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The question that therefore arises is why do the ionic liquids prove to be such good solvents for the Heck reaction Naturally, it is entirely possible that more than one process operates. Furthermore, it should also be emphasized that although these salts are being considered as ionic liquids within the context of this review, they are made up of different ions and there may be different chemistries in different ionic liquids or at phase interfaces. 

The intramolecular Heck reaction presented in Scheme 8 is also interesting and worthy of comment. Rawal s potentially general strategy for the stereocontrolled synthesis of the Strychnos alkaloids is predicated on the palladium-mediated intramolecular Heck reaction. In a concise synthesis of ( )-dehydrotubifoline [( )-40],22 Rawal et al. accomplished the conversion of compound 36 to the natural product under the conditions of Jeffery.23 In this ring-forming reaction, the a-alkenylpalladium(n) complex formed in the initial oxidative addition step engages the proximate cyclohexene double bond in a Heck cyclization, affording enamine 39 after syn /2-hydride elimination. The latter substance is a participant in a tautomeric equilibrium with imine ( )-40, which happens to be shifted substantially in favor of ( )-40. 

For overviews of applications of the Heck reaction in natural products synthesis, see (a) Link, J. T. Overman, L. E. In Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions, Diederich, F., Stang, P. J., Eds. Wiley-VCH New York, 1998 Chapter 6. (b) Brase, S. de Meijere, A. In Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions Diederich, F., Stang, P. J., Eds. Wiley New York, 1998 Chapter 3.6. (c) Nicolaou, K. C. Sorensen, E. J. Classics in Total Synthesis VCH New York, 1996 Chapter 31. These authors refer to the Heck reaction as "one of the true "power tools" of contemporary organic synthesis" (p. 566). 

As an application of this methodology to the syntheses of natural products, Sannicolo et al. have reported the preparation of benzazepine and tetra-hydroisoquinoline derivatives by silane-terminated intramolecular Heck reactions. These workers argued that one main disadvantage of the Heck reaction... 

Heck reactions can also be combined with anion capture processes, animations, metatheses, aldol and Michael reactions, and isomerizations. The anion capture process has also been widely used with other Pd-catalyzed transformations. Outstanding examples of many different combinations have been developed by Grigg and coworkers, though not all of them match the requirements of a domino process. All of these reactions will be detailed here, despite the fact the nature of these intermediate transformations would also have permitted their discussion in Chapter 2. 

A combination of a Tsuji-Trost and a Heck reaction was also used by Poli and Gi-ambastiani [122] for the synthesis of the aza analogues 6/1-252 of the natural products podophyllotoxin 6/l-247a and etoposide 6/l-247b, which show pronounced... 

The Heck reaction, a palladium-catalyzed vinylic substitution, is conducted with olefins and organohalides or pseudohalides are frequently used as reactants [15, 16], One of the strengths of the method is that it enables the direct monofunctionalization of a vinylic carbon, which is difficult to achieve by other means. Numerous elegant transformations based on Heck chemistry have been developed in natural and non-natural product synthesis. Intermolecular reactions with cyclic and acyclic al-kenes, and intramolecular cyclization procedures, have led to the assembly of a variety of complex and sterically congested molecules. 

The intramolecular Heck reaction is useful for the construction of complex natural products [241] and for the synthesis of indoles [242] benzofurans [243] quinolines [244] and benzazepines [245]. 

Studies regarding the nature of the catalytically active species for NHC complexes in Heck-type reactions have focused on the Mizorvki—Heck reaction and have consistently revealed a palladium(O) species as the active catalyst. The induction period is shortened upon addition of a reducing agent,and postulated intermediates of the reaction were isolated and characterized as well as employed in stoichiometric and catalytic reactions. Theoretical studies using DPT calculations showed the mechanism for NHC complexes to most likely he in agreement with phosphine chemistry. ... 

The Heck reaction is a synthetically powerful reaction wherein a carbon-carbon bond is formed between two sp hybridized carbon atoms. The syn nature of the addition of vinyl-aryl palladium species to carbon-carbon double bond precludes a syn p-hydride elimination for cyclic olefins. As a result, a new chiral center is formed. Shibasaki and Vogl provided a comprehensive review of this subject in 1999 440 Overman and Donde reviewed the intramolecular version of this reaction in 2000. Pfaltz and co-authors specifically reviewed this reaction using PhosOx ligands. ... 

In Rao s total synthesis of niphatesines, a key intermediate 91 was elaborated from an intermolecular Heck reaction of 3-bromopyridine with non-8-en-ol <93TL8329>. In another case, Bracher et al. synthesized a natur ly occurring P-carboline, infractine (93), from p-carboline-l-triflate (92) in a two step process consisting of a Heck reaction with methyl acrylate followed by a hydrogenation <95PHA182>. Their approach provided an expeditious route to infractine, although the Heck reaction was low yielding. 

A twofold intramolecular Heck reaction has been employed as a key step for the synthesis of the skeleton of the natural product (—)-chimonanthine 58 (Scheme 19). The synthetically most challenging structural features of this bispyrro-loindoline alkaloid are its two adjacent quaternary centers. They were both built up by intramolecular double-bond carbopalladations, which stereoselectively produced the pentacycle 57 from the f72-symmetrical bis[A-(2-iodophenyl)-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxamide 55 via the intermediate 56. The key intermediate 57 was thus obtained as a single enantiomer in 90% yield. 

Since the benzofurane furan ring is a common structural motif in natural products it s not surprising that the intramolecular Heck reaction has also been employed towards that goal. Such variants that introduce a new centre of chirality into the product are of particular importance. 

The natural product, anhydrolycorinone was prepared in the palladium mediated intramolecular Heck reaction of a tetrahydroindole derivative. The coupling, which is run in air and requires the use of a stoichiometric amount of palladium, is accompanied by the dehydrogenation of the cyclohexadiene moiety and the oxidation at the benzylic position to a lactam (4.11.).12... 

The seven membered core of iboga alkaloids has also been constructed in an intramolecular Heck reaction. Insertion of a pendant olefin into the indolylpalladium complex, formed from iodoindole, followed by / -hydride elimination gave the complex framework of the natural product (5.5.), Although the insertion step could have led to the formation of a six membered ring, the formed palladium complex would have contained a quaternary carbon center in the -position, blocking the closure of the catalytic cycle under the applied conditions.5... 

Like halopyridines, diazines participate in Sonogashira coupling too. 3,6-dimethyl-2-chloropyrazin, for example on coupling with phenylacetylene under standard conditions, gave the desired compound in good yield, which was further reduced to give a natural product (7.36.)51 (NB. the Heck reaction, which could be considered as an alternate approach would be expected to furnish predominantly the c/.v-olcfin as product). 

Although the coupling of aiyl halides with alkenes (commonly referred to as the Heck reaction) was first reported more than 25 years ago [ 1 ], only in the past decade has its enormous synthetic potential been realized [2], Within that time, the reaction has been extended to many substrates, including vinyl iodides and bromides and enol triflates. Moreover, the intramolecular variant has become one of the more important reactions for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds and has emerged as a premier method for the construction of quaternary carbon centers. The ability of intramolecular Heck reactions to reliably fashion carbon-carbon bonds in polyfunctional molecules has led to wide application of this reaction at the strategy level for the synthesis of complex natural products [2g],... 

Extensive studies by Amatore, Jutand, and co-workers have shed light on the structure and oxidative addition chemistry of a number of synthetically important palladium complexes [42], In particular, these workers have shown that the major species in a solution of Pd(dba)2 and BINAP is Pd(dba)BINAP and that oxidative addition of Phi to this complex generates (Bl-NAP)Pd(Ph)I [42d,43], In addition, it has been demonstrated that palladium halide complexes such as (PhjP jaryljPdCl do not dissociate the halide ligand in DMF solution [44], whereas the corresponding triflate complex is completely dissociated [44,45], As noted earlier, the nature of the oxidative addition intermediates defines two mechanistic pathways for the Heck reaction the neutral pathway for unsaturated halide substrates and the cationic pathway for unsaturated triflate substrates [2c-g,3,7-9]. Further, it is possible for halide substrates to be diverted to the cationic pathway by addition of Ag(I) orTh(I) salts [3], and it is possible to divert some triflate substrates to the neutral pathway by addition of halide additives [38]. Individual steps of these two pathways have recently received some scrutiny. 

Intramolecular versions of the Heck reaction are very useful for the construction of ring systems. The entropic advantage of having both coupling partners present in the same molecule increases the efficiency of the insertion reaction and leads to efficient reactions. Moreover the intramolecular version can be carried out on hindered substituted alkenes, whereas the intermolecular Heck reaction is largely restricted to monosubstituted alkenes. These reactions illustrate the syn stereochemistry of both the insertion reaction and the elimination. A number of multicyclic natural products have been synthesized using intramolecular Heck reactions to assemble the skeletons, and this has become a powerful synthetic tool for such compounds. 

The Heck reaction of 4,7-dihydro-l,3-dioxepins has found further applications in the total synthesis of naturally occurring compounds. For example, 4,5-dihydro-l,3-dioxepin 241 was prepared as an intermediate in the synthesis of Brefeldin A <1999JOC3800>, and the /fV/-butyl derivative of 106 in the synthesis of (-l-)-curcuquinone and (—)-curcuhydroquinone (Scheme 72) <2003ARK232>. 

Scheme 9.10 Application of a three-phase test to investigate the nature of the catalyst in a heterogeneous Heck reaction.

The Heck reaction of 1,3 -diene systems via 7r-allylpalladium is also useful. This cyclization, which forms very congested quaternary carbon centers involving the intramolecular insertion of di-, tri- and tetrasubstituted alkenes, is particularly useful for natural products synthesis. In the synthesis of morphine, bis-cyclization of the octahydroisoquninoline precursor 112 by the intramolecular Heck reaction proceeded using palladium trifluoroacetate and 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidine (PMP). The insertion of the diene system forms the 7i-allylpalladium intermediate 113, which attacks the phenol intramolecularly to form the benzofuran ring 114. Based on this method, the elegant total syntheses of (—)- and (+)-dihydrocodeinone, and (—)- and (+)-morphine (115) have been achieved [50],... 

These chromenes were further converted into the natural products Neorautane (37%) and Neorautanin (51%), upon Heck reaction with the appropriate phenol derivative in the presence of IiCl and PdCl2 in dry acetone. The 7,15-melhano-15H-dibcnzo[d,g][l,3]dioxocins were isolated as undesired side compounds (R = OMe, 15% R = H, 26%). 

The intramolecular Heck reaction is a versatile method for the formation of pyridine-containing heterocycles, synthetic intermediates, and natural products <2004COR781, 2003CRV2945, 1999H(51)1957>. A few examples are depicted in Equations (70)—(72) <1996H(43)1641, 1999JOC3461, 20010L4255>. 

J. T. Link, L. E. Overman, Intramolecular Heck Reactions in Natural Product Chemistry in Metal-catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions (F. Diederich, P. J. Stang, Eds.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1998, 231-266. 

B. Dounay, L. E. Overman, The Asymmetric Intramolecular Heck Reaction in Natural Product Total Synthesis, Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 2945-2963. 

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