Regioselective cross-coupling reaction

Oxidative coupHng between two C—H bonds is a rather young but rapidly evolving area within C—H activation. Similar to C—H/C—X cross-coupling reactions, regioselectivity stays one of the major challenges for direct functionalization of heterocycles. As in CDC, more reaction sites are involved and the complexity in this respect is in fact even higher. 

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Direct C-Harylation of purines in position 8 by diverse aryl iodides has been achieved with Pd catalysis in the presence of Cul and CS2CO3. The methodology is general and efficient and was applied in the consecutive regioselective synthesis of 2,6,8-trisubstituted purines bearing three different C-substituents in combination with two cross-coupling reactions... 

A useful method for the preparation of functionalised thiazoles has been described. Palladium catalysed cross coupling reactions between 4-thiazolyl-5-acetyl triflates 36 and alkynes afforded 4-alkynyl-5-acetylthiazoles 37 in good yields (56-82%). If 37 is then treated with ammonia in methanol, thiazolo[5,4-c]pyridines 39 are formed, probably via the intermediate imine 38 which then undergos a regioselective 6-endo dig cyclisation <99EJOC3117>. 

Dipolar cycloaddition reaction of trimethylstannylacetylene with nitrile oxides yielded 3-substituted 5-(trimethylstannyl)isoxazoles 221. Similar reactions of (trimethylstannyl)phenylacetylene, l-(trimethylstannyl)-l-hexyne, and bis (trimethylsilyl)acetylene give the corresponding 3,5-disubstituted 4-(trimethyl-stannyl)isoxazoles 222, almost regioselectively (379). The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of bis(tributylstannyl)acetylene with acetonitrile oxide, followed by treatment with aqueous ammonia in ethanol in a sealed tube, gives 3-methyl-4-(tributylstannyl)isoxazole 223. The palladium catalyzed cross coupling reaction of... 

The scope of this remarkable regioselectivity imparted by the TMS group was further advanced by replacement of the TMS group with a benzyldimethylsilyl (BDMS) group.43 Trost has shown that the BDMS group functions as a synthon and is suitable for palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions (Scheme 6). 

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... 

In the early 1980s, one of the first preparations of substituted allenes was reported, which employed a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of allenyl halides [9]. In this study, allenyl bromides 13 and various Grignard reagents 14 were coupled in the presence of catalytic amounts of a Pd(0) species, generated in situ by reduction of a Pd(II) salt. Trisubstituted allenes 15 were obtained with high regioselectivity (allene 15 alkyne 16 = 90 10 to 99 1) (Scheme 14.5). 

Methyl 2,3-alkadienoates undergoes cross-coupling reactions with terminal acetylenes to give enynes in a highly regioselective manner (Scheme 16.94) [100],... 

Aminopyridines and 3-aminopyridines are used in a regioselective synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-, ]pyridines and pyrrolo[3,2-, ]pyridines that proceeds via a palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reaction with aromatic alkynes <2007TL6951>. 

Hocek and coworkers studied the regioselectivity of the cross-coupling reaction between methyhnagnesium bromide and various dichloropurines. With 2,6- and 2,8-dichloropurines, it is possible to obtain the monomethylated product with an excellent regioselectivity (Scheme 33). It is important to notice that such a regioselectivity is not observed under palladium or nickel catalysis. 

The reaction sequence starts by anchoring 2,6-dichloropurine onto the sohd-phase PAT, -amine at the more reactive C6 position with exclusive regioselectivity. A multitude of PAL-amine resins 59 can be prepared ahead by reductive amination of commercial (4-formyl-3,5-dimethoxyphe-noxy)-methylpolystyrene. The N9 position of the purine (60) may be modified by Mitsunobu alkylation. The final derivatization step involves a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction in position 2. This reaction... 

The cyclopropyl effect has controlled the regioselectivity of the cross-coupling reactions of propargylic/allenylic metallic species with electrophiles afford alkynic cyclopropanes (Scheme 9).70 Cyclopropyl ring strain, which makes the formation of vinylidenecyclopropanes unfavourable, is believed to control the regioselectivity. 

Alkenyliodonium salts can be used as highly reactive substrates for Heck-type olefination and similar palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions [63 -65]. In a recent example, a series of dienes 80 were stereo- and regioselectively prepared by a palladium-catalyzed Heck-type reaction of alkenyliodonium salts 79 with a,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (Scheme 37) [64]. 

Scheme 8.17. Regioselectivity of cross-coupling reactions with vinylboronic acids and vinylstannanes [9, 144].

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