Cross-coupling oxidative addition

The most interesting and difficult cross-coupling is alkyl-alkyl coupling, because oxidative addition of alkyl halides having /i-hydrogen is slow. In addition, easy elimination of /d-hydrogen is expected after the oxidative addition. 

There are also palladium-catalysed procedures for allylation. Ethyl 3-bromo-l-(4-methylphenylsulfonyl)indole-2-carboxylate is allylated at C3 upon reaction with allyl acetate and hexabutylditin[27], Ihe reaction presumably Involves a ir-allyl-Pd intermediate formed from the allyl acetate, oxidative addition, transmetallation and cross coupling. 

The postulated steps that constitute the Suzuki coupling process are shown in Scheme 25. After oxidative addition of the organic halide to the palladium(o) catalyst, it is presumed that a metathetical displacement of the halide substituent in the palladium(ii) complex A by ethoxide ion (or hydroxide ion) takes place to give an alkoxo-palladium(ff) complex B. The latter complex then reacts with the alkenylborane, generating the diorganopalladium complex C. Finally, reductive elimination of C furnishes the cross-coupling product (D) and regenerates the palladium(o) catalyst. 

Carbon-carbon bond formation reactions and the CH activation of methane are another example where NHC complexes have been used successfully in catalytic applications. Palladium-catalysed reactions include Heck-type reactions, especially the Mizoroki-Heck reaction itself [171-175], and various cross-coupling reactions [176-182]. They have also been found useful for related reactions like the Sonogashira coupling [183-185] or the Buchwald-Hartwig amination [186-189]. The reactions are similar concerning the first step of the catalytic cycle, the oxidative addition of aryl halides to palladium(O) species. This is facilitated by electron-donating substituents and therefore the development of highly active catalysts has focussed on NHC complexes. 

Radical-mediated silyldesulfonylation of various vinyl and (a-fluoro)vinyl sulfones 21 with (TMSlsSiH (Reaction 25) provide access to vinyl and (a-fluoro)vinyl silanes 22. These reactions presumably occur via a radical addition of (TMSlsSi radical followed by /)-scission with the ejection of PhS02 radical. Hydrogen abstraction from (TMSlsSiH by PhS02 radical completes the cycle of these chain reactions. Such silyldesulfonylation provides a flexible alternative to the hydrosilylation of alkynes with (TMSlsSiH (see below). On oxidative treatment with hydrogen peroxide in basic aqueous solution, compound 22 undergoes Pd-catalyzed cross-couplings with aryl halides. 

When one of the two acids is used in excess and the pk -values of the two acids differ strongly, the salt deficit method should be used with caution. Formic add, acetic acid, propionic acid, and trifluoroacetic acid have been electrolyzed competitively in mixtures of pairs. Formic acid and trifluoroacetic acid are comparable in case of electrolysis, both are more readily electrolyzed than acetic and propionic adds. Deviations are rationalized on the basis of differences in ionization [147]. It might 1 useful in such cases to neutralize both acids completely. Sometimes one of the two acids, although being the minor component, is more favorably oxidized possibly due to preferential adsorption or its higher acidity [148]. In this case the continuous addition of the more acidic add to an excess of the weaker acid may lead to successful cross-coupling [149], The chain length of the two acids should be chosen in such a... 

These are called cross-coupling reactions and usually involve three basic steps oxidative addition, transmetallation, and reductive elimination. In the transmetallation step an organic group is transferred from the organometallic reagent to palladium. 

In summary, these results demonstrate that air-stable POPd, POPdl and POPd2 complexes can be directly employed to mediate the rate-limiting oxidative addition of unactivated aryl chlorides in the presence of bases, and that such processes can be incorporated into efficient catalytic cycles for a variety of cross-coupling reactions. Noteworthy are the efficiency for unactivated aryl chlorides simplicity of use, low cost, air- and moisture-stability, and ready accessibility of these complexes. Additional applications of these air-stable palladium complexes for catalysis are currently under investigation. 

The low catalytic reactivity of aryl chlorides in cross-coupling reactions is usually attributed to their reluctance towards oxidative addition to Pd(0). For a discussion, see V. V. Grushin and H. Alper, Chem. Rev., 94, 1047-1062 (1994), and reference therein. 

The combination of a Heck and a cross-coupling reaction has not been widely exploited. However, there are some reactions where, following oxidative addition, a... 

As Pd° and Ni° are capable of oxidative addition by C—S bonds, organosulfur compounds can take part in cross-coupling reactions as electrophilic reagents. Due to the formation of stable Pd—S... 

Phosphites P(OR)3 are much weaker ligands for Pd, and are not capable of supporting Pd° species in solution for the reactions where oxidative addition is rate-limiting therefore they are very rarely used in cross-coupling reactions. Phosphite-derived palladacycles, however, are among the most effective precatalysts (Section 9.6.3.4.8). 

Simple Pd salts and complexes which contain neither phosphines nor any other deliberately added ligands are well known to provide catalytic activity in cross-coupling reactions. Such catalytic systems (often referred to as ligand-free catalysts ) often require the use of water as a component of the reaction medium.17 In the majority of cases such systems are applicable to electrophiles easily undergoing the oxidative addition (aryl iodides and activated bromides), although there are examples of effective reactions with unactivated substrates (electron-rich aiyl bromides, and some aryl chlorides).18,470... 

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