Catalysis arylation

The benzoic acid derivative 457 is formed by the carbonylation of iodoben-zene in aqueous DMF (1 1) without using a phosphine ligand at room temperature and 1 atm[311]. As optimum conditions for the technical synthesis of the anthranilic acid derivative 458, it has been found that A-acetyl protection, which has a chelating effect, is important[312]. Phase-transfer catalysis is combined with the Pd-catalyzed carbonylation of halides[3l3]. Carbonylation of 1,1-dibromoalkenes in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst gives the gem-inal dicarboxylic acid 459. Use of a polar solvent is important[314]. Interestingly, addition of trimethylsilyl chloride (2 equiv.) increased yield of the lactone 460 remarkabiy[3l5]. Formate esters as a CO source and NaOR are used for the carbonylation of aryl iodides under a nitrogen atmosphere without using CO[316]. Chlorobenzene coordinated by Cr(CO)j is carbonylated with ethyl formate[3l7]. 

The arylation of the i-tributyistannyl glycai 717 offers a synthetic route to chaetiacandin[585,586]. The Pd-catalyzed reactions of the 3-stannylcyclobute-nedione 718 with iodobenzene, and benzoyl chloride[S87], and alkenylation with alkenyl(phenyl)iodonium triflates proceed smoothly by the co-catalysis by Cul[588,589],... 

Aryl sulfides are prepared by the reaction of aryl halides with thiols and thiophenol in DMSO[675,676] or by the use of phase-transfer catalysis[677]. The alkenyl sulfide 803 is obtained by the reaction of lithium phenyl sulfide (802) with an alkenyl bromide[678]. 

Carboxyhc acids react with aryl isocyanates, at elevated temperatures to yield anhydrides. The anhydrides subsequently evolve carbon dioxide to yield amines at elevated temperatures (70—72). The aromatic amines are further converted into amides by reaction with excess anhydride. Ortho diacids, such as phthahc acid [88-99-3J, react with aryl isocyanates to yield the corresponding A/-aryl phthalimides (73). Reactions with carboxyhc acids are irreversible and commercially used to prepare polyamides and polyimides, two classes of high performance polymers for high temperature appHcations where chemical resistance is important. Base catalysis is recommended to reduce the formation of substituted urea by-products (74). 

Phenols. Phenols are unreactive toward chloroformates at room temperature and at elevated temperatures the yields of carbonates are relatively poor (< 10%) in the absence of catalysis. Many catalysts have been claimed in the patent Hterature that lead to high yields of carbonates from phenol and chloroformates. The use of catalyst is even more essential in the reaction of phenols and aryl chloroformates. Among the catalysts claimed are amphoteric metals or thek haUdes (16), magnesium haUdes (17), magnesium or manganese (18), secondary or tertiary amines such as imidazole (19), pyridine, quinoline, picoline (20—22), heterocycHc basic compounds (23) and carbonamides, thiocarbonamides, phosphoroamides, and sulfonamides (24). 

Jap-KIingermarm reactions, 4, 301 oxidation, 4, 299 reactions, 4, 299 synthesis, 4, 362 tautomerism, 4, 38, 200 Indole, 5-amino-synthesis, 4, 341 Indole, C-amino-oxidation, 4, 299 tautomerism, 4, 298 Indole, 3-(2-aminobutyl)-as antidepressant, 4, 371 Indole, (2-aminoethyl)-synthesis, 4, 278 Indole, 3-(2-aminoethyl)-synthesis, 4, 337 Indole, aminomethyl-reactions, 4, 71 Indole, 4-aminomethyl-synthesis, 4, 150 Indole, (aminovinyl)-synthesis, 4, 286 Indole, 1-aroyl-oxidation, 4, 57 oxidative dimerization catalysis by Pd(II) salts, 4, 252 Indole, 1-aroyloxy-rearrangement, 4, 244 Indole, 2-aryl-nitration, 4, 211 nitrosation, 4, 210 synthesis, 4, 324 Indole, 3-(arylazo)-rearrangement, 4, 301 Indole, 3-(arylthio)-synthesis, 4, 368 Indole, 3-azophenyl-nitration, 4, 49 Indole, 1-benzenesulfonyl-by lithiation, 4, 238 Indole, 1-benzoyl photosensitized reactions with methyl acrylate, 4, 268 Indole, 3-benzoyl-l,2-dimethyl-reactions... 

Aldehydes and ketones are similar in their response to hydrogenation catalysis, and an ordering of catalyst activities usually applies to both functions. But the difference between aliphatic and aromatic carbonyls is marked, and preferred catalysts differ. In hydrogenation of aliphatic carbonyls, hydrogenolysis seldom occurs, unless special structural features are present, but with aryl carbonyls either reduction to the alcohol or loss of the hydroxy group can be achieved at will. 

Palladium-mediated catalysis has only been exploited relatively recently in the synthesis of substituted PPV derivatives. The use of aryl dibromides as monomers is particularly useful as it allows the synthesis of PPVs substituted with alkyl rather than alkoxy sidechains. The Suzuki [53, 54], Heck [55], and Stille [56] reactions have been used in the synthesis of new PPV derivatives, but attaining high molecular weight PPV derivatives by these methodologies has proved problematic. A phenyl-subslilutcd PPV material PPPV 31 was synthesized by a Suzuki coupling (Scheme 1-10) of dibromoethene and fo/.v-boronic acid 30. Its absorption (2ni ix=385 nm) and emission (2max=475 nm) maxima were strongly... 

Williams and Johnston have reported the first use of proton catalysis in the aziridination of imines by diazoesters (Scheme 4.30) [38]. A range of aryl and ali-... 

A similar case is the catalysis of Gomberg-Bachmann arylations by A,A-diphenyl-hydroxylamine, which was discovered by Cooper and Perkins (1969). As Scheme 8-46 shows, the covalent adduct cation 8.62 first loses a proton. This facilitates the homolytic dissociation, as a stable radical, A/,A-diphenylnitroxide (8.63), is formed. This... 

In principle, sulfonyl compounds bearing highly-electron-accepting substituents are able to transfer the sulfonyl group as an electrophile. Thus, the exchange of aryl substituents in methyl aryl sulfones under catalysis of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid takes place258 (equation 46). This reaction represents a further example for the reversibility of Friedel-Crafts reactions. 

One of the most dramatic recent developments in metal carbene chemistry catalyzed by dirhodium(II) has been demonstration of the feasibility and usefulness of intermolecular carbon-hydrogen insertion reactions [38, 91]. These were made possible by recognition of the unusual reactivity and selectivity of aryl- and vinyldiazoacetates [12] and the high level of electronic control that is possible in their reactions. Some of the products that have been formed in these reactions, and their selectivities with catalysis by Rh2(S-DOSP)4, are reported in Scheme 10. 

Today microemulsions are used in catalysis, preparation of submicron particles, solar energy conversion, extraction of minerals and protein, detergency and lubrication [58]. Most studies in the field of basic research have dealt with the physical chemistry of the systems themselves and only recently have microemulsions been used as a reaction medium in organic synthesis. The reactions investigated to date include nucleophilic substitution and additions [59], oxidations [59-61], alkylation [62], synthesis of trialkylamines [63], coupling of aryl halides [64], nitration of phenols [65], photoamidation of fluoroolefins [66] and some Diels-Alder reactions. 

The synthesis of (hetero)aryl cyanides from (hetero)aryl halides via transition-metal catalysis is a very valuable reaction since a nitrile can be easily transformed into several other functional groups. Not until 2000 were the first examples on microwave-assisted cyanation reported in the literature. Alter-man and Hallberg found that 3-bromopyridine and 3-bromothiophene were... 

We have investigated the arylation of different primary or secondary amines with different aryl chlorides or bromides in heterogeneous or homogeneous catalysis conditions using palladium(O) or palladium(II) derivatives (Fig. 5). 

Fig. 12. Comparison of the Copper and Nickel catalysis on the arylation of alcohols...

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