Coupling and the Heck reaction

Izumi and coworkers carried out similar preparations of conjugated polymers with azobenzenes in the main chain [212, 213]. Application of various palladium-catalyzed coupling methods such as the Suzuki coupling and the Heck reactions allowed formation of poly(p-phenylene)- and poly(phenyl vinylene)-based polymers ... 

The atom economy of the cross-coupling reaction and the Heck reaction for making styrene from bromobenzene and vinyl bromide (cross), and bromobenzene and ethene (Heck) respectively are in favour of the Heck reaction, as that produces only one equivalent of salt. 

The use of aryl triflates or other sulfonates in the amine arylation reaction is highly desirable from a synthetic standpoint since a large variety of phenols are easily accessed and derivatized. Aryl and vinyl triflates have enjoyed great utility in other Pd-catalyzed transformations such as the Stille [77] and Suzuki [78] couplings, and the Heck [79] reaction. 

The synthesis of the complex anti-leukemia compound asperazine 231 uses a series of palladium-catalysed reactions including a Stille coupling and a Heck reaction as well as a palladium-catalysed hydrostannylation. This is an asymmetric synthesis as the starting materials are made from serine and tryptophan. We summarise only the key steps but the full description is worth reading.36... 

In 2006, Fukuyama presented an approach to codeine and morphine based on a Tsuji-Trost coupling and intramolecular Heck reaction as key steps [49, 61]. The synthesis was carried out in the racemic manifold however, by devising an alternative stereoselective route to epoxide 41, access to either the natural or the enantiomeric form of morphine could be achieved. 

McGuinness, D.S., CaveU, K.J., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. (1999) Zerovalent palladium and nickel complexes of heterocycUc carbenes Oxidative addition of organic halides, carbon-carbon coupling processes, and the Heck reaction. Organometallics, 18,1596-605. 

A Merck research group discovered that the cross-coupling reaction between aryl halides and vinylogous amides could take place under the catalysis of Pd/DavePhos. When 1,2-dibromobenzene was used, a cascade intermolecular C-N bond coupling and intramolecular Heck reaction occurred to provide 2,3-disubstituted indoles (Scheme 2) [25]. 

Closely related to the Heck reaction is the Sonogashira reaction i.e. the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of a vinyl or aryl halide 20 and a terminal alkyne 21 ... 

The Heck reaction and other related transformations for selective C-C couplings are receiving a great deal of attention among synthetic chemists, due to their versatility for fine chemical synthesis. However, these reactions suffer in many cases from the instability of the Pd-catalysts used, resulting in high catalyst consumption and difficult processing. 

Many organic chemical transformations have been carried out in ionic liquids hydrogenation [4, 5], oxidation [6], epoxidation [7], and hydroformylation [8] reactions, for example. In addition to these processes, numerous synthetic routes involve a carbon-carbon (C-C) bond-forming step. As a result, many C-C bondforming procedures have been studied in ambient-temperature ionic liquids. Among those reported are the Friedel-Crafts acylation [9] and allcylation [10] reactions, allylation reactions [11, 12], the Diels-Alder reaction [13], the Heck reaction [14], and the Suzuld [15] and Trost-Tsuji coupling [16] reactions. 

Pd/P(t-Bu)., in the presence of Cy2NMe, is an unusually mild and versatile catalyst for Heck reactions of aryl chlorides (Tables 1 and 2) (as well as for room-temperature reactions of aryl bromides).21 22 23 Example A, the coupling of chlorobenzene with butyl methacrylate, illustrates the application of this method to the stereoselective synthesis of a trisubstituted olefin a-methylcinnamic acid derivatives are an important family of compounds that possess biological activity (e.g., hypolipidemic24 and antibiotic25) and serve as intermediates in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals (e.g., Sulindac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug26). Example B, the coupling of 4-chlorobenzonitrile with styrene, demonstrates that Pd/P(t-Bu). can catalyze the Heck reaction of activated aryl chlorides at room temperature. 

Abstract This chapter highlights the use of iV-heterocyclic carbenes as supporting ligands in arylation reactions different than the more common cross-coupling reactions, including C-F bond activation, catalytic arylation, homocoupling, direct arylation and oxidative Heck reactions. 

Another methodology that is widely used for C-C bond formation is the Heck coupling (Heck, 1985 T.suji, 1995). The Heck reaction involves the palladium-catalysed arylation of olefinic double bonds (Eqn. (12)) and provides an alternative to Friedel-Crafts reactions for attaching carbon fragments to aromatic rings. 

The Heck reaction consists in the Pd(0)-catalysed coupling of alkenes with an aryl or alkenyl halide or triflate in the presence of a base to form a substituted alkene (Scheme 7.1). The reaction is performed in the presence of an organopalladium catalyst. The halide or triflate is an aryl or a vinyl compound and the alkene contains at least one proton. 

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