Hydroamination nucleophiles

The proposed reaction mechanism involves intermolecular nucleophilic addition of the amido ligand to the olefin to produce a zwitterionic intermediate, followed by proton transfer to form a new copper amido complex. Reaction with additional amine (presnmably via coordination to Cn) yields the hydroamination prodnct and regenerates the original copper catalyst (Scheme 2.15). In addition to the NHC complexes 94 and 95, copper amido complexes with the chelating diphosphine l,2-bis-(di-tert-bntylphosphino)-ethane also catalyse the reaction [81, 82]. 

Anfj-Markovnikov products are only observed. The postulated mechanism for these reactions is analogous to the previously discussed for the copper-catalysed hydroamination (Scheme 2.15) with the coordinated thiolate (rather than the amide) acting as nucleophile [82, 85]. 

Kovacs, G., Ujaque, G. and Lledos, A. (2008) The Reaction Mechanism of the Hydroamination of Alkenes Catalyzed by Gold(I)-Phosphine The Role of the Counterion and the N-Nucleophile Substituents in the Proton-Transfer Step. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, 853-864. 

Once the N—H bond has been oxidatively added to the Ir(I) complex (in the context of the CCM cycle, vide supra), the resultant Ir(III) intermediate is a Lewis acid that is thought to coordinate the olefin. A synergistic effect between the coordinated electrophilically activated olefin and the highly nucleophilic nature of the amido function is believed to facilitate the C—N bond formation within the coordination sphere of the Ir center (see 56). Alkyl-amino-Ir(III) complexes, such as the key intermediate 24 of the CCM system (as described in Section 6.2.1) are of paramount importance to better understand Ir-catalyzed hydroaminations. Complex... 

The excellent ability of late transition metal complexes to activate alkynes to nucleophilic attack has made them effective catalysts in hydroamination reactions. The gold(l)-catalyzed cyclizations of trichloroacetimidates 438, derived from homopropargyl alcohols, furnished 2-(trichloromethyl)-5,6-dihydro-4f/-l,3-oxazines 439 under exceptionally mild conditions (Equation 48). This method was successfully applied to compounds possessing aliphatic and aromatic groups R. With R = Ph, cyclization resulted in formation of 439 with complete (Z)-stereoselectivity <2006OL3537>. 

Iridium(ni) hydrides, such as (98), proved to be air-stable active catalysts for intramolecular hydroalkoxylation and hydroamination of internal alkynes with proximate nucleophiles (e.g. 96). The cyclization follows the 6-endo-dig pathway with high preference (when regioselectivity is an issue).125... 

Several catalytic systems have been investigated for hydroamination of unsaturated bonds [16]. Takahashi et al. reported the telomerization of 1,3-dienes in the presence of an amine leading to octadienylamine or allylic amines when palladium catalysts are used in association with monodentate or bidentate phosphine ligands, respectively [17]. Dieck et al. demonstrated the beneficial effect of addition of an amine hydroiodic salt in the hydroamination reaction of 1,3-dienes in which the allylic amines are produced via an intermediate Jt-allyl palladium complex [18]. Coulson reported the Pd-catalyzed addition of amines to allenes where dimerization is incorporated [4]. This reaction presumably proceeds via a cyclic palladium intermediate in which the Pd activates the olefinic bond for nucleophilic attack the reactions are therefore different from pronucleophilic additions. 

The aziridination of olefins, which forms a three-membered nitrogen heterocycle, is one important nitrene transfer reaction. Aziridination shows an advantage over the more classic olefin hydroamination reaction in some syntheses because the three-membered ring that is formed can be further modified. More recently, intramolecular amidation and intermolecular amination of C-H bonds into new C-N bonds has been developed with various metal catalysts. When compared with conventional substitution or nucleophilic addition routes, the direct formation of C-N bonds from C-H bonds reduces the number of synthetic steps and improves overall efficiency.2 After early work on iron, manganese, and copper,6 Muller, Dauban, Dodd, Du Bois, and others developed different dirhodium carboxylate catalyst systems that catalyze C-N bond formation starting from nitrene precursors,7 while Che studied a ruthenium porphyrin catalyst system extensively.8 The rhodium and ruthenium systems are... 

The reaction can be also applied to azoles (e.g., imidazoles, pyrazoles, triazoles, tetrazole) as the N -nucleophile for the hydroaminations of cyclic olefins. In this case, the presence of methyl benzoate sensitizes the photoisomerization of the double bond to form a highly strained ( )-cycloalkene. Protonation of this intermediate by triflic acid (TfOH, 20mol%) and addition of the azole nucleophile completes the reaction sequence [41]. As an example, the expeditious synthesis of l-(l-methylcy-clohexyl)- H-imidazole (27) in 72% yield is shown in Scheme 3.17 [41]. 

The direct catalytic reaction of nucleophiles such as amines with 1,3-dienes to give allylic amines is difficult to achieve. A high-throughput assay was used to screen catalysts for the 1 1 hydroamination of aniline to 1,3-cyclohexadiene (equation 44). ... 

Hydroamination of olefins is also possible with gold catalysts. In this reaction, the attack comes Ifom a nitrogen nucleophile as a carbamate,a urea, an amide, or a sulfonamide. In the latter case, the reaction can be carried out intermolecularly. While the carbamates, ureas, and amides give only products of intramolecular anunations, the sulfonamides can perform the intermolecular addition. Only the addition of ureas (equation 146) takes place at room temperature, and in the rest of the additions heating is required. The catalysts of choice in all these reactions are cationic gold(I)-species stabilized by phosphines or NHC ligands. The reaction times have been reduced by the use of microwave irradiation. The mechanism of the hydroamination reaction has been studied in detail theoretically. ... 

Although this mechanism is based on known activation of the N-H bond of aniline by Ru3(CO)i2, a mechanism involving the activation of the carbon-carbon triple bond followed by a nucleophilic attack of the amine carmot be discarded. Indeed, typical Lewis acids such as Zn(II) or Cu(I) salts have been shown to be efficient catalysts for the intramolecular hydroamination of alkyne [93], However, contrary to ruthenium(II) complexes, mthenium(O) catalysts are not expected to electrophili-cally activate alkynes. 

To catalyze the direct hydroamination of olefins according to eq. (1) two basic approaches have been employed involving primarily the activation either of the amine or of the olefin. One possible way to activate the amine for catalysis is the transformation to the much stronger nucleophilic amide ion by deprotonation. Thus, the amides of strongly electropositive metals, such as alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, or lanthanides, are able to react with the C-C double bond under... 

Two mechanistically plausible scenarios for nucleophilic attack on the q benzyl palladium species seem feasible. Formation of the C N bond could occur either via external attack of the amine through inversion of configuration at the carbon stereocenter, or alternatively the amine could coordinate to palladium followed by an internal attack on the q benzyl ligand. Mechanistic investigations [15] using stoi chiometric amounts ofthe enantio and diastereomerically pure q benzyl palladium complex [ (R) Tol BINAP [q 1 (2 naphthyl)ethyl Pd](OTf) (8) revealed that the re action with aniline produced predominantly (R) N1 (2 naphthyl)ethylaniline R) 9), consistent with external nucleophilic attack (Scheme 11.3) [15]. However, it was noted that the catalytic reaction of [ (1 ) Tol BINAP Pd(OTf)2] with vinyl arenes and amines produced preferentially the opposite enantiomeric (S) amine hydroamination... 

Moreover, fuUerenes easily enter into nucleophilic additions with primary or secondary amines. Here the first intermediate is an anionic complex with two electrons being transferred from the amine to the C o. Subsequent recombination with Zwitterion generation and ensuing proton transfer yield the hydroaminated product (Figure 2.55a). Still an isolation of individual derivatives usually is impossible because the amines high nucleophiUcity leads to the formation of different... 

Preparation of aliphatic amines by direct hydroamination of alkenes with amines is a highly desirable reaction. However, except for the well-established hydroamination of 1,3-dienes via 7r-allylpalladiums, no smooth hydroamination of simple alkenes is known. As a breakthrough, Kawatsura and Hartwig reported that the hydroamination of styrene derivatives with aniline is catalyzed by Pd(TFA)2 and DPPF in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) or triflic acid as a cocatalyst to afford the branched amine 24 regioselectively in 99 % yield. Formation of the branched amine 24 offers an opportunity of asymmetric amination. They obtained the (5)-amine 25 in 80 % yield with 81 % ee using (/ )-BINAP as a chiral ligand [14]. The reaction is explained by insertion of styrene to the H-Pd bond and nucleophilic attack of amine on an fj -benzylpalladium complex [15]. Hii and coworkers obtained the amine 24 with 70 % ee in 75 % yield using the dicationic Pd complex, [Pd(MeCN)(H20)(/ -BINAP)](0Tf)2 [16]. 

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