Copper-Catalyzed Amine Arylations

Copper catalyzed arylation of aliphatic primary amines now has become a test reaction for newly developed ligands. Many ligands were found to be effective for this transformation and some results are summarized in Table 9.1. As a cheap... 

Further elaborations/modifications of the oxazole ring were also described. For example, a new POCN-pincer palladium catalyst was used in the copper-mediated arylation of the C-2 position of benzoxazoles and oxazoles with aryl iodides in satisfactory yields (14DT16084). An original method for the direct amination of heteroarenes including benzoxazoles was reported involving a one-pot heteroarene C-H zincation followed by a copper catalyzed electrophilic amination (14AGE4667). 

Copper-Catalyzed Arylations of Amines and Alcohols with Boron-Based Arylating Reagents... 

Organoindium reagents can also be used in the crosscoupling reaction with imines via copper(I) chloride catalysis. Copper-catalyzed direct amination of nitrobenzenes with O-alkylhydroxylamines is known however, more general ami-nation and amidation reactions involve activation of aryl halides with CuCl and l,10-phenanthroline(phen) or other sterically well-defined ligands. ... 

The following discussion focuses on the synthesis of aromatic heterocycles where a key palladium- or copper-catalyzed aryl halide (or equivalent) amination, etherification or thioetherification process is employed. Annulative routes utilizing anilines and related compounds with alkynes (Larock type) are also considered. Routes that do not lead to aromatic products or that rely on the functionalization of preexisting heterocycles have been discounted. Similarly, the synthesis of heterocycles via TT-allylpalladium chemistry or intramolecular cyclization of palladium Tr-olefin and TT-alkyne complexes is not featured. The discussion is structured predominantly around the type of bond being formed (C—N, C—O, or C—S) and is classified further by heterocycle type. Intramolecular and intermolecular C—X bond formations as well as tandem catalytic processes leading to aromatic heterocycle products are all discussed. 

The literature concerning the copper-catalyzed arylation of sodium azide describes the formation, depending on the reaction conditions, of aryl and vinyl azides, 1-aryl-1,2,3-triazoles or aryl amines. 

Some other examples of metal-catalyzed substitutions are given in Scheme 11.10. Entries 1 to 3 are copper-catalyzed reactions. Entry 1 is an example of arylation of imidazole. Both dibenzylideneacetone and 1,10-phenanthroline were included as ligands and Cs2C03 was used as the base. Entry 2 is an example of amination by a primary amine. The ligand used in this case was (V,(V-diethyl sal icyl amide. These conditions proved effective for a variety of primary amines and aryl bromides with both ERG and EWG substituents. Entry 3 is an example of more classical conditions. The target structure is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor of a type used in treatment of asthma. Copper powder was used as the catalyst. 

Iminium ions, generated in aqueous solution from secondary amines and formaldehyde, undergo a Barbier-type allylation mediated by tin, aluminum, and zinc. The reaction is catalyzed by copper and produces tertiary homoallylamines in up to 85% yield.67 The imines generated in situ from 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde/2-quinolinecarboxaldehyde and aryl amines undergo indium-mediated Barbier allylation in aqueous media to provide homoallylic amines.68 Crotyl and cinnamyl bromides... 

Many other kinds of nucleophiles can be arylated by copper-catalyzed substitution.132 Among the reactive nucleophiles are carboxylate ions,133 alkoxide ions,134 amines,135... 

The utility of the method was demonstrated with a variety of electron-rich and electron-poor aryl aldehydes, but the method was not suitable for aliphatic aldehydes. No racemization was observed in the copper-catalyzed oxidative amidation reaction when an optically active amine, (S)-valine methyl ester, was employed. 

The reaction with ammonia or amines, which undoubtedly proceeds by the SNAr mechanism, is catalyzed by copper8" and nickel105 salts, though these are normally used only with rather unreactive halides.106 This reaction, with phase transfer catalysis, has been used to synthesize triarylamines.107 Copper ion catalysts (especially cuprous oxide or iodide) also permit the Gabriel synthesis (0-58) to be applied to aromatic substrates. Aryl bromides or iodides are refluxed with potassium phthalimide and Cu 0 or Cul in dimethylacetamide to give N-aryl phthalimides, which can be hydrolyzed to primary aryl amines.108... 

Elimination-addition reactions of aryl halides with alkali-metal amides are discussed in Section 14-6C high-temperature copper-catalyzed amination, also effective, usually does not lead to rearrangement. 

Copper diacetate-catalyzed arylation of heterocyclic amines such as piperidine, tetrahydroisoquinoline 76101 or 1,6-diazacyclodecane 77104 by aryllead triacetates gave only modest to moderately good yields of the iV-aryl derivatives (Equation (76) and (77)). The reactions with aliphatic amines lead to particularly poor yields of the derived anilines101 (Equations (78) and (79)), although the arylation of cyclooctylamine 78 with an electron-rich aryllead triacetate afforded the aniline derivative 79 in a moderately good yield (52%) (Equation (80)).1O5 1O5a... 

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