Heck reaction typical

The coupling reaction of zinc(II) (3- or)8-monobromodeuteroporphyrin dimethyl ester (ID with 1,4-divinylbenzene under the typical conditions of the Heck reaction results in the formation of dimeric porphyrin 12 linked via a divinylbenzene moiety. Use of 1,3,5-trivinyl-benzene in the same reaction makes the trisadduct available."5... 

From a practical point of view, it is worth noting that Heck reactions catalyzed by Pd/P( -Bu)3 do not typically require rigorously purified reagents or solvents. In addition, the palladium and phosphine sources, Pd[P(7-Bu)3]2 and Pd2(dba)3, are commercially available and can be handled in air. 

Palladium catalyzed reaction of aryl halides and olefins provide a useful synthetic method for C-C bond formation reaction [171, 172], The commonly used catalyst is palladium acetate, although other palladium complexes have also been used. A sol-vent-free Heck reaction has been conducted in excellent yields using a household MW oven and palladium acetate as catalyst and triethylamine as base (Scheme 6.51) [173], A comparative study revealed that the longer reaction times and deployment of high pressures, typical of classical heating method, are avoided using this MW procedure. 

A perhaps more exotic substrate for the Heck reaction is 1,2-cyclohexanedione [25], The reactivity of this molecule under Heck coupling conditions can probably be attributed to its resonance enol form. This reaction is attractive, because the literature contains relatively few examples of the preparation of 3-aryl-l,2-cyclohexane-diones. Yields varied from good to modest when classic heating and electron-rich aryl bromides were used, and reaction times typically ranged from 16 to 48 h. Similar yields were obtained under continuous microwave irradiation with a single-mode microwave reactor for 10 min at 40-50 W (Eq. 11.10) [25],... 

Presumably, the oxidative cyclization of 3 commences with direct palladation at the a position, forming o-arylpalladium(II) complex 5 in a fashion analogous to a typical electrophilic aromatic substitution (this statement will be useful in predicting the regiochemistry of oxidative additions). Subsequently, in a manner akin to an intramolecular Heck reaction, intermediate 5 undergoes an intramolecular insertion onto the other benzene ring, furnishing 6. (i-Hydride elimination of 6 then results in carbazole 4. 

As mentioned previously, the partially reduced forms of five membered heteroaromatic systems might act as olefins in insertion reactions. This behaviour is characteristic particularly of dihydrofuranes. The olefin insertion and the following / hydride elimination should in principle lead to a trisubstituted olefin, which is rarely observed, however. Typical products of this reaction are 2-aryl-2,3-dihydrofuranes. A characteristic example of such a reaction is presented in 6.54. The coupling of 4-iodoanisole and dihydrofurane led to the formation of the chiral 2-anisyl-2,3-dihydrofurane in excellent yield.83 The shift of the double bond, which leads to the creation of a new centre of chirality in the molecule, opens up the way for enantioselective transformations. Both intermolecular and intramolecular variants of the asymmetric Heck reaction have been studied extensively.84... 

Scheme 4. Typical example of a Heck reaction following Spencer s improved procedure.

Although the Heck reaction may be efficiently employed for synthesis, it has its limits that should not go unmentioned the Heck reaction can not—at least not intermolecularly—couple alkenyl triflates (-bromides, -iodides) or aryl triflates (-bromides, -iodides) with metal-free aromatic compounds in the same way as it is possible with the same substrates and metal-free alkenes. The reason is step 4 of the mechanism in Figure 16.35 (part II). If an aromatic compound instead of an alkene was the coupling partner the aromaticity with this carbopallada-tion of a C=C double bond would have to be sacrificed in step 4. Typically, Heck reactions can only be run at a temperature of 100 °C even if they proceed without any such energetic effort. This is why this additional energetically demanding loss of aromaticity is not feasible. 

Another gain in diversity is achieved by the combination of these cross couplings with uncatalyzed reactions. Because of their oligounsaturated character, the coupling products are obviously well suited for subsequent peri-cyclic reactions leading to additional cyclizations. These atom-efficient processes are especially attractive since they typically proceed with high chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity [18]. This review is intended to cover Heck reactions and related palladium-catalyzed processes followed by Diels-Alder reactions, 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions or 6 -electrocyclizations. 

More recently, cationic intermediates have been observed in the Heck reactions of arene diazonium salts catalyzed by triolefinic macrocycle Pd(0) complexes [17,59], o-iodophenols and enoates to form new lactones [60], and o-iodophenols with olefins (the oxa-Heck reaction) [61 ]. In the first case ions were formed by oxidation of the analyte at the capillary, or by association of [NH4] or Na". In the two other cases ionization occurred through the more typical loss of a halide ligand. The oxa-Heck reaction provides a good example of how these experiments are typically performed and the type of information that can be obtained. The oxyarylations of olefins were performed in acetone, catalyzed by palladium, and required the presence of sodium carbonate as base. Samples from the reaction mixtures were diluted with acetonitrile and analyzed by ESI(+)-MS. Loss of iodide after oxidative addition of o-iodophenol to palladium afforded positively-charged intermediates. Species consistent with oxidative addition, such as [Pd(PPh3)2(C6H50)], and the formation of palladacycles of the type seen in Scheme 8 were observed. Based on this, a mechanism for the reaction was proposed (Scheme 8). 

The Heck reaction is a palladium-catalyzed coupling of a vinyl or aryl halide with an alkene to form a more highly substituted alkene with a new C-C bond. Palladium(II) acetate [Pd(OAc)2] in the presence of a triaiylphosphine [P(o-tolyl)3] is the typical catalyst, and the reaction is carried out in the presence of a base such as triethylamine. The Heck reaction is a substitution reaction in which one H atom of the alkene starting material is replaced by the R group of the vinyl or aryl halide. 

In the insertion step of the Heck reaction (see Scheme 3-1), a new metal carbon bond is formed which, in principle, can undergo any of the typical reactions of an-M—C bond (Scheme 3-13), if the S-hydride elimination is not too fast. When the -hydride elimination is totally suppressed, the palladium species can undergo a number of reactions with the formation of new C—C bonds. With an appropriate choice of... 

The Heck reaction can also be performed under microwave irradiation and thus be drastically accelerated (typically 3-4 min reaction time at room temperature, compared with a few hours at elevated temperatures). In this case, DMF has proved to be an excellent solvent [128]. 

The intramolecular Heck cyclizations highlighted in this chapter were typically conducted with 5-20 mol% of a palladium catalyst. In few, if any, of these studies were catalyst loadings and cyclization conditions carefully optimized. As a result, we have not included catalyst loadings in the schemes in this chapter. Only recently has serious attention been directed to optimizing catalyst turnover in Heck reactions and to the development of more robust catalyst systems. It seems likely that in the future many Heck cyclizations will be accomplished with catalyst loads of 1 % or lower [76]. 

Halopyridines are typically poor substrates for Heck reactions due to the possibility of pyridyl-bridged palladium dimers preventing additional reactions. Improved reaction conditions, of catalyst and the use of DMA as cosolvent, have allowed greater functional group tolerance [136], This was reduced to practice in the transformation of 388 into 389. 

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