z... 

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