Heteroaryl Heck reaction benzothiophene

Ohta s group investigated the heteroaryl Heck reaction of thiophenes and benzothiophenes with aryl halides [127] and chloropyrazines [128]. Addition of the electrophiles invariably took place at C(2) as exemplified by the formation of arylbenzothiophene 156 from the reaction of benzothiophene and p-bromobenzaldehyde [127]. As expected, the heteroaryl Heck reaction of 2-thienylnitrile, an activated thiophene, with iodobenzene afforded the arylation product 157 [129],... 

Oxazoles and benzoxazoles are viable participants in the heteroaryl Heck reactions. In their monumental work published in 1992, Ohta and colleagues demonstrated that oxazoles and benzoxazoles, along with other rc-sufficient aromatic heterocycles such as furans, benzofurans, thiophenes, benzothiophenes, pyrroles, thiazole and imidazoles, are acceptable recipient partners for the heteroaryl Heck reactions of chloropyrazines [22b]. Therefore, treatment of 2-chloro-3,6-diethylpyrazine (27) with oxazole led to regioselective addition at C(5), giving rise to adduct 28. By contrast, a similar reaction between 2-chloro-3,6-diisobutylpyrazine (29) and benz[fc]oxazole took place at C(2) exclusively to afford pyrazinylbezoxazole 30. 

The use of the heteroaryl Heck reactions extends beyond fine chemicals synthesis. Polythiophenes were prepared starting from 3-octyl-2-iodotiophene by heating in the presence of palladium acetate and tetrabutylammonium chloride (6.91.),122 The arylation of benzothiophene has also been achieved under the same conditions.123... 

The above approach of an intermolecular ortho-alkylation followed by an intermolecular Mizoroki-Heck coupling was later extended to heteroaryl iodides by Lautens [48], Using a Pd(OAc)2/triarylphosphine catalyst system, 3-iodothiophene, -benzothiophene, and -indole were transformed to the o/t/zo-alkylation/Mizoroki-Heck coupling products in good to excellent yields (Scheme 17). Unfortunately, 2-iodoheteroaryls were found to be poor substrates for the reaction. 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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