Heck reaction phase-transfer catalysts

The consecutive reaction of vinyl halides and alkenes with activated methylene systems [42] in the presence of a palladium catalyst and phase-transfer catalyst results from the addition of the methylene carbanion with the initially formed Heck product (Scheme 6.31) an intramolecular version of the reaction leads to the formation of bicycloalk-l-enes (Scheme 6.31) [42], The analogous combined coupling reaction of iodoarenes and activated methylene compounds with non-conjugated dienes under similar conditions forms the monoalkene (Scheme 6.31) [43]. 

A number of modified reaction conditions have been developed. One involves addition of silver salts, which activate the halide toward displacement.94 Use of sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst permits especially mild conditions to be used for many systems.95 Tetraalkylammonium salts often accelerate reaction.96 Solid-phase catalysts in which the palladium is complexed by polymer-bound phosphine groups have also been developed.97 Aryl chlorides are not very reactive under normal Heck reaction conditions, but reaction can be achieved by inclusion of triphenylphosphonium salts with Pd(OAc)2 or PdCl2 as the catalyst.98... 

The counter-ions of some of the quaternary onium groups were exchanged with an anionic phosphine compound, which was then used to complex palladium. Thus, a polymer material containing phase transfer catalyst and transition-metal catalyst groups was obtained (Fig. 20). The Heck-type vinyla-tion reaction [137] was used to examine the catalytic activity of the heterogeneous system. The polymer-supported catalyst was found to compare favourably with the homogeneous system (Fig. 21). 

Scheme 2.18 Heck reaction in water employing phase-transfer catalysts.

A major achievement was the discovery that Heck reactions are greatly accelerated in the presence of phase-transfer catalysts using quaternary ammonium salts and solid bases [ Jeffery conditions Pd(OAc)2, MHCO3 (M = K, Na), nBu4NX (X = Br, Cl), DMSO or DMF] [100]. Under these conditions, iodoarenes and iodoalkenes can be coupled to alkenes... 

C-C coupling reactions include Pd-catalyzed carbonylations as well as Heck reactions. Biphasic operations are reported as being particularly efficient. Allyl and benzyl chlorides have been converted in two-phase systems to the corresponding acids with or without phase-transfer catalysts (eq. (6)) [154-157, 237]. 

The palladium-catalyzed arylation of alkenes and arenes offers one of the conceptually most intelligent solutions for the synthesis of PAHs from the appropriate aryl halides or triflates. The reaction is usually carried out in a polar solvent (AT,AT-dimethylformamide (DMF) or AT,AT-dimethylacetamide (DMA)) at relatively high temperatures (100-170°C) with a base to trap the acid formed, and a phase transfer catalyst. Most often Pd(II) acetate or a Pd(II) complex are used, that are converted to a catalytically active Pd(0) species in the course of the reaction. The mechanisms of these Heck reactions have been discussed widely throughout the pertinent literature [78,79]. 

Heck reaction (p. 472) inclusion compound (p. 462) molecular recognition (p. 463) organocuprate (p. 470) organolithium compound (p. 467) organomagnesium compound (p. 467) organometallic compound (p. 466) oxirane (p, 454) phase-transfer catalyst (p. 463)... 

Table 5.4), prepared from reduction of Pd(II) salts with potassium graphite. The results suggested that this catalyst was not very active. However, some years later Jikei and Kakimoto [73] prepared a more active Pd/CGr based on a smaller crystallite size. In 2002, Kohler et al. [74] studied a variety of Pd/C catalysts with different properhes (Pd dispersion, oxidation state, water content, conditions of catalysts preparation etc.) in the Heck reaction of aryl bromides with olefins (entry 4, Table 5.4). The authors pointed out the hypothesis that the leached Pd from the support is the active species and the solid Pd/C catalyst acts as a reservoir that delivers catalytically active Pd species into solution. All catalysts were obtained by wet impregnation (5% Pd loading). The Heck reaction can also be conducted in ionic liquids through promotion by microwave irradiation. Moreover the reaction of iodobenzene with methylacrylate in NMP was reported to be accelerated by ultrasound [75]. The ionic liquid containing the catalyst system was used five consecutive times with only a slight loss of activity (entry 5, Table 5.4) [76]. Perosa [77] reported the addition of a phase transfer catalyst to an ionic liquid as a method to accelerate the C-C coupling reaction. As far as we know, only by using ionic liquids has Pd on carbon been recovered and reused with success.

Recently, a combination of fluorous substituents and a sugar-derived structure allowed the preparation of the scC02-soluble copolymer 53 as a novel phase-transfer catalyst (Figure 4.8). ° Dendrimers with fluorous substituents were also prepared for the same use. ° They are soluble in dense carbon dioxide and can solubilize otherwise C02-insoluble compounds such as Pd-nanoparticles (Scheme 92). The resulting dendrimer-encapsulated Pd catalyzes the hydrogenation of styrene and the Heck reaction of phenyl iodide. 

Palladium (II) acetate, tetrabutyl ammonium bromide (a phase-transfer catalyst) and potassium carbonate in a mixture of acetonitrile and water, which were originally published by Jeffery in 1996 for Heck reactions, have also been applied to C-H activation of thiophenes. Lemaire and coworkers have coupled a number of 2- and 3-substituted thiophenes (-CHO, -NO2, -CN) with iodobenzenes, albeit in low yields (Scheme 19.2). 

Pal and collaborators designed a ligand- and phase-transfer-catalyst-free intramolecular Heck reaction which they applied to the synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted pyrrolo[2,3-f)]quinoxalines 158, some of which were... 

Imidazolium-styrene copolymers were prepared by copolymerization of 1-vi-nyl-3-butylimidazolinm-based ionic liquids ([VBImJX, X=C1 , BF ", and PFg) with styrene, which were used as polymeric supports to immobilize Pd(OAc)2 using a method of alcohol reduction [22]. It was demonstrated that Pd existed in the form of Pd nanoparticles (NPs) on these imidazolium-styrene copolymers. Using the [VBIm]Cl-styiene copolymer as a support, Pd NPs of less than 6 nm were formed, which was particularly interesting, as usually only a Pd carbene complex was formed when Pd(OAc)2 was treated with 1,3-dialkyimidazolium ionic liquids containing a halide anion. The copolymer-supported Pd catalysts were found to be efficient and reusable catalysts for the Heck reaction in water in the absence of a phosphine ligand and phase-transfer catalyst. 

An interesting set of conditions are the Jeffrey conditions, using a polar solvent and a quaternary ammonium salt (Table 5.1). Detailed investigations have shown that the correct choice of ammonium salt and addition of a small amount of water can be critical. Under the right conditions, many Heck reactions can mn at or near room temperature. The main effect is due to the cation of the phase-transfer catalyst, not the anion, and the effect was most marked when inorganic bases were used. The phase-transfer catalyst may facilitate the final step of the Heck mechanism. 

The separation of reaction products from catalysts is a recurrent problem in homogeneous catalysis. The major drawback of the common separation techniques applied in homogeneous catalysis is the extensive (and usually destmctive) postreaction workup required. OSN membranes, being selective between high MW catalysts (>450 Da) and reaction products, are able to perform this separation. Nair et al. (2002) presented a membrane-based (STARMEM 122) process for the separation of a phase transfer catalyst (PTC) and a Heck reaction transition metal catalyst from the reaction media. For the PTC catalyst the process was so efficient that rejections superior to 99% were observed for both pre- and postreaction mixtures and no reaction rate decline was observed for two consecutive catalyst recycles. 

Heck reactions can be carried out in the absence of phosphine ligands.141 These conditions usually involve Pd(OAc)2 as a catalyst, along with a base and a phase transfer salt such as tetra-n-butylammonium bromide. These conditions were originally applied to stereospecific coupling of vinyl iodides with ethyl acrylate and methyl vinyl ketone. 

Reaction of organic halides with alkenes catalyzed by palladium compounds (Heck-type reaction) is known to be a useful method for carbon-carbon bond formation at unsubstituted vinyl positions. The first report on the application of microwave methodology to this type of reaction was published by Hallberg et al. in 1996 [86], Recently, the palladium catalyzed Heck coupling reaction induced by microwave irradiation was reported under solventless liquid-liquid phase-transfer catalytic conditions in the presence of potassium carbonate and a small amount of [Pd(PPh3)2Cl2]-TBAB as a catalyst [87]. The arylation of alkenes with aryl iodides proceeded smoothly to afford exclusively trans product in high yields (86-93%) (Eq. 61). 

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