Coupling chloride dimer

The mechanism of coupling of allyltin and allylpalladium can be altered by the addition of maleic anhydride to the reaction mixture (vide infra).m In this modified procedure, reaction of the allylpalladium chloride dimer with allyl-Bun3Sn now gives coupling without allyl inversion of the allyltin reagent. 

Coupling of n- allylic)paUadium complexes with an alkenylzirconium(IV) complex l,4-< enes.2 A recent stereospecific synthesis of natural (20R)-cholestanone-3 (4) involves coupling of the alkenylzirconium complex 2 with the jr-(allylic)palladium chloride dimer (1) of a (Z)-17(2U)-pregnene. The major product is a 1,4-diene (3), formed by regioselective attack of 2 at C20, the less hindered terminus of the allylic unit, and with inversion at C20. Coupling of 2 with the 7i-(allylic)palladium chloride dimer of the (E)-isomer of 1 results in a 1,4-diene epimeric at C20 with 3. Hydrogenation of the diene completes the synthesis of the desired natural cholestanone-3 (4). 

Since the introduction of the titanocene chloride dimer 67a to radical chemistry, much attention has been paid to render these reactions catalytic. This field was reviewed especially thoroughly for epoxides as substrates [123, 124, 142-145] so only catalyzed reactions using non-epoxide precursors and a few very recent examples of titanium-catalyzed epoxide-based cyclization reactions, which illustrate the principle, will be discussed here. A very useful feature of these reactions is that their rate constants were determined very recently [146], The reductive catalytic radical generation using 67a is not limited to epoxides. Oxetanes can also act as suitable precursors as demonstrated by pinacol couplings and reductive dimerizations [147]. Moreover, 5 mol% of 67a can serve as a catalyst for the 1,4-reduction of a, p-un saturated carbonyl compounds to ketones using zinc in the presence of triethylamine hydrochloride to regenerate the catalyst [148]. 

The Hiyama couplings of heterocycles are still being developed to their full potential. Nevertheless, several heteroaryl halides have been cross-coupled with aryl or heteroaryl silicon reagents [52]. For example, in the presence of catalytic tt-allylpalladium chloride dimer and two equivalents of KF, the cross-coupling of ethyl(2-thienyl)difluorosilane (53) and methyl 3-iodo-2-thiophenecarboxylate led to bis-thiophene 54 under relatively forcing conditions [53]. 

Tedicyp 66/allylpalladmm(II) chloride dimer (Scheme 29, Table 17) [171, 172]. In contrast, the reaction of 2-thienylboronic acid 68 with aryl halides 69 needs to be performed with 1-5% of the same catalytic system. Alternatively, cross-coupling can utilize arylboronic acids with thiophene halides this yields better results in most cases. 

The allylpalladium chloride dimer (1) has been widely used as catalyst precursor for various Pd-catalyzed reactions such as allylic alkylations and cross-coupling reactions. It has also found applications in hydrovinylation, hydrosilylation, hyroamination, and reduction reactions. 

Cross-coupling Reactions. The allylpalladium chloride dimer (1) has served as an excellent active catalyst precursor for various cross-coupling reactions. The well-known Mizoroki-Heck reaction was widely exemplified in the presence of the system (1)/-Tedicyp (eq 77). Several aryl bromides were reacted with aryl acrylates, styrenyl or alkenyl derivatives, ethyleneglycol vinyl ether, and alk-l-en-3-ol. 8 This catalytic system was efficient for the coupling of vinyl bromides as well. The catalyst loading can be reduced and the substrate/catalyst ratio could reach 100 000 000 in some cases. 

The oxidative dimerization of the anion of methyl phenyl sulfone (from a Grignard reagent) in ethereal solution in the presence of cupric chloride in 5% yield has been reported47. Despite the reported48 poor stability of the a-sulfonyl C-centered radicals, Julia and coworkers49 provoked the dimerization (in 13 to 56% yields) of the lithiated carbanion of alkyl phenyl sulfones using cupric salts as oxidants. The best results are obtained with cupric triflates in THF-isobutyronitrile medium (56% yield for R = H). For allyl phenyl sulfones the coupling in the 3-3 mode is predominant. 

Homocoupling of alkyl halides in aqueous media can be mediated by manganese/cupric chloride to give the dimerization products in good yield. Cross-coupling can also be controlled to give the desired... 

The electrochemistry of cobalt-salen complexes in the presence of alkyl halides has been studied thoroughly.252,263-266 The reaction mechanism is similar to that for the nickel complexes, with the intermediate formation of an alkylcobalt(III) complex. Co -salen reacts with 1,8-diiodo-octane to afford an alkyl-bridged bis[Co" (salen)] complex.267 Electrosynthetic applications of the cobalt-salen catalyst are homo- and heterocoupling reactions with mixtures of alkylchlorides and bromides,268 conversion of benzal chloride to stilbene with the intermediate formation of l,2-dichloro-l,2-diphenylethane,269 reductive coupling of bromoalkanes with an activated alkenes,270 or carboxylation of benzylic and allylic chlorides by C02.271,272 Efficient electroreduc-tive dimerization of benzyl bromide to bibenzyl is catalyzed by the dicobalt complex (15).273 The proposed mechanism involves an intermediate bis[alkylcobalt(III)] complex. 

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