Direct arylations 2 acetate

We have shown that the direct arylation of acrolein toward the synthesis of cinnamaldehyde derivatives was an efficient procedure. Using the palladacycle 1 as catalyst, substituted aldehydes 3 were prepared with up to 87% isolated yield from condensed aiyl bromides (Scheme 21.1, Route 1) that was extended successfully to heteroaiyl bromides, like bromoquinolines (6). Alternatively, the acrolein diethyl acetal was used as olefin and a selective formation of the saturated ester 4 was attained under the same reaction conditions (Scheme 21.1, Route 2). The expected aldehydes 3 were, however, obtained from most of the aiyl halides used under modified conditions. It was shown that the addition of n-Bu4NOAc in the medium... 

The detection of intermediates depends upon the relative values of the rate constants for their formation and decay (see Chapter 4). An example is the imidazole-catalysed hydrolysis of aryl acetates where the concentration of acetylimidazole builds up and decays subsequently by hydrolysis. A stepwise process is manifestly obvious if, during a kinetic study, an intermediate species is observed to accumulate and then decay to give products (Fig. 11.6A)[12,13]. The nature of the measuring device is not relevant to the argument but is likely to be spectroscopic (see Chapters 2 and 9). The direct observation of an intermediate depends on a build-up of its concentration to a measurable level and this requires that the decay to the product is relatively slow. The simplest possible case of a stepwise process is shown in Scheme 11.15 and this also happens to be one of the most generally applicable mechanisms (see Chapter 4). 

Chiral aryl acetic acids constitute a privileged class of target structures due to their prevalence in bioactive natural products and pharmaceuticals and so, unsurprisingly, they constitute attractive targets for asymmetric synthesis [198]. The face-selective addition of a nucleophile to an aryl alkyl ketene provides a very direct entry for the preparation of such compounds. Although this can be achieved by the use of a chiral nucleophile or acid (cf. Scheme 8.1) [199], catalysis of the addition of an achiral nucleophile is clearly attractive from the standpoint of efficiency. 

Head-to-tail dimerisation of methyl acrylate to the dimethyl ester of 2-methylenepentane-dioic acid (126) occurred in 82-85% yield in the presence of catalytic amounts of P(RNCH2CH2)3N with R = PP, Bu or Bz but the less sterically hindered proazaphosphatrane with R = Me, gave oligomer or pol-ymer. The proazaphosphatrane, P(RNCH2CH2)3N with R = Bu also acts as an effective ligand for the palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of ethyl cyano-acetate (127) with aryl bromides (e.g. 128) to form (129) in high yield. ... 

The intermolecular direct arylation of simple benzenes was also evaluated [12]. Under conditions established for the fluorinated substrates, none of the desired cross-coupled product was formed. With the goal of increasing the amount of soluble base in the reaction mixture, varying amounts of different carboxylic acids were added. Both the amount and the type of acid was found to influence significantly the reaction outcome, with larger acids used in substoichiometric amounts providing superior outcomes. For example, as the steric bulk is increased from acetic acid to pivalic acid, an increase in conversion is noted. Under optimal conditions, addition of 30 mol% pivalic acid results in 100% conversion of the aryl bromide and an 82% isolated yield of benzene direct arylation is obtained. To rationalize the reactivity, it was proposed that the potassium pivalate may behave as... 

The utility of the direct arylation methodology of azine and azole /V-oxides relies on the ability either to employ the N-oxide moiety in other types of azine/azole functionalization or to induce easily /V-oxide deoxygenation under mild conditions subsequent to direct arylation (for reduction with Fe/acetic acid please see [81]). Three different conditions were typically employed based on the substrate... 

In 1981, Itahara reported the palladium acetate-mediated direct arylation of pyrroles and indoles with arenes [59], With (sub)stoichiometric Pd(OAc)2 in benzene and acetic acid, arylation of 1-benzoylpyrrole and 1-acetylindole occurred with moderate to excellent conversions, but gave generally low yields of the desired cross-coupling products (Scheme 14). Direct arylation of isoxazole in the presence of stoichiometric amount of Pd(OAc)2 was also reported by Nakamura et al. [60]. 

Recently, Zhang and coworkers reported a direct palladium-catalyzed C-2 arylation of indoles with potassium aryltrifluoroborate salts [204]. Remarkably, the direct arylation took place at room temperature when acetic acid was used as the solvent. 

Oestxeich found that the direct arylation of indolines could be accomplished without over oxidation to the corresponding indole under palladium-catalysis with air (open flask), oxygen (balloon), or copper(II) acetate as the oxidant. Indolines can be unsubstituted or substituted as C2/C3 and the reaction performs well on gram scale (250, 18 examples, 18—90% isolated yield) (140L6020).A directed C2-functionalization/C7-alkenylation was discovered by Xu,Yi, and colleagues. With a rhodium catalyst, indole derivatives were functionalized with acetates at C2 (22 examples, 62—92% yield) the newly obtained products could be alkenylated at C7 with a rhodium/copper system (251,3 examples, 68—78% yield) (14CC6483). 

Oi, Inoue and coworkers developed a regioselective ruthenium-catalyzed direct arylation of aUyl acetate (101) using a catalytic system comprising [RuCl2(cod)]n and PPhs, giving rise to aUcenes 102 and 103 (Scheme 9.36) [49]. 

The oxidation of an aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of acetate ions leads to the formation of aryl acetates. Detailed studies of the electrode reaction using polarographic and cyclic voltammetric techniques have established that direct oxidation of the aromatic molecule is the initial reaction. Certainly the facile decarboxylation of acetoxy radicals appears Jo preclude their involvement in this reaction. It has also been shown that the electrooxidation strongly resembles an electrophilic substitution reaction, particularly with respect to the distribution of ortho-, meta-, and para-substituted products. ... 

Sun H-Y, Gorelsky SI, Stuart DR, Campeau L-C, Fagnou K (2010) Mechanistic analysis of azine A-oxide direct arylation evidence for a critical role of acetate in the Pd(OAc)2 precatalyst. J Org Chem 75 8180-8189... 

Direct Arylation Reactions. Iron(II) acetate in combination with bathophenanthroline catalyzes the direct arylation of aryl iodides with benzene and benzene derivatives under neat conditions. Presumably, the reaction proceeds through a radical-mediated pathway. Furthermore, the catalyst can promote the reaction at room temperature and with a catalyst loading as low as 0.5 mol % (eq 8). ... 

Arylation of Quinoline N-Oxides and Pyridines N-Oxides. An efficient protocol to directly arylate quinoline A-oxides was developed using palladium acetate as the catalyst and potassium carbonate as the hase. A survey of different phosphines demonstrated that the sterically less encumbered di-tert-butyl(methyl)phosphonium tetrafluoroborate provides higher yields relative to tri-iert-hutylphosphine. Using this protocol, 15 quinohne A-oxides were arylated in good to excellent yields (eq 1). ... 

More complex mechanisms may involve the deprotonation of a substrate that is bound to the transition metal. The bidentate nature of the acetate anion is critical in some palladium-catalyzed direct arylation/C-H activation reactions. In these reactions, the acetate moiety participates in a concerted metalation-deprotonation (CMD) step wherein a transition metal-bound acetate group removes a proton from an aryl C(sp2)-H bond as the metal-C(sp2) bond is being formed (eq 32). Many acetate bases have been used (e.g., KOAc, NaOAc, CsOAc, and CsPiv), and the optimal base used in these reactions is generally determined during the optimization process. 

Palladium-catalyzed Direct Arylation of Pyridine N-Oxides, Pyrazine N-Oxides, Pyridazine N-Oxides, Pyrimidine N-Oxides, and Thiazole N-Oxides. Pyridine W-oxides can be efficiently ary-lated at the C2 position using aryl halides as the electrophile, palladium acetate as the catalyst, tri-tert-butylphosphonium tetraflu-oroborate as the ligand, and potassium carbonate as the base (eq 19). In this protocol, 3 equiv of pyridine Al-oxide are utilized to generate the corresponding 2-aryl derivatives. ... 

Palladium-catalyzed Direct Arylation of Indoles and Thiophenes. Five-membered ring heterocycles possessing only one heteroatom and no Af-oxide function can also be arylated using palladium(II) complexes, a phosphine ligand, and an inorganic base. In one example, a tandem palladium-catalyzed Heck coupling reaction and direct intramolecular C2 arylation reaction on a )V-(2-chlorobenzyl)-5-bromoindole was reported (eq 30). The procedure, which is catalyzed by palladium acetate, uses tn-tert-butylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate as a ligand and ferf-butyl acrylate as the alkene for the Heck reaction (eq 30). ... 

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