Carbonylations alkenes, palladium chloride

When either an alcohol or an amine function is present in the alkene, the possibility for lactone or lactam formation exists. Cobalt or rhodium catalysts convert 2,2-dimethyl-3-buten-l-ol to 2,3,3-trimethyl- y-butyrolactone, with minor amounts of the 8-lactone being formed (equation 51).2 In this case, isomerization of the double bond is not possible. The reaction of allyl alcohols catalyzed by cobalt or rhodium is carried out under reaction conditions that are severe, so isomerization to propanal occurs rapidly. Running the reaction in acetonitrile provides a 60% yield of lactone, while a rhodium carbonyl catalyst in the presence of an amine gives butane-1,4-diol in 60-70% (equation 52).8 A mild method of converting allyl and homoallyl alcohols to lactones utilizes the palladium chloride/copper chloride catalyst system (Table 6).79,82 83... 

In combination with the incremental advances concerning reaction conditions in recent years, especially for low-pressure carbonylations, there is a trend toward increasing use of this chemistry to synthesize advanced building blocks. In this respect carboxylation of alkenes with an appropriate alcohol or amine function leads to the formation of lactones or lactams. Thus, cobalt, rhodium, or palladium chloride/copper chloride catalysts convert allyl and homoallyl alcohols or amines to the corresponding butyrolactones or butyrolactams, respectively [15]. 

Terminal alkenes could be efficiently aminated by nonhindered secondary amines in a process requiring 1 equiv. of palladium(II) chloride, 3 equiv. of amine and a reduction at temperatures below -20 C (path a, Scheme 5) 21,22 however, primary amines and/or internal alkenes were less efficient, producing only 40-50% yields of amination product. Oxidative cleavage of the unstable o-alkylpalladium(II) in the presence of a nucleophile resulted in vicinal oxamination or diamination of the alkene (path b).23,24 Car-bonylation resulted in the isolation of stable o-acylpalladium(II) species (path c),23 which were oxidatively cleaved to give 3-amino esters (path d)26 or further carbonylated to give y-amino-a-ketoamidei (path e).27... 

P-Lactones can be obtained by oxidative carbonylation of alkenes in the presence of water. Ethylene, for example, is converted to p-propiolactone by carbonylation in aqueous acetonitrile at -20 C using a catalytic amount of PdCh and a stoichiometric quantity of copper(II) chloride (equation 37). Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of halides can also be used to prepare p-lactones under mild conditions. The reaction takes place at room temperature and pressure in the presence of [PdCl2(PPh3)2] and has been applied to both bromides and chlorides (equations 38 and 39). 

The one-pot synthesis of 2-substituted-3-carboxychromones is readily attained by the reaction of 3-oxo-3-(2,6-di luorophenyl)propanoates and acyl chlorides (13CC5313) and of 3-[2-(methoxymethoxy)phenyl]propio-lates and aldehydes followed by DDQ oxidation of the formed chroma-nones (13T647), via transition metal-free approaches. Palladium(II) -catalyzed cascade carbonylative cyclization of 2-bromophenols and terminal alkenes gives chromones 44 in moderate to good yields. Variation on the amine used in the catalytic system led to aurones 45 as major products (Scheme 74) (13TL1802). 

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