Dienes synthesis, palladium acetate

Trost and coworkers have devised a stereocontrolled 1,3-diene synthesis employing a palladium-catalysed decarboxylative elimination procedure from allylic acetates carrying carboxylic acid functionality ji- to the acetate group (equation 18)48. This decarboxylative elimination strategy has been applied to the synthesis of an insect pheromone, codlemone48a and the ethyl ester of vitamin A carboxylic acid (Table 5)48b. 

This palladium-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction leading to the formation of aryl-substituted allylic amines was recently adapted to solid-phase synthesis (Scheme 8.23). Amines were chosen to attach to a solid support (Rink resin) in this three-component coupling process and were reacted with a variety of aryl halides and linear or cyclic non-conjugated dienes, the reaction being carried out at 100 °C for two days in the presence of palladium acetate and diisopropylethyl-amine. A wide variety of aryl-substituted allylic amines were then obtained after cleavage from the solid support by trifluoroacetic acid [60],... 

The intermediate 591a was also used in a synthesis of tabersonine. Alkylation of 591a by Z-l,3-di-iodopropene followed by elimination of the phenylselenyl group gave a ring C diene 594, which was cyclized by a reductive Heck reaction with palladium acetate, sodium formate, triphenyl-phosphine, and base, with formation of tabersonine (78) in 43% yield (Scheme 77) (346). 

In 1967 elimination of phenol from allyl phenyl ethers to form 1,3-diene in the presence of a palladium catalyst was reported briefly by Smutny. Later, Tsuji applied the Pd-catalyzed elimination reaction of terminal allylic compounds for the synthesis of terminal 1,3-dienes.Thus, elimination of acetic acid and phenol from allylic acetates and allyl phenyl ethers was carried out by refluxing the allylic compounds in dioxane or toluene in the presence of catalytic amounts of palladium acetate and PPha as a ligand for the palladium catalyst (Table 1). The allylic isomers were converted to the same products. No reaction takes place with allylic methyl ether, an allylic alcohol, or an allylic amine, which cannot easily form 7r-allylpalladium complexes by oxidative addition. 

TelomerizatiorL Conj ugated dienes combine with nucleophiles such as water, amines, alcohols, enamines and stabilized carban-ions in the presence of palladium acetate and triphenylphosphine to produce dimers with incorporation of one equivalent of the nucleophile. Telomerization of butadiene (eq 7) yields linear 1,6- and 1,7-dienes and has been used for the synthesis of a variety of naturally occurring materials. ... 

In an extension of this work, the Shibasaki group developed the novel transformation 48—>51 shown in Scheme 10.25c To rationalize this interesting structural change, it was proposed that oxidative addition of the vinyl triflate moiety in 48 to an asymmetric palladium ) catalyst generated under the indicated conditions affords the 16-electron Pd+ complex 49. Since the weakly bound triflate ligand can easily dissociate from the metal center, a silver salt is not needed. Insertion of the coordinated alkene into the vinyl C-Pd bond then affords a transitory 7t-allylpalladium complex 50 which is captured in a regio- and stereocontrolled fashion by acetate ion to give the optically active bicyclic diene 51 in 80% ee (89% yield). This catalytic asymmetric synthesis by a Heck cyclization/ anion capture process is the first of its kind. 

In acyclic systems the 1,4-relative stereoselectivity was controlled by the stereochemistry of the diene. Thus, oxidation of (E,E)- and (E,Z)-2,4-hexadienes to their corresponding diacetates affords dl (>88% dl) and mesa (>95% me so) 2,5-diacetoxy-3-hexene, respectively. A mechanism involving a t vans-accto xy pal I adation of the conjugated diene to give an intermediate (rr-allyljpalladium complex, followed by either a cis or trans attack by acetate on the allyl group, has been suggested. The cis attack is explained by a cis migration from a (cr-allyl)palladium intermediate. The diacetoxylation reaction was applied to the preparation of a key intermediate for the synthesis of d/-shikimic acid, 3,... 

An elegant synthesis of 1,3,7,9-tetramethyldibenzothiophene has been recorded as shown in Eq. (2). Cyclization of the diene (34) to the octahydrodibenzothiophene was accomplished with either aluminum chloride or a mixture of acetic acid and sulfuric acid (90%). Subsequent dehydrogenation with palladium on carbon gave the tetramethyl compound. The NMR spectrum of this compound has been discussed earlier... 

The two oxygen-activating complexes [Co(L)j [L = salophen, tetra-tert-butylsalo-phen (55)] have been prepared and were also synthesized within dehydrated zeolite NaY using the intrazeolite ligand synthesis method [164]. These encapsulated metal complexes were shown to be capable of oxidizing hydroquinone and so were then used in a triple catalytic system to mediate the palladium-catalyzed aerobic 1,4-diacetoxylation of 1,3-dienes (Figure 5.28) [165]. The catalytic system involved [Pd(OAc)2], hydroquinone and the [Co(salophen)] complex in acetic acid (Co Pd diene hydroquinone LiOAc = 1 2.23 50 8.3 690, acetic acid, 25 °C,... 

Backvall et al. utilized a stereoconvergent palladium-catalyzed SN2 reaction of a-allenic acetates 39 for the synthesis of (Z, )-2-bromo-l,3-dienes 40 [29]. 

Like hydroalumination and hydrozirconation, hydroboration of alkynes also provides a convenient and Stereospecific route to alkenyl metal reagents. However, initial attempts to achieve palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of alkenylboranes with alkenyl halides were unsuccessful, due to the poor carbanionic character of these reagents. Later, Suzuki discovered that the desired transformation could be effected in the presence of an alkoxide or hydroxide base weaker bases, such as sodium acetate or triethylamine, were not generally effective. The reaction is suitable for the preparation of ( , )-, ( ,Z)- and (Z,Z)-dienes. Since reactions of alkenylboronates are higher yielding than those of alkenylboranes, the recent availability of (Z)-l-alkenylboronates " substantially improves the Suzuki method for the preparation of (Z)-alkenes. An extension of the methodology to the synthesis of trisubstituted alkenes has also been reported. " ... 

Metal-mediated approaches to the synthesis of imidazoles have been reported. PaUadium(ll)-catalyzed intermolecular 1,2-diamination of conjugated dienes with ureas led to 4-alk enyl-2-imidazolones in good yields rmder mild conditions <05JA7308>. Palladium-catalyzed cyclization of O-pentafluorobenzoylamidoximes 74 furnished l-benzyl-2-substituted-4-methylimidazoles 75 <050L609>. Direct copper(I)-chloride mediated reaction of nitriles 76 with a-amino acetals 77 followed by acidic reaction led to a variety of 2-substituted imidazoles 78 <05TL8369>. 

Furthermore, this regio- and stereoselective bond formation between unsaturated carbon atoms was applied to the synthesis of functionalized dienes under extremely mild conditions. Thus, even vinylic boronic esters containing an allylic acetal moiety and alkenylboronate having a chiral protected allylic alcohol were successfully accomplished with vinylic iodides under aqueous conditions in 60-90% yield [30]. In addition, an exceptionally simple and efficient synthesis of a prostaglandin (PGEj) precursor was reported by Johnson, applying a DMF/THF/ water solvent mixture with a bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene palladium catalyst [31]. It is curious that the presence of water is an absolute necessity in order to succeed in this approach (Scheme 3). 

Burke and Jiang reported that the palladium-catalyzed diastereoselective double allylation of the diol bis(allylic acetate) 613 using (R,R) DPPBA 607 afforded the bis-tetrahydrofuran core 614 in 97% yield (Scheme 187).265 The resulting diene 614 was further transformed into a known intermediate 615 for the synthesis of uvaricin. They demonstrated that palladium (0)-catalyzed desymmetrization of the C2 diol 616 with Trost s ligand 607 afforded the tetrahy-drofuran 617 diastereoselectively (Scheme 188).266 The product 617 was manipulated to the F ring of halichondrin B (618). 

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