Cross-coupling reactions electrophiles

The procedure in Section C is representative of the synthesis of non-natural a-amino acids featuring the palladium cross coupling reaction of a (1-alaninc organozinc derivative with aromatic electrophiles. This methodology has been successfully extended with modifications to both the electrophile and the catalyst as shown in the Table. 

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Transition metal catalysed cross-coupling reactions of organometalUc reagents containing Zn, Si, Mg, Sn or B with organic electrophiles in the presence of group 8-10 metals, notably Ni and Pd, are routinely the method of choice, both in academia and industry, for the preparation of C-0, C-S, C-H, C-N and C-C bonds [1]. 

Cross-coupling reactions resulting in C-C bond formation are normally classified according to the nature of the organometallic reagent and the organic electrophile. Scheme 6.4 summarises, broadly, the names and reaction partners of the most common of these transformations. 

The use of enol- and phenol-esters in cross-coupling reactions is a valuable protocol, as it gives an indirect way to involve readily available phenols and carbonyl compounds as the electrophilic components of cross-couplings (Equation (22)) ... 

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... 

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... 

As described above, our synthetic strategy involves the convergent construction of the central cyclopentanone ring with a carbonylative cross-coupling reaction and a photo-Nazarov cyclization reaction (Chart 2.2). The electrophilic coupling component 51 was synthesized by an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction [34] and the nucleophilic coupling component 52 by a vinyiogous Mukaiyama aldol reaction [35]. 

Aryl fluorosulfonates have recently been reported as less expensive alternatives to aryl inflates. Compound 3 has been synthesized in 50% isolated yield using 4-nitrophenyl fluorosulfonate as the electrophilic partner in the cross-coupling reaction. Roth, G. R. Fuller, C. E. J. Org. Cham. 1901,56,3493-3496. 

Besides the above electrophiles, the acetylene—titanium complexes react regioselectively with other acetylenes providing the corresponding titanacyclopentadienes. An example of a homo-coupling reaction is shown in Eq. 9.11 [30], which also displays some synthetic applications [30,31]. Especially noteworthy is the highly regioselective cross-coupling reaction of unsymmetrical internal and terminal acetylenes, which is illustrated in Eq. 9.12... 

The heteroaromatic stannanes undergo the normal electrophilic substitution reactions of their protic precursors, and often to an enhanced degree. They are often prepared with the aim of a subsequent Stille cross-coupling reaction, and oligothiophenes with potentially useful optical and electron properties have been prepared by coupling between stannyl- and bromo-thiophenes, for example, Equation (63).204... 

As shown in the previous sections, a (cr-allenyl)palladium species, which is formed from a propargyl electrophile and a Pd(0) catalyst, reacts with a hard carbon nucleophile in a manner analogous to the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction to give a substituted allene. The results indicate that the reactivity of the (cj-allenyl)palladium species is similar to that of an alkenylpalladium intermediate. Indeed, it was found that the (cr-allenyl)palladium species reacted with olefins to give vinylallenes, a reaction process that is similar to that of the Heck reaction of alkenyl halides [54]. 

The cross-coupling reaction between an allene and an acetylene takes place at the terminal double bond of an allene to generate a titanacyde, which, on treatment with electrophiles, gives diverse 1,4-dienes in a highly stereoselective manner (Scheme 16.100) [105],... 

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