Heck-type

Dimethyl iodo(4-pentenyl)malonate (926) undergoes a Pd-catalyzed intramolecular radical-type reaction to form the alkyl iodides 927 and 928. rather than a Heck-type reaction product(775]. The same products are also obtained by a radical reaction promoted by tin hydride(776]. Although yield was low, a similar cyclization of the n-chloro ester 929 to form the seven-membered ring 930 was ob,served(777(. 

Heck type vinylation of 4-bromo-l-(4-methylphenylsulfonyl)-indole proceeds in good yield with such alkenes as methyl acrylate, styrene and N-vinylphthalimide using Pd(OAc)2 (5 mol%) and tri-o-tolylphosphine as the... 

The dipyrrylacelylenedicarbaldehyde 18, which already contains, along with the acetylene moiety, two of the two-carbon bridges of the final macrotetracycle, can be prepared by a Heck-type coupling of 5-iodopyrrole-2-carbaldehydes with acetylene.8a,b The main conjugation pathway with 22n electrons is already present in the acetylene-cumulate systems 19. The expected planarity of this chromophore has been confirmed by X-ray structure analysis.8a b... 

Carbon-carbon bond formation reactions and the CH activation of methane are another example where NHC complexes have been used successfully in catalytic applications. Palladium-catalysed reactions include Heck-type reactions, especially the Mizoroki-Heck reaction itself [171-175], and various cross-coupling reactions [176-182]. They have also been found useful for related reactions like the Sonogashira coupling [183-185] or the Buchwald-Hartwig amination [186-189]. The reactions are similar concerning the first step of the catalytic cycle, the oxidative addition of aryl halides to palladium(O) species. This is facilitated by electron-donating substituents and therefore the development of highly active catalysts has focussed on NHC complexes. 

In a very recent work, the Pd-catalysed cross-coupling reactions with arenediazonium salts under aerobic conditions in the presence of a chiral monothiourea ligand were reported (Scheme 25) [106]. Even if this Hgand bears four chiral centres, no test in asymmetric Heck-type reaction has been described so far. 

The synthesis of a PPV derivative, 94, with donor (di-n-hexylamino) and acceptor (nitro) substituents attached regioselectively to the PPV backbone, was published by Yu et al. following the Heck-type cross coupling approach [118] starting from an AB-type monomer (95). The red-orange polymer (94), which is soluble in THE, chloroform and 1,2-dichloroethane, displays a number-average molecular weight M of about 12,000. 

A drawback of the Heck-type reaction is that it is not strictly regioselective [119]. Depending on the substituents >1% of 1,1-diarylation is observed. Soluble 2,5-dialkoxy-PPVs 63 or 2-phenyl-PPV PPPV 93, without 1,1-diarylated moieties, were synthesized by Heitz et al. in a Suzuki-type cross coupling of substituted 1,4-phenylenediboronic acids and fran5-l,2-dibromoethylene, catalyzed by Pd(0) compounds [120]. However, about 3% of biaryl defect structures are observed in the coupling products (M up to 12,000), resulting from homocoupling of boronic acid functions. 

Figure 26 Plausible Mizoroki-Heck type reaction pathway with arylboronic acid.

Heck-type reactions 233-41 Heck reaction 233-5 Henry reactions 318-20, 321, 322 meso heterobicyclic alkenes, ring opening of 348-50 heterodonating ligands 9 heterodonor ligands with... 

Water-soluble phosphine ligands containing m-guanidinium moieties were synthesized and applied to aqueous Heck coupling reactions.149 High temperature appears beneficial for Heck-type coupling of simple alkenes in water.150... 

More recently, Chang reported a ruthenium-based Heck-type reaction in DME/H20 (1 1) by using alumina-supported ruthenium catalysts.154... 

In aqueous DMF, the reaction can be applied to the formation of C-C bonds in a solid-phase synthesis with resin-bound iodobenzoates (Eq. 6.33).80 The reaction proceeds smoothly and leads to moderate to high yield of product under mild conditions. The optimal conditions involve the use of 9 1 mixture of DMF-water. Parsons investigated the viability of the aqueous Heck reactions under superheated conditions.81 A series of aromatic halides were coupled with styrenes under these conditions. The reaction proceeded to approximately the same degree at 400°C as at 260°C. Some 1,2-substituted alkanes can be used as alkene equivalents for the high-temperature Heck-type reaction in water.82... 

Rhodium-catalyzed Heck-type coupling of boronic acids with activated alkenes was carried out in an aqueous emulsion.82 The couplings between arylboronic acids and activated alkenes catalyzed by a water-soluble tm-butyl amphosrhodium complex were found to progress at room temperature to generate Heck-type products with high yields and excellent selectivity. It was necessary to add two equivalents of the... 

Diazonium salts react with various nucleophiles in water (Eq. 11.62).106 In acidic aqueous solution, p-pheny I e ncbis di azo ni um ion reacts with alcohols more rapidly than it does with water.107 In the presence of nucelophiles such as halides, the substitution products are obtained. Furthermore, diazonium salts of aromatic compounds are excellent substrates for palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions such as the Heck-type reactions in water. 

Different results were obtained using allylic alcohols as terminating agents. In spite of the expected reactivity of the alcoholic function as hydrogen donor only products deriving from the reaction of the double bond were obtained (23) according to the general pattern previously described for Heck-type reactions with allylic alcohols (24). 

Another sequence involving an anionic and a Pd-catalyzed step was described by the groups of Rossi and Arcadi [477]. These authors prepared substituted tetrahy-dro-2H-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyrazolones 2-934 starting from hydrazones 2-932 and aryl-halides or alkenyl triflates 2-933 (Scheme 2.208). The first step is the formation of a pyrazolone. There follows cleavage of the urea moiety with piperidine and an inter-as well as an intramolecular Heck-type reaction with 2-933. 

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as fluoranthrene or Cso-fullerene are structures of great interest A straightforward entrance to analogues and partial structure, respectively, has now been developed by de Meijere and coworkers [89], using a combination of a Suzuki and a Heck-type coupling. Thus, reaction of 1,8-dibromophenanthrene 6/1-166 and obromphenylboronic acid 6/1-167 employing 20 mol% of the Pd° catalyst led to 6/1-168 and 6/1-169 in 54% yield as a Id-mixture (Scheme 6/1.45). 

Lamaty and coworkers described a straightforward combination of three Pd-cata-lyzed transformations first, an intermolecular nucleophilic substitution of an al-lylic bromide to form an aryl ether second, an intramolecular Heck-type transformation in which as the third reaction the intermediate palladium species is intercepted by a phenylboronic acid [124]. Thus, the reaction of a mixture of 2-iodophenol (6/1-253), methyl 2-bromomethylacrylate 6/1-254 and phenylboronic acid in the presence of catalytic amounts of Pd(OAc)2 led to 3,3-disubstituted 2,3-di-hydrobenzofuran 6/1-255 (Scheme 6/1.66). In addition to phenylboronic acid, several substituted boronic acids have also been used in this process. 

Toyota, Ihara and coworkers [178] used a combination of a Wacker- and a Heck-type transformation to construct the cedrane skeleton. Thus, reaction of 6/1-374 using 10mol% Pd(OAc)2 under an atmosphere of 02 led to the domino product 6/1-375 in 30% yield. In addition, 58% of the mono-cyclized compound 6/1-376 was obtained (Scheme 6/1.94). 

A similar approach was used by the Alcaide group [183] in the synthesis of tricyclic (3-lactams 6/1-391 from 6/1-390 (Scheme 6/1.99). In this domino process the primarily obtained it-allyl-Pd-complex reacts with the N-nucleophile of the urethane moiety to form a C-N-bond and a vinyl halide. The final step is then an intramolecular Heck-type reaction of the vinyl halide with the alkyne moiety and re-... 

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